Catholic Church
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Augustinian gradual with the sanctorale, common of the saints and kyriale: manuscript
Illuminated gradual produced by an Augustinian monastery in the town of Pontremoli in Tuscany, Italy. Includes one historiated initial as well as decorated and flourished initials.
Open for research.
Boston College faculty and staff photographs
This collection consists of photographs of Boston College faculty members and staff. Faculty photographs contain images of both Jesuit and lay faculty members. Also included in this collection is a printed faculty photograph album from 1981, as well as the images and negatives used in its compilation.
Collection is open for research; a portion is available digitally.
Timothy Brosnahan, SJ, President's Office records
The Timothy Brosnahan, SJ, President's Office records contain correspondence, clippings, and writings documenting the life and work of Timothy Brosnahan, SJ, the tenth president of Boston College.
Collection is open for research.
Thomas Ignatius Gasson, SJ, President's Office records
The Thomas Ignatius Gasson, SJ President's Office records contain correspondence, construction records, clippings, personal items, and St. Boltoph's Guild records documenting Gasson's administration as the thirteenth president of Boston College. Materials primarily document Boston College’s move to the Chestnut Hill campus from the South End in 1913.
Collection is open for research; portions are also available digitally.
Charles W. Lyons, SJ, President's Office records
The President's office records of Charles W. Lyons, SJ, fourteenth president of Boston College, are composed of correspondence, memos, and writings that reflect his five year presidency as well as the wartime and post-World War I student military groups on campus during that period.
Collection is open for research; portions available digitally.
John McElroy, SJ, President's Office records
This collection consists mainly of photocopies of material created by John McElroy, SJ, in the course of his work as a Jesuit priest, long-time campaigner for a Jesuit college in Boston, and founder of Boston College. Material types include primarily photocopies of correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, publications, legal documents, and accounts.
Collection is open for research.
William James McGarry, SJ, President's Office records
The William James McGarry, SJ, President’s Office Records contain correspondence, photographs, financial statements, student applications, and booklets documenting the work of William McGarry, SJ, eighteenth president of Boston College from 1937 to 1939.
Collection is open for research.
W. G. Read Mullan, SJ, President's Office records
The W. G. Read Mullan, SJ, President's Office records contain correspondence, clippings, and publications documenting Mullan's administration as the eleventh president of Boston College. The bulk of material relates to the educational controversy surrounding Harvard University administration's view of the academic standards at Boston College in particular, and Jesuit schools in general. Also included are documents about Boston College buildings and land purchases.
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of Edward V. Boursaud, SJ
This collection contains two letters written by the fifth president of Boston College, Edward V. Boursaud, SJ, after his time as president.
Collection is open for research.
Chants for the Mass for the Feast of the Transfiguration
Fragile. Item is unavailable until conserved.
Franciscan antiphoner (sanctorale) with sequences
Open for research; also available digitally.
[Illumination of the Crucifixion from a Missal : use of Troyes]
Illuminated miniature on vellum within floriated border in gold and colors depicting the Crucifixion of Christ. Leaf from a Missal (Use of Troyes) possibly the companion leaf to the Maiestas Domini (Christ in Majesty) leaf in the Kestner Museum in Hannover, see Härtel.
Open for research; digital version also available.
Mariana Islands letters
A collection of eight letters and one list, written in Spanish to María de Guadalupe de Lencastre y Cárdenas and Francisco García, regarding Jesuit missionary work and Spanish colonization of the Mariana Islands between 1678 and 1687.
Collection is open for research; digital version available.
Peter K. Murphy papers
The papers of diplomat Peter K. Murphy (1936-) consist mainly of correspondence with American, French, German, Italian, and Monégasque politicians, diplomats, and Catholic clergy. The collection also includes subject files relating to United States diplomatic relations with the Holy See and with Monaco. It consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, and printed materials.
The collection is open for research. Correspondence with Princes Rainier III and Albert II of Monaco received in the first accrual (2013) is closed until 2038. Correspondence with Prince Albert II of Monaco received in the second accrual (2021) is closed until 2035. In addition, one folder is closed for privacy reasons until 2065.
Second Vatican Council collection
Consists of official documentation and communications about the Second Vatican Council, such as transcribed addresses, summaries of proceedings, schema texts and summaries, and English translations of materials originally in other languages.
Collection is open for research.