Burns Library Archival Collections

This collection documents the Massachusetts political career of Maurice J. Tobin. Materials consist primarily of clippings but also include writings, correspondence, speeches from his terms as mayor and governor, and a scrapbook.

Collection is open for research.

Collection documents the life and career of Boston-area musician and artist Richard "Skip" Toomey through annotated musical manuscripts, drawings, and a watercolor.

Collection is open for research.

Notebook containing manuscript notes for lectures on obstetrics for nurses. With 6 sheets of examination questions, typed or handwritten on Toppan's letterhead, dated 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1922, and 1924.

Open for research.

Three paper-bound notebooks, each including a list of residents and non-resident landowners for the Town of Weymouth with taxes owed for a particular assessment. Each notebook contains multiple assessments. Notebooks are from 1788, 1791, and 1793, and each include categories for polls, real estate, and personal taxes, calculated for each resident.

Collection is open for research.

Manuscript fair copy of an unpublished treatise on the Eucharist by Nicolás de Olea, written in a cursive humanistic script. The existence of this manuscript was known to J.T. Medina, who notes in the entry for Olea's Summa tripartita scholasticae philosophiae, "Se atribuyen a Olea un Tractatus de admirabili Eucharistiae Sacramenti, 1676, manuscrito en 4o., y otros que enumera Torres Saldamando."

Open for research.

Collection is open for research.

A collection of printed material from Trinity Closet Press, a hand press run by members of the Trinity College Library's Department of Early Printed Books from 1973-1995. Contains broadsides, pamphlets, and poetry booklets, including the first printing from the press.

Collection is open for research.

Typed autobiography of Rev. John R. Willis, S.J.

Open for research.

Two hardcover notebooks documenting broadcasts and live performances of Michael J. Twomey's Boston-based band, originally called Twomey's Irish Pipers' Orchestra, later renamed Twomey's Irish Minstrels. Also included are a photograph of the orchestra, a program for The Irish Pipers' Band of Boston Second Annual Grand Costume Ball, and two newspaper clippings of articles concerning the band.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research. The most recent 5 years of records are closed. Records open on a rolling basis at the start of each calendar year.

View of a Union Army signal station, built in a tree, with a flag-carrying soldier standing on top and other men standing near the base of the tree. A sailing ship and city skyline appear in the background. This image appears in The Signal Corps, U.S.A. in the War of the Rebellion (1896), by J. Willard Brown. Attributed to Jay Dearborn Edwards.

Open for research.

Consists of scrapbooks, meeting minutes, account books, correspondence and related business and financial records of the bank. Also includes ledgers which provide information on the origin and occupations of depositors.

Collection is closed.

Collection of original pen and ink drawings by twentieth-century Jesuit and artist Andrew William Vachon, SJ. Also includes three printed reproductions of Vachon's work. Illustrations depict Boston College and religious imagery.

Collection is open for research.

Open for research.

This collection documents the professional life of nurse Sister Madeleine Clémence Vaillot and includes articles, correspondence, minutes, and publications.

Collection is open for research.

Consists of one day book with daily sales and store inventories and one cash book with customer names and accounts for Valentine & Macfarland, a Boston textile company.

Open for research.

Research and faculty papers of Boston College French professor Rebecca Valette, including research and planning materials for Boston College labyrinths, collected early modern French music manuscripts, and event materials from the Boston College chapter of the French honor society Pi Delta Phi.

Collection is open for research. University records dating after 1968 are closed per university policy. Access with permission of the office.

Records of the Boston College Varsity Club, primarily including minutes, photographs, and programs. The bulk of the materials pertain to the Hall of Fame, established in 1970, and include induction ceremony programs, nominations, and photographs.

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.

Postcards collected by Joseph Veale, SJ featuring images of tourist destinations in Boston, Cambridge, the Berkshire region, and New York City.

Collection is open for research.

Correspondence from Boston College alumni about their military service in Vietnam, collected as part of a Burns Library initiative titled "Veterans of the Vietnam War". Also includes the article in Boston College Magazine in which the project was first advertised.

Collection is open for research.

Correspondence and writings by twentieth-century author and artist Juanita Casey, collected by Tim Vignoles, pertaining to short stories, poetry, and other works by Casey, alongside business correspondence and other administrative materials pertaining to a proposed film adaptation by Vignoles of Casey's novel The Horse of Selene.

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.

The collection documents the Boston chapter of the Visiting Nurse Association, previously known as the Instructive District Nursing Association. It includes photographs of nurses, patients, and the association's Mother's Club. It also includes publications by and about the association.

Collection is open for research.

Narrative of the life of the Italian Jesuit Dominico Valesio (1581-1615).

Bound manuscript of 98 pages, the first 6 and last 7 of which are blank, writen in a humanistic script. Title in a different early hand, affixed to fourth leaf. The text is divided in 35 chapters and written in the first person by a narrator personally familiar with Valesio. Possibly written in Český Krumlov, Bohemia, where Valesio died in 1615.

Open for research.

Collection is open for research. A small number of folders are closed due to privacy restrictions.