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. Three items in Series V. have been closed due to fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Joseph R. N. Maxwell, SJ, President's Office Records contain administrative records, correspondence, manuscripts, architectural drawings, legal documents, reports, awards and certificates, writings, slides, and newspaper clippings documenting the life and tenure of Joseph R. N. Maxwell, SJ, twenty-first president of Boston College. These records chronicle a notable period of growth for the College, including the expansion of Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) activities on...

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Collection is open for research. A small number of folders are closed due to privacy restrictions. One audio reel is 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.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The President's Office records of James H. Dolan, SJ, the sixteenth president of Boston College, contain correspondence, material relating to the construction of two buildings as well as other facilities concerns, administrative records and notes, photographs, artwork, and artifacts documenting both his administration and the College's development from 1925 to the end of his tenure in 1932. Records regarding the completion of Bapst Library and the addition to St. Mary's,...

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Collection is open for research; portions available digitally.