Burns Library Archival Collections

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.

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.

Consists of ten public lectures delivered by FitzGerald at Boston College while he was a visiting professor of politics in the Dept. of Irish Studies. The lectures cover various topics related to Anglo-Irish relations. Also includes theater programs from productions of Irish plays.

Open for research.

The Margaret M. Fitzgerald papers document her work as a twentieth-century social reformer, suffragist, and retail business owner. The papers contain business memos and minutes, correspondence, diaries, financial records, newspaper clippings, school notes, and speeches.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

Stencilled manuscript missal produced for the use of Flône Abbey, in black, purple, and red ink on parchment. The text comprises Ordo Missae, Canon Missae, Missa de Beata and Missae Pro Defunctis, with music in mensural notation. With five full-page gouache paintings illustrating the Virgin and Child, St. Augustine of Hippo, the Virgin on the crescent moon, the Crucifixion, and the Sacred Heart. Borders ruled in red; rubricated initials.

Open for research.

Open for research.

The collection includes publications, periodical clippings, ephemera, and artifacts documenting the career of Heisman Trophy-winning collegiate and professional football player Doug Flutie, particularly his achievements during his years as a Boston College quarterback.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

This collection documents 20th century American Jesuit moral theologian John C. Ford, SJ through materials kept by his sister, Margaret Ford Kieran. These include Ford's correspondence, medals, photographs, and typescripts, as well as clippings, condolences, obituaries, and prayer cards received by his sister after his death.

Collection is open for research.

Materials collected and created by twentieth century peace activist and author Jim Forest for his biographies of Trappist monk Thomas Merton, including correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs.

Collection is open for research.

Typescripts of speeches and shorter publications by twentieth-century American civil rights activist James Forman.

Collection is open for research.

The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, brochures, programs, and correspondence related to Fortier's service to Boston College. The material documents his work as Dean of the Post Graduate School, the school's efforts to fund an endowed chair in the Philosophy Department, and Fortier's lectures on St. Joan of Arc.

Collection is open for research.

These papers document the scholarly work of twentieth-century Boston College law professor and legal academic, Sanford J. Fox. The collection is composed of correspondence, event programs and agendas, research and notes, and typescripts. The bulk of the material relates to Fox's academic focus in juvenile law and his work internationally for children’s rights.

Collection is open for research. The volume in Box 2 is closed until December 31, 2038.

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Personal and collected materials of mid-twentieth-century Boston-area Irish musician Gene Frain. Personal materials include photographs and biographical information about Gene Frain, as well as correspondence and flutes belonging to his father, Owen Frain. Collected materials document uilleann pipe creation, playing, and community of musicians, as well as the Boston-area Irish music scene more generally.

Collection is open for research.

The collection documents the work of twentieth-century British novelist Pamela Frankau through her correspondence, manuscripts for eight of her novels, her autobiography, and a short story. Also included is a short biographical note about Frankau by Rebecca West, written for the introduction to Frankau's novel Colonel Blessington.

Collection is open for research.

Button with caption "Free Ella Ellison" and black-and-white photograph of Ellison, a Black woman from Boston who was wrongfully convicted for alleged involvement in a 1973 armed robbery. Ellison's conviction was overturned in 1978. This button may have been produced by the Combahee River Collective.

Open for research.

Collection of materials accumulated by Samuel Freedman relating to Irish playwright Bernard Shaw. The collection includes correspondence; ephemera; manuscripts and publications; photographs; and play programs, primarly regarding Shaw and but also including some of his contemporaries.

Collection is open for research. One audio cassette 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.