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Boston College Varsity Club records
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.
Joseph Veale, SJ collection of postcards
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.
Burns Library collection of Vietnam War veteran alumni correspondence
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.
Tim Vignoles collection of Juanita Casey
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.
Visiting Nurse Association of Boston records
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.
Vita R.P. Dominici Valesii mortui Crumlovii A. 1615 Feria 3. Pentecostes: manuscript
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.
John E. Wall legal papers pertaining to the trial of the Boston Five
Collection is open for research. A small number of folders are closed due to privacy restrictions.
Gerald C. Walling collection of Graham Greene play ephemera
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.
Robert P. Walsh collection of Maginnis & Walsh
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.
Isaac William Ward and Nancy Ward Martin family papers
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.
Warren Institution for Savings records
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.
Waste book of Otis Gray Randall
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.
Boston College collection of Evelyn Waugh
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.
Daniel Webster photograph, signature and hair cutting
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.
Boston College collection of Weekly Freeman cartoons
Color lithograph supplements to the Dublin, Ireland-based periodical Weekly Freeman, including political cartoons and images of political figures.
Collection is open for research.
West Africa Scrapbook
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.
Weston Observatory Director's records: Daniel Linehan, SJ
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.
Austin W. White papers
This collection documents the creative life of Massachusetts schoolboy Austin W. White roughly between the ages of nine and sixteen. Materials include small handmade books of fables detailing the adventures of American boys, several school compositions, sketchbooks, and a two-year run of a weekly handwritten satirical newspaper, "The Sober Giggler."
Collection is open for research; a portion is also availalbe digitally.
John Wieners collection
Collection is open for research.
Mary Johanna Rhodes Wild diary
Diary of Mary Johanna Rhodes Wild, detailing her daily life in Brookline, Massachusetts, as the wife of homeopathic doctor Charles Wild. Wild discusses housekeeping, finances, and marital discord, as well as her reading, occasional travels, and circle of friends and family. The volume includes 12 pages of a diary by her mother, Mary Throop Cushing Rhodes.
Open for research; digital version also available. Volume is fragile and should be used with care.
Joseph J. Williams, SJ ethnological collection
The Joseph J. Williams, SJ ethnological collection documents the research interests of Williams, a Jesuit priest who studied the history and culture of the Caribbean and Africa. It includes over four thousand handwritten stories about the African folk character Anansi, as well as anthropological manuscripts; correspondence; engravings; financial, legal, and shipping documents; newspapers; and government reports, all dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries.
Collection open for research except for Series I, which is closed due to fragility. However, portions of the collection--including Series I-- are available digitally.
Nicholas M. Williams retreat diary: manuscript
Daily diary of Nicholas M. Williams's thirty-day retreat at Loyola College, undertaken as part of his Jesuit formation in Febrary-March 1860. Williams records daily rituals, meditations, and readings, and notes inspirational quotations and "good resolutions."
Open for research.
George Charles Williamson papers
This collection consists of a scrapbook of clippings, photographs, and correspondence relating to British author George Charles Williamson's 1923 book Curious Survivals: Habits and Customs of the Past that Still Live in the Present, about Victorian social practices in twentieth-century England.
Collection is open for research.
Terence Winch papers
The Terence Winch papers document the life and career of an Irish-American poet, writer, and musician, through correspondence, manuscript and typescript drafts, handmade books, audio and video recordings, flyers, posters, clippings, and photographs. Topics include the poetry scenes of Washington, DC and New York City towards the end of the 20th century; modern Irish-American literature and history; and Irish-American music.
Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings and digital content on media have 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.
Douglas and Marie Immaculée Acton Woodruff family papers
Collection of correspondence, diaries, financial records, genealogical information, notebooks, and photographs of Catholic journalist Douglas Woodruff, Catholic charitable activist Marie Immaculée Acton Woodruff, and their families.
Collection is open for research.