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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.
Boston College collection of Wild Apple Press
A collection of printed material from Wild Apple Press, a private hand press founded and owned by James C. Wilder, a member of the American Printing History Association (APHA). Contains a booklet, bookmarks, broadsides, calendars, cards, leaflets, and pamphlets.
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.
Joseph Woods commonplace book
Open for research.
Molly Flannery Woods papers
The collection documents the political and personal activities of Irish journalist and nationalist Molly Flannery Woods. It includes correspondence, manuscripts, and scrapbooks. Much of the material relates to Irish nationalism in the early twentieth-century and Woods' time with Cumann na mBan.
Collection is open for research.
Words of Christ: manuscript
Manuscript containing a catalog of the sayings of Christ.
Open for research.
Francis Xavier letter
Consists of letter written by Francis Xavier to King John III of Portugal from India, referring to Portuguese subjects in the Far East, whom the Saint commends for reward and recognition.
Fragile original; available digitally. Access restricted to the digital version.
Boston College collection of Yeats family papers
The Boston College collection of Yeats family papers includes artwork, correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, and photographs by and about siblings W. B., Elizabeth Corbet, Lily, and Jack B. Yeats; their father, John Butler Yeats; and the wife of W. B., Georgie Yeats. It also documents the running of Cuala Press, a Yeats family business.
Collection is open for research; a portion is available digitally.
Young Men's Catholic Association of Boston College records
The records contain meeting minutes, scrapbooks, publications, and ephemera produced by the Young Men’s Catholic Association of Boston College between 1875 and 1941.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection are available digitally.