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Michael Crocker Collection on Saudi Arabia
Collection
Identifier: GTM-970128
Scope and Contents Note
Collection compiled by Michael Crocker, whose parents worked for ARAMCO. There are over 400 black-and-white photographs of people, places, and activities in Saudi Arabia from 1948 to 1955. The collection also includes 12 VHS tapes containing still images and video footage of people, places, and activities in Saudi Arabia. Some of these audiovisual recordings document the lives of American expats and their families in Saudi Arabia.
Dates:
1930 - 1997
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Frederick W. Cron - John Joseph Earley Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-771003
Scope and contents note
The Frederick W. Cron and John Joseph Earley Collection is stored in two document boxes and one oversized box. The first box includes correspondence to John J. Earley, correspondence to Frederick W. Cron, Earley's awards, speeches, and biographical materials. The second box includes photographs of Earley's work in both color and black and white, printed information on concrete processes, and newspaper clippings relating to Earley's work. The last box includes oversized photographs of...
Dates:
1922 - 1969
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Eleanor Cropley Papers
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 29, Folder: 7-15
Identifier: GTM-0034
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to the Cropley and Libbey families of Georgetown in Washington D.C. It includes photographs (family portraits, street scenes in Georgetown, and other images), genealogical notes on the Cropley and Libbey families, correspondence, and other materials (an advertisement for George Pimper Cigars, 3245 M ST. NW and a program for the reinternment of John Howard Payne at Oak Hill Cemetery).
Dates:
1880s-1981; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1910
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
John R. Crown Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTM-0072
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1848, 1918-1970
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Cuba - USS Maine Photograph Album
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 5 (Letter), Folder: 11-12
Identifier: GTM-20230622
Scope and Contents
Photograph album containing unattributed snapshot photographs taken in Havana Bay, the city of Havana, and the surrounding area around 1898.The album consists of original snapshot photographs, the earliest batch taken from the prow of an unidentified ship, occasionally showing lone members of the crew at work, but chiefly focused on views from the vessel, of passing ships and the approaching skyline of Havana. Five images depict the approaching remains of the USS Maine peering...
Dates:
circa 1898
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Cuneiform tablet
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 39
Identifier: GTM-0067
Content Description
Unknown text in cuneiform.
Dates:
900-300 BCE
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
James Curley, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS42
Scope and Contents
The James Curley, SJ Papers contain notebooks, journals, biographical notes, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous documents. Of note is a personal journal (1868-1889) and a journal for the Georgetown campus greenhouse and garden (1870-1889).
Dates:
1815 - 1893
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
R. Emmett Curran Papers
File
Identifier: GTM-180305
Scope and Contents
The papers of R. Emmett Curran, a longtime history professor at Georgetown University, consist of historical research material concerning two major topics: the history of Georgetown University and the history of the Catholic Church in America. The Georgetown University portion of the collection includes typed biographical files documenting faculty who taught at the college from 1789 to 1920 and students who attended the college from 1789 to 1955. The Georgetown University-related material...
Dates:
1789 - 2023
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Robert Theodore Curran Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS287
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Robert Theodore Curran Papers 1 document the foreign service career of Robert Theodore Curran. Containing correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and other materials, the Curran Papers provide a glipse into the life of a career foreign service officer. Material from Curran's time in Germany, Yemen, Mexico, and Morocco is retained. Correspondents include Congressmen Robert P. Griffin and Guy Vander Jagt, Ambassador Joseph Verner Read, and Philip E. Mosely. While the documents span...
Dates:
1955 - 1990
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Robert Theodore Curran Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS413
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Robert Theodore Curran Papers: Part 2 comprise a small portion of the personal papers of foreign service official Robert Theodore Curran. Of particular interest is a series of letters written by Curran to his parents describing his experiences during the summer of 1949 studying at the Rethel School in Dusseldorf, Germany. Curran relates his observations about life in Germany and comments on some trips he took while there. Also of note is a group of photographs and postcards from Moscow,...
Dates:
1949 - 1961
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Daniel S. Curtis Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-131013
Scope and Contents Note
The Daniel S. Curtis Papers consist of documents relating to Curtis' service as a Union soldier in the American Civil War. A few letters date to his service with the 28th Wisconsin Volunteers. Several original letters from Lafayette C. Baker, a specialist in military intelligence and commander of the 1st District of Columbia Cavalry, to Curtis are retained. Those particular letters concern Curtis' recruiting for Baker's unit, especially in the state of Maine, and orders sent to Curtis. ...
Dates:
1862 - 1890
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
R. B. Cutler collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-711229
Content Description
Papers of R.B. Cutler, author of "Two Flight Paths: Evidence
of Conspiracy" and "The Flight of CE 399", including diagrams,
photographs and clippings concerning the assassination of
John F. Kennedy. Also included is a sixth generation copy
of the Zapruder assassination film.
Gift of R.B. Cutler, 1971.
Note: Click on "External Documents" below for a link to the finding aid for the collection.
Dates:
1963
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Frank Kurt Cylke Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-060101
Scope and Contents Note
The Frank Kurt Cylke Collection contains materials concerning the life and works of Arthur Ransome, the noted English author of children's adventure stories. The collection includes printed materials about Ransome and a few letters from Cylke about his personal collection of Ransome items. The documents date between 2000 and 2005. The collection is preserved in one box (0.25 linear feet).The Georgetown University Library Booth Family Center for Special Collections also houses...
Dates:
1999 - 2005
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Noel Da Costa Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-181130
Scope and Contents
The papers of Noel Da Costa, a violinist, composer, and professor who taught music at Rutgers University for over 30 years. The collection primarily consists of music manuscripts by Da Costa, audio recordings (by Da Costa, his students/contemporaries, and commercial recordings), and music manuscripts by others. The collection also contains concert, recital, and event programs, posters, correspondence, photographs, course and research notes, articles and press clippings, and other items. ...
Dates:
1950 - 2002
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Dag Hammarskjold College Archives
Collection
Identifier: GTM-770829
Scope and Contents Note
The Dag Hammarskjold College Archives contain subject files, information about the college's founder Robert L. McCan, board minutes, administrative documents, correspondence, chronological files, and other materials.The Dag Hammarskjold College Archives are preserved 14 archival boxes and amount to 21 linear feet.[See: Henderson, Robert. "Dag Hammarskjold College: An Experiment in International Education, 1967-1974." Senior Thesis: Georgetown University History...
Dates:
1967 - 1975
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS122
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren papers consist of one scrapbook intact, containing material dating from 1885 through 1888; a fragment of a scrapbook, containing material dating 1877 through 1879; and one tintype, possibly of the Irish statesman, Charles Stewart Parnell. The following description of this collection begins with the complete scrapbook, designated Scrapbook I. The fragmented Scrapbook II follows, with the tintype as the last item in the collection. Itemization of material within...
Dates:
1877-1888
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Frank Dahlhaus collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS124
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Frank J. Dahlhaus collection consists of 35 mounted items - 33 Time magazine covers, all but one autographed; 1 introductory statement and 1 closing statement, also mounted. This unique collection was organized by Mr. Dahlhaus to document the effects of technological changes in society as reflected in the periodical press. The collection includes 33 folders of printed background information for each of the magazine covers, as well as a clipping of the corresponding feature article. Also...
Dates:
1950-1986
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Dailey Family Collection of World War I Materials
Collection
Identifier: GTM-180520
Scope and Contents
The collection contains items from two soldiers who served in the United States Army during World War I, Claude F. Gosslee and Milton B. Sweningsen.Gosslee, born in Minnesota circa 1891, remained in the United States during the war. His diary entries provide insight into the life of an ordinary soldier on an American base in the Midwest. Though a few comments about conversations with a sergeant appear, he mainly wrote about his girlfriend. Notably, the entry for November 11,...
Dates:
1918-1919, 1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Eugen d'Albert letters
Collection
Identifier: GTM-140722.3
Scope and Contents Note
The Eugen d'Albert letters consist of 87 letters, almost all of which were written from German composer and pianist Eugen d'Albert to Austrian composer and pianist Pauline Erdmannsdorfer. The letters date from 1892-1894, 1896-1897, 1899-1903, 1905-1906, and 1908-1913. In the letters, d'Albert discusses his musical creations with Pauline. He asks her to promote his compositions. The letters document d'Albert's musical evolution. D'Albert writes about rehearsals, critics, theater...
Dates:
1892-1919
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
John M. Daley, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-100812
Scope and Contents
The John M. Daley, SJ Papers include sources and research files for an unpublished history of Woodstock College as well as drafts and notes regarding his dissertation (later book) on the early history of Georgetown College. There is also a folder of ephemera surrounding a 1961 visit he made to Jamshedpur Vice-Province (India) as a part of his Provincial duties.
Dates:
1944 - 1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts