Burns Library Archival Collections

The papers of diplomat Peter K. Murphy (1936-) consist mainly of correspondence with American, French, German, Italian, and Monégasque politicians, diplomats, and Catholic clergy. The collection also includes subject files relating to United States diplomatic relations with the Holy See and with Monaco. It consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, and printed materials.

The collection is open for research. Correspondence with Princes Rainier III and Albert II of Monaco received in the first accrual (2013) is closed until 2038. Correspondence with Prince Albert II of Monaco received in the second accrual (2021) is closed until 2035. In addition, one folder is closed for privacy reasons until 2065.

Typed transcript of an interview with Richard Murphy conducted by John Haffenden. Contains revisions in Murphy's own hand. Published in Viewpoints : poets in conversation with John Haffenden (London: Faber & Faber, 1981).

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

Bound diary kept by the Music Director of Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart that records the hymns sung on a daily basis. It documents the transition from the exclusive use of Latin hymns in the earlier years to the more frequent use English hymns in the later years. Also notes the frequency of Benediction immediately after Mass in the earlier entries. Also includes several loose items found in the volume.

Open for research.

Collection of 26 hymns, with hymn tunes and meter indicated. Words and music in manuscript, with hand-ruled staves. Words credited to Alexander Pope, T.M. Harris, and George Richards; composers and lyricists otherwise anonymous.

Open for research.

Collection is open for research.

Recordings and digital content have been digitally copied from source media; 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.

Materials of Boston-area Irish musicians Daniel A. and Dan Sullivan, collected by musicologist Daniel T. Neely, including family photographs, piano rolls, sketches, and a violin.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research. Student records less than 50 years old, including microfilm student records, are closed. Some faculty records and other materials are also closed due to privacy restrictions; please consult the Archivist for more information. Portions of this collection are stored off-site. Please allow 24-48 hours for retrieval.

Collection is open for research. One audio cassette has been digitally copied; all original media was retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

The collection includes correspondence and one published pamplet by John Henry Newman, an English theologian and poet who became cardinal in 1879. It also includes portraits, pamphlets, and photographs of him and places of significance in his life. The bulk of his letters are addressed to two correspondents, English ecumenical evangelist George T. Edwards and Irish author and Catholic convert William J. O'Neill Daunt.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research. Materials containing personally identifiable information, financial records, student records, and salary information are closed due to privacy restrictions. Some audiovisual materials are not immediately available due to formatting issues.

Irish poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's life and work, particularly her writing, study, and teaching of the Irish language and Irish folklore, are documented through her papers. Materials include correspondence; diaries and journals; manuscripts of poetry, prose, play and radio scripts, and short stories; photographs; research files; and works by other authors. Much of the material is in the Irish language.

Collection is open for research. Series IX contains family, financial, and professional documents marked confidential; these are not available for research.

Collection is open for research.

Political artwork created by people incarcerated in Northern Ireland prisons during the Troubles, a period of violent conflict between Protestant unionists and Roman Catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland in the late twentieth century. Artworks include drawings, paintings, leatherwork, and sculpture featuring Celtic revival motifs, doves, the Island of Ireland, weaponry and armed figures, and prison buildings. Both unionist and nationalist groups are represented.

Collection is open for research.

The collection documents the career of William F. Stout, a civil servant in twentieth-century Northern Ireland. It includes materials on the Irish Civil War, the internment campaigns of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the Bloody Sunday Inquiry (Saville Report). Materials include correspondence, clippings, handbooks, organizational charts, legal documents, pamphlets, photographs, and reports.

Collection is open for research. Some materials with confidentiality concerns have been closed for 75 years.

Collection of materials related to the Northern Student Movement, a twentieth-century American civil rights group. Includes papers about the organization, conference working papers, and publications.

Collection is open for research.

This collection documents the life and work of Cynthia E. Northrop, a nurse, attorney, and the founder of the American Association of Nurse Attorneys.

Collection is open for research.

These papers comprise personal and professional correspondence and documents of Alfred Noyes and his extended family; manuscripts, typescripts, notebooks and diaries containing the published and unpublished poetry and prose of Alfred Noyes; music based on Noyes' poetry; photographs, audio recordings, printed materials, artifacts and press clippings.

Collection is open for research. 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. The reel-to-reel tapes 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.

Made up of signed typescripts of two poems by Ó Faracháin. The titles of the poems are "Folk-songs in dining room" and "Defeat of God." The manuscripts contain some corrections by the poet.

Collection is open for research.

The Flann O’Brien papers document the life and work of the Irish writer and humorist Flann O’Brien, and include the papers of his wife, Evelyn O’Nolan, who managed his estate after his death, and his brother, Micheál Ó Nualláin, an illustrator and portrait artist. The papers comprise awards, correspondence, clothing, degrees, furniture and personal belongings, literary manuscripts, medals, notes, paintings, passports, photographs, scrapbooks, sketches, and theater programs.

Collection is open for research.