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These papers document the professional lives of Elizabeth O'Brien Christitch and Annie Christitch, Serbian-Irish mother-and-daughter writers and political activists. Their materials include correspondence; drafts and published copies of their writing; ephemera; newspaper clippings; and photographs of their family and the International Council of Women.

Collection is open for research.

A hexagonal shaped medal presented to Joanna Stetson Simpson by the Boston School Committee for "superior scholarship." Simpson was a Boylston School student in the Fort Hill district of Boston, Massachusetts. The Marquis de Lafayette gave the address and presented the medals.

Collection is open for research.

Open for research.

Citywide Coordinating Council (CCC) records are the institutional files of the independent, autonomous body created by the courts to oversee desegregation in Boston Public Schools, 1975-1978. Records of the Council include meeting minutes, reports, court documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, monitoring forms, statistics, and publications. The materials document both the activities of the Council and the process of desegregation of Boston's public schools.

Collection is open for research; portions are available digitally. A small number of materials are closed due to privacy restrictions.

One audio cassette has been digitally copied; the 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.

This collection documents Irish music owned by twentieth-century Irish-American musician Eugene Clancy, including audio recordings of Clancy and collected recordings of Michael Coleman.

Collection is open for research. 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.

Diary with printed title page: The standard diary. Published annually for the trade, 1898. With entries from January 1 to June 27 by Annie White Frary, primarily in shorthand, with some entries partially in longhand. Includes cash accounts and memoranda, in longhand. Pages for June 28 to December 31 are blank.

Open for research.

Composed of correspondence, book reviews, typescripts, lecture announcements, and photographs of twentieth-century American author and scholar Charles Upson Clark. Includes a manuscript draft of his autobiographical "Platform Ramblings."

Collection is open for research.

The collection contains the personal and professional papers of Kathleen Daly Clarke (1878-1972), a founding member of Cumann na mBan and an Irish politician, as well as her collection of materials about her husband Thomas Clarke and Irish politics in the first half of the twentieth century. Materials include correspondence, photographs, artwork, clippings, and publications and ephemera circulated by Irish political groups, including Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail.

Collection is open for research.

The correspondence of Douglas Cleverdon, a twentieth-century British bookseller and radio producer who was also a printing enthusiast and producer of fine books. Includes letters to Cleverdon from typographer Stanley Morison.

Collection is open for research.

Nine photographs of Arnett Cobb and other musicians performing at the Hi-Hat Club in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection is open for research.

Includes Coleridge's treatise on Logic, volume II, and Autograph Philosphical Remains.

Collection is open for research.

Typescript is heavily corrected, primarily for typesetting but also includes a significant number of the author's own alterations and annotations.

Open for research.

These papers document the work of Irish immigrant Patrick A. Collins (1884-1905), a lawyer, politician, and activist for Irish independence, through his correspondence, certificates, photographs, manuscripts, and printed materials.

Collection is open for research.

Consists of manuscripts, personal and professional correspondence, diaries, photographs of Margaret A. Colliton and her family, articles on nurses and nursing, and other publications. Some of the material relates to Shiloah, a non-profit foundation concerned with the spiritual dimension of nursing and healing, and Promisek, a non-profit concerned with the healing relationship between individuals and the land.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ) is an international organization for the promotion of Irish music, song, dance, and language. These records document the history and activities of the CCÉ Province in North America, with related material from CCÉ in Ireland. The collection includes administrative records, promotional artifacts, biographical materials, as well as digital and analog media.

Collection is open for research. Audiovisual media in this collection 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.

Records documenting the Commercial Club of Boston, a social club for area businessmen in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Materials include correspondence, ephemera and artifacts from Club events, financial records, membership books, photographs, regular and executive committee meeting minutes, and lectures.

Collection is open for research.

Course of lectures on Aristotelian logic and the Institutiones of Saint Porphyry, itself a commentary on Aristotle. Bound volume of 259 leaves; written in Chancery hand, in brown ink. Pages ruled in red. Caption title on leaf A1r reads: Jacobi Comoleti philosophi In commersam dialecticam annotationes. Dated 4th October 1573 in margin of leaf A1r. Inscription on front pastedown reads: Commentaire manuscript par Jacob Comoleti philosophe sur la dialectique d'Aristote, octobre 1573.

Open for research.

Open for research; digital version also available. Fragile original; use care and handling.

Open for research.

This collection documents the Concord School of Philosophy, a summer lecture series held in Concord, Massachusetts from 1879 to 1888, via programs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to the School. Also included are materials by and about notable teachers of the School--including Ralph Waldo Emerson--and related programs.

Collection is open for research.

Manuscript codex; written in France.

Fragile original; available digitally. Access restricted to the digital version.

The collection contains materials about James Brendan Connolly (1868-1957), an Irish-American athlete and author. It includes writings by and about him, newspaper clippings and ephemera, and a full run of Limelight magazine for which he served as an editor.

Collection is open for research.

This collection documents the musical activities and career of Irish traditional fiddle player Séamus Connolly. The collection includes field recordings, correspondence, press clippings, publications, photographs, awards, and artifacts. It also includes research notes and materials collected by Connolly on Irish traditional music.

Collection is open for research. Digitized versions of original recordings are available for Burns Library Reading Room use. Some audio and video items may not be immediately available due to formatting issues.

The collection primarily consists of correspondence of Irish politician, revolutionary, nationalist, and suffragist Constance de Markiewicz. Also includes posthumous materials documenting the 150th anniversary of Markievicz's birth and more, including biographies, newspaper clippings, exhibit ephemera, a real estate catalog, and photographs.

Collection is open for research.