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A transcript of this recording can be found in Box 1, folder 11, and Box 11, folder 14.

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These recordings have been digitally copied. Box 4593 contains all original media, which may not be played due to format. Digital use copies, identified by digital content number, can be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

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Includes talks by Edward Eddaratta, Sister Mary Magdele, Sister Mary Genevieve, Father Henry, Sister Albert, Father Reinhold, Father Stack, Hanley, Mrs. Perkins, Martin B. Hellriegel, and others.

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These recordings have been digitally copied. Box 4593 contains all original media, which may not be played due to format. Digital use copies, identified by digital content number, can be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

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Side one contains a variety of short recordings, including a weather report and a brief conversation about the responsibilities of Veterans Affairs. Side two contains a recording of a conference call of the Executive Committee (Carroll, Morrison, Hellriegel, Laukemper, Sheehan, Hillenbrand, Busch, Diekmann, and Morrison). A transcript of this call can be found in Box 1, folder 10 and in Box 11, folder 14.

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These recordings have been digitally copied. Box 4593 contains all original media, which may not be played due to format. Digital use copies, identified by digital content number, can be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the career of British Catholic author Francis Thompson, through correspondence; manuscripts of essays, plays, poetry, and reviews; notebooks; works by others regarding Thompson in the form of biographies, criticism, translation, and performing and visual arts inspired by his poetry. Insight into Thompson's life is provided by his correspondence with publishers and friends, particularly the editors at The Academy and the...

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These 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.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the career of British Catholic author Francis Thompson, through correspondence; manuscripts of essays, plays, poetry, and reviews; notebooks; works by others regarding Thompson in the form of biographies, criticism, translation, and performing and visual arts inspired by his poetry. Insight into Thompson's life is provided by his correspondence with publishers and friends, particularly the editors at The Academy and the...

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These 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.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection documenting the career of British Catholic author Francis Thompson, through correspondence; manuscripts of essays, plays, poetry, and reviews; notebooks; works by others regarding Thompson in the form of biographies, criticism, translation, and performing and visual arts inspired by his poetry. Insight into Thompson's life is provided by his correspondence with publishers and friends, particularly the editors at The Academy and the...

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The audio reel is not available for playback due to format impermanence and can not be reformatted by Burns Library at this time. However, it is believed that the phonograph disc contains a copy of the same recording. It has been digitally copied; the 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. Images of both pieces of media have been included with the digitized audio.

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This series includes a 1946 self recorded phonographic disc of Sweeny reading his own poetry; a caricature of Sweeney teaching; a homemade advertisement for It Will Take a Lifetime; an advertising proof for Vatican Impressions; Sweeney’s degree from College of the Holy Cross; and his honorary degree from Boston College.

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This audio recording has 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.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection consists of live recordings of social gatherings, concerts, and radio programs of traditional Cape Breton and Irish music performed in Massachusetts, Canada, and Ireland by various musicians. Prominent musicians include Sally and Jimmy Kelly, Jerry O'Sullivan, Séamus Connolly, Sean McGlynn, and Tommy Sheridan on instruments including accordion, fiddle, flute, piano, and whistle. Some of the audio content most likely contains published material, but the majority does not....

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The audio recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; if possible, reformatting will be scheduled.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Boland's congressional campaign materials. The majority of the files concern the 1968 campaign in which Boland was challenged by Springfield Mayor Charles V. Ryan amidst the controversy of the Springfield Armory closure. Materials include clippings, correspondence, legislative profiles, issue research, voting records, strategic planning memos, constituent information, campaign contributions and expenditures, opponent research, photographs, bumper stickers, posters, and other ephemera....

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The phonograph discs 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.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Business and publicity records consist of advertising ephemera, correspondence, ledgers, minutes, a patent, and a presentation on the history of advertising. General correspondence is minimal and pertains mainly to the death of Charles T. Donnelly in 1926 and Edward C. Donnelly Sr. in 1927. Also included is a set of meeting minutes from 1938, one ledger recording interest received from 1915-1925, a blank book of stock certificates, and company newsletters. The majority of the photographs and...

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Audio recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Consists of family records of Martin P. Harney SJ, including his birth certificate, genealogical records, newspaper clippings, and early notebooks and correspondence of his mother, Jennie (Martin) Harney. Also included are Harney's diaries and scrapbook, his ordination and Golden Jubilee materials, as well as numerous awards such as his Honorary Doctorate from Boston College and gold medals from the Eire Society of Boston and the St. Brendan Society. Series contains one audio recording of...

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Audio recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

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Includes biographies of Margaret Heckler, clippings, audio and video recordings of interviews, magazines, newsletters, press releases, and radio statements. Clippings document Heckler as well as campaigns, district issues, legislative topics, and national events.

Access Note The phonograph discs in box 4593 object 4-5 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. The video recordings in box 143, object 8-9 are not available for playback due to format impermanence and can not 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...

Scope and Content From the Collection: These papers document the life and work of John Louis Bonn, a Jesuit priest, writer, and educator who taught English literature, classics, and drama at Boston College, Fairfield University, and Marycrest College. Most concern his time at Boston College and contain Bonn's extensive staging and lecture notes on plays that he taught and directed, primarily the works of Shakespeare. Also included are correspondence; ephemera; manuscripts; musical scores for dramatic performances; notes on the...

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The audio recording of Bonn's play Joyful Mystery has 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.

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The William F. Cunningham, Jr. collection contains a wide variety of Swift-related materials, especially related to Gulliver’s Travels. It includes printed materials: book jackets; brochures; a coloring book; movie advertisements; photographs; playing cards; prints; programs; and reviews. It also contains artifacts: a blouse; commemorative coins and stamps; a miniature book; a puzzle, a shot glass; and a stautette of Swift.

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Collection is open for research.

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An audio recording of Alfred Noyes reciting from his Personal Anthology, including readings of Noyes's poems: "Wizardry", "Bird Song", "The Highwayman", "Night Journey", "The Happy Hunting Ground", "The Waggon", "Forty Singing Seamen", and "The Double Fortress".

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Audio recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains the audiovisual department files as well as audiocassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, film, and VHS tapes. It has five subseries: A. Department materials; B. Audiocassettes; C. Film and videocassettes; D. Microfilm; E. Slides. Department files contain correspondence, funding requests, pamphlets, materials related to the department’s relationship with the Helene Fuld Health Foundation, and records regarding the production of informational films on healthcare topics. A small...

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Collection is open for research. Student records less than 50 years old, including microfilm student records, are closed. Some faculty records and other materials are also closed due to privacy restrictions; please consult the Archivist for more information. Portions of this collection are stored off-site. Please allow 24-48 hours for retrieval.

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"A concert in Afro-American music for worship, under the auspices of The National Office for Black Catholics, recorded live at the Detroit Institute of Arts auditorium."

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These recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...

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These recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted.

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The Bonaventura choir with Clarence Rivers, guest soloist

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These recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collected papers of Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. His impact on American Catholic life, particularly that of Black Catholics, is reflected in his awards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. His ministry and professional engagement papers document his involvement with organizations such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellows Program, the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC), Purcell High School, and Stimuli,...

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These recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted.

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Recording of Rivers' setting of the Apostles' Creed from A Mass dedicated to the brotherhood of man.

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These recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted.