Box 4
Contains 43 Results:
Invitations, receipts, and reports, 1935-1939
Invitations to a Mother's Day event and to commencement; tuition receipts; grade reports and transcript; Dean's list notifications.
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Class of 1932 photograph at Hotel Lenox, 1941 December 28
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Correspondence, 1920
Letter to the editor of The Heights signed "The Old Man," suggesting that Boston College adopt the eagle as a mascot
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Letter, 1940 December 19
From Frances Quinn inviting Gill to a supper dance
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Bound copy of Fourth of July Oration: The American Race, 1906-1911
The speech contains eugenic and racist language.
Scope and Contents
Bound copy of a Fourth of July oration Coakley gave at Faneuil Hall entitled The American Race: Its Origin, the Fusion of Peoples; Its Aim, Fraternity, which includes a handwritten dedication to fellow Boston College alum Charles Birmingham.
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Political scrapbook, 1884 - 1937
Clippings and other ephemera relating to Aylward's political career in local and state government in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Biographies, correspondence, 1889 - 1903
Biography and obituary, 1903 and after.
Petition for sympathy in deciding justice regarding an incident at the Massachusetts State Prison, 1889.
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Event invitations and menu, 1902 June 16-18
Invitation to the 1902 Boston College Commencement Exercises, and an invitation and menu to the Sigma Beta Society's Class of 1902 Class Day Spread
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Scrapbook, 1941 - 1984
Principally documents Barry's career as a Naval Reserve Officer, including his work as a Naval Recuitment Officer, as well as his career as a Boston Public Schools Principal, his retirement in Cocoa Beach Florida, and his attendance at various Boston College Class of 1924 reunions and other Boston College events. Includes photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, invitations, speeches, and memos.
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Correspondence, biography, and service report, 1932-1945, 1995
Contains a letter from George H. Nicholson to his wife celebrating V-E Day, as well as a short biography of Nicholson published in Sub Turri, an announcement of Nicholson's death published in Boston College Alumni News, and a letter from Nicholson's wife, Alice K. Nicholson Cadley, concerning Nicholson's V-E Day letter and his death four days later.
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Testimonial dinner program, 1941
Program for a testimonial dinner held in George Kerr's honor, which includes a list of accomplishments and and a menu for the evening
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Photocopies of poetry chapbooks, 1985, January 1994
Photocopies of two chapbooks written by Bill Lyons entitled The Far Horizon and If I Am Enough of a Brother. They are minimally annotated by the author and include handwritten dedications to the the Boston College librarians and to poetry students at Boston College.
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Photograph, 1944 August
Photograph of the Army Air Corps B-29 "Rankless Wreck" bombing crew, taken in Herington, Kansas.
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Correspondence, coursework, clippings, ephemera, and photographs, 1940- approximately 1944
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Class Day program and speech, 1947 June 13
Invitation to the Seventy-first Class Day of Boston College, as well as the text of the "Tower Oration" Jennings gave at the event.
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Ticket to Victory Dance sponsored by Class of 1955, 1954 October 9
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Poems "Prophetic Ode to Boston College" and "The College Beautiful", 1908, undated
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.
Correspondence, speeches, and obituary, 1898 - 1940
Consists of speeches, a small amount of correspondence, and documents relating to his work with the Charitable Irish Society
Collection is open for research; some items available digitally.