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Connolly, Brendan C. (Brendan Cyril), 1913-1974

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1913-02-10 - 1974-04-21

Biographical note

Brendan Cyril Connolly, SJ was born in Boston, MA in 1913. Connolly was a graduate of Boston College, entered the Jesuit novitiate at Shadowbrook in 1931, and was ordained into the priesthood in 1943. Connolly was the first Jesuit priest to hold a doctorate in library science. Connolly served as a librarian and professor of theology at Weston College from 1951-1959, before becoming the Boston College Director of Libraries in 1959. During his tenure as director, Connolly helped accumulate a Thomas Merton collection for Boston College and continued the development of the Merton collection until 1974 when he died.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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: 1847 - 2018

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

Brendan Connolly coins and artifacts collection

 Collection
Abstract

Brendan Connolly, SJ was the Director of Libraries at Boston College from 1959-1974. The collection is composed of Connolly's collection of nine ancient coins, a necklace made up of two blue stones, and one trinket-sized ancient ram or goat figurine.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 407-411, undated

Boston College collection of Thomas Merton

 Collection
Abstract

Intentionally assembled collection comprised of original manuscripts of books, essays, letters, and poems written by the Trappist monk, poet, and writer Thomas Merton.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1940-1986