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The Archive's collections explore a variety of topics and time periods including: U.S. Congress, Women in the French Resistance, Eugene O’Neill, the early history of radio, El Salvador’s civil war and the history of Suffolk University.        

Search across all collection materials using the Archives catalog or browse our Digital Collections site.

  • Records of Suffolk University

    The University Archives holdings include materials having permanent value to Suffolk University, its history and its mission. These materials include records such as correspondence, reports, committee meeting minutes and agendas, publications, audiovisual materials, artifacts and memorabilia and photographs. More info.

    For questions concerning which departmental records should be kept and transferred to the Archive please consult our Records Management page.

    Materials Open for Research Include:
    Photographs
    History of Suffolk University
    Scrapbooks
    Press Releases and News Clippings
    Trustees’ Files
    University Publications
    Student Publications
    Commencement Files

  • MS100 Congressman John Joseph Moakley Papers, 1926-2001

    Joe Moakley’s congressional career from 1973 to 2001 is recorded in files, videos, photographs, and citations. The Archives has constituent service and policy files; reports of the Congressman’s legislative and voting records; and documents related to his campaigns. Congressman Moakley’s interest and advocacy for international human rights, dating from a constituent service issue in the early 1980s, are demonstrated through materials that include the declassified files of the Moakley Commission, which investigated the murders in El Salvador of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter. Other documents reflect Moakley’s service as chairman of the powerful House Rules Committee and his role in congressional law making, as well as his promotion of the combined "Third Harbor Tunnel" and "Big Dig" project, the largest public works project in U.S. history. More info

    Subject Terms
    Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)
    Busing for school integration
    Cigarettes -- Safety regulations -- United States Democratic Party (U.S.) History 20th century.
    El Salvador -- Politics and government -- 1979-1992
    Jesuits -- El Salvador
    Legislators -- Massachusetts.
    Legislators -- United States.
    Massachusetts -- Politics and government--1950-2001.
    McGovern, James P., 1959-Moakley, John Joseph, 1927-2001
    Politicians -- Massachusetts.O'Neill, Tip
    United States -- Congress -- House.
    United States--Politics and government--1973-2001.

  • MS 102 Suffolk University Faculty and Alumni Manuscript Collection, 1903-2013

     This collection brings together materials donated by Suffolk University faculty, staff, alumni and friends that represent their individual academic pursuits, research, memorabilia, and other personal records. Some of them are small collections of personal papers or single items such as scrapbooks, objects or photo albums.

    Learn more about the collections:

    • Search the collection's finding aid (PDF).
    • View digitized materials.
  • MS103 Jamaica Plain Committee on Central America Collection, 1982-1989, 2001

    The Jamaica Plain Committee on Central America (JPCOCA), a grassroots organization from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts lobbied Congressman Joe Moakley in the 1980s to help Salvadoran refugees gain legal status in the United States. The collection, which spans from 1982-2001, includes correspondence, news clippings and office files that document the committee’s involvement in raising awareness of the Salvadoran refugee issue, their interactions with Congressman Moakley and how they achieved their goal of helping Salvadoran refugees in America. 

    Learn more about the collection:

    • Search the collection's finding aid(.pdf)
    • View digitized materials.

    Subject Terms
    El Salvador. Politics and government. 1979-1992
    Extended Voluntary Departure
    Human Rights. El Salvador
    Immigration policy and research
    Jamaica Plain Committee on Central America
    Refugees. Legal status, laws, etc. El Salvador
    Social action
    United States. Relations. El Salvador Jamaica Plain Committee on Central America
    McGovern, James P., 1959-Moakley, John Joseph, 1927-2001

  • MS104 Enemies of War Collection

    Esther Cassidy, producer of Enemies of War, a documentary on the Salvadoran civil war and the investigation into the murders of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter, donated her records, audio and video tapes, and transcriptions to the Moakley Archive in 2008.

    Learn more about the collection:

    • Search the collection's finding aid (PDF)
    • View digitized materials

    Subject Terms

    • El Salvador--History--1979-1992.
    • El Salvador--Politics and government--1979-1992.
    • United States--Relations--El Salvador.
    • Jesuits--El Salvador.
    • Cassidy, Esther
    • Ellacuría, Ignacio
    • McGovern, James P., 1959-
    • Moakley, John Joseph, 1927-2001

  • MS105 Mary P. Burke U.N. Women's Conference Collection, 1975-1995

    The collection contains published materials, personal notes, and research materials pertaining to Suffolk University Professor Mary P. Burke’s involvement in the U.N. International Women’s Conferences and research into women and international development. The four U.N. conferences, held between 1975 and 1995, served as both a catalyst for and a sign of a revived international movement for women’s empowerment and equality. 

    Learn more about the collection:

    • Search the collection's Finding aid (.pdf)
    • View digitized materials

    Related Materials: The Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights at Suffolk University conducted two audio interviews with Professor Burke that provide context to the documents in this collection.

    Subject Terms
    World Conference on Women
    United Nations-- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
    Women and development

  • MS106 Thomas F. Lambert Jr. Papers, 1946-1995

    The papers of Thomas F. Lambert Jr., torts scholar and Suffolk University Law Professor, include research materials related to the Nuremburg Trials, his law school notebooks and pocket diaries containing notes with legal and literary quotations.

    Search the collection's finding aid (PDF)

    Subject Terms
    Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg,
    Germany, 1945-1946
    Suffolk University Law School

  • MS108 Gleason Leonard Archer Personal Papers, 1790-1999

    The Gleason Leonard Archer Personal Papers document the personal and professional activities of Suffolk University’s founder. In addition to being an educator, Archer was also a prolific writer and popular radio broadcaster. The types of materials in the collection include manuscripts and typescripts of his books, journals, articles, speeches, and radio addresses; correspondence; biographical information; genealogy records; photographs; and personal artifacts. The collection also includes family papers, documenting the personal and business activities of members of Archer’s immediate and extended family through account books, contracts, correspondence and photographs.

    Learn more about the collection:
    • Search the collection's finding aid (PDF)
    • View digitized materials

    Lists of Archer's Publications

    • Books related to Suffolk University History (PDF)
    • Comprehensive List of Gleason Archer's Works (PDF)

    Subject Terms
    Archer, Elizabeth Glenn
    Archer, Gleason Leonard, 1880-1966
    Archer, Gleason Leonard, 1916-Genealogy
    Great Pond (Me.)
    Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants.
    Radio broadcasting History
    Radio History
    Suffolk University History
    Suffolk University. Law School History

  • MS109 Margaret Collins Weitz Papers, 1945-2006

    The papers of Professor Emerita Margaret Collins Weitz of the Humanities and Modern Language Departments at Suffolk University relate to her scholarly research in the fields of women’s studies, French women, French culture and history, women in the French Resistance during World War II and human rights. A small amount material details the overlap between her research interests and teaching career at Suffolk University in the Humanities and Modern Languages Departments and at Harvard University. Her collection includes of published articles and books, conference materials, original research for publications and class notebooks.

    Learn more about the collection: 

    • Search the collection's finding aid
    • View digitized materials

    Subject Terms
    Feminism -- France
    Human rights -- Congresses
    Human rights -- France -- History – Congresses
    Human rights -- United States -- History – Congresses
    Resistance movements, War
    Weitz, Margaret Collins
    Women, French
    World War, 1914-1918 – Women
    World War, 1939-1945 – France
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, French
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements – France
    World War, 1939-1945 – Women
    Women -- History -- 20th century
    Women -- France -- Bibliography

     

  • MS110 Frederick Wilkins Papers,1899-2005

    The papers of Frederick Wilkins, Suffolk University English professor and Eugene O’Neill scholar, document his personal life through family papers, such as birth and marriage certificates; education materials, including report cards and drawings; concert programs; and correspondence with friends and family. Wilkins’ professional activities, including his role in the renewed scholarship of playwright Eugene O’Neill, are reflected in article reprints, book reviews, playbills, Eugene O’Neill Conference materials, posters, correspondence, audio recordings, and photographs.

    Learn more about the collection:

    • Search the collection's finding aid (.pdf)
    • View digitized materials

    Subject Terms

    Drama and theatre studies
    Eugene O’Neill Society
    O’Neill, Eugene, 1883-1953
    Suffolk University. Dept. of English
    Theater--United States--History--20th century.
    Wilkins, Frederick, 1935-

  • MS111 Harry Hom Dow Papers, 1911-1985

    Harry Hom Dow, a son of Chinese immigrants, was raised in Massachusetts during a time when the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was in place and anti-Chinese sentiment and discrimination were common. In spite of those challenges, the 1929 Suffolk Law School graduate became the first Chinese-American to pass the Massachusetts Bar exam. His career included military service during WWII and the Korean War, working for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and practicing immigration law in private practice.  In retirement, he was a noted community activist in Boston.

    The Harry Hom Dow Papers, which cover 1911 to 1985, document his personal and professional activities
    through family papers, immigration case files from Dow's private law practice, and subject files related to his work with community organizations. 

    Dow's legal case files are currently closed to research due to privacy restrictions. However, a recent partnership between Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) and Suffolk University's Moakley Archive has been established to explore ways to make the files more accessible. (Learn more)

    Learn more about the collection:

    • Search the collection's Finding aid (pdf)
    • View digitized materials

    Learn more about Harry Dow and his legacy at Suffolk University:  

    • Dow Online Exhibit
    • Dow's Papers Inspire Students, Faculty, and a Playwright
    • Harry H. Dow Lecture Series
    • Harry H. Dow Memorial Award
    • SULS Alumni magazine profile

     

     

  • MS113 Ford Hall Forum Collection

    The Ford Hall Forum Collection documents the history of the nation’s longest running free public lecture series. The Forum has hosted some the most notable figures in the arts, science, politics, and the humanities since its founding in 1908. The collection, which spans from 1908 to 2013, includes of 85 boxes of materials related to the Forum's administration, lectures, fund raising, partnerships, and its radio program, the New American Gazette. The collection is arranged into three series: Lecture, Event, and Program Files; Administrative Records; and Special Materials.

    Learn more about the collection: 

    • Search the collection's finding aid (pdf).
    • View digitized materials
    • View the online exhibit

    Subject Terms

    The following topics, people and places are featured in the collection:

    • Boston (Mass.)
    • Ford Hall Forum
    • Forums (Discussion and debate)
    • Civil society -- United States -- History.
    • Democracy -- United States -- History.
    • Political culture -- United States -- History.
    • Political participation -- United States -- History.
    • Abzug, Bella S. 1920-1998
    • Angelou, Maya
    • Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992
    • Bernstein, Carl, 1944-
    • Brudnoy, David, 1940-2004
    • Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998
    • Carroll, James, 1943-
    • Coleman, George W. (George William), 186
    1867-
    • Cox, Archibald, 1912-2004
    • Crawford, Mary Caroline
    • Dershowitz, Alan M.
    • Duke, David Ernest
    • Dunn, Nora 1952-
    • Fanning, Kay, 1927-2000
    • Ferraro, Geraldine
    • Ford, Betty, 1918-2011
    • Frank, Barney, 1940-
    • Friedan, Betty
    • Frost, Robert, 1874-1963
    • Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006
    • Glover, Danny
    • Goodwin, Doris Kearns
    • Gore Albert, 1948-
    • Gould, Stephen Jay
    • Haig, Alexander Meigs, 1924-2010
    • Hampton, Henry, 1940-1998
    • Heaney, Seamus, 1939-
    • Ifill, Gwen
    • Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
    • Kennedy, Edward Moore, 1932-
    • King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
    • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
    • Kissinger, Henry, 1923-
    • Kozol, Jonathan
    • McCullough, David G.
    • McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-
    • McLaughlin, John
    • Nelson, David Sutherland, 1933-
    • Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
    • Patrick, Deval
    • Payzant, Thomas W.
    • Peikoff, Leonard
    • Rand, Ayn
    • Schorr, Daniel, 1916-2010
    • Seeger, Pete, 1919-
    • Steinem, Gloria
    • Stone, I. F. (Isidor Feinstein), 1907-1989
    • Tsongas, Paul
    • Tutu, Desmond
    • Walker, Alice, 1944-
    • Wertheimer, Linda
    • West, Cornel
    • Wiesel, Elie, 1928-
    • X, Malcolm, 1925-1965

     

  • MS114 Arthur S. Meyers Open Forum Collection

    The collection contains 9 boxes of Arthur S. Meyers' research files related to his book, Democracy in the Making: the Open Forum Movement. The book, published in 2012, chronicles the history of the nationwide open forum movement, including the role of the Ford Hall Forum. The collection contains photocopies of letters, articles, and programs related to open forums and the movement’s proponents such as George W. Coleman and Mary Caroline Crawford.

    Learn more about the collection: 

    • Search the collection's finding aid.(PDF)

    Subject Terms

    • Civil society -- United States -- History.
    • Coleman, George W. (George William), 1867-
    • Crawford, Mary Caroline
    • Democracy -- United States -- History.
    • Meyers, Arthur S.
    • Political culture -- United States -- History.
    • Political participation -- United States -- History.
  • Oral History Collections

    The Moakley Archive collects oral history interviews that capture observations and opinions regarding key events, people, and themes that complement the university’s research collections. The Archive maintains two collections of interviews: the Suffolk University Oral History Project and the Moakley Archive Oral History Project. 

    Visit the Digital Collections site to access interview recordings and transcripts from either of the oral history collections.       

     More info

 
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