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F. L. Green papers

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Abstract

These papers include typescripts and carbon copy drafts of several of twentieth-century author F. L. Green’s literary works, including Odd Man Out. They also contain literary fragments, correspondence, contracts, and other financial records.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1934-1953

Graham Greene papers

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Abstract The Graham Greene papers document the life and work of Greene, including his childhood and family, as well as his career as a journalist and writer. The collection is global, with material from and concerning a variety of countries. Topics include literary culture, film history, mid-to-late twentieth century world history, wars, revolutions, counterintelligence, communism, and Catholicism. The collection consists of art, artifacts, correspondence, ephemera, legal records, literary...
Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research; some folders are closed for privacy or condition concerns. Audiovisual materials may not be immediately available due to formatting issues. End dates for restrictions are indicated at the folder-level.

Dates: 1807 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1989

Boston College collection of Lady Gregory

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Abstract

This collection contains materials about late nineteenth and early twentieth century Irish author Lady Gregory. It includes correspondence, a typescript, and an article.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1881-1932, undated

Group of Black people in a covered wagon, American Civil War : stereograph

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Scope and Contents

View of Black men, women, and children seated before, and riding in, a covered wagon. A mounted soldier is visible in the background, presumably a Union soldier based on the cap and dark uniform.

Restrictions on access

Open for research.

Dates: probably between 1890 and 1900

Boston College collection of Louise Imogen Guiney

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Abstract

This collection contains materials written by turn-of-the-twentieth-century American poet, essayist, and editor Louise Imogen Guiney, including letters, a poem fragment, and transcriptions of poems by others.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: Majority of material found within after 1867-1916

Guillermo L. Guitarte letters

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Abstract

The collection primarily consists of Guitarte's correspondence with other linguists, philologists, and academics during the time he taught at Boston College. Also contains letters related to his family life and legal matters.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1962 - 2000

David Gurin and Jane Jacobs correspondence

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Abstract

This collection contains correspondence from urban planning activist and writer Jane Jacobs to David Gurin throughout his career as an urban planner. The collection also includes programs and other materials from conferences and award ceremonies related to Jacobs.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1963 - 2016

Edward Gwynn letters

 Collection — Shared box: 4421
Scope and Contents

Made up of two letters to Colm O Lochlainn.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1939

Haley House records

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Abstract

Records of the nonprofit organization Haley House, consisting of newsletters, community log books, administrative records, outreach materials, and an extensive photograph collection of its diverse community. The collection documents numerous activities of Haley House, including the Bakery Training Program, soup kitchen, housing developments, silent auctions, street fairs, operations of the Noonday Farm, and more.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Negatives in box 1715 are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs in boxes 2 and 3 are available for access. Slides require use of a light box provided by the Burns Library Reading Room. The audiovisual and born-digital materials in Series V. are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted.

Dates: 1956-2023

Paul C. Haley collection of Jerry O'Brien music manuscripts

 Collection — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

Handwritten sheet music for accordion created by accordionist Jerry O’Brien for one of his students, Paul C. Haley. Most tunes include titles, and some contain additional performance notes.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1935-1968

Halliday's collection of photographs of New England historic buildings and colonial and provincial homes, 1628-1700

 Collection — Object: MS.2001.036
Scope and Contents

The album contains fifty-nine black and white photographs of New England buildings (mostly dwellings) constructed from 1640 through 1700. The photographs were shot approximately 1902.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research. Fragile; take care in handling.

Dates: 1903

William F. and Michael C. Hanafin Family Papers

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Abstract

This collection contains photographs, articles, recordings, a fife, printed music, correspondence, and other items pertaining to brothers William F. and Michael C. Hanafin, their family members, and musical associates. The Hanafin brothers were Irish traditional musicians who immigrated to Boston in the late 19th century.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research. 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.

Dates: circa 1900-1990 ; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1940

Bobbie Hanvey photographic archives

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Abstract

Photographs by twentieth-century Northern Irish photographer Bobbie Hanvey documenting people and life in Northern Ireland during and after the Troubles. Materials include black-and-white negatives, color negatives, color transparencies, digital and print photographs. Glassine sleeves, which originally held the photographs and were annotated by Hanvey, were retained as well.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research; available digitally. Access is limited to the digital version.

Transparent media and digital storage media (hard drives) are not available for use; access limited to the online digital version.

Dates: 1970 - 2012

Martin P. Harney, SJ papers

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Abstract These papers document the scholarly work and personal life of twentieth-century Jesuit, Boston College history professor, and author, Martin P. Harney, SJ. The collection is composed of correspondence, typescripts and research, photographs and slides, sermons and lectures, a postcard collection, and several diaries and Harney family records. The bulk of the material relates to Harney's work as an author, with a focus on the history of the Jesuits and Catholicism, and the history of...
Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Negatives, in Shared box 1715, are not an access medium and are not available for use. The photographs in Box 26 are closed pending conservation review.

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.

Dates: 1819-1976; Majority of material found within 1915-1976

Marion Harrington papers

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Abstract

Consists of essays and pamphlets written by Harrington relating to shrines of the Blessed Virgin Mary, collected onto scrapbook pages.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1950 - 1971

Nathaniel J. Hasenfus papers

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Abstract

The papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, research materials, and scrapbooks related to twentieth-century educator Nathaniel J. Hasenfus’s work chronicling athletics at Boston College. Included are manuscripts of the first (published) and second (unpublished) volumes of Athletics at Boston College.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1915-1982, undated

Have faith, watercolor attributed to Maud Gonne

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Abstract

Watercolor illustration of the Virgin Mary and child, attributed to Irish revolutionary, suffragette, actress, and artist Maud Gonne. Materials also include a letter concerning the painting, and a photograph of another version of the illustration.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: probably 1910-1944

Bernard and Margaret Hayes letters

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Abstract

This collection contains correspondence exchanged by Bernard Hayes and his wife, Margaret, while Bernard was serving as a Union solider in the Ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the American Civil War. Most letters are from Bernard. Additionally, it contains the notice of Hayes's death during the Battle of the Wilderness and treasury certificates for payments made to Margaret.

Restrictions on access

Open for research; digital version also available.

Dates: 1861 - 1867

Elizabeth Hayward collection of Ursuline Academy materials

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Abstract

This collection was compiled by Elizabeth W. Hayward, a former Ursuline Academy student. It contains correspondence, notes, clippings, and printed material relating to the Ursuline Academy convent fire in 1834 and a reunion of Ursuline Academy graduates in 1878. The correspondence series is the largest and includes unpublished firsthand accounts of the convent fire and riots. Materials date from 1830 to 1985, the bulk from 1878.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research; digital version avialable.

Dates: circa 1830-1985; Majority of material found in 1878 - 1878

Boston College collection of Seamus Heaney

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This collection documents the work of Irish poet Seamus Heaney through a selection of his original correspondence and manuscripts. It also includes a limited number of photographs, a recorded interview, newspaper clippings, and ephemera from events in which Heaney participated. A bust of Heaney and two artistic representations of the character Sweeney inspired by his translation of Sweeney Astray complete the collection.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research. One audiocassette is 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.

Dates: 1966 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1986

Peter Hebblethwaite papers

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Abstract

The Peter Hebblethwaite Papers contain correspondence pertaining to the research and publication of Hebblethwaite’s books, published and unpublished writings, teaching materials, personal papers, and photographs, as well as an array of printed materials, sound recordings, and publications.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1955 - 1994

Margaret Heckler papers

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Abstract

These papers document the career of Margaret Heckler, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Ambassador to Ireland. They contain correspondence, legislative files, scheduling files, photographs, speeches, audio and video recordings, clippings, ephemera, Republican Party materials, and personal materials.

Restrictions on Access Collection is open for research. Fundraising materials that name donors and donation amounts are closed, as are political patronage files that include resumes and letters of recommendation. Most audio and video recordings 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 reformatting. Some audio and video...
Dates: 1953-1992; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1989

Hekija kanken roku... manuscript

 Collection — Volume: 1
Scope and Contents Side-stitched manuscript of 24 leaves (some double-leaves), including four full-page illustrations, being a compendium of texts opposing the propagation of Christianity in Japan. Included are selections from Seiyō kibun by Arai Hakuseki, based on his conversations with Italian missionary Giovanni Battista Sidotti, Taiji jashū ron by Sessō Sōsai, Hekija kanken roku by Tetsujō Ukai, and an article from a Chinese newspaper published in 1861. The illustrations depict fumi-e, Christian...
Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: not before 1861

Martin B. Hellriegel papers

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Abstract

Martin B. Hellriegel papers are comprised of sermons, articles, pamphlets, publications, lectures, diaries, audio tapes and correspondence of Hellriegel, a mid-twentieth century Catholic priest who served in St. Louis, Missouri. The collection primarily concerns the liturgical movement in the Catholic Church, especially in relation to the Liturgical Conference.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research. Audio and video 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.

Dates: 1923 - 1990

Raymond G. Helmick, SJ papers

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Abstract

This collection contains materials related to Raymond G. Helmick, SJ's career in conflict resolution and includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, articles, reports, slides, photographs, and video recordings.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research. Audiovisual 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.

Dates: 1953 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2015

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