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John Cheever - George McLoone collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS259
Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection comprises correspondence between George McLoone, university professor and alumnus of Georgetown University, and John Cheever, the American writer. All of the correspondence takes place between the years of 1966-1974. Although most of the letters are brief in length, the correspondence between Cheever and McLoone are significant because of the insight they provide into the personal life of John Cheever. Many of the letters contain comments about Cheever's acquaintences and on...
Dates: 1966-1974
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Wilfrid Hugh Chesson Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS335
Collection-level Scope and Content Note Eleven composition-style notebooks constitute the W. H. Chesson Diaries, ten of which offer a record of the life of a man of letters living in a suburb of Edwardian London. Over the many entries dated between 1904 and 1934 a unique picture of this London emerges, as witnessed from the vantage of the familial, professional and mental life of Wilfrid Hugh Chesson. In these diaries Chesson kept record of his family life, correspondence, dreams, books and manuscripts he had read, and other...
Dates: 1896 - 1934
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Michel Chevalier papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS108
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The material in this collection reflects the consultation Michel Chevalier was requesting from a Minister, probably in Paris or a nearby capital, as to how he should approach Chamorro. This Minister was probably a Central American diplomat in Europe, possibly Peralta. The letter which Chevalier eventually sent to Chamorro is also in the collection. It seems clear that Chevalier's claims were so weak by the time of this correspondence that he would not receive his concession, which was...
Dates: 1863-1876
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Patrick Cheyne Trial Clippings Scrapbook

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 5 (Letter), Folder: 14
Identifier: GTM-20100225
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook consisting of newspaper clippings documenting the 1858 trial of Rev. Patrick Cheyne for allegedly preaching in favor of transubstantiation in Aberdeen, Scotland. The clippings date from 1858 to 1860.

Dates: 1858 - 1860
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Robert S. Chilton, Jr. Papers 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS120
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Robert S. Chilton, Jr. Papers are a collection of 300 letters, dated mostly between 1897 and 1901, written by Robert S. Chilton, Jr., chief of the U.S. Consular Bureau of the State Department from 1895 until 1905. Chilton wrote eight of the letters, and 292 letters were written to him. Amounting to one box of material (0.5 linear feet), the letters shed light on the issues facing the U.S. consular service at the turn of the twentieth century, when America was in the midst of acquiring an...
Dates: 1892 - 1905
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Chinese Serial, Vol. II No. 6

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 41, Folder: 1
Identifier: GTM-0061
Scope and Contents

"Chinese Serial", a newspaper in Chinese printed at the English missionary school Ying Wa College in Hong Kong, with a table of contents in English showing recent major events around the world, and a map of the two hemispheres. The volume was originally stab-bound with twisted paper ties, now disbound. The front page displays a Riggs Library stamp and the written name "Capt. J. Pope / U.S.S. Vandalia".

Dates: 1854-06-01
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Bartolomeo Chioccarello Manuscripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-791120
Scope and Contents

A series of 17 manuscript volumes under the general title "Magni archivii scriptuarum pro regali jurisdictione regni Neap[olitani]", a general history of the Spanish administration of the Kingdom of Naples undertaken for Philip IV of Spain by Bartolomeo Chioccarelli, completed in 1631. Never published in complete form, this scribal copy was written by several different hands in the eighteenth century.

Dates: Composed 8-23-1631; Copy created 1720-1730
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Chronological Summary of the Universal History of the Chinese Empire Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-150611
Scope and Contents

Bound autograph manuscript written by Joseph-Marie Amiot. Undated. French title: "Abrege Chronologique de l'Histoire universelle de l"Empire Chinois."

Dates: circa 1770-1789
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Church of St. Francis Xavier Autograph Album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-20240405
Scope and Contents

A bound album entitled "Century of Autographs" compiled by Patrick F. Dealy, SJ as a memorial of a fair held in the Church of St. Francis Xavier at W 16th St., New York City, in 1880. A list of contributors is provided in the front of the volume.

Dates: 1880 - 1881
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Walter J. Ciszek, SJ Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS191
Scope and Contents Consisting of audio taped interviews with Walter J. Ciszek, SJ, this collection documents the American-born Jesuit's life, ca. 1938-1963. Discussed are: his mission work in Poland and Russia, 1938-1941; arrest by Soviet secret police in 1941; imprisonment in Moscow and Siberia; and eventual release and return to the United States in 1963. The interviews are contained on 9 tapes (duplicates of tapes 1-8 included). The tapes give no indication, either on their face or by their content, of...
Dates: 1964
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Walter J. Ciszek, SJ Retreat Recordings

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-0092
Scope and Contents

Contains audio cassette recordings of a brothers' retreat led by Walter J. Ciszek, SJ, as well as a paper index of the schedule and topics covered.

Dates: 1976-08
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

City of Philadelphia Indenture

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-0024
Scope and Contents

A 1733 indenture for property in the City of Philadelphia that involves the following individuals: Adam Lewis, Mary Lewis, John Martin, Thomas Chalkely, Ralph Jackson, John Michener, James Tucker, Mary Tucker, William Carter, and John Dixon.

See the External Documents section below for a transcript of the document.

Dates: 1733
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Civilian Exclusion Order No. 79 Broadside

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 22 (Oversized), Folder: 1
Identifier: GTM-20231117
Scope and Contents Civilian Exclusion Order No. 79. San Francisco: May 15, 1942. Broadside (sheet size 56 x 35.5 cm).Broadside notice from the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration regarding the 1942 relocation of Japanese Americans, dated May 15, 1942, excluding all persons of Japanese ancestry from a portion of Military Area No. 1 within King County, Washington, with specific boundary streets provided outlining the designated area, and calling for...
Dates: 1942
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

William F. Claire Papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-110502
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of correspondence received by William Claire from Robert Lax, Thomas Merton, and Mark Van Doren. Other materials relate to the special double issue of "Voyages" magazine (Volume 2, Numbers 1 and 2, September 1968) focussing on Robert Lax, with an introduction by Claire, a brief biography on and writings by Lax. The collection also includes, typescripts and correspondence pertaining to "The Essays of Mark Van Doren (1942-1972)" edited by Claire (Conn.: Greenwood...
Dates: 1930 - 2016
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Claire, William F., papers 3

 File
Identifier: GTM-151210
Content Description

Personal papers comprised of letters, articles and printed items relating to John Hardy, Sen. Jacob Javits, John F. Kennedy, Robert Lax and Thomas Merton, John S. Monagan, Raymond Roseliep, and Mark Van Doren.

Dates: 1958-2015; Majority of material found in 1970-2000
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

William F. Claire Papers 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS409
Scope and Contents The William F. Claire Papers consist of 12 autograph signed letters and 3 typed signed letters to and from William Claire. Of them, a majority discuss his writing on and analysis of the work of poet and writer Katherine Garrison Chapin Biddle, entitled "The Unpredictable Bloom." The collection contains correspondence from the Academy of American Poets, as well as the "Southern Review", the quarterly literary magazine fo the Louisiana State University, in reference to Claire's publication...
Dates: 1959 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1966-1968
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Edgar E. Clark Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-790910
Scope Note The Edgar E. Clark Collection documents the publication of the writings of Milovan Djilas, a noted Yugoslav communist who later became a vocal critic of communism. Most of the collection conecrns Djilas' book "The New Class," published in 1957. The collection includes correspondence dated 1956-1968 about Djilas' writings and the efforts to publish his works. Also present in this archive is an extensive series of reports by Edgar E. Clark and his wife Katharine J. Clark about Djilas and...
Dates: 1950 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1954 - 1968
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

James Clark, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS21
Scope and Contents

The James Clark, SJ Papers contain spiritual writings as well as correspondence predominantly related to the various positions he held in educational administration. Also included are materials regarding his years at West Point and in the US Army.

Dates: 1825 - 1885
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Clarke Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-180428
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, photographs, ledgers, genealogy, and other material (1850s-1910s) related to the family of Daniel Boone Clarke, a Washington, D.C. physician and graduate of Georgetown University.

Dates: 1850s-1910s
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Richard H. Clarke papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS92
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Richard H. Clarke Papers consist of letters, essays and printed materials of Richard H. Clarke (1827 - 1911). The papers comprise .20 linear feet of material, arranged in 15 folders in one box. The corresponence and manuscripts of this collection mainly involve Clarke's interest in Catholic history in America. He founded the United States Catholic Historical Society in the mid-1880's and conversed with many Catholic historians such as Martin I. J. Griffin, George Pax, Colonel Lamson,...
Dates: 1863-1911
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

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