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Keepsakes donated by individual alumni as well as school and hospital insignia items (pins, rings, emblems, stamp, plate, paperweight); awards from SON participation in the Boston Park Recreation basketball league; recognition certificates from student, church, and local organizations; and interviews, speeches, and reminiscences of alumni from annual alumni banquets.

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Video recordings in this series 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.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Consists of one manuscript, "A Discourse Delivered, at the Roman Catholic Church in Boston, on the 9th of May, 1798, a Day Remembered by the President for Humiliation and Prayer throughout the United States" (1798) composed by Boston-born, revolutionary, and Catholic priest, John Thayer. In 1798, President John Adams requested a national day of fasting and prayer in response to the brewing naval war between France and the United States. In response, John Thayer's Catholic sermon focused on...

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Folder 1 contains the fragile original and is closed. A preservation copy available for use in folder 2.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers containing poems by Mary Enda Hughes and materials relating to her poetry. The materials include correspondence, a copy and transcript of a newspaper article, two lists of published poetry and prose with dates and publishers, individual poems with and without handwritten notes, a bound copy of a book of poems entitled Lime Sherbet during Thunder, a copy of a typed manuscript of a book of poems, notebooks, and indexes of poems which appear to refer to...

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Collection is open for research.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection of audio recordings, sheet music, photographs, and news clippings documenting the musical interests and performances of Tommy Sullivan. Unpublished audio recordings feature Tommy Sullivan playing with local musicians; a highlight of these is a testimonial dance held in Sullivan's honor. The sheet music includes several sets of hand-written music in press/draw tablature form by Sullivan family members and Joe Derrane. News clippings cover Sullivan's US Army service, Irish music...

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Collection is open for research.

Audio 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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All sheet music is hand-written.

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Collection is open for research.

Audio 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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All sheet music is hand-written.

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Collection is open for research.

Audio 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: Contains memoranda issued by leadership of the Irish national security force An Garda Síochána to officers regarding American president John F. Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June 1963. Most document the logistics of deploying members for the event. One memorandum requests assistance monitoring two Russian journalists expected to attend and the removal of "playcards, slogans, or other offensive matter" that could negatively impact the image of the visit. Also includes a contemporary...

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Collection is open for research.

The DVD is not available for playback due to format impermanence and has not been reformatted.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contains memoranda issued by leadership of the Irish national security force An Garda Síochána to officers regarding American president John F. Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June 1963. Most document the logistics of deploying members for the event. One memorandum requests assistance monitoring two Russian journalists expected to attend and the removal of "playcards, slogans, or other offensive matter" that could negatively impact the image of the visit. Also includes a contemporary...

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Collection is open for research.

The DVD is not available for playback due to format impermanence and has not been reformatted.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contains memoranda issued by leadership of the Irish national security force An Garda Síochána to officers regarding American president John F. Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June 1963. Most document the logistics of deploying members for the event. One memorandum requests assistance monitoring two Russian journalists expected to attend and the removal of "playcards, slogans, or other offensive matter" that could negatively impact the image of the visit. Also includes a contemporary...

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Collection is open for research.

The DVD is not available for playback due to format impermanence and has not been reformatted.

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Consists of a small collection of black pen and ink drawings by Andrew William Vachon, SJ featuring Gasson Hall at Boston College, crucifixes, and religious themes. Also included are three print reproductions and a handwritten list of the illustrations in the collection.

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Consists of a small collection of black pen and ink drawings by Andrew William Vachon, SJ featuring Gasson Hall at Boston College, crucifixes, and religious themes. Also included are three print reproductions and a handwritten list of the illustrations in the collection.

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Collection is open for research.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Consists of a small collection of black pen and ink drawings by Andrew William Vachon, SJ featuring Gasson Hall at Boston College, crucifixes, and religious themes. Also included are three print reproductions and a handwritten list of the illustrations in the collection.

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Collection is open for research.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Consists of a small collection of black pen and ink drawings by Andrew William Vachon, SJ featuring Gasson Hall at Boston College, crucifixes, and religious themes. Also included are three print reproductions and a handwritten list of the illustrations in the collection.

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Collection is open for research.

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Includes typed letters to Jim Forest as well as photocopied correspondence to and from Dorothy Day, Pope Paul VI, Tom Cornell, John Heidbrink, Shonzo Hamai (Mayor of Hiroshima), and A.J. Muste.

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Primarily prose works written by Merton between 1963 and 1968, as well as some poetry, translations, and Merton's MA thesis. Some manuscripts feature editorial comments by Merton and Forest. Subjects addressed include philosophy (Western and Eastern), Catholic theology and practice (primarily monasticism, prayer, and social awareness), contemporary social and political issues, and literature.

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Materials collected and created by twentieth century peace activist and author Jim Forest for his biographies of Trappist monk Thomas Merton, including correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs. The collected materials by Merton were primarily sent to Forest directly by Merton, and some include inscriptions or comments in Merton's hand. Additional collected materials, especially photographs, were collected by Forest explicitly for his Merton biographies, Thomas...

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Materials collected and created by twentieth century peace activist and author Jim Forest for his biographies of Trappist monk Thomas Merton, including correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs. The collected materials by Merton were primarily sent to Forest directly by Merton, and some include inscriptions or comments in Merton's hand. Additional collected materials, especially photographs, were collected by Forest explicitly for his Merton biographies, Thomas...

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Most of the articles are about Tommy Sullivan's performances, the testimonial dinner in his honor, and his death, but one later article documents Jeff Sullivan's use of Tommy's accordion.

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Collection is open for research.

Audio 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: Collection of audio recordings, sheet music, photographs, and news clippings documenting the musical interests and performances of Tommy Sullivan. Unpublished audio recordings feature Tommy Sullivan playing with local musicians; a highlight of these is a testimonial dance held in Sullivan's honor. The sheet music includes several sets of hand-written music in press/draw tablature form by Sullivan family members and Joe Derrane. News clippings cover Sullivan's US Army service, Irish music...

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Collection is open for research.

Audio 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: Collection of audio recordings, sheet music, photographs, and news clippings documenting the musical interests and performances of Tommy Sullivan. Unpublished audio recordings feature Tommy Sullivan playing with local musicians; a highlight of these is a testimonial dance held in Sullivan's honor. The sheet music includes several sets of hand-written music in press/draw tablature form by Sullivan family members and Joe Derrane. News clippings cover Sullivan's US Army service, Irish music...

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Collection is open for research.

Audio 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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Contemporary manuscript copy of a deed of sale by James Boies to Richard Clarke, in establishment of a partnership in a paper mill on the Neponset River, in Milton, Massachusetts.

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Lyrics to a presidential campaign song for John Adams, set to the tune of Auld Lang Syne.

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Open for research.

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Correspondence from Henderson to William Prichard Eaton, professor of playwriting at Yale University. Includes a request for Eaton to review Henderson's biography of George Bernard Shaw.

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A fictionalized account of events witnessed by the author during his youth of a "particular locality in the South of Ireland during the Agrarian uprising between the years 1880 and 1890." Ardbawn (or Ardbaun) is a townland of the civil parish of Thurles in County Tipperary. Mention is also made of the tenants working the land in Rosscarbery in County Cork.

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The M.J. MacManus papers consist mostly of letters from various correspondents written to MacManus. Many concern MacManus's duties as editor of the Irish Press. The dates range from 1849 to 1951, with the bulk of the letters between 1934 and 1942. There is also a draft of a poem by Francis Ledwidge.

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