Sweeney, Francis, 1916-2002
Dates
- Existence: 1916-02-19 - 2002-04-25
Biographical Note
Jesuit, English professor, poet, author and founder of the Boston College Humanities Series.
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Authors collection
The Authors collection comprises various manuscripts created by notable historical figures between 1665 and 2005. The bulk of this collection dates from 1790 to 1900, and consists primarily of letters and lithographs. Notable correspondents represented in this collection include Charles Darwin, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Edward Everett Hale, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Florence Nightingale, Walker Percy, Wendell Phillips, John Ruskin, Alec Waugh, and William Wordsworth.
Collection is open for research.
Boston College alumni papers
This collection documents the student experience at Boston College through materials collected and created by its alumni. Materials include autograph books, correspondence, course notebooks, drawings, ephemera, interviews, medals, needlepoint, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, speeches, student papers, photographs, and poems. Small, individual donations of alumni papers are grouped here for ease of discovery because they document a shared experience.
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Boston College Humanities Series director's records
These records include correspondence, manuscripts, financial records, scrapbooks, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting the first forty years of Boston College's Humanities Series and related lecture series. Materials also document director Francis W. Sweeney, SJ's lifelong relationship with prominent writers, theologians and academics of the 20th century.
Collection is open for research.
Martin Cyril D'Arcy, SJ collection
This collection contains the papers of Martin Cyril D'Arcy, SJ, a twentieth-century British Jesuit scholar and theologian. Materials include correspondence, essays, and funeral memorabilia.
Collection is open for research.
Robert F. Drinan, SJ congressional papers
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.
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.
Robert F. Drinan, SJ pre- and post-congressional papers
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.
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.
Boston College collection of Thomas Merton
Intentionally assembled collection comprised of original manuscripts of books, essays, letters, and poems written by the Trappist monk, poet, and writer Thomas Merton.
Collection is open for research.
Ignatius W. O'Connor collection
The collection includes a copy of O'Connor's unpublished autobiography, a tribute written by Dr. Joseph R. Stanton eulogizing O'Connor and newspaper clippings.
Collection is open for research.
Seán O'Faoláin collection
The collection contains correspondence to and from Seán O'Faoláin, manuscripts of stories which appeared in published form as Tales and Stories (1966) and clippings about O'Faoláin's autobiography Vive Moi!. The collection also includes a typed and annotated essay by Julia O'Faoláin.
Collection is open for research.
Frank Pakenham, Earl of Longford manuscripts
Consists of two corrected typescripts by Pakenham: Nixon: A Study in Extremes of Fortune and Kennedy.
Collection is open for research.
Shubert Theatre photographs
Nine photographs of Boston, Massachusetts's Shubert Theatre. Includes images of stagehands working backstage, audience members receiving programs and audience members standing in front of the building. The marque reads: "Bert Lahr - Dolores Gray - Two on the aisle."
Open for research.
Boston College collection of Edith Sitwell
This collection of papers concerns twentieth-century British poet and author Edith Sitwell. It is comprised of correspondence, manuscript drafts of poems and other writings, and an obituary.
Collection is open for research.
Francis W. Sweeney, S.J. papers
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.
Twice ordained: typescript
Typed autobiography of Rev. John R. Willis, S.J.
Open for research.