Scope and Contents From the Collection: The William J. Murphy, SJ, President’s Office records contain correspondence, memos, student applications, contracts, notes, brochures, pamphlets, architectural drawings, and maps documenting Murphy's term as the nineteenth president of Boston College. Murphy's presidency coincided with World War II, and these records document the war's effects on campus military programs and funding. The collection spans from 1911 through 1945, although the bulk of the material dates from Murphy's...

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Robert Fulton, SJ, President’s Office Records contain correspondence, manuscript material, notes, programs, and ephemera documenting the life and work of Robert Fulton, SJ. Of note are materials related to Fulton’s establishment of the Young Men’s Catholic Association, Fulton’s retirement reception (including the ode composed for him and read by John Boyle O’Reilly), and a notebook kept by Anna Ward (née Anna Hazard Barber), documenting a retreat led by Fulton in 1866. One frequent...

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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.