Section 1.1: William J. Leonard, SJ.
1. O'Neill, Robert K. The Honorable John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections, 1987-2013, Boston College : the first twenty-six years : a personal account. Burns Library, Accessed 3 December 2025. 261
2. "Collecting the Memories of Catholic Piety", in Our Sunday Visitor, 27 Dec 1981. Burns Library, Accessed 24 October 2025.
3. "Liturgy and Life collection" Burns Library FindingAid 2025 https://findingaids.bc.edu/
4. Anderson, Leslie. "Priest keeps artifacts from church before Vatican II: An Old Way Preserved" Boston Sunday Globe, 31 January 1999. Burns Library, Accessed 24 October 2025.
5. O'Neill, Robert K. The Honorable John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections, 1987-2013, Boston College : the first twenty-six years : a personal account. Burns Library, Accessed 3 December 2025. 261
6. "Catholic Ways of Memory, 1925-75" in America Magazine, vol. 140 no. 15, April 21, 1979. Burns Library, Accessed 24 October 2025.
7. Burns Library, William J. Leonard SJ. papers, box 31 folder 27. Accessed 24 October 2025.
8. Burns Library, William J. Leonard SJ. papers, box 41 folder 2. Accessed 5 November 2025.
Section 1.2: The Jesuit Tradition
1. "Introduction: Jesuits Known and Unknown" in "MEN WANTED: The Vocation of the Jesuit Brothers." Burns Library. Pamphlet, "Religious Orders: Jesuits." Box 562. page 4. Accessed 9 December 2025.
2. "Introduction: Jesuits Known and Unknown" in "MEN WANTED: The Vocation of the Jesuit Brothers." Burns Library. Pamphlet, "Religious Orders: Jesuits." Box 562. Cover. Accessed 9 December 2025.
3. Boston College. "Jesuit Community at Boston College." 2025. https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/jesuit-community.html
4. "Introduction: Jesuits Known and Unknown" in "MEN WANTED: The Vocation of the Jesuit Brothers." Burns Library. Pamphlet, "Religious Orders: Jesuits." Box 562. pages 4-5. Accessed 9 December 2025.
5. "Introduction: Jesuits Known and Unknown" in "MEN WANTED: The Vocation of the Jesuit Brothers." Burns Library. Pamphlet, "Religious Orders: Jesuits." Box 562. page 5. Accessed 9 December 2025.
6. Boston College. "A Different Vision." 2025. https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/sites/jesuit-community/about.html
Section 1.3: Burns Library
1. Palmer, Amy. "Founder of John J. Burns Library and Former Trustee Dies at Age 85." The Heights 26 August 2021. Accessed 7 December 2025. bcheights.com.
2. Palmer, Amy. "Founder of John J. Burns Library and Former Trustee Dies at Age 85." The Heights 26 August 2021. Accessed 7 December 2025. bcheights.com.
3. Burns Library. "Nature and Solitude: A Flourishing Together Exhibit" 19 November 2025. Accessed 7 December 2025. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/
4. "Exhibits at Burns Library" Boston College Libraries. Accessed 7 December 2025. https://libguides.bc.edu/burns/visit/exhibits
5. "Exhibits at Burns Library" Boston College Libraries. Accessed 7 December 2025. https://libguides.bc.edu/burns/visit/exhibits
6. "Burns Library Instruction" Boston College Libraries. Accessed 7 December 2025. https://libguides.bc.edu/burns/instruction
Section 2.1: Vatican II
1. Griffin, William. "New Liturgical Collection." Newspaper photocopy, Burns Library. Box 31. Accessed 24 October 2025.
2. Griffin, William. "New Liturgical Collection." Newspaper photocopy, Burns Library. Box 31. Accessed 24 October 2025.
3. Thomas O'Connor, "Boston Catholics: A History of the Church and its People" Northeastern University Press, 1998.
4. Leonard, William J. "Background." Burns Library. Box 31 Folder 27. Accessed 24 October 2025.
5. Leonard, William J. "Background." Burns Library. Box 31 Folder 27. Accessed 24 October 2025.
6. Anderson, Leslie. "Priest keeps artifacts from church before Vatican II: An Old Way Preserved" Boston Sunday Globe, 31 January 1999. Burns Library, Accessed 24 October 2025.
Section 2.2: Goals of the Collection
1. O'Neill, Robert K. "Safe Deposit." Boston College Magazine, 1981. Burns Library, Box 31 folder 5. Accessed 24 October 2025.
2. Leonard, William J. "Proposal" Burns Library. Box 31 Folder 27. Accessed 24 October 2025.
3. "Collecting the Memories of Catholic Piety", in Our Sunday Visitor, 27 Dec 1981. Burns Library, Accessed 24 October 2025.
4. "Catholic Ways of Memory, 1925-75" in America Magazine, vol. 140 no. 15, April 21, 1979. Burns Library, Accessed 24 October 2025.
5. "Collecting the Memories of Catholic Piety", in Our Sunday Visitor, 27 Dec 1981. Burns Library, Accessed 24 October 2025.
Section 3.1: Attitudes on Liturgy & Life
1. Ryan, John Barry. "The National Liturgical Consultation at Boston College: Gathering to Remember and Setting the Future Agenda" in Worship Magazine. May 1979. Burns Library, "William J. Leonard SJ. Papers" Box 31 folder 28. Accessed 24 October 2025.
2. Burns Library, "William J. Leonard, SJ. Papers" Box 31. Accessed 24 October 2025.
3. Burns Library, "William J. Leonard, SJ. Papers" Box 31. Accessed 24 October 2025.
4. Leonard, William J. Worship Magazine, vol. 55 no. 5 Sept 1981. Burns Library, "William J. Leonard, SJ. Papers" Box 31. Accessed 24 October 2025.
5. O'Neill, Robert K. "Safe Deposit." Boston College Magazine, 1981. Burns Library, Box 31 folder 5. Accessed 24 October 2025.
6. Burns Library, William J. Leonard SJ. papers, box 41 folder 2. Accessed 5 November 2025.
Section 3.2: Current Scope and Uses
Interview with Em Peters, Burns Library Senior Processing Archivist. Conducted 8 December 2025.
1. "Liturgy & Life collection." Burns Library FindingAid 2025 https://findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/resources/62
Section 3.3: Conservation at Burns
Interview with Nora Dempsey, Burns Library Conservation & Preservation Manager. Conducted 5 December 2025.
Section 4.1: Mary Statue
1. Boston College Magazine, 1992. page 41. Burns Library, "William J. Leonard SJ. Papers" Box 31. Accessed 24 October 2025.
2. Burns Library. "Figure of Our Lady." BC-ART Box 181. Accessed 9 December 2025.
Section 4.2: Sick Call Sets
1. "Liturgy and Life collection: Sick call sets, before 1979, before 1997, undated, bulk: 1926–1968" Burns Library FindingAid 2025 https://findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/167308
2. Burns Library, "Sick Call Sets in crucifix cases" Box: 67, tray: 1-3 (Realia). Accessed 3 December 2025.
3. Nytroe, Sarah K. “Sick Call Sets: Material Culture and the Sacraments of the Sick and Dying.” U.S. Catholic Historian 36, no. 1 (2018): 28. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45186032.
Nytroe, Sarah K. “Sick Call Sets: Material Culture and the Sacraments of the Sick and Dying.” U.S. Catholic Historian 36, no. 1 (2018): 29. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45186032.
Section 4.3: Pamphlets
1. Burns Library. "Why?" Box 667. Accessed 3 December 2025.
2. Burns Library. "Why?" Box 667. Accessed 3 December 2025.
3. Carty, Rev. Charles Mortimer. "Catholic Apologetics in Question & Answer Form: INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN EDITION OF 'RADIO REPLIES'" https://www.radioreplies.info/vol-1-introduction.php
4. Burns Library. "Why?" Box 667. Accessed 3 December 2025.
5. Carty, Rev. Charles Mortimer. "Catholic Apologetics in Question & Answer Form: INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN EDITION OF 'RADIO REPLIES'" https://www.radioreplies.info/vol-1-introduction.php
6. Carty, Rev. Charles Mortimer. "Catholic Apologetics in Question & Answer Form: INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN EDITION OF 'RADIO REPLIES'" https://www.radioreplies.info/vol-1-introduction.php
7. Carty, Rev. Charles Mortimer. "Catholic Apologetics in Question & Answer Form: INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN EDITION OF 'RADIO REPLIES'" https://www.radioreplies.info/vol-1-introduction.php