Burns Library Archival Collections

This collection documents the life and work of twentieth-century Jesuit Walter F. Hyland, SJ. It primarily concerns his teaching career in the Philippines and his internment in a Japanese camp during World War II. Materials includes correspondence, photographs, ephemera, printed materials, and clippings.

Collection is open for research.

Depicts Saint Ignatius reclining at the base of a family tree of Jesuit saints. In the oval at upper right is attached a thread said to be from a garment of Saint Ignatius, set within an eight-pointed star.

Open for research.

Elaborately bound and illuminated hand-lettered address presented to Dr. William Robert Moorhead on the occasion of his departure from Benburb Dispensary District. Signed by 48 of his colleagues.

Open for research.

Collection of nine World War II-era American postal envelopes with hand-painted cachets illustrating town postmarks. Many are signed by the postmaster.

Collection is open for research.

Bound manuscript of 124 pages (paginated 273-396, the last page blank), consisting of a series of meditations in Latin on the Exercitia spiritualia of Saint Ignatius of Loyola.

Open for research.

Manuscripts of plays, television drama scripts, poems, and an autobiography from late-twentieth century Irish authors including Bernard Farrell, Hugh Leonard, Frank McGuinness, and Thomas Murphy, collected by the National Theatre Society for a benefit auction in 1988.

Collection is open for research.

Collected by Irish music expert May Mullins, materials include audio recordings of interviews with Irish musicians, live Irish music, and radio shows, as well as Irish-related ephemera including an Easter Rising commemorative coin (1966), an Irish banknote (1939), an Irish immigration themed U.S. postal stamp (1999), prayer cards (1916-1917), and sheet music.

Collection is open for research.

The audio 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.

Collection documents traditional Cape Breton and Irish music in the 1960s through the 1990s with live recordings of social gatherings, concerts, and radio shows performed in Massachusetts, Canada, and Ireland by various musicians, including Sally and Jimmy Kelly.

The audio 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.

Collection of early twentieth century verse broadsides supporting the Irish republican cause, as well as related contemporary newspaper clippings and an invitation to the 1999 National Day of Commemoration ceremony.

Collection is open for research.

Consists of programs and playbills from performing arts theaters in Ireland, predominantly Dublin, Galway, and Cork. The bulk of programs represent Cork Opera House, Druid Theatre/Mick Lally Theatre, Gaiety Theatre, Gate Theatre, and Olympia Theatre. The collection also contains ephemera such as articles, fliers, invitations, posters, and ticket stubs.

Collection is open for research.

Bound manuscript of approximatley 700 pages, written in an italic cursive script, consisting of examples of love poems in different forms. Includes index.

Open for research.

Manuscript notebook written on laid paper, containing examples of arithmetic problems, currency conversion, tables of weights and measures for liquid and dry goods, word problems, methods of calculating interest, etc. Headings are written in a tall calligraphic script.

Open for research.

These papers document the work of author and urban planning activist Jane Jacobs. They contain correspondence, clippings, lecture recordings, manuscripts, research material, and notes related to Jacobs's professional life. Also included are date books, awards and diplomas, scrapbooks, and photographs.

These papers concern the life and work of twentieth-century British writer Elizabeth Jennings. Materials include published and unpublished manuscripts and poetry, poetry notebooks, prose, reviews and essays, printed material, ephemera, and correspondence.

Collection is open for research.

Open for research.

This collection contains records related to the operations of the Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrators (JASPA), including correspondence; executive committee meeting material; financial records; events organized by JASPA; membership materials; newsletters; and photographs. Also included are updates to the constitution and bylaws of JASPA; reports and white papers related to topics relevant to promoting Jesuit education; and yearbooks.

Collection is open for research.

The records of the Jesuit Educational Association (JEA) document the organization, history, and goals of the Association and its members from its beginning in the early 1930s to its end in 1970. The records were produced and collected by the various commissions, conferences, executive offices, and institutions under or associated with JEA in the form of conference materials, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, news releases, photographs, reports, speeches, and surveys.

Collection is open for research.

Memorial cards for twentieth-century American Jesuits.

Collection is open for research.

Bound minute book of 401 pages, recording the activities of the John Boyle O'Reilly Reading Circle, 1901-1924. Entries are written in ink, in cursive script, by Katherine E. Conway, Margaret T. Dooley, Nora A. Dwyer, and other officers of the Reading Circle.

Color portrait of Saint John of Nepomuk by an anonymous artist, set within the double-headed eagle emblem of the Holy Roman Empire. With caption: S. Joannes Nepo. Produced after John of Nepomuk's canonization, possibly in the Czech Republic, where he still commonly revered.

Open for research.