Letter from Susan Lowndes-Marques to Joseph Jeffs, 1990-08-27
Scope and Contents
The Joseph E. Jeffs Papers contain correspondence between the former University Librarian at Georgetown University, Joseph E. Jeffs, and a number of scholars and writers. Among the significant individuals with whom Jeffs kept in contact are Ambassador William H. Taft, III, writer Yvonne Cloetta, and author Graham Greene. There are also letters in the collection from Norman Mailer and Anthony Thwaite, as well as a collection of newspaper clippings on Graham Greene. Jeffs also collected numerous quotes written by various authors from their own works.
Dates
- Creation: 1990-08-27
Creator
- From the Collection: Jeffs, Joseph, Georgetown University Librarian (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
1 Typed Letter Signed from Susan Lowndes-Marques to Joseph E. Jeffs, thanking him for sending a "Bicentennial Edition" of Special Collections at Georgetown. The letter also discusses projects Lowndes-Marques is working on, including "The Selective Traveller in Portugal", which is being published by London's Gulbenkian Foundation, a book on English art in Portugal with photographs by Nicholas Sapieha, and the Fodor Guide to Portugal for 1992. She also references a visit Jeffs may make to Portugal, Julie Kernan, and traveling to Russia. Dated 8/27/1990.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
LOWNDES-MARQUES, SUSAN - CORRESP. TO JEFFS, JOSEPH E. (1990): Typed Letter Signed
JEFFS, JOSEPH E. - CORRESP. FROM LOWNDES-MARQUES, SUSAN (1990): Typed Letter Signed
"BICENTENNIAL EDITION" - REF BY LOWNDES-MARQUES, SUSAN (1990): Typed Letter Signed
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS GEORGETOWN - REF BY LOWNDES-MARQUES, SUSAN (1990): Typed Letter Signed
"SELECTIVE TRAVELLER IN PORTUGAL, THE" - REF (1990): Typed Letter Signed
GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION - REF BY LOWNDES-MARQUES, SUSAN (1990): Typed Letter Signed
PORTUGAL - REF BY LOWNDES-MARQUES, SUSAN (1990): Typed Letter Signed
SAPIEHA, NICHOLAS - REF BY LOWNDES-MARQUES, SUSAN (1990): Typed Letter Signed
FODOR GUIDE TO PORTUGAL - REF BY LOWNDES-MARQUES, SUSAN (1990): Typed Letter Signed
RUSSIA - REF BY LOWNDES-MARQUES, SUSAN (1990): Typed Letter Signed
KERNAN, JULIE - REF BY LOWNDES-MARQUES, SUSAN (1990): Typed Letter Signed
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu
