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John Louis Bonn, the Bard, and Boston College Theater in the 1940s

Posted on March 16, 2020 by

      John Louis Bonn, SJ, who taught theater at Boston College between 1930-1949 and directed the School of Dramatic Arts from 1937-1943, made a lasting impression on Boston College’s theater culture. Bonn directed many student plays and documented … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Excellence: Boston College’s Thea Bowman AHANA Intercultural Center

Posted on August 26, 2019 by

This summer, the Boston College Options Through Education Program (OTE) celebrated its 40th Anniversary. Alumni from the OTE Program, including all the way back to its early days as the Black Talent Program in the 1970s, returned to BC’s campus … Continue reading →

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Boston in the Early Republic

Posted on January 22, 2018 by

The John J. Burns Library’s Boston collection houses approximately 4,500 works about the city and its neighboring municipalities. While the majority of this collection encompasses material from the 19th and 20th centuries, as a result of the remarkable growth in … Continue reading →

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The Vietnam War at the Burns Library: The Tip O’Neill Congressional Archives (Part Two)

Posted on June 5, 2017 by

In Part One I looked at the change of heart Congressman Tip O’Neill experienced in 1967 regarding the Vietnam War. Formerly a supporter of the Executive branch’s military policy, O’Neill, encouraged by a stream of constituents’ anti-war letters, shifted to … Continue reading →

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Irish Women Rising: Maud Gonne (1866 – 1953)

Posted on January 9, 2017 by

In a letter to her suitor, William Butler Yeats, who complained that he was unhappy without her, Maud Gonne wrote “Oh yes, you are, because you make beautiful poetry out of what you call your unhappiness and you are happy … Continue reading →

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Philip Caraman, SJ: the Travelling Jesuit

Posted on November 14, 2016 by

Philip George Caraman, S.J., Jesuit priest and author, was born in 1911 in London, England, to René André Caraman and Betina Pasqua. Both parents were Armenian Catholics and instilled strong religious beliefs in their nine children; their sons, Philip and … Continue reading →

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Mary Boyle O’Reilly: World War I Journalist

Posted on October 24, 2016 by

Mary Boyle O’Reilly was born on May 18, 1873 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Her father, John Boyle O’Reilly, was a noted poet and Irish nationalist, and her mother, Mary Smiley (Murphy) O’Reilly, was a journalist. In 1913, O’Reilly accepted a position … Continue reading →

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