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Hirsh, John C. (1942-2023)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1942 - 2023-12-06

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Cérémonial de prise d'habit et de profession religieuse a l'usage des religieuses de la Congrégation de N. Dame, rue de Sèvres

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: BC-2023-174
Scope and Contents

Bound manuscript of 50 pages, written in ink on wove paper, ruled in pencil. Contains the ceremonies for the reception of the habit and the profession of vows in the Congrégation de Notre Dame, as well as burial rites. Musical notation on four-line staff.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: probably between 1800 and 1900

Compendium of antiphons and prayers: manuscript

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: BC-2022-173
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

Sally Fairchild diary, 1911-1914: manuscript

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: BC-2022-172
Scope and Contents Written in a commercially-produced blank book of 184 pages, of which the last 54 are blank, this diary recounts the travels of Sally Fairchild in China, Japan, and the Philippines from 1911 to 1914. Fairchild describes excursions to temples and mountains, and life among the families of staff of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands. The final entry of 1914 August 12 describes Fairchild's shock at the outbreak of war. Most entries are illustrated by tipped-in gelatin silver print...
Restrictions on Access

Fragile; closed until conserved.

Dates: 1911 January 18-1914 August 12

George Anthony Denison letter to the editor of The daily news, 1851 October 1.

 Item
Identifier: Boston College BC2023-177
Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: Publication: 1851 October 1.