Posts with the tag: Boston College

The Archivist’s Nook: A Patron “Saint” – The Bookish Legacy of Msgr. Arthur Connolly

I am glad to place this collection where it will be of so much benefit to students of history, yet I must confess I feel as if I were bidding good bye to friends who have become very dear to me…I have grown to love them for the many hours of pleasure they have afforded Read More

Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Comment


The Archivist’s Nook: The Pope’s Bombshell

Mary Ann Glendon tends to inspire contradictions. The Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University and a former United States Ambassador to the Holy See, Glendon has been labelled a modest “water-and-soap type” at one extreme and “the Pope’s bombshell” at the other (see Notes 1 and 2). Much of the confusion about Glendon Read More

Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Comment