Boston College community experience of COVID-19 collection

Collection

Identifier: BC-2020-016

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 2020 - 2022

Scope and Contents

Materials reflecting Boston College community members' experiences during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic, including blog posts or journal entries, essays, newsletters, photographs, podcast episodes, and poems. Some materials were produced explicitly for submission into this collection, as a conscious effort to capture pandemic experiences as they were happening; others were produced for different purposes and then submitted.

Digital content summary

Total files: 111; Total size: 15.89 GB; Years (last modified): 2020 - 2022; Identified file formats: 8 (Microsoft Word document (DOCX), PDF, JPG, Pages document, Text document, MP4 video, MP3 audio, WAV audio)

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Restrictions on use

These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.

Historical note: COVID-19 Pandemic at Boston College

The first official Boston College communication about the coronavirus was on January 30, 2020, when cases were beginning to be reported in the United States. Over the course of February and early March, the University began enacting travel restrictions and self-quarantine mandates following travel to particular places, especially after Spring Break. As the pandemic worsened, the University suspended all in-person classes on March 11, 2020, moving all instruction online. Students were required to vacate their University-provided housing by March 15 unless they applied for a waiver due to extenuating circumstances (for example, international students who weren't able to travel home). Boston College returned to in-person classes beginning on August 31, 2020, with gradually lessening restrictions to scheduling, masking, testing, and vaccine requirements.

Sources:

"BC Forward," Boston College. https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/sites/bc-forward.html. Accessed August 8, 2024.

"Coronavirus updates," Boston College. https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/coronavirus.html. Accessed August 8, 2024.

Personal email communication.

Extent

16.75 Gigabytes (111 files)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Materials reflecting Boston College community members' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, including blog posts or journal entries, essays, newsletters, photographs, podcast episodes, and poems.

Arrangement

In five series by community affiliation: I. Alums; II. External community members; III. Faculty; IV. Staff; and V. Students.

Arranged alphabetically by last name within series.

Provenance

Materials donated by individual creators via online form, 2020-2023.

Related Materials

Boston College alumni papers, BC.1988.060, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Processing Information

The scope and contents notes accompanying each file entry are paraphrased from donors' own descriptions of their materials given at the point of donation.