Literature and philosophy scholarship of Joseph G. Brennan, including published works on military ethics, Ford Madox Ford, Thomas Mann, and Alfred North Whitehead, along with research notes, lecture notes, and articles Brennan published in Boston College Magazine. The file also includes correspondence with fellow scholars, as well as correspondence between Brennan and Thomas Mann, Felix Doherty, and Boston College President R. Donald Monan, and Brennan's publisher Alfred Knopf.