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Peter K. Murphy papers
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.
Richard Murphy interview: typescript
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.
Loretta Clarke Murray collection of women in revolutionary Ireland
This collection includes papers and artifacts of women and organizations involved in the fight for Irish independence. A majority belonged to Máire Gill and relate to her work with Cumann na mBan, a women’s Irish republican organization, as well as her work with Cuala Press and the women’s sport of camogie. Additionally, there are materials relating to women’s suffrage. Of note are a banner made by Maud Gonne and a journal of Margaret Skinnider’s involvement in the 1916 Easter Rising.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
T. C. Murray's Illumination typescripts
Collection is open for research.
Thomas Murray family papers
These papers document the life of Irish immigrant Thomas Murry and his work in Boston in the early 1800s as a Catholic undertaker and bookseller.
Collection is open for research; some materials are available digitially.
Music director's diary
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.
A selection of musick
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.
NANDA International records
National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education records
Records of the National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education (NAWCHE), including administrative records, programs, recordings, and publications.
Collection is open for research.
Audio and video recordings, as well as born digital materials, 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.
Daniel T. Neely collection of Daniel and Dan Sullivan papers
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.
Robert P. Neenan, SJ papers on Jesuit secondary school education
Collection is open for research.
New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing records
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.
New England Hospital for Women and Children records
Records document the administration, history, operations, and training programs of the New England Hospital for Women and Children, founded in 1862, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Collection is open for research. Record books are fragile and should be handled with care.
New Ulster Movement records
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.
Newburyport, Massachusetts tea boycott resolution: manuscript
Two-page manuscript signed by approximately 65 men and women, pledging not to buy, sell, or consume tea, in protest of the Revenue Act of 1767.
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of John Henry Newman
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.
Newton College of the Sacred Heart records
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.
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill papers
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.
North Scituate photograph album
Nineteenth century photograph album of scenes of Scituate, Massachusetts.
Collection is open for research.
James Spencer Northcote papers
Composed of the correspondence of nineteenth-century English priest James Spencer Northcote with John Henry Newman, Richard Simpson, James Burns, and Father Ambrose Rose St. John. The letters discuss the Catholic periodical The Rambler and religious matters. Also includes a notebook with Northcote's sermon drafts, as well as a few transcripts of sermons given by others.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection are available digitally.
Boston College collection of Northern Ireland political posters and ephemera
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of Northern Ireland political prisoner artwork
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.
William F. Stout collection on Northern Ireland politics
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 are closed.
Northern Student Movement collection
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.
Cynthia E. Northrop papers
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.