Burns Library Archival Collections

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.

Collection is open for research. The Fatherless Children of France manuscripts are fragile and should be handled with extra care.

This collection documents twentieth-century British author and artist David Jones through his correspondence, ephemera, drawings, engravings, paintings, manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of his poetry and short prose. Also included are some materials about Jones and his works, as well as ephemera he collected.

Collection is open for research.

Consists of correspondence and clippings of Jordan, including letters from Irish leader John Edward Redmond. Most of the clippings concern affairs in Ireland. There are programs and clippings relating to anniversaries of John Boyle O'Reilly and Patrick Andrew Collins, as well as death notices of Daniel O'Connell, the Irish Nationalist. Also includes a photo of Jordan, a ledger of reading abstracts, and some material of the United Irish League of America.

Collection is open for research.

These papers document twentieth-century arts patron Nancy Joyce's work with the Boston College Friends of Art and the McMullen Museum of Art. Papers include committee records, correspondence, docent information, photographs, speeches, and a scrapbook.

Collection is open for research.

Manuscript fair copy by an unidentified scribe. Memoir and history of the Jesuits, unpublished until 1932.

Tomus I. Ab anno 1704 ad annum 1755 -- tomus II. Ab anno 1755 ad annum 1779.

Open for research.

Scrapbooks created by Irish-American poet and advocate for Irish independence Patrick Kane. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings documenting Irish, Irish-American, and Catholic political and cultural affairs, as well as a small amount of correspondence and printed material.

Collection is open for research.

Research notes and collected research materials by author Robert Kanigel about the Blasket Islands and Jane Jacobs.

Collection is open for research. The two CDs 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.

Consists primarily of articles and lectures by Louis O. Kattsoff on mathematical analysis, the philosophy of math and science, math education, and logic, as well as professional and biographical information about Kattsoff, and letters received by Kattsoff from prominent philosophers about their work.

Collection is open for research.

Collection consists of correspondence received by Jesuit, Boston College professor and librarian, John S. Keating, SJ. The bulk of the correspondence dates from Keating's time as a student at Boston College, and during his first year at the Society of Jesus Seminary.

Collection is open for research.

Correspondence between author and urban planning activist Jane Jacobs and Boston College PULSE program director Richard Keeley, as well as drafts of works by Jacobs and recordings of interviews and lectures by Jacobs.

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.

Collection is open for research.

These papers document the career of Jesuit, legal scholar, and social activist William J. Kenealy, SJ. Materials include addresses, articles, correspondence, ephemera, minutes, and reports spanning Kenealy's work at Boston College and Loyola University Law Schools, the National Committee for Human Development, and as director of the Jesuit Social Apostolate National Office.

Collection is open for research. Audiovisual materials have not been reformatted and are not available for use at this time.

Papers of twentieth-century Franciscan friar and scholar Pacificus Kennedy, OFM, primarily concerning his research interests in communist Russia and Catholicism. The collection includes correspondence, research materials, and writings.

Collection is open for research.

Papers documenting the professional life of twentieth-century American journalist and urban planning activist Leticia Kent. Materials include correspondence, drafts, newspaper and magazine clippings of her published work, photographs, and audio recordings of interviews with public figures of her era, particularly those in arts and entertainment.

Collection is open for research.

The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and two typed letters. The clippings are both letters written by Kerrish to newspaper editors and articles about Kerrish's public speaking activities.

Open for research.

Bound manuscript volume of Christian retreat sermons, comprising morning and evening conferences for nine days of spiritual exercises. At front are 3 folded sheets containing 8 pages of text in Arabic. Manuscript annotation on the first page names the priest Yūsuf Ghannām as the owner.

Open for research.

The collection consists primarily of the typescript "Wildlife in the City" (later published as A Natural history of New York City). It also contains press releases, publicity photographs of Kieran and a letter from editor Anne Ford to Rev. Francis W. Sweeney, SJ.

Collection is open for research.

This collection contains works on paper by early-twentieth-century Irish artist Richard J. King. It consists of proofs and prints of his illustrations for periodicals, Christmas cards, and Irish postage stamps, as well as photographs of his stained glass windows.

Collection is open for research.