Burns Library Archival Collections

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.

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

Consists of reviews, articles and playbills concerning the first productions of Greene's plays, mainly in London. The articles, all from Theatre World, include some biographical information on Greene and the actors who appeared in these premiere performances.

Collection is open for research.

These papers contain materials related to the architectural work of Charles D. Maginnis and Timothy F. Walsh, partners in the twentieth-century Boston architectural firm of Maginnis & Walsh, collected by Robert P. Walsh, a draftsman and architect for the firm. They contain correspondence, publications, manuscripts, research notes, architectural sketches, drawings, photographs, ephemera, and a scrapbook.

Collection is open for research.

Administrative papers of the theology department at Boston College collected by longtime associate professor and faculty committee member, Thomas E. Wangler.

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

This collection consists of the papers of Belfast resident Isaac William Ward and his granddaughter Nancy Ward Martin. Materials include correspondence, diaries, address books, genealogical materials, photographic material, business and donation records, as well as clippings and articles.

Collection is open for research.

Composed of business and financial records of the bank. Consists mainly of information compiled for the annual report to the Commissioner of Banks.

Collection is closed until processed.

Daily ledger kept by Otis Gray Randall during the first three years of his dry goods business at 345 Washington St., Boston. The ledger records both business and personal expenses.

Available for research.

This collection contains materials concerning Evelyn Waugh, a British Catholic writer, and includes autographed letters, reviews, and a manuscript of Put Out More Flags.

Collection is open for research.

Consists of a nineteenth century photographic reproduction of a daguerreotype portrait of Daniel Webster. The photograph was produced by Frederick Gutekunst of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The collection also includes Webster's signature on a paper fragment and a hair cutting.

Collection is open for research.

Color lithograph supplements to the Dublin, Ireland-based periodical Weekly Freeman and Irish agriculturist, including political cartoons and images of political figures.

Collection is open for research.

The scrapbook contains a manuscript and artwork by Thomson and photographs of Thomson. The volume also includes clippings from publications by uncredited authors and an article by H. H. Johnston. The materials relate to Thomson's and other individuals' travels in West Africa in the late 19th century with an emphasis on the riverways ending in the Gulf of Guinea, in what is modern day Nigeria and Cameroon.

Open for research. Fragile; take care in handling.

Collection is open for research.

Film reels and audio tape reels are not available for playback due to format impermanence and cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; when it becomes possible we will schedule reformatting.

Negatives, in box 60, are not an access medium and are not available for use; print photographs are available for access.