Burns Library Archival Collections

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.

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.

Correspondence received by Irish bank manager and history enthusiast F. W. Saunders, as well as a scrapbook containing ephemera related to W. B. Yeats. Correspondents include Jack B. Yeats and Elizabeth Corbet Yeats.

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. Contact prints.

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 Helen Thomasina Sheehan, S.N.D.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.