Abstract

These papers document the legislative career of Robert F. Drinan, SJ, Democratic Representative in the U.S. House from the Massachusetts 3rd District (later the 4th) from 1971-1981. The collection includes correspondence, committee files, legislative files, campaign materials, district files, speeches, photographs, and audio and video recordings.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research, with the exception of the case files in Series V. The audio and video recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and can not be reformatted by Burns Library at this time. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; when it becomes possible we will schedule reformatting.

The majority of the collection is stored offsite; advanced notice is required for retrieval.

Abstract

Papers document Robert F. Drinan's career as an academic, lawyer, Jesuit, and social justice advocate. Materials cover his years before Congress as a faculty member and Dean of Boston College Law School, and his post-congressional years as a faculty member at Georgetown University Law Center.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research. Audio and video recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and can not be reformatted by Burns Library at this time. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; when it becomes possible we will schedule reformatting.

The majority of the collection is stored offsite; advance notice is required for retrieval.

Abstract

This collection documents the life and work of Christopher Hollis, a twentieth-century British Catholic author, historian, and politician. It contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and typescripts for Hollis's theological work "The Mystery of Things."

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Abstract Articles, correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts, photographs documenting the religious and professional life of twentieth-century American author and educator Francis W. Sweeney, S.J. Correspondence includes letters from fellow Boston College faculty member J. A. Appleyard, as well as Thomas Merton, publishing companies, and members of the Sweeney family. Manuscript and published versions of many of Sweeney's articles, book reviews, monographs, and poems are included. Sweeney's career at...

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research. One phonograph record has been digitally copied; all original media was retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.