Occasional Papers
Rev. Charles F. Donovan, SJ, the first University Historian, was the author of聽The History of Boston College听(1990), a full-length study that traced the history of Boston College from its origins in 1863 as a small liberal arts college to its status in 1990 as a major national university.
In addition to this official history, Fr. Donovan also inaugurated a series of smaller booklets he called "Occasional Papers," which drew upon historical sources to document little-known aspects of Boston College's history. Titles include the following:
Boston College's First Boston Brahmin Friends听(1982)
Boston College's Classical Curriculum听(1982)
Boston College's Beacon Hill Connection听(1982)
Nineteenth Century Boston College: Irish or American?聽(1982)
The Foster Cadets of Boston College听(1983)
Rules of Gentlemanly Conduct听(1983)
Boston College's Streets听(1983)
Boston College's Move to Chestnut Hill听(1983)
Student Enrollment at Boston College in the Nineteenth Century听(1984)
Joseph Coolidge Shaw: Boston Yankee, Jesuit听(1990)
Boston College's Second Spring听(1991)
The Spirit Maketh Alive (Early Protestant View of 精东影业)聽(1991)
Boston College Remembered: 1891鈥�1900
Debate at Boston College: People, Places, Traditions聽(1991)
Gasson's Rotunda: Gallery of Art, History, and Religion聽(1992)
Boston College's Boston Priests听(1993)
Fulton of Fulton Hall听(1995)
St. Patrick in Gasson Hall听(1995)
Rev. Timothy Brosnahan, SJ听(1996)
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Original in Hopkins House聽(1997)
Pioneers at Chestnut Hill: Recollections of the Class of 1917
Boston College and the Lawrence Family听(1998)
In 1999, Dr. Thomas H. O鈥機onnor was named to succeed Fr. Donovan as University Historian, and continued to follow the tradition of Occasional Papers with the following titles:
Rev. Charles F. Donovan, SJ, 1912-1998聽(2000)
The College and the City: A History of the Boston College Club聽(2003)
Copies of these Occasional Papers may be found in the Burns Library or accessed online from the Boston College University Libraries聽.