New Library Planning, 1950-1964.
Dates
- From the Collection: 1855-1971 and undated
Extent
From the Collection: 3 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Container Summary
Includes memo from Librarian Phillips Temple to Director of Developement Charles J. Foley, S.J., dated July 34, 1952, listing library benefactors: Elisha Francis Riggs, Mary Benjamin (donor of the Talbot Collection), Mrs. Nicholas Brady, Louis C. Haggerty (collection on Great Britain's participation in World War), Edward and Lorna Gil Walsh (late brother's library of books relating to poetry and hispanic culture), and Eugene Meyer (donor of Founder's Edition of the Great Books of the western world). Also memo from Temple to Foley, June 5, 1952, re "Schyrer pictures of Arabian horsemen which are on the south wall of Shandelle". Also minutes of Library Planning Committee, 1964.
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Archives Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu