Burns Library Archival Collections

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.

Seventeenth-century European woodcut prints including the frontispiece and additional engraved plates from Jerome Nadal's Evangelicae historiae imagines (Antwerp: Jan Galle, 1647), along with two additional loose prints from other Catholic theological works.

Collection is open for research.

Two manuscript treatises on Chinese chronology: Examen de la chronologie chinoise, and Examen et verification de plusieurs epoque de l'histoire chinoise (in two parts).

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.

Papers of late-twentieth-century Irish poet Gerard Fanning, including correspondence, journals, poetry, and photographs. Notable are Fanning's poetry notebooks, which contain dated iterative drafts of his work throughout his career.

Collection is open for research.

Papers of writer and Boston College alum, program director, and faculty member Marian St. Onge (1944-2021). Includes extensive research of World War II French resistance fighter and Catholic priest Louis Favre, as well as numerous drafts of St. Onge's unpublished manuscript on Favre. Also consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, notebooks, photograph reproductions, and publishing materials.

Collection is open for research.

Box 1, Folder 11 is closed due to privacy concerns.

Digital content is not available due to format impermanence and has not been reformatted. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; if possible, reformatting will be scheduled.

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.