Kicking off Pride with this 1987 advertisement for a Boston City Hall dance party! Who wants to let loose to Dean and the Weenies?
Bromfield Street Educational Foundation. Gay Community News. GCN, 1987
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In 1946, Paul Wilkas, a #BostonCollege graduate, #Dorchester native, and son of a Lithuanian immigrant, traveled to Spain for the Pax Romana Conference. In the wake of World War II and the Spanish Civil War, the conference controversially gathered Catholic students in Franco’s Spain. 🧵
Wilkas and a friend spent the months around the conference traveling around Spain, interviewing individuals, and sending reports of their experiences back to the Boston Globe, the Pilot, and the Heights for publication. The records of his trip, including these photos now live in our collections
For more about the collection and to request to see more of Wilkas' photos and papers, explore the finding aid: findingaids.bc.edu/repositories...
Check out our new blog post “Riding the Emerald Necklace: Bicycle Ads and the New Woman," written by BC First Year Writing student Katie DiCesare after a visit to Burns Library. https://johnjburnslibrary.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/riding-the-emerald-necklace-bicycle-ads-and-the-new-woman/
On this day in 1906, Harvard performed Aeschylus’ Agamemnon in the original Greek. The June 14 performance was an open rehearsal and took place in Harvard’s Stadium in Brighton. Its documented in a photo album living in our collections.
View the album: library.bc.edu/iiif/view/BC...
#otd in 1779, Irish poet, lyricist, and political writer Thomas Moore was born in Dublin. Moore is perhaps best known for his poetry and lyrics, including “Irish Melodies” a series of lyrics for popular Irish tunes. We hold both archives and published works related to Moore. Contac us for more!
