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Correspondence with J.E. Redmond and Leslie Millar (or Millay), 1911, 1915

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Consists of correspondence and clippings of Jordan, including letters from Irish leader John Edward Redmond. Most of the clippings concern affairs in Ireland. There are programs and clippings relating to anniversaries of John Boyle O'Reilly and Patrick Andrew Collins, as well as death notices of Daniel O'Connell, the Irish Nationalist. Also includes a photo of Jordan, a ledger of reading abstracts, and some material of the United Irish League of America.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1911, 1915
Found in: / M. J. Jordan papers

Invitation card for the dedication of the statue of Wendell Phillips from Boston Mayor James M. Curley, 1915 July 5

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Consists of correspondence and clippings of Jordan, including letters from Irish leader John Edward Redmond. Most of the clippings concern affairs in Ireland. There are programs and clippings relating to anniversaries of John Boyle O'Reilly and Patrick Andrew Collins, as well as death notices of Daniel O'Connell, the Irish Nationalist. Also includes a photo of Jordan, a ledger of reading abstracts, and some material of the United Irish League of America.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1915 July 5
Found in: / M. J. Jordan papers

Photographic portrait of Jordan as National Secretary of the Irish League of America, printed in the Weekly Free Man, 1914

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Consists of correspondence and clippings of Jordan, including letters from Irish leader John Edward Redmond. Most of the clippings concern affairs in Ireland. There are programs and clippings relating to anniversaries of John Boyle O'Reilly and Patrick Andrew Collins, as well as death notices of Daniel O'Connell, the Irish Nationalist. Also includes a photo of Jordan, a ledger of reading abstracts, and some material of the United Irish League of America.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1914
Found in: / M. J. Jordan papers

Program for the Boston Citizens' Committee for the Centennial Celebration to Honor the Memory of John Boyle O'Reilly and Patrick Collins, 1944 November 26

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Consists of correspondence and clippings of Jordan, including letters from Irish leader John Edward Redmond. Most of the clippings concern affairs in Ireland. There are programs and clippings relating to anniversaries of John Boyle O'Reilly and Patrick Andrew Collins, as well as death notices of Daniel O'Connell, the Irish Nationalist. Also includes a photo of Jordan, a ledger of reading abstracts, and some material of the United Irish League of America.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1944 November 26
Found in: / M. J. Jordan papers

Typescripts for verses "Pater O'Flynn" (in Latin) and "Charge of the Six Hundred," as well as quotes from James Bryce on Home Rule, 1907, undated

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Consists of correspondence and clippings of Jordan, including letters from Irish leader John Edward Redmond. Most of the clippings concern affairs in Ireland. There are programs and clippings relating to anniversaries of John Boyle O'Reilly and Patrick Andrew Collins, as well as death notices of Daniel O'Connell, the Irish Nationalist. Also includes a photo of Jordan, a ledger of reading abstracts, and some material of the United Irish League of America.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1907, undated
Found in: / M. J. Jordan papers

Ledger, labeled "Abstracts from readings, 1897- , M.J. Jordan" on title page, 1847 - 1944

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

The ledger contains Jordan's abstracts at the front, accounts at the back, as well as notes, clippings and ephemera tucked into the covers. Loose materials include a single proof page of a work in Gaelic.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1847 - 1944
Found in: / M. J. Jordan papers

Carta del rey de España â el papa, notìcìando el total exterminio de los jesuitas de sus domìnìos, probably between 1767 and 1800

 Item — Shared box: 2516
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Sixteen-page manuscript fair copy of a letter from King Charles III of Spain to Pope Clement XIII on the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish Empire. Dated at end of last page: Aranjuez, 2 de mayo de 1767. Written in ink on laid paper in a gathering of four bifolia.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: probably between 1767 and 1800

"Colonialism and the Ghetto", late 1960s

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 1
Content Description From the Collection:

The papers include unpublished typed position statements produced by the Cambridge chapter of People Against Racism including "Colonialism and the Ghetto" and "The War in Vietnam is a Racist War". Additionally, there is a position statement written by Frank H. Joyce, an activist in the Detroit chapter of PAR, entitled, "What is Racism?" along with internal research and statistics about systemic racism in America called "The Myth of Progress."

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: late 1960s

"The Myth of Progress", research and statistics, 1967

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 4
Content Description From the Collection:

The papers include unpublished typed position statements produced by the Cambridge chapter of People Against Racism including "Colonialism and the Ghetto" and "The War in Vietnam is a Racist War". Additionally, there is a position statement written by Frank H. Joyce, an activist in the Detroit chapter of PAR, entitled, "What is Racism?" along with internal research and statistics about systemic racism in America called "The Myth of Progress."

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1967

"What is Racism?" statement by People Against Racism Detroit-Boston, written by Frank H. Joyce, late 1960s

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 3
Content Description From the Collection:

The papers include unpublished typed position statements produced by the Cambridge chapter of People Against Racism including "Colonialism and the Ghetto" and "The War in Vietnam is a Racist War". Additionally, there is a position statement written by Frank H. Joyce, an activist in the Detroit chapter of PAR, entitled, "What is Racism?" along with internal research and statistics about systemic racism in America called "The Myth of Progress."

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: late 1960s

"The War in Vietnam is a Racist War", late 1960s

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 2
Content Description From the Collection:

The papers include unpublished typed position statements produced by the Cambridge chapter of People Against Racism including "Colonialism and the Ghetto" and "The War in Vietnam is a Racist War". Additionally, there is a position statement written by Frank H. Joyce, an activist in the Detroit chapter of PAR, entitled, "What is Racism?" along with internal research and statistics about systemic racism in America called "The Myth of Progress."

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: late 1960s

Cushing Hall time capsule, 1860s-1960

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Metal box uncovered during the demolition of Cushing Hall in 2019. Most materials are from 1960, the year Cushing Hall was built and the time capsule assembled, but some earlier materials were also included. Contains news clippings, typescripts of speeches given, photographs of Cardinal Cushing, bulletins and handbooks from Academic Year 1959/1960, as well as stone chips from the original Boston College buildings in the South End, a medallion depicting Cardinal Cushing, and "lucky" money...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1860s-1960

Devlin Hall, plaster model, 1921

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Also includes a card, created for display of the building model, which contains all that is known of the model dates and building identification.

Access Note

Fragile, please use extra care in handling.

Dates: 1921

Boston College Library Building, plaster model of proposed library, 1921

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Also includes a card, created for display of the building model, which identifies the building and indicates that the plans were altered between the creation of the model and the building of the library.

Access Note

Fragile, please use extra care in handling.

Dates: 1921

Gasson Hall, plaster model, 1921

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Also includes a card, created for display of the building model, which contains all that is known of the model dates and building identification.

Access Note

Fragile, please use extra care in handling.

Dates: 1921

Proposed chapel, plaster model, 1921

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Also includes a card, created for display of the building model, which contain all that is known of the model dates and building identification for buildings that were not constructed.

Access Note

Fragile, please use extra care in handling.

Dates: 1921

St. Mary's Hall, plaster model, 1921

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Also includes a card, created for display of the building model, which contain all that is known of the model dates and building identification.

Access Note

Fragile, please use extra care in handling.

Dates: 1921

Proposed gymnasium, plaster model, 1921

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Also includes a card, created for display of the building model, which contain all that is known of the model dates and building identification for buildings that were not constructed.

Access Note

Fragile, please use extra care in handling.

Dates: 1921

General Park map reproductions, undated

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains photographs, promotional materials, and newspaper clippings. Photographs include the Park's features, grounds, and head shots of performers. Ephemera, both originals and reproductions, is in the form of advertisements, informational pamphlets, maps, menus, news clippings, playbills, postcards, printed tickets, and souvenir booklets.

Includes both original and photocopied material.

Access Note Collection is open for research. Video recordings 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. Film reels have not been reformatted and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. Please let Reading Room staff know of your specific interest, and if possible reformatting will be scheduled.Negatives in box 161131 are...
Dates: undated

Correspondence regarding A Proper Bostonian, Priest, Jesuit, 1959-1975

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, research notes, newspaper clippings, articles, bookplates, and photographs. Most of the material relates to Walter J. Meagher's work on A Proper Bostonian, Priest, Jesuit: the diary of Joseph Coolidge Shaw. Included are photostat copies of the diary, letters, and Last Will and Testament of Joseph Coolidge Shaw, SJ. The collection also includes Meagher's own diary from 1965, which covers his time as a...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1959-1975

Annuity in Trust, 1847, 1851

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, research notes, newspaper clippings, articles, bookplates, and photographs. Most of the material relates to Walter J. Meagher's work on A Proper Bostonian, Priest, Jesuit: the diary of Joseph Coolidge Shaw. Included are photostat copies of the diary, letters, and Last Will and Testament of Joseph Coolidge Shaw, SJ. The collection also includes Meagher's own diary from 1965, which covers his time as a...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1847, 1851

Lists of correspondents, approximately 1963-1975

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, research notes, newspaper clippings, articles, bookplates, and photographs. Most of the material relates to Walter J. Meagher's work on A Proper Bostonian, Priest, Jesuit: the diary of Joseph Coolidge Shaw. Included are photostat copies of the diary, letters, and Last Will and Testament of Joseph Coolidge Shaw, SJ. The collection also includes Meagher's own diary from 1965, which covers his time as a...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1963-1975

Jesuit Seminary and Mission Bureau perpetual membership certificate for Ford, undated

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 1
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 ...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated

John Murray (publishing house) brochure, after 1958

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 2
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 ...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: after 1958

National Theatre (Washington, D.C.) brochure, probably 1930s

 File — Shared box: 2516, Folder: 3
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 ...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: probably 1930s