Burns Library Archival Collections

Manuscript of work published in 1846 as An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists : With an Account of the Trial of Jesus by C.C. Little and James Brown of Boston, Massachusetts.

Open for research. Fragile; take care in handling.

Correspondence, research materials, and writings by Bernice Lemire (Boston College M.A. 1963) in relation to her thesis about Jack Kerouac's early life and influences.

Collection is open for research.

These papers document the life of nineteenth-century Irish historian, politician, and journalist Maurice Lenihan. Includes correspondence, records of the O'Connell Testimonial Committee in Limerick, papers of Irish painter Bernard Mulrenin collected by Lenihan, and a draft portion from Lenihan's series 'Reminiscences of a Journalist.'

Collection is open for research.

Papers of Jesuit priest, theologian and liturgist, military chaplain, and Boston College professor William J. Leonard, SJ, including collected materials, correspondence, journals, photographs, and his writings.

Collection is open for research.

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

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

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.

Open for research.

Correspondence and manuscripts of Irish author Shane Leslie from 1916-1952.

Collection is open for research.

Includes extensive correspondence to Levi, and some copies of replies. Many of Levi's poems, essays, and articles are also included. There are lectures and academic materials relating to student and teaching experiences, as well as material on various organizations. Also includes a draft autobiography, photographs, sermons, publications, reviews, clippings, and interviews of Levi.

Collection is closed until processed.

Collection is open for research.

Manuscript Latin textbook of 296 unnumbered pages, for the use of students at the Jesuit college of Nyasvizh, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, now Belarus. Possibly lacking preliminary leaves, but retaining title page to the second part.

Open for research.

This is an 18th century copy of an earlier manuscript prepared by Fr. Luis de Valdivia containing hundreds of biographies of Jesuits throughout the world, many of which are missionaries in South America, prepared for publication by Fr. Félix de Villagarcía (1687-1759). Includes index of names.

Open for research.

Open for research.

Open for research

Individual leaves of text and chant in Latin from the Roman Catholic liturgy.

Collection is open for research.

Official records of the Liturgical Commission of the Archdiocese of Boston, including correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, reports, publications, and other material.

Collection is open for research.

The Liturgical Conference is an organization originally comprised of religious and lay Catholics working towards liturgical reforms and greater lay involvement in the liturgy. The collection consists of organizational records once held by Thomas J. Carroll, SJ, Martin B. Hellriegel, William J. Leonard, SJ, and Shawn Sheehan, and includes correspondence, reports, minutes, and photographs.

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.

Collection documenting the Liturgical Movement and religious life in the American Catholic Church from the early twentieth century through the introduction of the Second Vatican Council's reforms through personal and liturgical religious objects and pamphlets.

Collection is open for research.

Unbound manuscript of 124 leaves measuring 39 x 26 cm and 12 leaves measuring 35 x 20 cm, written in ink on ruled paper. Leaves numbered in a later hand.

Open for research.

The papers concern the work of twentieth-century British historian and biographer Elizabeth Longford. Included is a typescript and thirty-five draft notebooks of Pilgrimage of Passion: The Life of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.

Collection is open for research.

This collection contains fourteen letters from George Byron Lord addressed to John Henry Skinner of East Boston from December of 1862 through May of 1866. Lord’s correspondence relates the activities of the 17th and 41st Massachusetts Infantry Regiments in the state of Louisiana.

Collection is open for research.

This collection includes clippings, correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts photographs, and scrapbooks related to Robert G. Lowery's research on and collecting of materials relating to the life and work of Irish playwright Sean O'Casey.

Collection is open for research.

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 Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland scrapbook contains primarily ephemeral material relating to the operation of the association, including membership cards, tickets, broadsides, certificates, cards, and forms.

Collection is open for research.

This collection contains manuscripts by Irish poet Seán Lucy; lecture notes from his university courses; personal and professional correspondence; handwritten notes on poetry and prose; and manuscripts by other writers collected by Lucy.

Collection is open for research.

Papers of twentieth and twenty-first century American author, newspaper columnist, sports commentator, and Boston College alum Mike Lupica, including drafts, newspaper clippings, notebooks, and screenplays.

Collection is open for research.