Burns Library Archival Collections

Materials printed by Christopher Skelton at Skelton's Press and September Press.

Collection is open for research.

Papers that document the education and religious training of George F. Smith, SJ, primarily in the years surrounding his ordination in 1927. Consists of diaries with letters, photographs, clippings, and ephemera, as well as two passports.

Collection is open for research.

This collection documents Boston-area Irish music in the 1950s and 1960s through unpublished recordings of social gatherings made by James W. Smith. These recordings capture reels, jigs, waltzes, hornpipes, and set dances with instrumentation from solos to groups including fiddle, flute, whistle, and accordion.

Open for research. Recordings have 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.

Composed of correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications and other materials of the Social Welfare Research Institute. Some of the material relates to the Aid for Families with Dependent Children Program. Includes correspondence and other materials of directors Barry Bluestone and Paul Schervish, as well as letters of the Institute of Human Services and the Office of Research Administration at Boston College.

Collection is closed.

Russian-language posters published in Moscow, Russia. The posters show images celebrating the achievements of the Soviet Union, including young Soviet workers, military and scientific innovation, and political leaders. Two of the posters are in Armenian, with publication notes in Russian.

Collection is open for research.

Collection of manuscript legal documents, in Spanish, some of which pertain to Juan Antonio Gonzales, of Onda, Spain, born in 1736. The latest documents are dated 1842, in Bogotá, Colombia. Written in ink, mainly on paper imprinted with the tax duty on legal papers and the seal of the reigning monarch.

Open for research.

Liturgical manuscript containing three-part antiphons and vespers including settings for the In circumcisione Domini, In Festo S. Agnesio Verginis, In Conversione S. Pauli Apostoli, In Ascensione Domini, Commemoration Solemnis B.V.M. de Monte Carlo, and Assumptio Beate Mariae Virginis. These were used in the Carmelite Convent of Santa Maria degl'Angeli in Florence.

Open for research.

This collection contains the correspondence, legal and administrative documents, photographs, and artifacts of Gusty Spence (1933-2011), a leader of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and loyalist politician in Northern Ireland.

Collection is open for research.

The St. Elizabeth’s Hospital School of Nursing collection documents the student life, academic structure, and major administrative initiatives of the school across its history, with a particular focus on the years between 1980-2000. It comprises institutional and alumni association records, artifacts, ephemera, photographs and videos, printed materials, student records, and textiles.

Collection is open for research. Some items, particularly in Series IX. and X., have been hand-illustrated and illuminated by Margaret and Henry Adams. Please do not directly touch the illustrations; this helps preserve their detail.

These papers cover the personal life and scholarly work of Edward S. Stanton, SJ (1916-1983), a faculty member in Boston College’s Theology Department. Much of the collection deals with Stanton’s relationship and scholarship relating to John La Farge, SJ (1880-1963), who was an advocate for interracial justice. Materials include Stanton's manuscripts, photographs, publications, retreat notes, speeches, and sermons, as well as some of La Farge’s writings.

Collection is open for research.

Contains telegraphic codes to transmit sensitive textile trade business, compiled by Boston textile brokers Stoddard, Lovering, & Company. Includes codes for business phrases and mill names.

Open for research.

A scrapbook assembled by New England philanthropist Agnes C. Storer, containing cards, correspondence, a drawing, photographs, and newspaper clippings, most concerning Jesuit priests and institutions. Much of the correspondence has been clipped and just the autograph retained.

Collection is open for research.

Pictoral map. Published by Colortext Publications, Chicago.

Open for research.

The Rex Stout papers concern the family life, writings, and political activism of detective novelist Rex Stout, author of the Nero Wolfe series. The collection consists of artwork, booklets, carbon copies, certificates, contact prints, comic strips, correspondence, dust jackets, galley proofs, floorplans, ledgers, manuscripts, negatives, posters, radio scripts, transcripts, and typescripts.

Collection is open for research.

Collection of materials relating to Irish poet and novelist Francis Stuart including correspondence, manuscripts, portraits, and newspaper articles.

Collection is open for research.

View of five Black children posing with chimney sweeps' tools.

Open for research.

Contains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings documenting the 1940 Boston College football team with particular emphasis placed on the team's invitation to and participation in the 1941 Sugar Bowl. The collection also includes several of Nason's Sugar Bowl game charts, loose clippings and brochures. Most of the loose clippings relate to the 1942 football team. Many of the articles were written by Nason.

Collection is open for research.

This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, ephemera, photographs, and artifacts owned by or relating to John Lawrence Sullivan (1858-1918), the first American heavyweight champion boxer.

Collection is open for research. Access to the oversized framed photograph of Sullivan is restricted due to preservation concerns.

Collection of audio recordings, news clippings, photographs, and sheet music documenting the music of Tommy Sullivan, an Irish traditional musician from Springfield, Massachusetts. Also included are sheet music, news clippings, and two recordings of accordionist Joe Derrane, who was a friend of the Sullivan family.

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.

Consists of handwritten drafts of resolves and other items written by Sumner while serving in the United States Senate. Several items are written on scraps of paper and envelopes.

Collection is open for research.

Bound manuscript of 120 pages (last 5 pages blank), consisting of a devotional text written in the first person. Text begins on page 3 "Firma Animi decreta. Quemadmodum testudines et cochleae suas domunculas..." and concludes on page 113 "In itineribus memor sis frugalitatis, et modestiae ac pietatis."

Open for research.

The collection contains materials about Seumas O'Kelly, an Irish journalist and writer, collected by his nephew Alphonsus Sweeney. It includes Sweeney's correspondence regarding O'Kelly's life, as well as works by O'Kelly such as short stories and radio plays. It also has lectures and articles about O'Kelly.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research. One phonograph record 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 materials include three letters written by Synge to Elkin Matthews and a postcard possibly written by Synge's mother to Matthews.

Open for research.