He was born in 1880. He was a Mayflower descendant. He worked in a lumber camp before he went to high school. He had his way paid through college and law school. He opened “Archer’s Evening Law School” in 1906. He wrote law textbooks. He was an NBC radio broadcaster during the 1920s and 1930s. He was a critic of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He established a successful blueberry farm. He had three children. He died of cancer in 1966.
Want to find out more about Suffolk’s founder? His personal papers are open for research. You can contact the Archives for more information or look at the MS108 finding Aid.
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C. Walsh Theatre was once a movie theatre. In the 1920s Gleason Archer opened a movie theatre to generate revenue for the Law School. 
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In observance of Patriot’s Day the Archives will be closed on Monday April 21.
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Right here on campus students, faculty, staff, alumni and the public can access primary source materials for research. Researchers from all disciplines can benefit from the collections we have here on campus.
You don’t have to be a history major to use the Archives. Here is a list of people who have used our collections for research: Suffolk students in history, journalism, NESAD, theatre, historians, filmmakers, government officials and Suffolk Alumni.
Here are some examples of research you can do or go to our research topics page.
Curious about what the C. Walsh Theatre looked like before its latest renovations? Come look at our photograph collection.
Did a family member graduate in the 1970s and you want to see their yearbook? Come look at old Beacon yearbooks.
Heard about Dottie Mac and her legacy at Suffolk University? Listen to her oral history at the Archives.
Want to learn about forced busing for integration in Boston during the 1970s? Use our oral histories and MS100, the Congressman Moakley papers.
Curious about women and international development? Do some research using MS105 the Mary P. Burke U.N. Women’s Conference Collection.
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He was born in 1880. He was a Mayflower descendant. He worked in a lumber camp before he went to high school. He had his way paid through college and law school. He opened “Archer’s Evening Law School” in 1906. He wrote law textbooks. He was an NBC radio broadcaster during the 1920s and 1930s. He was a critic of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He established a successful blueberry farm. He had three children. He died of cancer in 1966.