John J. Burns Library   Tags: archives, irish_studies, jesuitica, manuscripts, rare books, university_archives  

If you aren't sure that the Burns Library has what you're looking for or if you'd like to talk to a librarian about Burns materials to support your research, then please contact us at 617-552-4861 or send an email to burnsref@bc.edu.

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The Burns Library's entrance is on the side of the Bapst building facing Boston College's main gate on Commonwealth Avenue. Look at this Boston College Chestnut Hill campus map for more detailed information.

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Slideshows from the John J. Burns Library's Flickr can be embedded in blogs, websites, and Blackboard. You either need to be a Flickr subscriber (it's free to create an account) or to grab the embed code from here. Please contact the Burns Library staff if you have trouble getting the code you need.

All images on our Flickr are from collections held by the John J. Burns Library or of our work with those collections.

The John J. Burns Library of Boston College is best known for its collections in Irish history, literature and music, its holdings of nineteenth and twentieth century British & British Catholic Authors, Jesuitica (books written by Jesuit authors until the suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1773), and the unique Williams Ethnological Collection, which features maps, books, prints and manuscripts dealing with the Caribbean.  The Burns Library also houses the University Archives of Boston College, including Boston College yearbooks, campus publications and faculty papers.

These materials are available for use in the Burns Library Reading Room during our open hours.