John R. Crown Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: GTM-0072

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The Papers of John R. Crown includes materials related to World War II (pamphlets, a Pocket Guide to New Guinea, certificates, Nazi memorabilia), Georgetown University (especially alumni affairs and Kappa Alpha Phi fraternity, 1920s-1960s), U.S. politicians (inaugural materials related to Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson, photograph of John F. Kennedy, various autographs), the Catholic Church (Fulton J. Sheen and Francis J. Spellman), and Crown's personal life. It includes several rolled photographs. It also includes sheet published in 1848 titled Music Of The Great Southern, Original Sable Harmonists, The Best Band Of Singers In The United States, Arranged & Sung By Them At All Their Concerts ("Old Uncle Ned"). Finally, the collection contains an oversized photograph of John J. Pershing, Mrs. B.B. Hahn, Elsie Robinson, Fox Conner, Virginia Brandreth Conner, George C. Marshall, and Florence Conner at "Camp Good-Enough," Brandreth, NY, 1919 (housed in Shared Box 7, Folder 13).

Dates

Creation: 1848, 1918-1970

Creator

Crown, John R., -1982 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.

Biographical Note

Col. John R. Crown was an Army reserve officer and vice president for administration of the Export-Import Bank. He was vice president of Georgetown University's National Alumni Association and president of its Washington alumni club.