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 contains materials from Joyce’s previous positions as Dean of the College of Business Administration (1958-1966), later the School of Management, and Vice-President of Community Affairs (1966-1968). Materials date from 1944-1974.

Building records consist mostly of proposals for renovations of the library and for the purchase of new properties. Correspondence files contain invitations, acceptances, and regrets for events during Joyce’s tenure as president, as well as letters sent to Boston College alumni, parents, and students. Boston College’s financial struggles and fundraising efforts are apparent in development files, which document the University’s efforts to pay off rising debts. In addition, the University administration’s relationship with the student body and the faculty are illustrated in faculty files, departmental records, and subject files. Subject files mostly focus on faculty and student conflicts with the administration, especially those concerning changes to tenure procedures, the United States Army Reserve Officer’s Training Corps, and the student strike in April 1970 over tuition increases. Subject files also contain a fair amount of personal and inaugural materials.

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.