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Boston College. Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

 Organization

Staff Only

Dates

  • Usage: 2015 - present
  • Usage: 2015 - present
  • Usage: 1863 - 2015

Administrative history

Boston College was chartered in 1863 with a single mission: teaching the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences at the heart of a Jesuit education. In these early decades there was no separate "College of Arts and Sciences" - the College and the university were one and the same. As Boston College grew, it added a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and other professional schools, while the undergraduate College evolved on its own track. For most of the twentieth century, the College and its graduate counterpart operated as separate schools, each with its own dean.

That changed in the mid-2000s, when Joseph Quinn's departure gave Boston College an opening to close the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and merge it into the College, replacing the old graduate deanship with two new administrative posts. David Quigley led the combined college before becoming university provost in 2014, followed by Gregory Kalscheur, SJ. In 2015, Boston College renamed the College in honor of longtime trustee Robert J. Morrissey, class of 1960 - a philanthropic milestone for the University.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Boston College Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences records

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2025-117
Abstract

Publications such as reports, course catalogs, and committee communications produced by the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences regarding the Core Curriculum.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 2013 - 2025

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

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2013-029
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...
Access Note

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

Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President's Office records

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2013-028
Abstract The Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President’s Office Records document Walsh’s tenure as twenty-second president of Boston College, 1958-1968. This collection consists largely of administrative records and contains committee, departmental, and faculty files as well as admission records, building plans, correspondence, subject files, and materials relating to the University's centennial celebrations in 1963. Subject files contain biographical information in addition to other topics of interest to...
Access Note

Collection is open for research. Series I. Admissions is closed in its entirety due to privacy restrictions, and is stored off-site. A small amount of material in other series is also closed due to privacy restrictions.

Dates: 1933 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1968

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