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These papers comprise the correspondence, honors, manuscripts, and schoolwork of American writer Brendan Galvin. The majority of his manuscripts are drafts of his poems, but they also include essays, short stories, and unpublished novels. Additionally, the papers contain articles and interviews about Galvin and reviews of his works, as well as his collected research materials.

Collection is open for research. Some financial materials are closed.

Research files, writings, correspondence, and photographs of author and executive John T. Galvin (Boston College class of 1937), predominantly pertaining to his work on the history of Boston politics.

Collection is open for research.

Papers about twentieth-century Irish playwright, poet, and ballad singer Patrick Galvin. Consists of play and poetry manuscripts, theater programs, notices, and images of Galvin.

Collection is open for research.

The papers document the life and work of twentieth-century Boston College professor and military chaplain James F. Geary, SJ. Contains correspondence, teaching notes, military documents, certificates, and photographs.

Collection is open for research.

Collection of printed holy cards, largely of the eighteenth century, for German-speaking Catholics.

Collection is open for research.

This collection documents the life of Irish author Monk Gibbon through his correspondence and manuscripts held in the papers of two of his peers: his bibliographer Alan Denson and one of his early publishers Alan Steele. Also included are portraits of Gibbon and his family, which may have belonged to Denson.

Collection is open for research.

This collection documents the creative work of twentieth-century English artist Eric Gill, principally through his drawings and engravings. Materials include proofs and limited-edition prints; use of Gill's engravings in fine print cards, pamphlets, and booklets; printing blocks; correspondence for the Gill family as well as Gill's colleague at St. Dominic's Press, H.D.C. Pepler; and a small sampling of works on paper by Gill's peers.

Collection is open for research.

Collection of letters written by and to Oliver St. John Gogarty and a typewritten manuscript of chapters 2-12 of his autobiography, I follow Saint Patrick.

Collection is open for research.

Open for research.

The David Goldstein and Martha Moore Avery papers relate mainly to their association with and disavowal of the Socialist Party, their conversion to Catholicism, and their subsequent lecture tours. The bulk of the material consists of Goldstein's professional papers, with a smaller amount of his personal papers and of Avery's papers. The collection includes artifacts, correspondence, financial records, pamphlets and clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, subject files, and writings.

Collection is open for research. Some scrapbooks are too fragile to be used without supervision; please consult the Archivist.

These papers document the career of twentieth-century Boston College nursing faculty member Marjory Gordon. Her research, conference papers, workshop materials, draft publications, notes, and correspondence demonstrate her impact on the adoption of nursing diagnoses and functional health patterns to shift the role of nurses within the medical profession and create the nomenclature necessary to include nursing diagnoses in electronic records systems as they were developed.

Collection is open for research.

Recordings and digital content have been digitally copied from source media; 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.

Correspondence kept by Alice M. Grady, representative for the Boston and Maine Railroad Group's Fund for the Archbishop's Charities, between the Fund and Archbishop Richard Cushing's office.

Collection is open for research.

The papers consist of correspondence, illustrations, photographs, and postcards belonging to early twentieth-century Boston architect Edward T. P. Graham. The materials primarily concern Graham's time in Europe studying architecture, as well as his career in America.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research.

These papers include typescripts and carbon copy drafts of several of twentieth-century author F. L. Green’s literary works, including Odd Man Out. They also contain literary fragments, correspondence, contracts, and other financial records.

Collection is open for research.

Collection is open for research; some folders are closed for privacy or condition concerns. Audiovisual materials may not be immediately available due to formatting issues. End dates for restrictions are indicated at the folder-level.

This collection contains materials about late nineteenth and early twentieth century Irish author Lady Gregory. It includes correspondence, a typescript, and an article.

Collection is open for research.

View of Black men, women, and children seated before, and riding in, a covered wagon. A mounted soldier is visible in the background, presumably a Union soldier based on the cap and dark uniform.

Open for research.

This collection contains materials written by turn-of-the-twentieth-century American poet, essayist, and editor Louise Imogen Guiney, including letters, a poem fragment, and transcriptions of poems by others.

Collection is open for research.

The collection primarily consists of Guitarte's correspondence with other linguists, philologists, and academics during the time he taught at Boston College. Also contains letters related to his family life and legal matters.

Collection is open for research.

This collection contains correspondence from urban planning activist and writer Jane Jacobs to David Gurin throughout his career as an urban planner. The collection also includes programs and other materials from conferences and award ceremonies related to Jacobs.

Collection is open for research.

Made up of two letters to Colm O Lochlainn.

Collection is open for research.