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Rev. Charles F. Donovan, SJ, the first University Historian, was the author of The History of md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç CollegeÌý(1990), a full-length study that traced the history of md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College from its origins in 1863 as a small liberal arts college to its status in 1990 as a major national university.

In addition to this official history, Fr. Donovan also inaugurated a series of smaller booklets he called "Occasional Papers," which drew upon historical sources to document little-known aspects of md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College's history. Titles include the following:

md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College's First md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç Brahmin FriendsÌý(1982)
md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College's Classical CurriculumÌý(1982)
md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College's Beacon Hill ConnectionÌý(1982)
Nineteenth Century md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College: Irish or American? (1982)
The Foster Cadets of md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç CollegeÌý(1983)
Rules of Gentlemanly ConductÌý(1983)
md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College's StreetsÌý(1983)
md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College's Move to Chestnut HillÌý(1983)
Student Enrollment at md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College in the Nineteenth CenturyÌý(1984)
Joseph Coolidge Shaw: md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç Yankee, JesuitÌý(1990)
md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College's Second SpringÌý(1991)
The Spirit Maketh Alive (Early Protestant View of BC) (1991)
md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College Remembered: 1891–1900
Debate at md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College: People, Places, Traditions (1991)
Gasson's Rotunda: Gallery of Art, History, and Religion (1992)
md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College's md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç PriestsÌý(1993)
Fulton of Fulton HallÌý(1995)
St. Patrick in Gasson HallÌý(1995)
Rev. Timothy Brosnahan, SJÌý(1996)
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Original in Hopkins House (1997)
Pioneers at Chestnut Hill: Recollections of the Class of 1917
md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College and the Lawrence FamilyÌý(1998)

In 1999, Dr. Thomas H. O’Connor was named to succeed Fr. Donovan as University Historian, and continued to follow the tradition of Occasional Papers with the following titles:

Rev. Charles F. Donovan, SJ, 1912-1998 (2000)
The College and the City: A History of the md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College Club (2003)

Copies of these Occasional Papers may be found in the Burns Library or accessed online from the md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College University Libraries .