The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, teaching materials, research files, broadsides, photographs and ephemera documenting the life and work of Paul L. Mariani. It contains his research materials on John Berryman, Hart Crane, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Robert Lowell and John Berryman. The correspondence includes letters from Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Seamus Heaney, Philip Levine, Barry Moser, Robert Pinksy, Dave Smith and Richard Wilbur.

Collection is closed until processed.

Sweeney's materials from his role as professor in the Boston College English Department and the School of Nursing. Includes English course syllabi; quiz and exam reviews; examinations; student term paper topics; classroom notes; and lecture notebooks. This series also contains proposed revisions for the English Syllabus by the Jesuit Educational Association, and English Department proposed revisions for the freshmen and sophomore English courses.

Collection is open for research. One phonograph record has 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.