Skip to main content

Boston College. Library

 Organization

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Gerald Abraham papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence, articles, manuscripts and research notes of Abraham. Also includes some unidentified sheet music and publications on music and various composers. Some of the material relates to the musicologist Michel D. Calvocoressi and several Russian composers.

Restrictions on access

Closed until processed.

Dates: approximately 1906-1986

Boston College artifacts collection

 Collection
Abstract

This collection documents the history of the American Jesuit university Boston College in the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries through its material culture. The collection includes banners, flags, football memorabilia, groundbreaking shovels, medals, pins, plaques, seals, and signs from Boston College administrators, faculty, and, to a lesser degree, students.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1860s-2001

W. Seavey Joyce, SJ, President’s Office records

 Collection
Abstract The W. Seavey Joyce, SJ, President’s Office records document Joyce’s tenure as twenty-third president of Boston College, 1968-1972. This collection consists largely of administrative records and contains building plans, committee records, correspondence, departmental records, development records, and faculty and subject files. Subject files contain personal materials, inaugural materials, and materials focusing on student and faculty relations with the administration. The collection also...
Restrictions on access

Collection is closed. Access with permission of office. Departmental records and faculty files containing student records, faculty tenure and promotion files, and other records containing personally identifiable information are closed due to privacy restrictions.

Dates: 1944 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1972

Democracy through empire : Dakota Territory, 1861-1889

 Collection — Shared_box 1222: Series II; Series I; Series III
Restrictions on access

Open for research.

Dates: October 2020

Guillermo L. Guitarte letters

 Collection
Abstract

The collection primarily consists of Guitarte's correspondence with other linguists, philologists, and academics during the time he taught at Boston College. Also contains letters related to his family life and legal matters.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1962 - 2000

Helen Landreth papers

 Collection
Abstract

Personal papers of librarian and historian Helen Landreth relating to her research on Irish history.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1852-1983 (bulk 1948-1978)