Burns Library Archival Collections

Anonymous account of the miraculous intervention of Saint Francis Xavier in the suffering of a religious sister at the Monastero della Madona della Purificatione, Moimenta da Beira, Portugal, authenticated by Miguel de Portugal, Bishop of Lamego. Dated at end: 27 de setembro 1637.

Open for research.

Bound manuscript copy of the printed edition published in Lugano in 1786, prepared by an unidentified scribe. The text is a critique of José Basilio da Gama's epic poem "O Uraguay."

Open for research.

Open for research.

These papers document the personal and professional activities of British Catholic author Anthony Rhodes, whose writing ranged from travelogues, to poetry, to history. Included are articles, clippings, correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, notes, and photographs. Many of the diaries focus on Rhodes's experience during World War II.

Collection is open for research.

Personal and scholarly papers of American Jesuit philosopher and psychoanalyst William John Richardson, SJ, particularly relating to philosopher Martin Heidegger and psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.

Consists of scrapbooks of nineteenth-century businessman Thomas F. Ring's personal and professional correspondence and manuscripts, and materials concerning the St. Vincent de Paul Society and other charitable and religious organizations.

Collection is open for research. Materials are fragile and require care in handling.

Bound manuscript written in 19th-century cursive script. Unpublished, satirical, anti-Catholic, fantasy narrative that is an extended allegory of the Ritualism controversy that gripped the Anglican and Protestant Episcopal churches in the late 19th century. The alternative title "The Ritooralists" and the name "Edward Cobblestone" (presumably a pseudonym) are crossed out on the title page.

Open for research.

Collected papers of twentieth-century Black American Catholic Clarence Joseph Rivers, documenting his activities as a priest, liturgist, composer, and public speaker. Materials include audio recordings, correspondence, news articles, personal papers, photographs, publications, sermons, and speeches.

Collection is open for research.

Three cased photographs of Chandler Robbins, Union soldier in the American Civil War.

Collection is open for research.

Collection documenting the work of twentieth-century writer Graeme Roberts and radio broadcaster Cicely Mathews produced for BBC Northern Ireland in Belfast. Contains typescripts and manuscripts of plays, short stories, and poems, as well as a scrapbook.

Collection is open for research.

Collected by Irish Catholic priest, ecclesiastical historian, author, and educationalist Patrick Rogers, these records document Irish educational, political, and religious history through circulars, correspondence, ephemera, lectures, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

Personal, professional, and research materials of twentieth-century nurse theorist and Boston College faculty member Callista Roy, CSJ, including article drafts, awards, biographical information, conference presentations, correspondence, photographs, research notes, and teaching materials.

Collection is open for research.

Digital content in this collection has been migrated from source media; digital use copies can only be accessed onsite in the Burns Library Reading Room.

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.

Official manuscript copy of the royal approval of the order merging the Universidad San Gregorio Magno with the Universidad de Santo Tomás de Aquino.

Official seal stamped on first page, dated 1792-1793. Dated and signed on page 5: "en Quito, en quinze dias del mes de julio de mil setecientos noventa y dos años, Joseph Enqrique." Final three pages are blank.

Open for research.

This collection documents the professional life and work of Irish writer George Russell, who published under the name "AE." It contains correspondence, manuscripts, artwork, and a photograph.

Collection is open for research.

Correspondence of nineteenth and twentieth-century Irish Jesuit, poet, and editor, Matthew Russell, SJ. Most of the letters are written to Sister Mary Ignatia and discuss her editorial work at Catholic periodical, The Magnificat.

Collection is open for research.

One exchange of letters between architect and affordable housing activist Seymour Rutkin to urbanologist and architectural critic Jane Jacobs regarding her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities.

Open for research.

Contains typescripts, correspondence, research files, publications, and ephemera related to Boston writer George E. Ryan's historical research and writing, especially about St. Botolph and Ellen Sewall Osgood.

Collection is open for research.

The papers include manuscripts, correspondence, articles, and other publications of twentieth-century author and editor Mary Perkins Ryan. Much of the correspondence deals with Ryan's book Speaking of How to Pray.

Collection is open for research.

Historical maps of Europe and North America, with a focus on Ireland and revolution-era United States, collected by businessman Thomas F. Ryan, Jr.

Collection is open for research.

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.

Collection is open for research.

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.