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Octavio Paranagua Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-810102
Scope and Contents
Collection of papers and photographs owned by Octavio Paranagua, including typescripts, research notes on economics, photographs, postcards, and a letter related to the settling of Jewish refugees in Brazil.The typescripts are related to international economics and the collection also includes an unopened copy of Politique Commerciale Internationale by Paranagua.The photographs (prints and negatives) in the collection are personal in nature and they include images of...
Dates:
1914-1930s
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Richard B. Parker Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-150513
Scope and Contents
The Richard B. Parker papers comprise the personal papers of a long-time American diplomat who was U.S. Ambassador to Algeria (1974-1977), Lebanon (1977-1978), and Morocco (1978-1979). This collection contains research materials generated by Parker concerning diplomatic activities of the United States with the Barbary states around 1800 and concerning American diplomacy in the modern Middle East and North Africa. The materials also document Parker's career as an American diplomat in the...
Dates:
1780 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1940 - 2009
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
John F. Parr - D. Harrison Smith collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS103
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Parr-Smith Collection consists primarily of correspondence, clippings, medals and photographs collected by D. Harrison Smith and John F. Parr, most relating to their friendship with Edmund S. Walsh, S.J. and their connections with Georgetown University. The collection consists of 1 linear foot of material arranged in 24 folders in 2 boxes. The Smith-Parr Archives contain correspondence relating to John F. Parr's tenure at Georgetown University. Manuscripts by Parr and Smith are also in...
Dates:
1940-1981
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
J. Graham Parsons Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS210
Scope and Contents
The J. Graham Parsons Papers consist of personal and professional correspondence files, memoranda, and photographs accumulated by Ambassador Parsons during his many years as a U.S. diplomat. Of note are files from his tenure as ambassador to Laos (1956-58); to Sweden (1961-67); and as deputy U.S. representative at the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks held in Vienna and Helsinki (1970-72).The collection is enriched by many original signed letters from notable names in U.S....
Dates:
1930 - 1991
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Robert A. Parsons, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS31
Scope and Contents
The Robert A. Parsons, SJ Papers contain material related to his work as a military chaplain, including office files and routine correspondence as well as baptismal and marriage forms for soldiers and their intended brides at Camp Blanding, Florida. Most of Parson's paperwork pertains to obtaining dispensations for interfaith marriages, getting proof of previous baptism, and baptizing those who wished to be married.There is also correspondence with the Military Ordinariate in New...
Dates:
1942 - 1966
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Wilfrid Parsons, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS62
Scope and Contents
The Joseph Wilfrid Parsons, SJ Papers consist of manuscripts and writings; family as well as general correspondence; and photographs. Of note are materials related to the film The Keys of the Kingdom and his book The First Freedom.
Dates:
1900 - 1958
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Wilfrid Parsons, SJ Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS433
Scope and Contents
The Wilfrid Parsons, SJ Papers 2 consist primarily of letters sent to Parsons, an editor for America, from Annie Christitch. Christitch's letters to Fr. Parsons document in detail the role of Catholicism in Yugoslavia during the 1920s and 1930s. Her letters also touch on the subject of Catholicism in Czechoslovakia during that same period. In her correspondence, Christitch discusses many significant individuals, including King Alexander of Yugoslavia, Antun...
Dates:
1919 - 1965
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Frances Patterson Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS281
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Frances Patterson Papers consist of transcripts of diaries written by Frances Patterson together with a few separate documents. The diaries cover the years 1892-1911 and document Patterson's life in Philadelphia; domestic trips to New York City, the American West, and Northeast Harbor, Maine; and international trips to places such as Paris. Patterson's acquaintances, family members, and members of her social circle are mentioned frequently in the diaries. According to material preceding...
Dates:
1892 - 1911
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Paul and Anthony Kohlmann, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS16
Scope and Contents
The Paul and Anthony Kohlmann, SJ papers consist of a heavily annotated printed, bound volume with several pages of manuscript notes inserted. The bound item is a copy of volume one of Joannes Caspar Saettler's Theologia Moralis Universa (Strasbourg, 1776). Bound with it is a printed German catechism, several pages of manuscript notes in various hands, and a handwritten exhortation in English, circa 1815-1819. The exhortation, bearing the Latin title “Exhortatio ad nigros servos” (“An...
Dates:
1776; circa 1815-1819
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
PEN Records
Collection
Identifier: GTM-890630
Scope and Contents
A segment of the archives of the London-based international association of poets, essayists and novelists, known as PEN. Comprised of correspondence, manuscripts and some photographs. Includes files regarding contacts with some 40 London embassies; material about the annual PEN Congress which failed to take place in Iran in 1963; and manuscript submissions for a short story contest (circa 1961).
Dates:
1938 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1950s-1960s
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran - Protest Collection
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 41, Folder: 12
Identifier: GTM-20241122
Scope and Contents
Group of thirty one broadsides and leaflets, connected with armed struggle against the Shah and the Islamic Republic of Iran, circa 1971-1984. Various places, mostly West Berlin: self-published by the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, also known as Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK).Thirty one original broadsides and handbills distributed by the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) and their sympathizers in Berlin in the 1970s-1980s, such as the Iranische Moslemische...
Dates:
circa 1971-1984
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Charles Pergler Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-000004
Scope and Contents note
The Charles Pergler Papers comprise 1.5 linear feet of material consisting of correspondence, legal documents, clippings, ephemera, diaries and other materials arranged in 39 folders in 1 box.
Dates:
1896 - 1950
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Frances Perkins Article
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 19 (Oversized), Folder: 9
Identifier: GTM-20231219
Scope and Contents
One copy of an article by Frances Perkins titled "Eights Years As Madam Secretary" from Fortune magazine, September 1941.
Dates:
1941
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Gwen Petitjean Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-150827
Scope and Contents
The collection contains typed letters signed from Petitjean to her parents recounting experiences during assignments abroad as a diplomat with the U.S. Foreign Service. Countries to which Petitjean was posted include (chronologically 1951-retirement 1985): Peru, Panama, Germany, Canada, Morocco, Greece, Brazil, and Thailand, with a final posting in Washington, D.C.It also includes photographic slides and prints, clippings, and certificates documenting her posts with the U.S....
Dates:
1949 - 1981
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Harry St. John Bridger Philby Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS311
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
In addition to the Arabia and The Empty Quarter materials, the Harry St. John Bridger Philby Collection contains two annotated carbon manuscripts of "The Background of Islam: Being a Sketch of Arabian History in pre-Islamic Times."
Dates:
1925 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1933
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Kim Philby - Oleg Kalugin Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS463
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Kim Philby - Oleg Kalugin Collection consists of five letters from Philby to Kalugin and three typed manuscripts written by Philby. In the letters, Philby expresses his friendship for Kalugin and mentions mutual acquaintances. The manuscripts, for their part, concern counterintelligence. They are typed with a few handwritten notations. The Kim Philby - Oleg Kalugin Collection is preserved in one small archival box (0.25 linear feet).
Dates:
1979 - 1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Kim Philby - Mikhail Lyubimov Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS464
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Kim Philby - Mikhail Lyubimov Collection contains 12 letters from Kim Philby to Mikhail Lyubimov. The letters were sent from Moscow to Copenhagen. In the letters, Philby thanks Lyubimov for sending many packages with presents to Philby. Moreover, Philby touches on his travel plans, especially to the Crimea. Also, Philby makes a reference to his autobiography "My Silent War" and to celebrating his 16th anniversary of living in the Soviet Union. In addition to the letters from Philby to...
Dates:
1977 - 1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Bernard J. Picchi Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-991207
Scope and Contents note
This collection is comprised of historical notes, publications, and stock records pertaining to the early petroleum industry in the United States.This collection includes the history, development and disunification of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and, through stock certificate and other records, documents some of the earliest developments of the petroleum industry in the United States. Included in these records are two manuscript documents containing applications for...
Dates:
1865 - 1993
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
The Pirate Playscript
File — Box: GTM Shared Box 16, Folder: 3
Identifier: GTM-20180414
Scope and Contents
One playscript copy of Cole Porter's "The Pirate," produced posthumously by the Cole Porter Trusts around 1968. The script includes songs that were omitted from the 1948 film.
Dates:
circa 1968
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia Tercentenary Celebration Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-790112
Content Description
Correspondence, promotional materials and newspaper/article clippings relating to the tercentenary celebration of the birth of Elena Piscopia (1646-1684), first woman to receive a PhD in 1678.
Dates:
1970 - 1978
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts