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Alice M. Grady collection of the Boston and Maine Railroad Group's Fund for the Archbishop's Charities correspondence
Correspondence kept by Alice M. Grady, representative for the Boston and Maine Railroad Group's Fund for the Archbishop's Charities, between the Fund and Archbishop Richard Cushing's office.
Collection is open for research.
Edward T. P. Graham papers
The papers consist of correspondence, illustrations, photographs, and postcards belonging to early twentieth-century Boston architect Edward T. P. Graham. The materials primarily concern Graham's time in Europe studying architecture, as well as his career in America.
Collection is open for research.
Grand Lodge of East Jamaica Freemason collection
The Grand Lodge of East Jamaica Freemason collection documents Masonic practice in late-1800s Jamaica. It includes correspondence, membership papers, and other material relating to Herman John Bürger, a Master Freemason in Kingston and Port Royal, as well as notes describing Freemason ceremonies and organizational structure. Also includes a Catholic anti-Masonic pamphlet on secret societies.
Collection is open for research; also available digitally. One fragile item is closed.
Greater Boston area materials
Collection is open for research.
F. L. Green papers
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.
Collection is open for research.
Graham Greene papers
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.
Boston College collection of Lady Gregory
This collection contains materials about late nineteenth and early twentieth century Irish author Lady Gregory. It includes correspondence, a typescript, and an article.
Collection is open for research.
Group of Black people in a covered wagon, American Civil War : stereograph
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.
Open for research.
Boston College collection of Louise Imogen Guiney
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.
Collection is open for research.
Guillermo L. Guitarte letters
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.
Collection is open for research.
David Gurin and Jane Jacobs correspondence
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.
Collection is open for research.
Edward Gwynn letters
Made up of two letters to Colm O Lochlainn.
Collection is open for research.
Haley House records
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.
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.
Paul C. Haley collection of Billy Caples music manuscripts
Handwritten sheet music for accordion created by accordionist Billy Caples for one of his students, Paul C. Haley. Most tunes include titles, and some contain additional performance notes.
Collection is open for research.
Anna E. Hall letters and ephemera
Letters and ephemera from Anna E. Hall, who was among the first Black graduates of the New England Deaconess Home Training School in Boston in 1901 and later a missionary in Liberia.
Collection is open for research.
Halliday's collection of photographs of New England historic buildings and colonial and provincial homes, 1628-1700
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.
Collection is open for research. Fragile; take care in handling.
William F. and Michael C. Hanafin Family Papers
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.
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.
Bobbie Hanvey photographic archives
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.
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.
Martin P. Harney, SJ papers
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.
Marion Harrington papers
Consists of essays and pamphlets written by Harrington relating to shrines of the Blessed Virgin Mary, collected onto scrapbook pages.
Collection is open for research.
Francis Harvey papers
Papers document the work of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Irish poet, playwright, and fiction writer Francis Harvey through his correspondence, diaries and notes, collected ephemera, and writings. Also included are recordings of readings and interviews in which Harvey participated.
Collection is open for research.
Audio and video 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.
Nathaniel J. Hasenfus papers
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.
Collection is open for research.
Have faith, watercolor attributed to Maud Gonne
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.
Open for research.
Bernard and Margaret Hayes letters
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.
Open for research; digital version also available.
Elizabeth Hayward collection of Ursuline Academy materials
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.
Collection is open for research; digital version avialable.