Burns Library Archival Collections

These papers document the life and career of author Eleanor Early, who was best known for her travel articles and books. Additional materials included her magazine quizzes; short stories; chapters for her advice book She Knew What He Wanted; and World War II era radio broadcast transcripts. Her papers also contain extensive photographs of her travels.

Collection is open for research.

An ceathranach caolriabhach -- Bruighean eochadh bhig deirig -- Bruighean ceise coruin.

Bound manuscript of 76 pages, some of which are mutilated with loss of text. Earlier version of the catalog record gives the date of production as 1780 and identifies the scribe as Seaghan O'Domhail, however the basis for this attribution is unknown.

Open for research.

Cover sheet of typescript: "This is the original MS of Ebb and Flood - A Novel - by James Hanley. Cymm. 1932."

Open for research.

Open for research.

This collection contains two Portable Irish Harps by nineteenth century Irish harp maker John Egan.

Collection is open for research. Off-shelf viewing is by appointment, supervised by a staff member to ensure safe handling. The harps are too fragile to be strung at full tension, and therefore are not playable.

A collection of postcards collected by Michael Ehrmann from Massachusetts, Ireland, and Northern Ireland, depicting various historical and cultural sites, hotels, restaurants, recreational activities, and artwork.

Collection is open for research.

Composed of official records of the Eire Society of Boston, including meeting minutes, correspondence, programs, publications, and financial records. In addition there are clippings, scrapbooks, and some photographs which relate to the society and its activities. While most of the material dates from the period after 1937, there are some collected artifacts and ephemera from the nineteenth century pertaining to Irish and Irish-American political figures.

Collection is open for research.

These papers document the religious career of Gerald Ellard, a Jesuit who taught history and religion and was involved in the early stages of the liturgical reform and the Liturgical Conference. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence, typescripts and published material, and lecture materials dealing with various liturgy-related topics like the Mass and worship.

Collection is open for research.

Italian manuscript eulogy for Gasparo Sanchez. Two pages on bifolium. Third page is blank. Addressed on the fourth page to the Jesuit Girolamo Mattia in Recanati, Italy.

Open for research

Calendar includes photographs from Irish Tourist Information Bureau and poems by Irish writers.

Open for research.

Collection consists of correspondence commending Irish revolutionary, soldier, and film producer Emmet Dalton, as well as accounts written by Dalton and others regarding Irish revolutionaries Michael Collins and Sean McKeon (Seán Mac Eoin). Newspaper editorials and official reports concerning nationalist politics in Ireland and the Irish Republican Army are also included.

Collection is open for research.

Bound manuscript of 70 numbered pages, preceded by unnumbered title page, written in cursive script, apparently after the 1742 printed edition of this text, recounting the life of José (or Jospeh) Xavier de Molina, a Jesuit missionary who bore witness to the 1740 Yaqui rebellion in Sonora, Mexico. Includes a letter, "Carta de el P. Provincial Matheo Ansaldo, de la mesma compañía, a los superiores de su provincia de Mexico".

Open for research.

Correspondence between Boston University professor Jay Corrin and members of the English Catholic New Left movement, conducted as research for Corrin's book Catholic Progressives in England after Vatican II.

Collection is open for research.

The collection consists primarily of correspondence between John and Peter Jorge and president Reverend Abbot Joseph Ilsley regarding the English College of Lisbon in the mid to late nineteenth century. Also included is a legal document in Portuguese related to power of attorney.

Collection is open for research.

Open for research.

Open for research.

These ledgers document the work of J. D. Fallon & Son Funeral Home in Jamaica Plain, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Funeral accounts include place of birth, parents' names, occupation, cause of death, place of internment, and details of the funeral arrangements for each of the deceased, many of whom were of Irish descent.

Collection is open for research.

This collection documents twentieth-century theologian and Boston College professor Miles L. Fay, SJ through his detailed travel journals, course materials, extensive theology research and notes, and personal photographs, calendars, and genealogy materials.

Collection is open for research; a small number of folders are closed due to privacy restrictions.

Papers documenting twentieth-century Jesuit mathematician and college administrator Walter J. Feeney, SJ through his Boston College course materials and academic papers, administrative records, Jesuit Community materials, and professional committee and conference papers.

Collection is open for research. Many folders in Series II. Faculty and college administrator work are closed due to privacy restrictions per university policy. The majority of folders in Series III. Jesuit materials are closed at the request of the Boston College Jesuit Community.

Composed of typescripts for three books written by Fields, which deal with Portugal and Northern Ireland: A Society on the Run: A Psychology of Northern Ireland (approximately 1973), Society Under Siege: A Psychology of Northern Ireland (approximately 1977), and The Portuguese Revolution and the Armed Forces Movement (approximately 1975).

Open for research.

Bound manuscript consisting of excerpts copied from the collection of poetry edited by Alonso de Salazar and published as: Fiestas que hizo el insigne Collegio de la Compañia de Iesus de Salamanca (Salamanca, 1610). Eleven unnumbered leaves followed by 22 numbered leaves, with text on both sides. Witth the signature and monogram of Francisco Javier de Santiago y Palomares on leaf 1 recto.

Open for research.

Printed materials from a variety of twentieth century small fine presses, primarily in England and the United States.

Collection is open for research.