Msgr. Boland's sister, Mary A. Kelleher, donated these papers in 1969.
John P. Boland Papers (BOL), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Correspondence, extensive newspaper clippings on labor activities of the 1930s and 1940s, notes on cases heard by the New York State Labor Relations Board (1939-1942), speeches and essays by Boland, records from his postwar trips to Europe and Japan, and photographs.
Diocesan priest and labor activist. He served in several Buffalo parishes before being named the first chairman of the New York State Labor Relations Board, a position he held until 1942. He helped found the Buffalo Diocesan Labor College in 1938 and was active in many labor organizations, including the Catholic Industrial Conference of America.
Following World War II, Monsignor Boland worked for War Relief Services (National Catholic Welfare Conference) in Europe and the Middle East and served as a labor relations consultant to General Douglas MacArthur in Japan. He was pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Buffalo from 1943 until his retirement in 1967.
Throughout his career, Monsignor Boland wrote and spoke extensively on the labor movement and the Catholic Church.
Correspondence, clippings, notes, and copies of Boland's essays, speeches, editorials, and sermons. Also included are two articles by other writers and a biography of Boland entitled
One folder of correspondence between Boland and civic leaders, labor groups, fraternal organizations, and others. Subjects covered include Boland's labor activities and speaking engagements. .1 ft.
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, case records, essays, and speeches relating to Boland's membership on city, state and regional committees, including the Buffalo Committee on the Stabilization of Unemployment (1930-1931), the Cosmopolitan Club of Erie County, New York (1931), the Catholic Industrial Conference of America (1934), the Buffalo Labor Board, and the New York State Labor Relations Board (1939-1942). Many the clippings collected in Boland's scrapbooks relate to these committees (see SRAPBOOKS SERIES, boxes 6-17). The PERSONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS SERIES (boxes 4-5) includes programs and congratulatory letters written at the time of Boland's retirement as chairman of the New York State Labor Relatins Board. .9 ft.
Correspondence, travel records, reports, diaries, clippings, and similar material relating to Boland's post-WWII work in Europe, the Middle East, and Japan. He worked with War Relief Serices (National Cathoic Welfare Conference) in Europe and the Middle East and served as a labor relations consultant to General Douglas MacArthur in Japan. Scrapbooks of clippings, correspondence, and travel records from his European trip are included in the SCRAPBOOK SERIES (boxes 12-13). .5 ft.
Correspondence, programs, newsletters, and similar material relating to fundraising, commencements, alumni reunions, and administration of the association. Monsignor Boland attended St Bonaventure (Allegany, New York) from 1904 to 1905 and served as vice president of the Alumni Association..25 ft
Programs and occasional correspondence from testimonial dinners, newspaper articles written at the time of Boland's death (1968), and a diary kept by Boland while he was studying in Rome ca. 1910. .75 ft.
Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and personal memorabilia. Most of the clippings relate to the labor movement and Boland's activities. Some of the scrapbooks were compiled while Boland was chairman of the New York State Labor Relations Board. Also included are scrapbooks of Boland's trip to Europe and scattered issues of the newspaper Social Justice(1937-1940). The dates of many of the scrapbooks overlap. Photographs that were not part of the scrapbooks have been transferred to the Monsignor John Boland Photograph Collection (GBOL). 33 scrapbooks.