Scope and Contents From the Collection: The William James McGarry, SJ, President’s Office records contain correspondence, photographs, financial statements, student applications, and booklets documenting the work of William McGarry, SJ, eighteenth president of Boston College from 1937 to 1939. The records reflect the activities of the College of Business and Administration, the Evening School held at the Intown College, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Correspondence files contain letters to Henry Cabot Lodge...

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Collection is open for research.

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.