The Samuel Beckett collection at the John J. Burns Library is composed of seven distinct collections of Beckett-related material including manuscripts and typescripts by Beckett, correspondence with Beckett, ephemera, photographs, and publications by and about Beckett.

Collection is open for research.

Collection of materials concerning the life and work of early twentieth-century Catholic British author and artist G. K. Chesterton. Included are correspondence, drawings, ephemera, writings, and materials about Chesterton.

Collection is open for research.

The collection consists of a bound manuscript and two letters all in Dunsany's hand. The manuscript contains thirty-four of Dunsany's poems and his play The Tent of the Arabs. The poems were originally written from 1917 through 1940 and largely relate to the subjects of the first and second World War. He presented the handwritten anthology to the Red Cross in 1940.

Collection is open for research.

Cover sheet of typescript: "This is the original MS of Ebb and Flood - A Novel - by James Hanley. Cymm. 1932."

Open for research.

Materials collected and created by twentieth century peace activist and author Jim Forest for his biographies of Trappist monk Thomas Merton, including correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs.

Collection is open for research.

This collection contains materials about late nineteenth and early twentieth century Irish author Lady Gregory. It includes correspondence, a typescript, and an article.

Collection is open for research.

These papers contain correspondence, photographs, poems, screenplays, and articles by Irish author Derek Mahon, spanning 1980-1987. Also includes clippings about Mahon, translations of his poems into French, and collected writings by other authors.

Collection is open for research.

The materials include three letters written by Synge to Elkin Matthews and a postcard possibly written by Synge's mother to Matthews.

Open for research.