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Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscripts

 Collection — Box: 1-2
Identifier: MS-1986-090
Scope and Contents

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

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1822-1827

College of one: typescript

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-2004-071
Scope and Contents

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

Restrictions on access

Open for research.

Dates: approximately 1967

Patrick A. Collins papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1986-038
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1858-1947, undated; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1905

Margaret A. Colliton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1990-010
Abstract

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.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1906 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1984

Padraic Colum typescripts and letter

 Collection — Shared box: 1012
Identifier: MS-2000-013
Scope and Contents The collection includes two typescripts and a single letter by Padraic Colum. The letter was written in 1927 to M.J. Fitzsimons, SJ, of Boston College. The typescripts are of Colum's plays: Timbuktu (1953) and Kilmore (1966). Timbuktu includes additions and deletions in Colum's own hand. It is a three-act comedy about the fabled African city of Timbuktu; also adapted by Colum under the titles: The Desert; The Vizier; and Mogu the Wanderer. Kilmore is a first draft of an unpublished, one-act...
Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1927 - 1966

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann North America collection of Irish music materials

 Collection
Identifier: IM-M104-2001
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on Access

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.

Dates: circa 1920-2014, undated

Commercial Club of Boston records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1992-017
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1866-1953; Majority of material found within 1874 - 1922

Jacobi Comoleti philosophi In universam dialecticam annotationes: manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2019-006
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: 1573 October 4

Compendium of antiphons and prayers: manuscript

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: BC-2022-173
Scope and Contents

Bound manuscript of 54 pages comprising a collection of antiphons and prayers. The compiler has not been identified. The first section includes the incipits of antiphons listed in order of feast days, with mensural notation in red and black. The second section includes a selection of Eucharistic prayers. Primarily written in a humanist miniscule book hand, interspersed with paratexts in two or more cursive hands.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: between 1700-1799

Compendium of Jesuit exercises, rules, and texts

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2017-057
Scope and Contents Comprised of a variety of Jesuit and Jesuit influenced texts, including early exercises, Jesuit rules, and unknown Jesuit texts. Work 5 contains 65 rules, as did the original Reglas comunes created in 1551. Work 10 contains 11 rules for Jesuit students, as does the Ratio studiorum (Munich, 1600), with textual variations. Works 15, 16 and 27 contain texts related to Monumenta Ignaciana, textus Vallsioletanus (Colegio de Ingleses, Ms. 898, ff. 19r-34r), with textual variations. Work 18...
Restrictions on Access

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

Dates: probably between 1565 and 1580

Compendium philosophiae secundum theseae distributum: manuscript.

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2018-050
Abstract Bound manuscript of 143 leaves, 9 of which are blank. The text is divided into chapters, and treats philosophical subjects including logic, metaphysics, and morality. The authorship is unknown, but may tentatively be attributed to Abraham Girard (1635-1693), from whose libary the manuscript originates. Bound in is a printed folio broadside, measuring 38.5 x 25 cm, with title "Theses ex Vniuersa Philosophia Selectae" and imprint "Has propugnabit Carolus Gassendus, diniensis, Lugduni, in aula...
Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: circa 1652

Concord School of Philosophy collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1996-037
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1860 - 1903

[Connolly book of hours: MS.1986.097]

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1986-097
Abstract

Manuscript codex; written in France.

Restrictions on Access

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

Dates: 15th century

Boston College collection of James B. Connolly

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1986-192
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1914 - 1965

Séamus Connolly papers

 Collection
Identifier: IM-M064-1999
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on Access

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.

Dates: 1929 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1957 - 2013

Boston College collection of Constance de Markievicz

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2021-079
Abstract

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.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1868-2019; Majority of material found within 1892-1927

Katherine E. Conway papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1994-015
Abstract

This collection documents the literary and personal life of author Katherine E. Conway. Materials include diaries; drafts of her poetry and journalism; photographs; and scrapbooks.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1874 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1874 - 1926

Frederick Charles Copleston papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-1986-086
Scope and Contents Book manuscripts include drafts of History of Philosophy, Philosophy in Russia, and Memoirs of a Philosopher. There are numerous published articles by Copleston on individual philosophers, such as Nietzsche, and particular topics in philosophy. There is material on lectures and addresses as well as radio broadcasts on Buddhism and Hegelian philosophy. Correspondence contains letters with...
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Collection is closed until processed.

Dates: 1941 - 1993

Michèle Krahmer collection of Corneille and Manel family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2010-005
Abstract

These papers document the history of the Corneille and Manel families of southern France through their birth, death, and marriage records; correspondence; court documents; diplomas; genealogical notes; invoices; land records; newspaper clippings, memberships; military records; and photographs, which show the course of the family from ancien régime through third republic France.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1690 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1792 - 1908

Boston College collection of Jones I. J. Corrigan, SJ

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2005-105
Abstract

This collection documents twentieth-century American Jesuit ethicist Jones I.J. Corrigan, SJ. Materials include a radio address by Corrigan attacking sexual freedom and the breakdown of morality in national life, a eulogy for him, a flier for a series of his night course lectures, and an announcement for the creation of a Boston College chair in his honor.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1920-circa 1937

John C. Cort papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2003-016
Abstract These papers document social activist John C. Cort's involvement with the Christian Socialist movement. They consist of a typescript of his book Christian Socialism: An Informal History, which was published in 1988; proceedings from the Congress of Christian Socialists in Sweden in 1983, including Cort’s talk and several reports he authored; and the first eight volumes of the Religious Socialism newsletter, co-edited by...
Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1977-1988

Stephen Cory indenture: manuscript

 Collection — Shared box: 1675
Identifier: BC-2024-026
Scope and Contents

Manuscript deed of indentured apprenticeship of Stephen Cory (1765-1790?) to Susanna Nichols (1712-1806), both of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, dated 15 February 1771.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: 1771 February 15

Lewis A. Coser papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-1994-159
Abstract

Lewis A. Coser papers document the personal, political, and professional endeavors of this German-American sociologist primarily through correspondence, but course materials, documents, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, periodicals, photographs, and publishing files are also included.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1914 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1996

Rose Laub Coser papers

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2000-032
Abstract

This collection documents Rose Laub Coser’s professional work and writing as a sociologist, her career at the State University of New York-Stony Brook and Boston College, and her mentorship of students. It contains correspondence, curriculum vitae, manuscript drafts, pamphlets, and photocopies.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1956-1991, undated

John M. Cotter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2013-003
Abstract This collection consists of seven volumes written by John M. Cotter and reflecting his interests in linguistics, astronomy, botany, and the history of the Celtic people. Volumes include copies and drafts of letters; personal accounting; recipes for tea, beer, and rum; notes on astronomy; information on plant propagation and care; essays on Celtic history; and Irish and Mayan vocabulary and translations. Translations and transcriptions include King Cormac's Glossary (Sanas Cormaic) in Irish...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1916 - 1938

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