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Archives and Manuscripts DepartmentJohn J. Burns Library
Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President's Office Records 1933-1982 (bulk 1958-1968)
BC.2013.028
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3246
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Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4
Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................ 4
Scope and Contents note............................................................................................................................... 7
Series I: Admissions............................................................................................................................... 8
Series II: Buildings................................................................................................................................. 8
Series III: Centennial celebrations......................................................................................................... 9
Series IV: Committees..........................................................................................................................11
Series V: Departmental records............................................................................................................12
Series VI: Faculty................................................................................................................................. 18
Series VII: Subject files....................................................................................................................... 20
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Summary Information
Library Unit Archives and Manuscripts Department
Title Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President's Office records
Date [bulk] Bulk, 1958-1968
Date [inclusive] 1933-1982
Extent 15.75 Linear feet (18 boxes)
Language English
Language of Materials note Materials in this collection are primarily in English, with small amounts of
French, Greek, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Abstract The Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President’s Office Records document Walsh’s
tenure as twenty-second president of Boston College, 1958-1968.
This collection consists largely of administrative records and contains
committee, departmental, and faculty files as well as admission records,
building plans, correspondence, subject files, and materials relating to
the University's centennial celebrations in 1963. Subject files contain
biographical information in addition to other topics of interest to Walsh,
including some documents predating his administration.
Preferred Citation note
Identification of item, Box number, Folder number, Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President's Office Records,BC.2013.028, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.
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Administrative Information
Publication Information
Processed by Jessica Meyer and Xaviera Flores, August 2013. This finding aid was produced using theArchivists' Toolkit.
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research. Series I. Admissions is closed in its entirety due to privacy restrictions,and is stored off-site. A small amount of material in other series is also closed due to privacy restrictions.
Restrictions on use
These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S.Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but notlimited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials usedfor academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors mayretain copyright to the materials.
Provenance
Because the current accessioning system was not used until January 1986, it is not possible to knowexactly the dates of acquisition of materials received before that time. Transcripts of oral historyinterviews with Michael P. Walsh were donated by Richard M. Freeland in 1995.
Processing Information note
Records belonging to the offices of other presidents were transferred to the appropriate collections.Subject files and departmental files compiled during Walsh's presidency may contain documents datingearlier than his tenure.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials note
President's Office Records, University Archives, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.
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Retrievex note
Box 1 - C1531953
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Biographical note
Michael P. Walsh was born in South Boston on February 28, 1912. He graduated from Boston CollegeHigh School in 1929 and studied at Boston College for his bachelor’s degree, before receiving hismaster’s degree (1938) and doctorate (1948) in biology from Fordham University. Walsh entered theSociety of Jesus at Lenox, Massachusetts in 1929 and was ordained at Weston College in 1941. Between1943 and 1946 Walsh taught biology at Boston College, serving as chairman of the department from 1948through 1959. In 1958, he was appointed twenty-second president of Boston College.
Walsh presided over Boston College at a time of rapid growth. During his tenure as president, BostonCollege conducted strenuous self-assessment exercises, which led to the re-organization and developmentof more complex systems of governance and to the modernization of the University’s curriculum.
The post-war period saw an increase in student admissions, faculty, new programs, and new buildings andfacilities at the University. Walsh oversaw the construction of a number of large-scale building projects,including Cushing Hall, providing the School of Nursing with a base on the main campus; Carney Hall,which provided much needed faculty office space for humanities departments; Devlin Hall renovationsand the construction of Higgins Hall, to accommodate growing undergraduate and graduate scienceprograms; and a number of residence halls, which catered to Boston College’s continually increasingresidential student population. Boston College celebrated its centennial anniversary in 1963. As president,Walsh organized masses, convocations, dinners, drama programs, fundraising events, and the publicationof a history of the University as part of the festivities. Many local and national dignitaries participated,including President John F. Kennedy and Cardinal Richard Cushing.
Walsh also served in educational leadership roles at the national and state levels. He sat on committeesfor public education in Massachusetts, including the Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts Boardof Education Study of Racial Imbalance and Education, the Massachusetts Higher Education FacilitiesCommission, and the Committee of Visiting Assignments at Harvard College. He was a member ofFordham University’s Board of Trustees, and a founding member and president of the Association ofIndependent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts.
After leaving Boston College in 1968, Walsh became president of Fordham University. He died in April1982, at the age of seventy.
Sources
Clark, Alfred E., “Rev. Michael Walsh, Headed Fordham during Fiscal Crisis,” New York Times, April24th 1982. Accessed June 26, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/24/obituaries/rev-micheal-walsh-headed-fordham-during-fiscal-crisis.html
Donovan, Charles F., David R. Dunigan, and Paul A. FitzGerald. History of Boston College: From theBeginnings to 1990. Chestnut Hill, MA: The University Press of Boston College, 1990.
Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President's Office Records, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.
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Scope and Contents note
The Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President’s Office Records document Walsh’s tenure as twenty-secondpresident of Boston College, 1958-1968. This collection consists largely of administrative recordsand contains committee, departmental, and faculty files as well as admission records, building plans,correspondence, subject files, and materials relating to the University's centennial celebrations in 1963.Subject files contain biographical information in addition to other topics of interest to Walsh, includingsome documents predating his administration. Materials date from 1933-1982.
Building records document the construction and renovation of campus buildings and include buildingplans, proposals, and correspondence concerning dedications and blessings. Centennial celebrationmaterials include invitations, programs, correspondence, information about the publication of theUniversity history Crowned Hilltop by Jack Frost, event plans, clippings, information on honorary degreerecipients, and colloquy and conference papers. Of particular note in this series are John F. Kennedy'sconvocation speech and materials pertaining to the convocation in honor of Cardinal Augustin Bea, SJ.Subject files relate mostly to University administration but also hold some personal correspondence andbiographical information, including transcripts of an oral history interview with Walsh. Boston College'spostwar growth and increasing interest in diversity are revealed in the admission records and subject files,while building, committee, and faculty records show an increasing organizational complexity.
Student records, faculty tenure and promotion files, and other records containing personally identifiableinformation are closed due to privacy restrictions. This includes the entirety of Series I. Admissions, aswell as a small number of materials in other series.
Arrangement note
Materials are arranged into seven series: I. Admissions; II. Buildings; III. Centennial celebrations;IV. Committees; V. Departmental records; VI. Faculty; VII. Subject files. Series V. Departmentalrecords is furthered divided into nine subseries: A. College of Arts and Sciences; B. College of BusinessAdministration; C. Evening School; D. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; E. School of Education;F. School of Law; G. School of Nursing; H. School of Social Work; I. Summer Session. All series andsubseries are in alphabetical order.
Oversize materials are in Box 5, which is shared with several other presidential collections.
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Collection Inventory
Series I: Admissions
Admissions and scholarships, 1965
Box 1 Folder 1-2
Graduate, professional, and evening school
recommendations, 1963-1968
Box 1 Folder 3-6
Scholarship, admission, and housing requests, 1962-1968
Box 1 Folder 7-33
Scholarships and awards, 1958-1967
Box 1 Folder 34-39
Series II: Buildings
Contractor and developer inquiries, 1961-1967
Box 2 Folder 1
Contractor and developer portfolios, circa 1960
Box 2 Folder 2-5
Cushing Hall, 1958-1963
Box 2 Folder 6-9
Cheverus, Fenwick, and Fitzpatrick dormitories,
1959-1960
Box 2 Folder 10-12
Devlin Hall and Higgins Hall building plans, 1963-1966
Box 2 Folder 13-15
Higgins Hall, 1960-1966
Box 2 Folder 16-24
McElroy Commons, 1958-1962
Box 2 Folder 25-29
Box 17 Folder 1
McGuinn Hall, 1961-1968
Box 2 Folder 30-33
McHugh Forum, 1957-1958
Box 2 Folder 34
Box 17 Folder 2
Murray House, 1967
Box 2 Folder 35
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Philomathia Hall, 1966-1968
Box 2 Folder 36
Roberts Center, 1958
Box 2 Folder 37
Shaw House, 1962
Box 2 Folder 38
Series III: Centennial celebrations
Alumni Board invitation letters, 1963
Box 2 Folder 39
Alumni Dinner correspondence, 1963 May-June
Box 2 Folder 40
Alumni Dinner invitation and programs, 1963
Box 2 Folder 41
Board of Regents, 1963
Box 2 Folder 42
Centenary Committee correspondence and reports,
1958-1962
Box 2 Folder 43
Box 3 Folder 1-4
Centennial history book requests, 1963
Box 3 Folder 5
College facts chart, 1961-1962
Box 3 Folder 6
Colloquy papers, 1963
Box 3 Folder 7-9
Colloquy participants, 1962
Box 17 Folder 3
Colloquy plans and correspondence, 1962-1963
Box 3 Folder 10-11
Colloquy program, 1963 April
Box 3 Folder 12
Congratulation letters, 1963
Box 3 Folder 13-15
Conventions, 1958-1962
Box 3 Folder 16
Convocations: clippings
Box 17 Folder 4
Convocations: correspondence, 1962-1963
Box 3 Folder 17-23
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Convocations: delegates from colleges and universities,
1963
Box 3 Folder 24
Convocations: information for delegates, 1963 April 20
Box 3 Folder 25
Convocations: platform groups, 1963
Box 3 Folder 26
Convocations: programs, 1963 June 10
Box 3 Folder 27
Convocations: programs and invitations, 1963
Box 3 Folder 28-30
Convocations: regrets, 1963
Box 3 Folder 31-33
Convocations: speeches, 1963 April 20
Box 3 Folder 34-35
Box 17 Folder 5
Crowned Hilltop: Jack Frost correspondence, 1959-1967