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Maurice J. Quinlan papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-1987-004
 

Maurice J. Quinlan papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-1987-004

This collection contains Quinlan’s professional papers, which include correspondence, articles, class notes for lectures given at Boston College, research notes, literary manuscripts, diaries, and other writings. Topics include eighteenth-century history and literature (including the works of William Cowper, Samuel Johnson and Jonathan Swift), ballooning, methods of life-saving, and the town of Enfield, New Hampshire.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates
Creation: 1916 - 1983
Creation: Majority of material found within 1950 - 1983
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (3 containers)
Related Names
Quinlan, Maurice J. (Maurice James), 1904-
Donovan, Mary Q.
Language of Materials
English

Contains writings and notes on eighteenth-century English literature and other literary topics. Several folders include class notes for lectures given at Boston College.

Dates
Creation: 1916-1976, undated
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (2 containers)
Dates
Creation: undated
Dates
Creation: circa 1940s-1969

Articles on literature, 1939-1967, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3-5
Dates
Creation: 1939-1967, undated

Ben Franklin and Swimming, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates
Creation: undated
Dates
Creation: 1916-1967, undated

Blake, 1950-1968, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: 1950-1968, undated

Cowper and Johnson pictures, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: undated
Dates
Creation: 1950-1959, undated
Dates
Creation: 1959, undated

Jack Higgins, 1976, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Dates
Creation: 1976, undated

Johnson, chapter X, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Dates
Creation: undated

Later notes - Johnson's religion, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Dates
Creation: undated

Notes on British literature, 1950s, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Dates
Creation: 1950s, undated
Dates
Creation: 1950-1974, undated
Dates
Creation: 1927-1954, undated

Romantics, 1936-1964, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: 1936-1964, undated

Social History, 1930-1958, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: 1930-1958, undated
Dates
Creation: undated
 
Dates
Creation: 1964-1975, undated

Swift and the Satirical Elegy, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7-8
Dates
Creation: undated

Swift, class notes, 1952-1973, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: 1952-1973, undated
Dates
Creation: 1963-1967, undated

Swift's Gulliver, 1967, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Dates
Creation: 1967, undated

Victorianism, pre-1830, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Dates
Creation: undated

Victorian Prelude, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Dates
Creation: undated

Contains plays, poems, and short stories by Quinlan and includes some correspondence regarding the publication of these works.

Dates
Creation: 1962-1983, undated
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 container)
Dates
Creation: undated
Dates
Creation: undated

Poem typescripts, undated

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: undated

Travel diaries, 1960-1966, undated

 Series — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Identifier: III

From Quinlan's trips to England and Spain.

Dates
Creation: 1960-1966, undated
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 container)

Writings and research on topics of personal interest to Quinlan.

Dates
Creation: 1956-1983, undated
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 container)

Ballooning, 1956-1981, undated

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Dates
Creation: 1956-1981, undated

Enfield, New Hampshire, 1985, undated

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Dates
Creation: 1985, undated