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From Jesuitica to Graham Greene: A Student Intern’s Experiences with Conservation
As a Boston College student who had participated in the creation of an exhibit in the John J. Burns Library and enjoyed a great many more, I was always baffled when fellow undergraduates were unaware of its presence on campus. … Continue reading
Posted in British Catholic Authors, Conservation, Rare books
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Instruction at the Burns Library Spring Semester 2016
The Burns Library hosted forty-one class sessions this past semester, including two that met weekly. Burns Scholar, Colman O’Clabaigh, taught the course, Religion and Community in Ireland, 1215–1526 every Thursday in The Irish Room while Professor Robert Savage of History … Continue reading
Boston College Nursing: Cushing Hall
After numerous struggles, the nursing students finally established their presence on campus. In 1958, Archbishop Cushing generously donated funds to allow the Nursing School a building of its own on the Boston College Main Campus. This building, still in existence … Continue reading
Sink or Swim: How the Sinking of Lower Campus in 1867 saved the Future of Boston College
Boston College has not always been a sprawling campus divided between lower, middle, and upper campuses. In fact, the entirety of lower campus was underwater in 1948 when the college purchased the “Lawrence Basin” Reservoir from the City of Boston. … Continue reading
Anthony Rhodes: the Catholic Historian
This is the first post in a series detailing the many British Catholic Author Collections of the Burns Library. Anthony Rhodes was born in Plymouth, England on September 24, 1916 to Colonel George E. Rhodes and his wife Dorothy Rhodes. … Continue reading
Lexica Jesuitica: Missioner Dictionaries of Madagascar
The Burns Library owns copies of the three earliest French-Malagasy dictionaries, dating from 1853, 1888, and 1899. These three volumes uniquely document the histories of Madagascans and their changing place in the world during the turbulent decades of the late 19th … Continue reading
Posted in Jesuitica, Rare books
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Prism of Russia: Cornelis de Bruyn and Robert G. Latham
Cornelis de Bruyn’s Russia Often, the images brought back by famous travelers like Cornelis de Bruyn and published in their travel accounts would be the only exposure the average person would have to vast expanses of the globe. While not … Continue reading
Posted in HS600 Posts, Rare books
Tagged boston college burns library, Burns blog, burns blog bc, burns blog boston college, european mapping tradition, history 600 making history public, history boston college, HS600, maps exhibit fall 2014, native races of the russian empire, ordering the unknown 2014, rare books and special collections, russia, st. petersburg
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Charles Knight: Publisher & Author
The Burns Library owns a handful of books published by Charles Knight (1791-1873), a 19th century publisher, author, and educator whose crusade to bring cheap educational literature to the working class played an influential role in changing the face of … Continue reading
Archives Diary: Cooking and Healing 100 Years Ago
As the processing team at the Burns Library worked with the New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing records, we caught a glimpse of life as a nursing student from the turn of the 19th century through 1989, when the … Continue reading
Posted in Archives & Manuscripts
Tagged Beth Israel Deaconess, boston college burns library, burns blog boston college, Burns blog NEDH, Burns Library NEDH, cooking, elizabeth winslow course notebook, NEDH SON, New England Deaconess, nurses notebook, nurses recipes, nursing records john j. burns library, recipes
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“The Little Cap of White”: New England Deaconess School of Nursing and the Nurse’s Cap
There used to be a time when you could tell a nurse’s history by her cap. Here at the Burns Library, the recently processed New England Deaconess School of Nursing collection (NEDH SON) can tell you a lot about the history … Continue reading
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