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A selection of endpapers used in bookbinding by historian Helen Landreth (1892-1981) during her 30 year career as a librarian at BC.Burns Library’s Bernard Shaw Letters to Bernard Partridge have been digitized!An illustration from Irish author Flann O'Brien's copy of Lovely is the Lee, by Irish artist Robert Gibbings.From Kinder- und Hausmärchen (an edition of Grimms' Children's and Household Tales) published in 1893. Illustrated by Anton Robert Leinweber.Follow us on Twitter!
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Tag Archives: education
Irish Music Archives Visits an After-School Club in Somerville
Guest Musicians Gather at Celtic Fusion Club A couple of months ago, in the time before social distancing, music educator Kendall Driscoll invited a few Boston-area musicians to give a live, in-person presentation to East Somerville Community School’s Celtic Fusion … Continue reading
Fulton’s Various Rules: Making Boston College a Jesuit Institution
In 1599, the Society of Jesus published the Ratio Studiorum and sent copies to their eight schools throughout Europe. The Ratio was essentially a rulebook for all the colleges operated by the Jesuits. The daily course schedule was outlined. Each … Continue reading