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19th Century American Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: GTM-190909
Scope and Contents
American 19th century commercial cartes de visites photograph album in tooled leather covers with ornate brass clasp. Contains 15 albumen print images, mostly cartes de visites of unidentified individual men and women. A few images show young children.
Dates:
circa 1870s
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
19th Century British Poetry Manuscripts Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-150616
Content Description
Collection of manuscript poems by 56 minor British poets. Includes prose and 3 photographs. Poets include: Alfred Austin, Mary Elizabeth Braden, "Alfred Crowquill," Francis Jeffrey, J. Sheridan Knowles, Lord John Russell, Charles Augustus Sala, and Martin F. Tupper.
Dates:
1800 - 1899
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit - Second Liberian Civil War Digital Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20240201
Scope and Contents
208 digital images that document the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's role in Second Liberian Civil War and 14 PowerPoint presentation files containing Daily Unclassified Intelligence Updates on the region. Also includes 1 Word document that contains information on Liberia that was provided to the 26th MEU and 1 text document provided by the donor with information on the collection.
Dates:
2003
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
David M. Abshire Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-830701
Scope and Contents
The Abshire papers contain materials relating primarily to his service with the U.S. State Department in the 1970s with the Murphy Commission (Commission for Organization of Government for Conduct of Foreign Policy), and to the history and operations of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (1974-1983, then connected with Georgetown University).
Dates:
1962 - 1982
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Garret G. Ackerson, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS162
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Garret G. Ackerson, Jr. Papers primarily consist of personal correspondence and are arranged in 148 folders and contained in 3 boxes. A majority of the collection consists of correspondence between Garret G. Ackerson, Jr. and his family, including his parents, Garret G. Ackerson, Sr. and Anna Ackerson, his wife Rhodita Edwards Ackerson, and his children. Of special interest are Ackerson's memoranda written during the outbreak of World War II when he was in almost daily contact with high...
Dates:
1923 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1959
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Mercedes de Acosta Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-860601
Scope and contents note
Documenting part of the career of playwright, poet, and novelist Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968), the Mercedes de Acosta Papers consist of letters written to her, a few manuscript plays written by her, her address books, some published works in her possession, and some photographs. Comprising 4 boxes (1.0 linear feet), the material dates from 1920-1975.Highlights of the collection include three typed manuscript plays written by de Acosta titled "The Dark Light" (undated), "Jehanne...
Dates:
1920 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1938-1968
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
John P. Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-140116
Scope and content note
This collection consists of the letters and legal documents of John Popkin Adams (1812-1856), his wife, and daughters. The material relates to Adams' work as U.S. consul at La Guaira, Venezuela, his efforts to establish an inter-oceanic railroad on the ithsmus of Panama, land speculation in the U.S., and his pursuit of monetary claims against Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador related to privateering during the Spanish American wars of independence. Letters are arranged chronologically from...
Dates:
1822 - 1898
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Lester Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-920101
Collection-level scope and contents note
The Lester Adams Papers primarily consist of the official papers and ephemera of Captain Lester Adams, who was part of the U.S. Medical Corps during World War I stationed in the Panama Canal Zone. The papers are arranged in 19 folders and housed in 1 box.The Lester Adams Papers cover Adams' brief service in the Medical Reserve Corps, mainly consisting of military orders, ephemera, and a few photographs. Among Adams' official correspondence are a telegram from Surgeon General...
Dates:
1916-1919; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Maurice Adelman, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-940101
Collection level scope note
The Maurice Adelman, Jr. Papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings by and about John Cardinal Wright. The collection comprises 1 linear foot of material and is arranged in 64 folders in 2 boxes. The collection holds about 150 personal letters from John Cardinal Wright to Maurice Adelman, along with correspondence between Adelman and some of Wright's friends concerning such issues as Wright's will and literary rights, the future writing of Wright's biography, as well as many...
Dates:
1957-1990
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
African American Soldiers in the Philippines Photograph Album
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 2 (Legal), Folder: 4
Identifier: GTM-20220902
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one photograph album that documents the experiences of an unidentified African American soldier in the Philippines towards the end of, or immediately after, World War II, around the year 1945. It includes snap shots, published commercial photographs, and postcards. The photographs primarily feature African American soldiers and also include local Filipinos and enemy combatants. The images document both work and leisure among the soldiers. It also includes the...
Dates:
1945, 1949
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Alfaro Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS121
Collection-level scope and content note
The Alfaro Family Papers consist of five series as follows: 1. Alfaro Family Series (Box 1, 31 folders): Consists of correspondence received/sent/about various family members, as well as autograph/printed ephemera relating to them. Notable items in this series include material pertaining to Amelia Lyons de Alfaro, consisting of correspondence to friend Jeannette T. Blum; an accounts book 1905-1973; and a record of lists of books read, acquaintances, places visited (1899 to...
Dates:
1889 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1931 - 1971
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Nelson Algren Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-160405
Scope and Contents Note
The Nelson Algren Collection consists of some correspondence and two manuscripts of noted American writer Nelson Algren (1909-1981). Included is correspondence about Algren's books "The Man with the Golden Arm" and "Somebody in Boots." The primary correspondent is Ken McCormick, an editor with Doubleday and Company, Inc. Two typed manuscripts by Algren are also preserved in this collection: "The Door to Dingdong Daddyland" and "The Door to Pingpong Playboyland." A number of books that...
Dates:
1937 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1951
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Rudolf Allers Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS126
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Rudolf Allers papers consist of 51 copies of 25 pamphlets by Allers on psychiatry and philosophy arranged in 25 folders in one box.
Dates:
1900-1950; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1950
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Allied Commission for Austria Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-110411
Scope and Contents Note
The Allied Commission for Austria collection consists of typed reports: proceedings of the Allied Council, proceedings of the Executive Committee, and materials from the Intergovernmental Committee on European Migration. The archive is preserved in 22 boxes (32 l.f.).
Dates:
1945 - 1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Sister Alma Regina Papers
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 52, Folder: 4-7
Identifier: GTM-0104
Scope and Contents
Contents of this collection include numerous handwritten correspondence from Sr. Alma Regina to her editor, Father Shaundelle, the opening and middle chapters of her intended debut novel, and a completed short story named “The Magdalene.” All included documents are annotated and organized in chronological order, between the years of 1900 and 1906.
Dates:
1900 - 1906
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
America Magazine Records
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS60
Scope and Contents
This processed segment of the America Magazine Records predominantly contains business and administrative material related to the running of the journal. Searchable back issues (1909-2015) of the magazine can be found online here. Note that the collection had previously been named America Magazine Archives until 2024.
The remainder of the collection is currently unprocessed.
Dates:
circa 1909-1989, 2009
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
American Catholic Sermon Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-840320
Scope and Contents
The American Catholic Sermon collection was formed from sermons in the Woodstock College Archives, the Maryland Province Archives, and the Georgetown University Archives. It contains manuscript sermons by over 40 different preachers, all but two of which are Jesuits, including 54 texts by Archbishop John Carroll and seven by Georgetown's first president Fr. Robert Plunkett. The sermons are arranged alphabetically by preacher last name.When possible, folder level descriptions of...
Dates:
1692 - 1815
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
American Committee on United Europe Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-780727
Scope and Contents note
The American Committee on United Europe collection contains correspondence, reports, photos, pamphlets, news clippings, minutes of meetings and related material. Box 1 is divided into 7 categories, the first of which is the "College of Europe." This college was founded for the purpose of training its students to become leaders of the inter-European organizations at that time. In the first folder is a report on the college by an American who had a fellowship from ACUE.The next...
Dates:
1948-1960; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
American Espionage in Siberia Photograph Album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-170309
Scope and Contents
The American Espionage in Siberia Photograph Album documents the secret efforts of the Americans to obtain platinum from Siberia in 1918. The Bolsheviks had cut off American access to platinum, an important metal used to build airplane engines. The U.S. Commerce Department subsequently dispatched Charles Leroy Preston, an American fur trader in Riga, to Siberia as an officer of the Red Cross to provide humanitarian supplies to the Czech Legion on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Working secretly...
Dates:
Creation: 1918
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
American Song Sheet collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS240
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The American Song Sheet Collection comprises a relatively cohesive group of 234 song sheets published in the United States (and principally in New York, by de Marsan) in the 1850's and during the early years of the Civil War. There are songs of African American interest, a few relating to events in the Civil War, and at least one exploiting a German accented singer. But of principal note are the fairly large number of songs dealing with the immigrant Irish or their native land, from "The...
Dates:
1850-1865; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1865
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts