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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,...
Access Note

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.

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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."

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1961-1975

Norman Castle collection of holy cards

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2005-054
Abstract

This collection includes Catholic holy cards produced in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These cards cover a variety of devotional subjects including Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Saints, sacraments, angels, and the Holy Spirit. These cards were collected by Boston College librarian Norman Castle.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1867-1950, undated; Majority of material found within 1867 - 1914

Home Savings Bank records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2013-039
Scope and Contents

Composed mainly of business and financial records of the bank. In addition there are some photographs and letterpress books with copies of the bank's outgoing correspondence.

Access Note

Collection is closed until processed.

Dates: approximately 1871-1945

Hopkins family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1991-023
Abstract

Composed of materials relating to members of the Hopkins family, especially Manley Hopkins, his wife Catherine ("Kate"), and their children. A number of items concern Manley Hopkins's involvement with religious and political affairs in Hawaii. The collection also includes a few pieces of correspondence by British Catholic author Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1826 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1826 - 1918

Norah Hoult correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2001-038
Abstract

This correspondence documents the literary friendships of Irish journalist and author Norah Hoult through the letters she received from fellow Irish and English writers. The letters span her years living in both England and Ireland, from 1934-1954.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1934-1954, undated

Kitty Haas collection of Elbert Hubbard and Roycroft materials

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2022-065
Abstract Collected by Roycroft Shops expert and antiquarian Kitty Haas, materials document the life of writer, publisher, and philosopher Elbert Hubbard, who founded the reformist community of craftspeople, known as the Roycrofters, in 1895. Collection consists of Roycroft-related advertisements and broadsides, ceramics, correspondence, newspaper articles, photographs and sketches, and printing press records. Also included are papers documenting the assemblage of the collection and Kitty Haas's...
Access Note

Collection is open for research. Negatives in Shared box 1274 are not an access medium and are not available for use.

Dates: 1870 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1939

Bradford T. Hudson collection of historical marketing

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2023-141
Abstract

Collection containing marketing materials from the hospitality and travel industries from the twentieth century assembled by brand heritage scholar Bradford Hudson. Included are advertisements, brochures, maps, menus, stationery, timetables, and trade cards.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1852-2016

Letters to Bridget Hughes

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2004-074
Abstract

This collection contains letters to Bridget Hughes, a mid-nineteenth century immigrant to America from Ireland, from her Hughes and McConville family in Ireland. The letters discuss both family news and general events, but are particularly noteworthy for their documentation of the economic and social impact of the Irish Famine.

Access Note

Collection is open for research; digital version also available.

Dates: 1846-approximately 1850

Everett C. Hughes papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-1995-082
Abstract

This collection contains personal, professional, scholarly, and teaching material from sociologist Everett C. Hughes, whose areas of scholarly interest included multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and multi-lingual societies; the sociology of work and occupations; and the history and sociology of educational institutions.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1840-1996; Majority of material found within 1930-1980

John T. Hughes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1986-160
Abstract

The papers contain materials related to Boston area lawyer and Irish activist John T. Hughes (1871-1945) and his family. It includes clippings concerning Hughes and Irish politics; correspondence; photographs; letters written by Hughes and published in Boston papers; and Hughes's obituary.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1909 - 1945; Majority of material found within 1921 - 1945

Mary Enda Hughes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1997-042
Abstract

Papers including individual and collected poems by Mary Enda Hughes and related correspondence, indexes of poems, a copy and transcript of a newspaper article, notebooks, and lists of published poetry.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1962-2004

Edgar F. Huse papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2005-116
Abstract

Composed primarily of articles by twentieth century American behavioral scientist Edgar F. Huse on improving employee production, organizational behavior, and job enrichment. Also contains correspondence, manuscripts, and press releases.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1965 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1972 - 1974

Transcription of F. C. Husenbeth's notes on Kenelm H. Digby's Mores Catholici

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-2003-055
Abstract

A bound journal containing hand-written notes transcribing F. C. Husenbeth's annotations from his copy of Mores Catholici by Kenelm H. Digby. The transcription includes indications of original page numbers where the annotations were made.

Access Note

Open for research.

Dates: Before 1873

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