Burns Library Archival Collections

Collection of materials, predominantly correspondence, relating to the life and work of twentieth-century English author Ethel Mannin.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research. Some audio materials may not be available immediately for use as they will require reformatting; please contact the Burns Library in advance for access to audio materials. McCormack's sheet music cabinet is not available for access at this time due to structural instability.

Includes autograph letters signed by Manning to various correspondents mainly concerning his daily duties. The collection also includes a poem by Manning, some clippings, and articles on his life and career by Wilfrid Meynell and Cardinal Vaughan.

Collection is open for research.

The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, teaching materials, research files, broadsides, photographs and ephemera documenting the life and work of Paul L. Mariani. It contains his research materials on John Berryman, Hart Crane, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Robert Lowell and John Berryman. The correspondence includes letters from Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Seamus Heaney, Philip Levine, Barry Moser, Robert Pinksy, Dave Smith and Richard Wilbur.

Collection is closed until processed.

Bound manuscript containing recipes primarily of iced desserts written by Francesco Maria Mascarello of Genoa, Italy. The English translation of the title is Rules for Making Any Sort of Iced Desserts. Also includes two paper fragments found within the volume.

Open for research.

Open for research.

Records documenting the operation of the Massachusetts Association of Colleges of Nursing (MACN), including by-laws, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, membership lists, and reports.

Collection is open for research.

These records document the creation and management of the Massachusetts Conference Group for the Classification of Nursing Diagnosis, a twentieth-century American regional nursing organization. Records include bibliographies, brochures, committee and board minutes, correspondence, mailings, membership lists, and papers presented at meetings.

Collection is open for research.

Digital content in this collection has been migrated from source media; digital use copies can only be accessed onsite in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Two-page manuscript instructing Constable John Hill to inform free male inhabitants of Sherborn, Massachusetts, at least twenty-one years old and meeting property requirements, to vote in the general election on Monday 7 April.

Open for research.

The collection consists of letters written by Frederick J. Mauriello, a Boston College graduate, to his parents and sisters during World War II. It also contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

Legal complaint of merchant Alexander McAuslan of New Bern, North Carolina, to Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Justice of the Peace Edmund Quincy, concerning Tobey, an enslaved man who has escaped from McAuslan during their visit to Boston. Signed by Quincy and McAuslan. Following this is Quincy's order for Tobey's apprehension, with an account of his capture signed by Constable John Pownall.

Open for research.

Papers documenting the life of early twentieth-century Irish-American poet, author, and lecturer Denis Aloysius McCarthy. Includes correspondence, and printed copies of his poems, articles, and addresses.

Collection is open for research.

Papers of twentieth century American magazine author and Boston College alumnus Joe McCarthy (1915-1980), including drafts, published clippings, notebooks, research files, correspondence, and collected works by others.

This collection documents the teaching, research, and religious career of twentieth-century Boston College professor and Jesuit Robert J. McEwen. The bulk of the material pertains to McEwen's consumer advocacy work with organizations at the state, national, and federal levels from the 1950s through the 1990s. Materials include correspondence, reports, writings, speeches, teaching materials, photographs, and audio recordings.

Collection consists of correspondence written by analytical chemist, Boston College professor, and Jesuit, Albert F. McGuinn, SJ primarily to Donald I. MacLean, SJ. The letters discuss chemistry and MacLean's Jesuit studies.

Collection is open for research.

Papers of 20th century Jesuit and business ethicist William C. McInnes, SJ, including administrative materials, biographical information, liturgical and sacramental resources, photographs, retreat notes, and teaching materials.

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, 3, and 1665 are available for access.

All university records dating after 1968 are closed per university policy. Access with permission of the originating office.

Jesuit records are closed at the request of the Boston College Jesuit Community.

This collection documents the work of the early 20th century Belfast artist Eva McKee through examples of her Celtic Revival-influenced Irish Arts and Crafts designs. Materials include her printmaking and jewelry designs, as well as a few samples of her works on ceramic, leather, metal, and wood.

Collection is open for research.

Consists mainly of letters to and from Stella McNeal and her brother, Mark McNeal, SJ, as well as with other members of their family. Many of the other correspondents are Jesuit priests.

Collection is open for research.

The Philip J. and Mary Stack McNiff papers contain materials created and collected by Philip J. McNiff and his wife Mary Stack McNiff. Correspondence and related enclosures make up the bulk of the collection; there are also many printed materials. Correspondents are generally members of the Catholic, library, or literary communities, particularly those affiliated with Boston College, Harvard University, and other Boston-area organizations. Materials date from circa 1880-1991.

The collection is open for research.

These papers document the involvement of Americans Patrick and Dolores McVeigh with the movement for rights for political prisoners in Northern Ireland, especially the McVeighs' role in hosting the children of prisoners in New York for the summer in the 1980s. Materials include letters and gifts from prisoners, as well as clippings, ephemera, and photographs related to the 1981 hunger strikes at Long Kesh Detention Center and groups working to advocate for the political prisoners.

Collection is open for research.

The sculptures should be handled with extra care, as some joints are loose.

Collection is open for research.