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Jewish Peace Fellowship Newsletters
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 30, Folder: 16
Identifier: GTM-0044
Scope and Contents
Five issues of the JPF Tidings, the newsletter of the Jewish Peace Fellowship, dating from 1942 to 1947. It includes volume 1, issues 2-4 and volume 4. issues 1-2.[Description provided by dealer below]1st edition. Original stapled mimeographed sheets, 4to (standard paper size), 4 pages to 8 leaves each issue. Holocaust- and DP-era Jewish Pacifist newsletter. The final issue here (Nov 1947) includes a pen-signed fundraising letter signed in ink by Chair of the National...
Dates:
1942 - 1947
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
John Donaldson Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20250205
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of lecture notes, government printed pamphlets, manuscripts, correspondence, research, clippings, copies of transcripts and publications. The collection also includes materials related to Donaldson's terms as President of both Pi Kappa Phi and Delta Phi Epsilon in the mid-1930s. Highlights of the collection included a German barter proposal, materials on German-American economic relations, inter-War economic international plans, and other materials. Subjects covered...
Dates:
1892 - 1955; Majority of material found in 1918-1948
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
A. Grima Johnson Collection of Travel Postcards Albums
Collection
Identifier: GTM-130809
Scope and Contents
8 albums of travel postcards related to Turkey and Asia.
Dates:
1974 - 1998
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Arthur Johnston Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-091217
Scope and Contents Note
The Arthur Johnston Papers represent an extensive collection of materials documenting the life and works of Arthur Johnston (1898-1954), a prolific American music composer who wrote music for the theater and for film. Some of Johnston's correspondence and contracts are preserved among his papers. Also, printed materials about his career and numerous photographs of him and others are present. A large number of his musical compositions--both published an unpublished--are retained in the...
Dates:
1898 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1954
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
David Jones - Douglas Cleverdon Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-841206
Collection-level Scope and Contents note
The collection pertains to the catalogue "Words and Image IV" published for an exhibition of "Paintings, Engravings and Writings of David Jones" at the National Book League, U.K., 1972. The final edition of the catalogue is included (Folder 3).
Dates:
1972
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
David Jones - Pamela Donner Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-820629
Scope and Contents note
The Jones-Donner collection contains twelve letters to Pamela Donner, one of Jones' many personal friends, dated from January 9, 1961 - May 11, 1974. Most of these letters were written in 1961 and 1962 at Northwick Lodge, Harrow-on-the-Hill. Two were written during Jones' residence at Montesdene Hotel, and the last letter in the collection was written at Calvary Nursing Home. The form of these letters is uniquely Jones' own--from the characteristic asterisks which explain or elaborate points...
Dates:
1961 - 1974
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Ernest Larue Jones Photographic Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-840323
Scope and Contents
The Jones Collection contains some 1,500 photographic prints (many of them first generation), mounted in seven volumes, relating to the early history of American aviation from 1863-1917. The photographs were taken or collected by Jones primarily in the period 1907-1915, during which time he was editor of the pioneer technical journal "Aeronautics". The volumes were meticulously arranged by Jones, neatly captioned, cross-referenced and indexed. Jones' index to the collection can be found in...
Dates:
1863 - 1917; Majority of material found within 1907 - 1915
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Nicholas Joost Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS74
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Nicholas T. Joost Papers contain voluminous correspondence received by this editor, author, and educator, from many well-known writers and scholars. As editor of several literary journals such as Poetry magazine and Papers on Language and Literature, Dr. Joost corresponded with such authors as John Deedy, Babette Deutsch, George Dillon, Wallace Fowlie, Isabella Gardner, Alyse Gregory, Mary Hemingway, Laura Riding Jackson, Russell Kirk, John Logan, Robert Lowell, Marianne Moore, Henry...
Dates:
1920 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Jose A. Lopez, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20210614
Scope and Contents
The Jose A. Lopez, SJ Papers contain correspondence, official documents, and manuscripts relating to Lopez's careers as parish priest and army chaplain in Mexico; tutor to the children of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide of Mexico; chaplain of the Visitation Convent in Georgetown; and Acting President of Georgetown College. There are also materials collected by Lopez that do not directly pertain to his own work. Items include a copy of a letter from Simon Bolivar to the Marquis de Lafayette...
Dates:
1781 - 1840
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Journal of the Slave Ship Mary
Collection
Identifier: GTM-170907
Scope and Contents
This journal, a log book of the daily activities of the 232-ton slave ship Mary, documents in detail a voyage undertaken by ship owner and slave trader Cyprian Sterry. The ship set sail from Providence, Rhode Island, on November 22, 1795 and arrived on the west coast of Africa on December 24, 1795. Under the command of Captain Nathan Sterry, the crew acquired and then subdued African men, women, and children at several ports along the Senegambia, the Windward Coast, and Gold Coast. It...
Dates:
1795-11-22 - 1796-08-31
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Joseph John Jova Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS217
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Joseph John Jova Papers A Register: The papers of Joseph John Jova (1916-1993), consisting of official correspondence, subject files, speeches, appointment calendars, newspaper clippings, and photographs, pertain principally to Jova's ambassadorial appointments to Honduras [l965-69], OAS [l969-74], and Mexico [l974-77]. The papers include official correspondence files, organized alphabetically according to ambassadorship; some material from early assignments in Basra and Oporto; files...
Dates:
1945 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1977
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
H. A. Jules-Bois Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS114
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The H. A. Jules-Bois Papers primarily consist of 1 linear foot manuscripts of poetry and essays by and about H. A. Jules-Bois with a small amount of correspondence and clippings, arranged in 78 folders in 2 boxes. The H. A. Jules-Bois Papers primarily consist of manuscripts of verse and prose by Jules-Bois, most of which are in individual folders arranged by title, first poetry and then essays. The papers also include a small portion of correspondence between Jules-Bois and Jean le Cardinal...
Dates:
1824 - 1945; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1940
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Sheffield H. Kagy Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-080628
Scope and Contents
The papers of artist Sheffield Harold Kagy.
Dates:
1942 - 1956
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Jan Karski Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-000011
Collection-level scope and contents note
The Jan Karski Collection comprises three distinct groups of documents: Karski's collection of serials and pamphlets produced by various organizations of the Polish underground during World War II; records and addresses pertaining to Karski's travel and work in 1966-67, including miscellaneous articles translated and transcribed; and two distinct states of Karski's draft for his book "Great Powers and Poland, 1919-1945".
Dates:
1939 - 1985
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Leo J. Kasun Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-110118
Scope and Contents Note
The Leo J. Kasun Papers contain materials by and about Ned O'Gorman, a noted Catholic author and educator. The collection includes invitations from O'Gorman for various benefits, a drawing of O'Gorman, art work by O'Gorman, and photographs. Some of the photographs depict O'Gorman, students, and teachers at the Ricardo O'Gorman Garden and School.
Dates:
1977 - 2010
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Edward Kavanagh Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS153
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Edward Kavanagh Collection consists primarily of copies of autograph signed letters by Edward Kavanagh to individuals to whom he offered legal counsel and to associates during his service as charge d'affaires in Lisbon. The correspondence is in the original letter copy book used by Kavanagh. Other material includes newsclippings of obituaries on Kavanagh; a letter from his biographer Charles W. Collins to the historian Martin Griffin; a black and white photograph of the Kavanagh family...
Dates:
1832 - 1909; Majority of material found within 1832 - 1837
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Virginia M. Keeler Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS318
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection contains the research materials Virginia M. Keeler used in writing her Master's thesis, entitled "The Search for Freedom, and Freedom Found: The Life and Art of Brother Francis C. Schroen, S.J." Brother Schroen was the artist who, as one of his many assignments, painted the decorative artwork throughout Healy Hall on the campus of Georgetown University. Keeler, the longtime Secretary of the University, submitted her thesis on April 29, 1989 to the School for Continuing...
Dates:
1985 - 1994
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Virginia M. Keeler Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS324
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection is the second accession of materials used by Virginia M. Keeler in writing her Master's thesis on the life and art of Brother Francis C. Schroen, S.J. Brother Schroen painted the decorative artwork throughout Healy Hall on the campus of Georgetown University as one of his many large-scale projects. Keeler, the longtime Secretary of the University, submitted her thesis on April 29, 1989 to the School for Continuing Education at Georgetown. The collection consists of...
Dates:
1967 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1990 - 1993
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Ernest A. Keller Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-860903
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the career of Ernest A. Keller as a journalist, editor, and as a U.S. government official working for the United States Information Agency in the mid-20th century.
Materials related to the Alliance for Progress Cartoon Book Program in Latin America have been digitized and are available online via DigitalGeorgetown.
Dates:
1939 - 1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Robert F. Kelley Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-770901
Scope and contents note
The Robert F. Kelley Papers document relations between the United States and the Soviet Union during World War II and the Cold War period to 1975. Included are articles and addresses by Kelley on this topic.
Dates:
1917 - 1975
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts