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Martin P. Harney, SJ papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-1988-026
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...
Access Note

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

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1986-172
Abstract

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

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1950 - 1971

Francis Harvey papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2018-051
Abstract

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.

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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.

Dates: 1940 - 2025

Nathaniel J. Hasenfus papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-1998-015
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 Included are manuscripts of the first (published) and second (unpublished) volumes of Athletics at Boston College.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1915-1982, undated

Have faith, watercolor attributed to Maud Gonne

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2020-061
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.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: probably 1910-1944

Bernard and Margaret Hayes letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2018-026
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.

Access Note

Open for research; digital version also available.

Dates: 1861 - 1867

Elizabeth Hayward collection of Ursuline Academy materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2011-027
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.

Access Note

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

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1986-003
Abstract

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.

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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

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1996-008
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.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1955 - 1994

Margaret Heckler papers

 Collection
Identifier: CA-1998-004
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.

Access Note 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
Identifier: BC-2023-162
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...
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Open for research.

Dates: not before 1861

Martin B. Hellriegel papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2003-040
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.

Access Note

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

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2016-047
Abstract

Papers document twentieth-century American Jesuit and Boston College faculty member Raymond G. Helmick, SJ's career in conflict resolution and include correspondence, manuscript drafts, articles, reports, slides, photographs, and video recordings.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied and born-digital materials have been migrated from source media. 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 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2015

Archibald Henderson letters

 Collection — Shared box: 1672, Folder: 1-5
Identifier: MS-1986-020
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Henderson to William Prichard Eaton, professor of playwriting at Yale University. Includes a request for Eaton to review Henderson's biography of George Bernard Shaw.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1931-1945

Michael Herbert his book bought in Limerick February 17th 1772 : manuscript, 1772-1834.

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2004-085
Abstract

Rules, examples and questions for teaching arithmetic and geometry, prepared or compiled by Michael Herbert, Limerick, 1772. Midway into manuscript, Irish and English verse poetry some in Irish and some in English with Irish translations, provision accounts, and notes of births and deaths of Herbert family members, 1829-1834.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1772 - 1834

Hibernia Savings Bank records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2013-037
Scope and Contents

Made up of meeting minutes, account books, correspondence, and other business and financial records of the bank. Most of the meeting minutes relate to the bank's Board of Trustees and Board of Investments.

Access Note

Collection is closed until processed.

Dates: 1912 - 1974

George V. Higgins - Martin J. Kelly correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2014-009
Abstract

This collection consists mainly of correspondence from crime novelist and lawyer George V. Higgins to his friend Martin J. Kelly. The letters discuss a wide range of subjects, including schooling, romantic pursuits, and Higgins’ writing, and include some excerpts of Higgins’ work. The collection also contains third-party correspondence to Kelly regarding Higgins, eulogies, and obituaries of Higgins.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1961-1969, 1989-1999

Histoire abregee de l'astronomie chinoise depuis les Yuan jusqu'a les jesuites entrerent au tribunal: manuscript

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: BC-2025-155
Scope and Contents

A history of astronomy and mathematics in China from 1368 until the arrrival of Jesuit astronomers.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: 1736

Historia de la missiones appostolicas de la Compañia de Iesus en las Indias Occidentales de la Nueua Vizcaya. I vida y martyrio del P. Gonzalo de Tapia fundador de las dichas missiones, y apostol de los Cynaloas : por el padre Iuan de Albiçuri religioso missionero de la misma Compañia de Iesus

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: BC-2023-091
Scope and Contents Bound manuscript of 198 leaves (the final 51 leaves mostly blank), comprising an account of the life of Gonzalo de Tapia and the Jesuit mission in Sinaloa, Mexico. In Spanish, primarily written in a humanist miniscule bookhand, by an unidentified scribe, with later marginal annotations in a different hand. With a hand-drawn portrait of Gonzalo de Tapia, with hand color. The primary text was evidently written before the 1634 death of Hernando de Villafañe, who is mentioned as being alive,...
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Open for research.

Dates: between 1633-1634

Historia de Medina Sidonia: incomplete manuscript

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-1990-022
Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: between 1174 and 1804?

Historia inédita de las persecuciones que sufrieron los PP. jesuitas en Portugal hasta su expulsión en el año 1760: manuscript

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: BC-2021-060
Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: between 1760 and 1800?

Historical pastime, a new game of the history of England: game

 Collection — Box: MS.2001.058
Identifier: MS-2001-058
Scope and Contents

An educational game covering the history of England from the Battle of Hastings to the coronation of Queen Victoria. The game board consists of a spiralling circle with six inner rings. There are 134 small circles within the rings each with illustrations of personalities and events from English history. The spiralling rings end in the center of the board with a slightly larger circle number 135, containing a color portrait of Queen Victoria.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: After 1836

Historical sketch of the growth of Catholic parochial schools in the archdiocese of Boston and chronological statement of schools, 1820-1900: typescript

 Collection — Shared box: 7470
Identifier: MS-2002-043
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1901

Bartholomew William Hogan papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-1991-051
Abstract

This collection documents the career of twentieth-century U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and Surgeon General Bartholomew William Hogan, a Boston College alumnus. His papers include correspondence, clippings, photographs, reports, speeches, and scrapbooks, the bulk covering his years as Navy Surgeon General, 1955-1961.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1928 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1962

Boston College collection of Christopher Hollis

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1993-050
Abstract

This collection documents the life and work of Christopher Hollis, a twentieth-century British Catholic author, historian, and politician. It contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and typescripts for Hollis's theological work "The Mystery of Things."

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1961-1975

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