R. Emmett Curran Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-180305
The papers of R. Emmett Curran consist of materials related to his work as a historian and author, including publications such as A History of Georgetown University and John Dooley's Civil War.
Includes unpublished manuscripts and drafts on the history of Catholics in America, the Civil War, and 19th century Baltimore, as well as additional works on Georgetown University history. From the donor: "There are six boxes containing various drafts of the Georgetown history, as well as correspondence related to its publication. There are also copies of lectures/addresses which I gave about GU and other topics. Have included lists of them to assist in the archiving of them. Also have included drafts and related materials on John Dooley's Civil War, including the several manuscripts which constitute his postwar elaborations of his wartime diaries. Plus a one-act play 'Captain Dooley's Last Campaign.' Then there are the drafts and related materials of Shaping American Catholicism: Maryland and New York, 1815-1915, Papist Devils: Catholics in British America, 1574-1783, and Intestine Enemies: Catholics in Protestant America: 1605-1792."
The collection also includes student and faculty databases (on 30 floppy discs) compiled by Curran in conjunction with researching and writing his book, A History of Georgetown University.
Accession GTM-20230117 Inventory:
Box 1: Typescript draft for From Internal Aliens to Conflicted Citizens: American Catholics in the Civil War Era, 1846-1877. Includes a book proposal.
Box 2: Typescript drafts for For Church and Confederacy: The Lynches of South Carolina and typescripts for articles on GU and Catholic history
Box 3: Typescript drafts for Shaping American Catholicism: The Chesapeake and New York Regions, 1805-1915; “Papist Devills:” Catholics in British American, 1583-1783; and Catholic Aliens in Protestant America, 1605-1791. Includes some related correspondence, as well as clippings/drafts of other articles/works.
Box 4: Georgetown University history files
Box 5: Georgetown University: A Bicentennial History typescripts, includes volumes 1-3 with revisions.
Box 6: Georgetown University: A Bicentennial History volume 2 typescript and John Dooley’s Civil War typescript with related files.
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R. Emmett Curran was born in 1936. He became a Jesuit of the Maryland Province in 1958, was ordained in 1968, and then left the Jesuit order in 1990s.
He was a long-time member of the Georgetown University History department and author of a three-volume history of Georgetown University titled A History of Georgetown University.
25 Cubic Feet (25 boxes)
English
Gift of R. Emmett Curran, 2018, 2020, and 2023. The collection is comprised of the following accessions: GTM-180305, GTM-200112, and GTM-20230117.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository