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Sanford J. Fox papers

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Abstract

These papers document the scholarly work of twentieth-century Boston College law professor and legal academic, Sanford J. Fox. The collection is composed of correspondence, event programs and agendas, research and notes, and typescripts. The bulk of the material relates to Fox's academic focus in juvenile law and his work internationally for children’s rights.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research. The volume in Box 2 is closed until December 31, 2038.

Digital content is not available for playback due to format impermanence and has not been reformatted. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; if possible, reformatting will be scheduled.

Dates: 1951-1998

Franciscan antiphoner (sanctorale) with sequences

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Scope and Contents Gatherings 1-8: Proper of saints Andrew (30 Nov.), Lucy (13 Dec.), Thomas, Apostle (21 Dec.), Agnes (21 Jan.), Purification (2 Feb.), Agatha (5 Feb.), Annunciation (25 Mar.), De sanctis a festo Pasce usque ad Pentecostem, Philip and James (1 May), Inventio Crucis (May 3), John the Evangelist ante portam latinam (6 May), Birth of John the Baptist (24 June), Peter and Paul (29 June), Mary Magdalen (22 July), Laurence (10 Aug.), Assumption (15 Aug.), Beheading of John the Baptist (29 Aug.),...
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Open for research; also available digitally.

Dates: approximately 1300-1350

Boston College collection of Pamela Frankau

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The collection documents the work of twentieth-century British novelist Pamela Frankau through her correspondence, manuscripts for eight of her novels, her autobiography, and a short story. Also included is a short biographical note about Frankau by Rebecca West, written for the introduction to Frankau's novel Colonel Blessington.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1948-1968

Free Ella Ellison

 Collection — Shared box: 2515
Scope and Contents

Button with caption "Free Ella Ellison" and black-and-white photograph of Ellison, a Black woman from Boston who was wrongfully convicted for alleged involvement in a 1973 armed robbery. Ellison's conviction was overturned in 1978.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: between 1973-1978

Samuel N. Freedman collection of Bernard Shaw

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Collection of materials accumulated by Samuel Freedman relating to Irish playwright Bernard Shaw. The collection includes correspondence; ephemera; manuscripts and publications; photographs; and play programs, primarly regarding Shaw and but also including some of his contemporaries.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research. One audio cassette 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.

Dates: 1883 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1988

Invitation to Harry W. French from John Boyle O'Reilly and others, not after 1887 : manuscript

 Collection — Shared box: 1012
Scope and Contents Invitation to Harry W. French from five prominent Boston Irish Americans, written in ink on a single sheet of lined paper. Signed by John Boyle O'Reilly, Hugh O'Brien, Patrick A. Collins, T.J. Dacey, and Dominick Fay. Full text reads "Harry W. French Esq. Dear Sir, we cordially invite you to give your lectures on Ireland in this city, confident that your knowledge of the subject and splendid illustrations of it will interest and entertain all classes of our fellow citizens." Likely written...
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Open for research.

Dates: between 1880-1887

Letters to Frederick James Furnivall

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Abstract

This collection consists of letters to nineteenth-century philologist Frederick James Furnivall, primarily from American Shakespearean scholar Horace Howard Furness. Single letters from English scholar Joseph Hirst Lupton and George H. Radford are also included. Letters discuss literary matters, specifically Shakespearean prose, but also contain some personal asides.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1876-1908

Gaeḋilge an teanga ár ḋúṫċais: manuscript

 Collection — Volume: MS.1986.085.003
Scope and Contents

Manuscript consists of extracts from the Gaelic journal, Fáinne an lae; first pt. colloquy between a priest and a woman, second pt. colloquy between a father, child (student), and mother.

Restrictions on Access

Restricted: Material extremely fragile; Microfilm use copy.

Dates: 1889 - 1901

Gaelic tales and poetry: manuscript

 Collection — Volume: MS.1986.085.006
Scope and Contents

Manuscript with prose and poetry mixed throughout. Owners, compilers, include Padric O'Hallorain, Donoch O'Hallorain, Seamus O'Halloran, Padraic O'Halloran, and James Halloran. Manuscript has signature of Padraig O'Hallorain of Ballylough. Includes poems by Eoghan Rua and An Mangaire Sugach; titles of poems include Tuarggbhail cnuic an air and Eachtra an Egoláire.

Restrictions on Access

Restricted: Material extremely fragile; Microfilm use copy.

Dates: 1801 - 1809

Gallagher family commonplace book

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Contains Irish legends, prayers, poems, and recipes, mainly in Gaelic with some English. Also includes some family history and lists real estate holdings in New York for the Gallagher and Hanigan families.

Restrictions on access

Open for research. Fragile original; digital version also available.

Dates: 1757 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1785 - 1812

Brendan Galvin papers

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Abstract

These papers comprise the correspondence, honors, manuscripts, and schoolwork of American writer Brendan Galvin. The majority of his manuscripts are drafts of his poems, but they also include essays, short stories, and unpublished novels. Additionally, the papers contain articles and interviews about Galvin and reviews of his works, as well as his collected research materials.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research. Some financial materials are closed.

Dates: 1921, 1958-2010

John T. Galvin papers

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Research files, writings, correspondence, and photographs of author and executive John T. Galvin (Boston College class of 1937), predominantly pertaining to his work on the history of Boston politics.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1833-1897, 1931-1997; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1994

Patrick Galvin papers

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Papers about twentieth-century Irish playwright, poet, and ballad singer Patrick Galvin. Consists of play and poetry manuscripts, theater programs, notices, and images of Galvin.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1961-1999; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1985

James F. Geary, SJ papers

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The papers document the life and work of twentieth-century Boston College professor and military chaplain James F. Geary, SJ. Contains correspondence, teaching notes, military documents, certificates, and photographs.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1926-1973, undated

German holy cards collection

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Collection of printed holy cards, largely of the eighteenth century, for German-speaking Catholics.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1650-approximately 1850

Boston College collection of Monk Gibbon

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This collection documents the life of Irish author Monk Gibbon through his correspondence and manuscripts held in the papers of two of his peers: his bibliographer Alan Denson and one of his early publishers Alan Steele. Also included are portraits of Gibbon and his family, which may have belonged to Denson.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1929 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1951 - 1975

Boston College collection of Eric Gill

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This collection documents the creative work of twentieth-century English artist Eric Gill, principally through his drawings and engravings. Materials include proofs and limited-edition prints; use of Gill's engravings in fine print cards, pamphlets, and booklets; printing blocks; correspondence for the Gill family as well as Gill's colleague at St. Dominic's Press, H.D.C. Pepler; and a small sampling of works on paper by Gill's peers.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1896 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1940

Howard Belding Gill papers

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Abstract The Howard Belding Gill papers consist of the personal and professional papers of penologist Howard Belding Gill (1890-1989). These include artifacts, audiovisual materials, awards and certificates, clippings, correspondence, lecture notes, photographs, photograph albums, scrapbooks, speeches, and writings and publications. The bulk of the materials document Gill’s professional career, notably as superintendent of Norfolk Prison Colony (1927-1934) and as founder and director of the Institute...
Restrictions on Access Collection is open for research; portions available digitally. Selected student materials and prisoner records are closed due to privacy restrictions, including the entirety of the Institute of Correctional Administration student materials. Recordings on audiotape reel are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted. Please let Reading Room staff know of your specific interest, and if possible, reformatting will be scheduled....
Dates: 1912 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1970

Oliver St. John Gogarty collection

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Collection of letters written by and to Oliver St. John Gogarty and a typewritten manuscript of chapters 2-12 of his autobiography, I follow Saint Patrick.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1923 - 1951

Goigs del gloriós Sant Ignasi de Loyola patriarca y fundador de la Companyia de Jesús, la festa del qual se celebra al últim de juliol: printing plate

 Collection — Object: 1
Scope and Contents Zinc printing plate on wooden block, used to produce page 70 of: Joan B. Batlle. Los goigs a Catalunya: breus consideracions sobre son orígen y sa influència en la poesía mística popular. Barcelona : Arxiu, 1924. The plate reproduces a 1673 goigs to Saint Ignatius of Loyola from the press of Joseph Forcada. Text in two columns, with a portrait of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Goigs (from Catalan, "joys") are poetic compositions of a popular nature sung to the Virgin Mary, to Christ, or to the...
Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: 1924

David Goldstein and Martha Moore Avery papers

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The David Goldstein and Martha Moore Avery papers relate mainly to their association with and disavowal of the Socialist Party, their conversion to Catholicism, and their subsequent lecture tours. The bulk of the material consists of Goldstein's professional papers, with a smaller amount of his personal papers and of Avery's papers. The collection includes artifacts, correspondence, financial records, pamphlets and clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, subject files, and writings.

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Collection is open for research. Some scrapbooks are too fragile to be used without supervision; please consult the Archivist.

Dates: 1870 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1940

Marjory Gordon papers

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These papers document the career of twentieth-century Boston College nursing faculty member Marjory Gordon. Her research, conference papers, workshop materials, draft publications, notes, and correspondence demonstrate her impact on the adoption of nursing diagnoses and functional health patterns to shift the role of nurses within the medical profession and create the nomenclature necessary to include nursing diagnoses in electronic records systems as they were developed.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Recordings and digital content have been digitally copied from source media; 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.

Dates: 1903 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1968 - 2005

Alice M. Grady collection of the Boston and Maine Railroad Group's Fund for the Archbishop's Charities correspondence

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Correspondence kept by Alice M. Grady, representative for the Boston and Maine Railroad Group's Fund for the Archbishop's Charities, between the Fund and Archbishop Richard Cushing's office.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1947-1958, 1964

Edward T. P. Graham papers

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The papers consist of correspondence, illustrations, photographs, and postcards belonging to early twentieth-century Boston architect Edward T. P. Graham. The materials primarily concern Graham's time in Europe studying architecture, as well as his career in America.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1884-1921, undated; Majority of material found within 1901 - 1912

Grand Lodge of East Jamaica Freemason collection

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The Grand Lodge of East Jamaica Freemason collection documents Masonic practice in late-1800s Jamaica. It includes correspondence, membership papers, and other material relating to Herman John Bürger, a Master Freemason in Kingston and Port Royal, as well as notes describing Freemason ceremonies and organizational structure. Also includes a Catholic anti-Masonic pamphlet on secret societies.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research; also available digitally. One fragile item is closed.

Dates: 1868-1882

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