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Boland Family Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC019-BOLA
Scope and Contents
This collection contains biographical information about Tobias Boland and his son, Thomas Bernard Fitzpatrick (T.B.F.) Boland in the form of newspaper articles and a short biography of Tobias Boland. There are also two small contract books dating from the 1860s and containing illegible names and numbers. Additionally, there are Boland family photographs. These photographs are in various formats and date from the 1860’s to 1880’s. Some of the photos are identified.Finally, the...
Dates:
1861-1879
Found in:
Distinctive Collections
George F. O'Dwyer Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC122-ODWY
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of George F. O'Dwyer including correspodnence and his research notes. The majority is his research notes and it contains information on a variety of topics pertaining to Irish and Irish Americans in the New England. Lowell, Massachusetts seems to be one of his areas of focus.
Dates:
1917-1928
Found in:
Distinctive Collections
John F. Fitzgerald Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC005-FITZ
Scope and Contents
This collection mostly holds materials documenting the business and political career of John F. Fitzgerald. There are thirty-nine scrapbooks dating from 1896 to 1925 containing newspaper clippings, which mostly document Fitzgerald’s political career. The scrapbooks are in poor condition and this was noted in correspondence dating to when the materials were received. Additionally, there are political cartoons and loose newspaper clippings as well as copies of speeches and public addresses....
Dates:
1896; 1906-1914
Found in:
Distinctive Collections
Rev. Joseph J. Williams, S.J. Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC156-WILL
Scope and Contents
This collection mostly contains correspondence and research completed by Fr. Williams. Also included are manuscript copies of books written by him as well as a scrapbook documenting the publicity of his book, Hebrewisms of West Africa. Materials mostly date from the 1920s and 1930s but there are some 17th and 18th century records collected by Fr. Williams during the course of his work. Additionally, there are a few items pertaining to his work that were created aftert...
Dates:
circa 1600 - 1991
Found in:
Distinctive Collections
Rev. William J. Foran Scrapbook
Item — Box: SC186-FORA-001
Identifier: SC186-FORA
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook dates from 1887 to 1890 but is arranged in no particular chronological order and contains clippings from various papers or books. The main theme of the collection is one of Catholic and Irish identity. The pages contain pieces on famous Irishmen and Catholics in American History and include the obituaries of Cardinal Newman and the Irish-American poet John Boyle O’Reilly. In between, the young Father Foran created a mix of poetry, news, trivia facts, and history all relating...
Dates:
1887-1890
Found in:
Distinctive Collections
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