Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the career of British Catholic author Francis Thompson, through correspondence; manuscripts of essays, plays, poetry, and reviews; notebooks; works by others regarding Thompson in the form of biographies, criticism, translation, and performing and visual arts inspired by his poetry. Insight into Thompson's life is provided by his correspondence with publishers and friends, particularly the editors at The Academy and the...

Restrictions on Access Collection is open for research. Recordings on audio cassette and phonograph disc have been digitally copied; all original media was retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room. Recordings on audio reel and motion picture film 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...

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Inventory number 1988.305

Boston College collection of Francis Thompson, MS-2006-023. John J. Burns Library.

On view in Burns Library, Thompson Room.

Restrictions on access

This collection is minimally described and includes many items on public view or too large to be easily paged. Burns Library might not be able to fulfill access requests.