Thomas Ignatius Gasson, SJ, President's Office records

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Thomas Ignatius Gasson, SJ, President's Office records

1868-1940

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1372

The Thomas Ignatius Gasson, SJ President's Office records contain correspondence, construction records, clippings, personal items, and St. Boltoph's Guild records documenting Gasson's administration as the thirteenth president of Boston College. Materials primarily document Boston College’s move to the Chestnut Hill campus from the South End in 1913.

2 linear feet, 5 containers

eng, Latn

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11676958

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Gasson, Thomas Ignatius, 1859-1930

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Thomas Ignatius Gasson was born on September 23, 1859 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, to parents of French Heugenot and English ancestry. Gasson was educated at St Stephen's School in London, England. In 1872, following the death of his mother and his father’s subsequent remarriage, Gasson left England planning to join his elder brother in the United States. Failing to settle with his brother, Gasson attempted to support himself in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. Two Irish women, Catherine ...