Scope and Contents From the Collection: The William James McGarry, SJ, President’s Office records contain correspondence, photographs, financial statements, student applications, booklets, and ephemera documenting the work of William McGarry, SJ, eighteenth president of Boston College from 1937 to 1939. The records reflect the activities of the College of Business and Administration, the Evening School held at the Intown College, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Correspondence files contain letters to Henry Cabot...

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Collection is open for research.

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Principally documents Alper's education and professional life, though a smaller amount of personal materials are also included.

Restrictions on access Collection is open for research. Audio recordings on cassette have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room. Audio recordings on reel 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...

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Principally professional correspondence regarding Alper's scholarship, this subseries does also contain a smaller amount of personal letters. This mail, as distinct from his personal correspondence, was all received and maintained at his Boston College office.

Restrictions on access Collection is open for research. Audio recordings on cassette have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room. Audio recordings on reel 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...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Principally documents Alper's education and professional life, though a smaller amount of personal materials are also included.

Restrictions on access Collection is open for research. Audio recordings on cassette have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room. Audio recordings on reel 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...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, and print matter of the Junior Philomatheia Club and the Philomatheia Club, "The Women's Auxiliary to Boston College." It is composed of historical background materials, administrative records of the organization, scrapbooks depicting both clubs' varied events and achievements, and photographs of Club members and social gatherings. Also included is information on Boston College fund drives in which the Club was involved. The bulk of...

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Collection is open for research.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, and print matter of the Junior Philomatheia Club and the Philomatheia Club, "The Women's Auxiliary to Boston College." It is composed of historical background materials, administrative records of the organization, scrapbooks depicting both clubs' varied events and achievements, and photographs of Club members and social gatherings. Also included is information on Boston College fund drives in which the Club was involved. The bulk of...

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Collection is open for research.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, and print matter of the Junior Philomatheia Club and the Philomatheia Club, "The Women's Auxiliary to Boston College." It is composed of historical background materials, administrative records of the organization, scrapbooks depicting both clubs' varied events and achievements, and photographs of Club members and social gatherings. Also included is information on Boston College fund drives in which the Club was involved. The bulk of...

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Collection is open for research.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Composed of correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, reports, course materials, papers and notes, and a few photographs. Most of the material concerns the Jesuit Community at Boston College and the Weston College School of Philosophy Self-Study. Boston College-related items primarily document the Program for Jesuit Studies, Mathematics Seminars, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the University Academic Senate. In addition, there are many papers of the Association for Symbolic...

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Collection is open for research. Many folders in Series II. Faculty and college administrator work are closed due to privacy restrictions per university policy. The majority of folders in Series III. Jesuit materials are closed at the request of the Boston College Jesuit Community.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Composed of correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, reports, course materials, papers and notes, and a few photographs. Most of the material concerns the Jesuit Community at Boston College and the Weston College School of Philosophy Self-Study. Boston College-related items primarily document the Program for Jesuit Studies, Mathematics Seminars, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the University Academic Senate. In addition, there are many papers of the Association for Symbolic...

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research. Many folders in Series II. Faculty and college administrator work are closed due to privacy restrictions per university policy. The majority of folders in Series III. Jesuit materials are closed at the request of the Boston College Jesuit Community.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Composed of correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, reports, course materials, papers and notes, and a few photographs. Most of the material concerns the Jesuit Community at Boston College and the Weston College School of Philosophy Self-Study. Boston College-related items primarily document the Program for Jesuit Studies, Mathematics Seminars, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the University Academic Senate. In addition, there are many papers of the Association for Symbolic...

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research. Many folders in Series II. Faculty and college administrator work are closed due to privacy restrictions per university policy. The majority of folders in Series III. Jesuit materials are closed at the request of the Boston College Jesuit Community.

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Statement regarding invitation to Yasser (Yasir) Arafat to address the United Nations

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Collection is open for research.

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Special edition of The Record

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Collection is open for research.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The records include papers, minutes, and correspondence of the Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations (CSG). Administrative materials include correspondence and enclosures, agendas, minutes, and membership lists. The content of the correspondence ranges from logistical notifications to in-depth discussions of current events and other relevant topics. Discussion materials include articles, essays, presentations, and discussion notes covering topics considered by CSG members in...

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Collection is open for research.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contains typescript drafts of Ford's autobiography that describe her childhood in a Boston Irish-American family and her memories of actors and authors she knew through her role as publicist for the Theatre Guild and Boston and New York publishing houses. Copies of her correspondence with those she represented over the years complement her autobiography. Her papers also include newspaper clippings of her articles for Variety and the ...

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Collection is open for research.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records documenting the history of the Weston Observatory from the 1950s to the 1970s through materials created by seismologist and director Daniel Linehan, SJ. Linehan's records include the Observatory central files, which are principally correspondence with organizations that contracted seismic studies from the Observatory, and from Jesuit and scientific groups of which Linehan was a member and to which he contributed papers or other expertise. A very small amount of materials from...

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Collection is open for research.

Film reels and audio tape reels are not available for playback due to format impermanence and cannot 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.

Negatives, in box 60, are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs are available for access.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records documenting the history of the Weston Observatory from the 1950s to the 1970s through materials created by seismologist and director Daniel Linehan, SJ. Linehan's records include the Observatory central files, which are principally correspondence with organizations that contracted seismic studies from the Observatory, and from Jesuit and scientific groups of which Linehan was a member and to which he contributed papers or other expertise. A very small amount of materials from...

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Film reels and audio tape reels are not available for playback due to format impermanence and cannot 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.

Negatives, in box 60, are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs are available for access.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs documenting Linehan's childhood, family, and enduring friendships.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Film reels and audio tape reels are not available for playback due to format impermanence and cannot 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.

Negatives, in box 60, are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs are available for access.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Records documenting the history of the Weston Observatory from the 1950s to the 1970s through materials created by seismologist and director Daniel Linehan, SJ. Linehan's records include the Observatory central files, which are principally correspondence with organizations that contracted seismic studies from the Observatory, and from Jesuit and scientific groups of which Linehan was a member and to which he contributed papers or other expertise. A very small amount of materials from...

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Film reels and audio tape reels are not available for playback due to format impermanence and cannot 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.

Negatives, in box 60, are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs are available for access.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs documenting Linehan's childhood, family, and enduring friendships.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Film reels and audio tape reels are not available for playback due to format impermanence and cannot 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.

Negatives, in box 60, are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs are available for access.

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The publications included in the collection range from educational items such as a psychology board game and a molecular model chemistry set, to the internal newsletter "The Circuit," as well as complete sets of the catalogs and price lists of Allyn and Bacon publications.

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Collection is open for research. The Stock Book in Series II. is closed due to fragility, pending conservation review.

Audio and video recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

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Composed of annual reports, internal communications and manager meeting minutes, and portraits of members of the Executive team. The materials in the series are photographs unless otherwise noted.

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Collection is open for research. The Stock Book in Series II. is closed due to fragility, pending conservation review.

Audio and video recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Composed of annual reports, internal communications and manager meeting minutes, and portraits of members of the Executive team. The materials in the series are photographs unless otherwise noted.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research. The Stock Book in Series II. is closed due to fragility, pending conservation review.

Audio and video recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Composed of annual reports, internal communications and manager meeting minutes, and portraits of members of the Executive team. The materials in the series are photographs unless otherwise noted.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research. The Stock Book in Series II. is closed due to fragility, pending conservation review.

Audio and video recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Louis J. Gallagher, SJ, President's Office records contain correspondence, contracts, ephemera, memorandums, reports, photographs, drawings, and plans documenting the work of Louis J. Gallagher as the seventeenth president of Boston College. The collection dates from 1920 to 1945, though the bulk of the items date from the years of Gallagher's presidency, 1932 to 1937. Like many of his predecessors, Gallagher maintained correspondence regarding buildings and grounds of Boston...

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Collection open for research; portion also available digitally.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Louis J. Gallagher, SJ, President's Office records contain correspondence, contracts, ephemera, memorandums, reports, photographs, drawings, and plans documenting the work of Louis J. Gallagher as the seventeenth president of Boston College. The collection dates from 1920 to 1945, though the bulk of the items date from the years of Gallagher's presidency, 1932 to 1937. Like many of his predecessors, Gallagher maintained correspondence regarding buildings and grounds of Boston...

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Collection open for research; portion also available digitally.