James F. Aylward scrapbooks, 1881-1938.

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James F. Aylward scrapbooks, 1881-1938.

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One scrapbook contains theater programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera from plays that Aylward participated in as an actor and director. The other scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, election ephemera and correspondence documenting his political career. It also includes materials from Aylward's dramatic career and his participation in the Charitable Irish Society.

2 v. (2 boxes).

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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Harvard Law School

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Law clubs were established to provide students an opportunity to practice preparing and arguing law cases as realistically as possible. Law clubs began to be founded at Harvard in the 19th century; one of the earliest was the Marshall Club, founded in 1825. In 1910, the Board of Student Advisers was formed, and the more formal Ames Competition in Appellate Brief Writing and Advocacy was established. From the description of General information by and about Harvard Law School clubs, 18...

Charitable Irish Society

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Boston College

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In 1863, a charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts authorized five Jesuits of Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus to incorporate as β€œthe Trustees of the Boston College.” Their South End school became the first chartered college to operate in Boston in September 1864, when twenty-two boys – with an average age of fourteen – enrolled and classes began. Enrollment was limited to boys but open to those of any religious background. The original grounds were cramped, consisting only of a ...

Aylward, James F. (James Francis), 1862-1940.

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Lawyer, politician, actor and director. James Aylward graduated from Boston College in 1884 and Harvard Law School in 1887. He was active in Cambridge city government and local Democratic Party politics. Later, Aylward became a congressman in the Massachusetts state legislature and in his last year in office served as the minority party leader. As a college student and an adult, Aylward participated in amateur theater as both an actor and a director. He died on June 13, ...