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Auschwitz Prisoner Letters
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 19 (Oversized), Folder: 4
Identifier: GTM-20211119
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of seven letters written by political or criminal prisoners of the Nazi regime who resided in the Auschwitz camp system. The authors of these letter were prisoners who had the “privilege” of receiving and sending censored mail. Unlike the majority of the prisoners in the Auschwitz camp complex, these prisoners were allowed mail and food parcels. Since these letters were read and censored by the camp administration, the letters focus on such topics as weather, food...
Dates:
1943 - 1944
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Australian Consulate Composers Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20210703
Scope and Contents
The Australian Consulate Composers Collection is comprised of more than 110 scores, 80 recordings, and supporting materials providing an overview of classical music production in Australia over a period of some 25 years. The work of approximately 50 composers is represented in some form. Peter Sculthorpe and Barry Conyngham are the names most frequently encountered.Box InventoryBox 1: Miscellanous scores and phonograph records (LPs)Box 2: Ian Shanahan -...
Dates:
circa 1962-1988
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Aylmer Family papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS200
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection contains the correspondence of the Aylmer family of Petersburg, Virginia, written over the period 1833-1878 and spanning three generations. The correspondence provides us with a glimpse into what life was like for a family in a small Southern town during this time period. The bulk of the collection is comprised of the correspondence between Robert R. and his parents during the years he spent at Georgetown and Mt. St. Mary's College, detailing what life was like for the...
Dates:
1833-1878; Majority of material found within 1836 - 1840
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Robert Low and Virginia Murray Bacon Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-19840101
Scope and Contents
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.The collection consists of the personal and professional papers of U.S. Congressman Robert Low and his wife, Washington D.C. socialite Virginia Murray Bacon. It includes correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, subject files, printed...
Dates:
circa 1920s-1970s
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Franz Bader Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20020101
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a series of scrapbooks kept by the noted Washington DC art dealer Franz Bader, with clippings, invitations, photographs, and letters, including ones by Francis Biddle, August Heckscher, James Pope-Hennessy, Carl T. Rowan, and John Walker.
Dates:
20th century
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
James H. Bailey papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS402
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The papers of James H. Bailey comprise this collection. The first series is made up of alphabetically listed correspondence between Bailey and a number of scholars, associates, friends, and publishers. In particular there are numerous letters between Bailey and author Charles C. Tansill. He also corresponds with Peter Ireton, the Bishop of Richmond, and Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Many of the letters discuss Bailey's dissertation work or job positions...
Dates:
1945-1989; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1989
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Josephine Baker Photograph
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 43, Folder: 14
Identifier: GTM-20171107
Scope and Contents
Inscribed photograph of Josephine Baker. Full-length portrait, inscribed by Baker to "Frank." Photograph taken in 1951 and inscribed in 1964.
Dates:
1951, 1964
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Patrick T. Bakman Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS182
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the career of theater director Patrick Bakman. It contains notes on a myriad aspects of production, including cast and technical staff contact lists, rehearsal schedules, costume and prop lists, script revisions and cuts, scene summaries or breakdowns, as well as printed reviews and programs relating to the performance. In addition, there are resource files regarding opera histories, period costumes, furniture and culture, which Bakman used to research and...
Dates:
1891 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
A Ballad of Life Manuscript
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: GTM-20100113
Scope and Contents
A bound manuscript on paper containing a copy of Swinburne's "A Ballad of Life" written and bound by British artist Allan Gwynne-Jones in September of 1909. The text is written in black ink a faux-medieval calligraphic style with the opening words of each stanza in gold. The binding is of stiff vellum with green silk ties, now somewhat faded and damaged. 8 leaves plus some blanks.
Dates:
September 1909
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
David Rankin Barbee Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS145
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The bulk of the Barbee Papers concerns his research, accomplished primarily between the years 1928-1958. The Papers are organized according to provenance into seven series, out-lining his historical interests. The series are: I. Abraham Lincoln; II. Death of Lincoln; III. Lincoln and Booth; IV. John Wilkes Booth; V. Conspirators; VI. Rose O'Neil Greenhow; and VII. American History. Because the collection is largely subject-oriented, due to the inter-relatedness of topics the same subject...
Dates:
1886 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1956
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Virgil H. Barber, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS008
Scope and Contents
The Virgil H. Barber, SJ Papers contain correspondence, notes, a prayer book, and clippings relating to his Jesuit formation, his work in New England missions, and the conversion of his family to Catholicism.
Dates:
1804 - 1964
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Dave Barbor Collection on Alfred Hitchcock
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-0040
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to Alfred Hitchcock that were collected by Dave Barbor. It includes the following:One letter written by Alfred Hitchcock to his assistant director, Herbert Coleman (1955). One letter written by Francois Truffaut to Alfred Hitchcock (circa 1966).Six letters from Patricia Hitchcock to Peter Halliday regarding "Strangers on a Train" and other matters, 1950-1956, 1983.Eight photographs, including three...
Dates:
1949 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1983
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Dave Barbor Collection on Vladimir Nabokov
Collection
Identifier: GTM-0041
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to Vladimir Nabokov that were collected by Dave Barbor. It includes letters written by Nabokov (1946-1964), his father (1906), and his cousin, Nicolas Nabokov (to Misia Sert, 1932). It also includes letters written by Véra Nabokov to Irving P. Lazar (1971), a letter from Véra Nabokov to Dave Barbor (1986), and a letter written from Dmitri Nabokov to Dave Barbor (1986). It also includes newsclippings (1929-1973), a typescript of a musical version...
Dates:
1907 - 1986
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Thomas C. Barger Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-161201
Scope and Contents
The Thomas C. Barger Papers contain materials related to his career working for the Arabian American Oil Company.Series 1 - Correspondence Between Thomas C. Barger and His Family. Many letters written by Thomas C. Barger to his parents are contained in this series. A large number of letters from Thomas C. Barger to his wife Kathleen Barger are also present. Some letters from Thomas C. Barger to Mike T. Barger are also retained. The correspondence chronicles Thomas C. Barger's...
Dates:
1937 - 1979
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Bark-book (pustaha) in Batak Language
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 39
Identifier: GTM-0066
Scope and Contents
Magical/medical knowledge compiled by a member of a class of magician-priests called datu, written in the Batak language of Sumatra.
Dates:
1750 - 1850
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Ernesta Drinker Barlow Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-081118
Scope and Contents
A collection of the personal papers of Aimee Ernesta Drinker Barlow (1892-1981). Includes autograph memoir, travel diaries (from 1916 and early 1960s), correspondence received from husbands William C. Bullitt (1891-1967), former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union; and composer Samuel L.M. Barlow (1892-1982); as well as from admirers including the artist Rockwell Kent (1882-1971). Of note is an almost complete run of mimeographed scripts of NBC Radio broadcasts by Barlow as "Commando Mary"...
Dates:
1910 - 1962
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Barnes Publishing Company Photographic Archives
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS63
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Barnes Collection is the photographic morgue file of the Barnes Company, which specialized in the production of albums reproducing the faces and giving capsule biographies of members of Congress during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The collection includes 501 imperial carte de visite photographs, principally of members of Congress from 1872 to 1876, many of the photographs being embellished by added signatures trimmed from letters or other documents.
Dates:
1875 - 1880; Majority of material found in 1875 - 1875
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Alan Gabriel Barnsley Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS76
Scope and Contents
The Alan G. Barnsley Papers consist of eight letters from such prominent writers as Ian Fleming, C.S. Lewis, Muriel Spark and Stephen Spender.
Abbreviations used in this register include: ALS (autograph letter signed); TLS (typed letter signed).
Dates:
1954-1959; Majority of material found within 1954 - 1959
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Francis A. Barnum, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS56
Scope and Contents
The Francis A. Barnum, SJ Papers include materials documenting his missionary work--particularly at Holy Cross, Koserefsky, Alaska--and his research on Native Alaskan languages. The collection also reflects his Jesuit service at Blackwell’s Island (New York) and Georgetown University. Alongside correspondence, the papers also hold records of his world travels and family genealogy. Note on Problematic Language and Imagery Please be aware that...
Dates:
1864 - 1940; 1974
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Philip Barry Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS128
Scope and Contents
The Philip Barry Papers consist of correspondence from friends and associates to Philip and Ellen Barry. Some well known individuals include, Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet; Katherine Bregy (Catholic author); William C. Bullitt (US ambassador); writers Henry W. Clune, Edsel Ford, Brendan Gill, Morris Hadley, John O'Hara, Joseph Verner Reed, Robert Sherwood; actresses Lillian Gish and Katherine Hepburn; producers/directors Joseph Mankiewicz and Robert Sinclair.
The collection...
Dates:
1921 - 1984
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts