Burns Library Archival Collections

Consists of 16 personal letters written by nineteenth-century novelist and music critic Edward Sackville-West to his friend, art critic Clive Bell beginning when both were young writers and spanning nearly forty years.

Collection is open for research.

The Judson C. Sapp papers and collection of Rex Stout document Sapp’s efforts to create a comprehensive collection of Stout first editions, as well as his activities as a fan and member of the Nero Wolfe literary society, the Wolfe Pack. Materials include correspondence; published materials; audiovisual records of Rex Stout's radio shows and television recordings; and ephemera.

These papers document the literary friendships of twentieth-century Methodist minister and author J. Randolph Sasnett. The papers consist of letters from Wilfrid and Viola Meynell and Lady Marie Dickens; manuscripts by Viola Meynell, Alice Meynell, and Francis Thompson; photographs; and a drawing of Wilfrid Meynell.

Collection is open for research.

This collection contains a poem manuscript by twentieth-century British Catholic poet Siegfried Sassoon entitled "An Unwritten 'Essay on Satire'," correspondence from Sassoon to Addyes Scott and Katharine Kendall, and two printed works: The Horizon and Other Poems by Kendall and "Rogation" by Sassoon.

Collection is open for research.

Composed of administrative records of the association, including meeting minutes, publications, reports, photographs, and other materials. There is also a scrapbook on the Massachusetts Association of Savings Bank Women.

Collection is closed.

Collection is closed.

The collection contains photographic works created by American photojournalist Michael Schwartz documenting children in West Belfast, Northern Ireland during the years of political and religious strife of the Troubles, the 1980s and 1990s.

Collection is open for research, except Series V. Negatives, which are closed due to their format. Contact prints of most negatives are available in Series I.

Papers documenting the professional life and scientific work of twentieth-century Italian mathematician and astronomer Pasquale Sconzo. Materials include correspondence, manuscripts, working papers, reports, notebooks and articles much of which relates to his work with IBM and space exploration.

Collection is open for research. Series II. Biographical is closed until 2045 due to the presence of personnel and security clearance files.

The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, ephemera and correspondence.

Open for research.

Consists of scrapbooks pertaining to the history of Boston College, particularly athletics.

Collection is open for research.

Consists of official documentation and communications about the Second Vatican Council, such as transcribed addresses, summaries of proceedings, schema texts and summaries, and English translations of materials originally in other languages.

Collection is open for research.

Collage on paper, consisting of a type-written list of food and drink eaten by the artist on May 31, 1977, with clippings and bottle cap from corresponding food packaging attached.

Open for research.

Collection is open for research.

Contains letters and postcards from Charlotte Frances Shaw to her friends Gilbert and Mary Murray regarding her domestic arrangements, travel plans, and health concerns. Additionally, there are two telegrams from Bernard Shaw to Gilbert Murray and one from Bernard Shaw and Granville Barker to Murray. There is also a letter from Blanche Patch, Shaw's secretary, to an unknown correspondent.

Collection is open for research.

This collection concerns the life and naval service of Boston College alumnus and Commander John J. Shea, particularly during World War II. Materials include correspondence, publications, press releases, clippings, photographs, artifacts, and ephemera. Commemorations of Shea’s life and military service are also included.

Collection is open for research.

Academic and personal papers of twentieth century Boston College professor of psychology and theology Joseph E. Shea, SJ, including correspondence, course notes, diaries, retreat notes, and sermons.

Collection is open for research.

These papers consist of the correspondence, military records, teaching materials, and personal materials of twentieth-century military chaplain and Boston College professor Richard G. Shea, SJ.

Collection is open for research.

This collection documents the personal and professional life of Boston Police Deputy Superintendent James T. Sheehan. It includes newspaper clippings, photographs, certificates, correspondence and an unpublished biography of Sheehan written by his daughter Sister Helen Thomasina Sheehan, S.N.D.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

Shawn Sheehan was a parish priest in Boston, Massachusetts and professor of liturgical and church history at St. John's Seminary. The papers consist of materials pertaining to his parish activities, including numerous sermons, and church movements, particularly ecumenism and justice and peace. In addition, there are materials pertaining to Sheehan's involvement in community projects.

Collection is open for research.

Open for research.

Nine photographs of Boston, Massachusetts's Shubert Theatre. Includes images of stagehands working backstage, audience members receiving programs and audience members standing in front of the building. The marque reads: "Bert Lahr - Dolores Gray - Two on the aisle."

Open for research.

The collection contains items of correspondence and one poem extract by the 19th century American author William Gilmore Simms.

Collection is open for research.

This collection of papers concerns twentieth-century British poet and author Edith Sitwell. It is comprised of correspondence, manuscript drafts of poems and other writings, and an obituary.

Collection is open for research.