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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.

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.

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.

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.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is closed until processed.

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.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

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.

Collection is open for research.

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.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, ephemera, and correspondence about the Boston College football teams coached by Frank Leahy. The materials primarily document the 1940 Cotton Bowl and the 1941 Sugar Bowl. The majority of the articles were written by Bulger. Box 1 houses the original scrapbook, while box 2 holds a preservation photocopy for easier use.

Open for research.

This collection includes several letters from twentieth-century American poet and author Nathalia Crane to the poet Louis Untermeyer, as well as photographs, publications, and programs she sent to him. Most of the material relates to Crane's support for Irish political prisoners at Long Kesh prison.

Collection is open for research.

The album consists of six prints restruck from the original plates. The original engravings appeared circa 1819-1826. The collection contains "The Dancing Lesson" Parts 1-4, "Mushroom Monstrosities," and "Juvenile Monstrosities."

Open for research.