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Richard G. Shea, S.J. Papers Richard G. Shea, SJ Papers 1928-1984, undated (bulk 1943-1959) BC.2005.005 http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1147 Archives and Manuscripts Department John J. Burns Library Boston College 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill 02467 library.bc.edu/burns/contact URL: http://www.bc.edu/burns Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 4 Biographical Note .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Scope and Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Arrangement ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 7 I: Boston College ........................................................................................................................................ 7 II: Military ................................................................................................................................................... 7 III: Personal ............................................................................................................................................... 11 Richard G. Shea, SJ Papers BC.2005.005 - Page 2 - Summary Information Creator: Shea, Richard G. Title: Richard G. Shea, SJ papers Collection Identifier: BC.2005.005 Date [inclusive]: 1928-1984, undated Date [bulk]: 1943-1959 Physical Description 3 Linear Feet (5 containers) Language of the English Material: Abstract: These papers consist of the correspondence, military records, teaching materials, and personal materials of twentieth-century military chaplain and Boston College professor Richard G. Shea, SJ. Preferred Citation Identification of item, Box number, Folder number, Richard G. Shea, SJ papers, BC.2005.005, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Richard G. Shea, SJ Papers BC.2005.005 - Page 3 - Administrative Information Publication Information Processed by Sarah K. Nytroe, 2005; revised by AnneMarie Anderson, 2010; Ray Hartley and Rachael Young in 2018. This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace. Restrictions on access Collection is open for research. Provenance Because the current accessioning system was not used until January 1986, it is not possible to know exactly the dates of acquisition of materials received before that time. Additional materials were received from the Archives of the Society of Jesus of New England in 2000. 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 not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials. Richard G. Shea, SJ Papers BC.2005.005 - Page 4 - Biographical Note Richard G. Shea was born on September 28, 1902, to John F. Shea and Mary A. O'Sullivan in Springfield, Massachusetts. He had two siblings, a brother Lawrence and a sister Martha. He joined the Society of Jesus at the novitiate at St. Andrew-on-the-Hudson in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1922 and was ordained in 1934. In 1927, Shea earned a BA degree in philosophy from Boston College, and a year later he earned his MA in philosophy. In 1931, Shea entered Weston College, where he obtained his licentiate in sacred theology (STL) in 1935. Shea taught at Boston College in the Literature Department from 1929 until he enrolled at Weston College in 1931. Shea returned to teaching literature at Boston College from 1937 until 1943. He also counseled students and served as moderator of the Fulton Debating Society from 1940 to 1943. Shea enlisted as a chaplain with the United States Army in 1943, first taking a four week Chaplain's School course at Harvard University in preparation. Throughout World War II, Shea served at military bases in Hampton Roads and Patrick Henry, Virginia; Blanding, Florida; Reynolds, Pennsylvania; and the 9th Air Force Service Command, serving until 1946. After World War II, Shea taught again at Boston College in the Classics and Theology Departments from 1946-1951 and 1956-1958. (He continued in his role as a military chaplain with the United States Air Force from 1949 to 1962, and was again on active duty from 1951 through 1956.) Shea was appointed University chaplain in 1958, a position he served in until 1969. During his career at Boston College, Shea also taught classes in Latin, English, and composition. Shea died in 1984, at the age of 82. Source: "Richard Shea, SJ, University chaplain in '60s, dead at 82." Boston College Biweekly. Vol. 4, No. 15, April 5, 1984. https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcbiweekly19840405-01.2.16&srpos=1&e=------198- en-20--1--txt-txIN-richard+shea------ Scope and Contents The papers document Richard G. Shea's career as a military chaplain and a professor of literature and theology at Boston College. Military materials include correspondence, Shea's service records, instructional and training materials, publications, and orders given by the War Department. Boston College materials include theology teaching materials and memoranda to department chairs. The collection also contains personal materials, including newspaper articles, photographs, and correspondence with Shea's sister, Martha. Richard G. Shea, SJ Papers BC.2005.005 - Page 5 - Arrangement Arranged in three series: I. Boston College, II. Military, and III. Personal. Richard G. Shea, SJ Papers BC.2005.005 - Page 6 - Collection Inventory Series I: Boston College, 1933-1969, undated Scope and Contents Includes theology teaching materials, memoranda to department chairs, a description of the office of superior, notes, materials related to the Classical Association, and materials related to college retreats and secondary education. Arrangement Alphabetical. Chairmen of Departments, 1939-1941 box 3 folder 29 Classical Association Projected Constitution, 1934 June 28 box 4 folder 34 "College Retreats: How They Can be Made Effective" by James box 4 folder 29 A. Blumeyer, SJ, 1969 August Definition of the Office of Superior at Boston College, 1958 box 3 folder 30 January 24 Exams, 1939-1942, undated box 3 folder 32-35 "A New Pentecost: Renewal in the Holy Spirit" by Joseph A. box 4 folder 30 Pelletier, A.A., undated Notes, 1958-1961, undated box 4 folder 7-28 O'Keefe Gospels, undated box 3 folder 42-47 box 4 folder 1-6 An Outline of the Requirements for the Form of Thesis Written in box 3 folder 28 the Graduate School of Boston College, 1938 June "Recent Changes in Secondary Education" by President Eliot, box 4 folder 31 Harvard, undated Report of the First General Meeting of the Jesuit Classical box 4 folder 33 Association of New England, 1933 October 28 Schedule of entrance exams to Boston College, 1939 August- box 3 folder 31 September Theology materials, undated box 3 folder 36-41 "The Vatican" by James Van der Veldt (transcript), 1943 July 4 box 4 folder 32 Series II: Military, 1943-1959, undated Richard G. Shea, SJ Papers BC.2005.005 - Page 7 - Scope and Contents Military materials include Shea's service records, chaplain reports, baptismal and marriage records, chapel service schedules, correspondence, instructional and training materials, publications, notes, ephemera, and military identification cards. Also includes orders given by the War Department and the Office of the Chief of Chaplains. Arrangement Alphabetical within subseries. Subseries A: Conference programs, notes, and ephemera, 1943-1959, undated "The Army Chaplain and His Use of the Bible", undated box 3 folder 13 Catholic Discussion Club, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, box 3 folder 23 undated "Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant Declaration on World Peace", box 3 folder 19 undated Chaplain's Six Point Program, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, box 3 folder 1 undated "Dear G.I. Joe" by Lieutenant Colonel Lafayette W. Yarwood, box 3 folder 14 undated Dynamics of Moral Leadership lecture programs, 1958-1959, box 3 folder 6-12 undated Enlisted men of the Catholic faith, 1943 box 3 folder 18 "Fun en Route For Our Armed Forces", undated box 3 folder 21 Holy Mass, Holy Communion, and the Rosary, undated box 3 folder 20 Key to picture of Catholic Chaplains at dinner of Archbishop box 3 folder 24 Spellman and Bishop O'Hara, 1943 January 21 "Letter to a Prospective Inductee" by Avery R. Dulles, SJ, 1951 box 3 folder 15 May 5 Liturgical year descriptions, undated box 3 folder 17 Military cartoons, undated box 3 folder 26 Military post map, undated box 3 folder 25 Notes, undated box 3 folder 27 "Qualities of a Leader" by Chaplain Major Jeremiah E. Sullivan, box 3 folder 16 undated Semi-Annual Reserve Chaplains' Training Conference, box 3 folder 2-3 1956-1957 Third Air Force and Seventh Air Division Chaplains Training box 3 folder 4 Conference, 1954 November United States Air Force Chaplain Training Conference,
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