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Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Augustinian gradual with the sanctorale, common of the saints and kyriale: manuscript

 Collection — Volume MS.2005.059
Scope and Contents

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.

Restrictions on access

Open for research.

Dates: 1487

Boston College faculty and staff photographs

 Collection
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research; a portion is available digitally.

Dates: 1872 - 2012

Timothy Brosnahan, SJ, President's Office records

 Collection
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1897 - 1929

Thomas Ignatius Gasson, SJ, President's Office records

 Collection
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research; portions are also available digitally.

Dates: 1868 - 1940; Majority of material found within 1907 - 1914

Charles W. Lyons, SJ, President's Office records

 Collection
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research; portions available digitally.

Dates: 1914 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1919

John McElroy, SJ, President's Office records

 Collection
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1813 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1813 - 1878

William James McGarry, SJ, President's Office records

 Collection
Abstract

The William James McGarry, SJ, President’s Office Records contain correspondence, photographs, financial statements, student applications, booklets, and ephemera documenting the work of William McGarry, SJ, eighteenth president of Boston College from 1937 to 1939.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1922 - 1944; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1939

W. G. Read Mullan, SJ, President's Office records

 Collection
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: circa 1898-1930s; Majority of material found within 1898 - 1900

Boston College collection of Edward V. Boursaud, SJ

 Collection
Abstract

This collection contains two letters written by the fifth president of Boston College, Edward V. Boursaud, SJ, after his time as president.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1897, 1900

Chants for the Mass for the Feast of the Transfiguration

 Collection — Volume 1
Scope and Contents Manuscript containing musical notation of chants for the Catholic celebration of the Mass for the Feast of the Transfiguration, consisting of 50 leaves, written in black, red, and blue ink, on parchment, and bound in full leather. Includes De epiphania Ieus nati (Quicumque Christum quaeritis), Kyrie eleison, Gloria in excelsis Deo, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei. Music in neumatic notation; four-line staff ruled in red. Pen-flourished initials in red and blue. Divisional title on leaf 4 recto...
Restrictions on Access

Fragile. Item is unavailable until conserved.

Dates: 1590

Compendium of antiphons and prayers: manuscript

 Collection — Volume 1
Scope and Contents

Bound manuscript of 54 pages comprising a collection of antiphons and prayers. The compiler has not been identified. The first section includes the incipits of antiphons listed in order of feast days, with mensural notation in red and black. The second section includes a selection of Eucharistic prayers. Primarily written in a humanist miniscule book hand, interspersed with paratexts in two or more cursive hands.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: between 1700-1799

Franciscan antiphoner (sanctorale) with sequences

 Collection
Scope and Contents Gatherings 1-8: Proper of saints Andrew (30 Nov.), Lucy (13 Dec.), Thomas, Apostle (21 Dec.), Agnes (21 Jan.), Purification (2 Feb.), Agatha (5 Feb.), Annunciation (25 Mar.), De sanctis a festo Pasce usque ad Pentecostem, Philip and James (1 May), Inventio Crucis (May 3), John the Evangelist ante portam latinam (6 May), Birth of John the Baptist (24 June), Peter and Paul (29 June), Mary Magdalen (22 July), Laurence (10 Aug.), Assumption (15 Aug.), Beheading of John the Baptist (29 Aug.),...
Restrictions on Access

Open for research; also available digitally.

Dates: approximately 1300-1350

[Illumination of the Crucifixion from a Missal : use of Troyes]

 Collection
General Note

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.

Restrictions on access

Open for research; digital version also available.

Dates: 1460

Monita quaedam a scholasticis diligenter servanda: manuscript

 Collection — Shared_box 4421: Series I; Series II; Series III; Series I; Series V, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Manuscript pamphlet of six pages in wrappers with handwritten title on cover. At head of first page is an albumen print photograph of an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. "Fourniu[?] avant 70" written in a later hand on front cover. Instructions or rules for teachers or scholars.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: not after 1869

Peter K. Murphy papers

 Collection
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on Access

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.

Dates: not before 1947-2021; Majority of material found within 1976 - 2021

Second Vatican Council collection

 Collection
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1963-1965