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Protestant missionary tracts in Malay and Thai (Siamese)
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 41, Folder: 3
Identifier: GTM-0063
Scope and Contents
Two Protestant missionary tracts published in South East Asia: one published in 1838 in Bangkok in the Thai language and script, "On the Final Judgement" by Dr. Dan Bradley of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; the other published in 1837 in Singapore in the Malay language using Arabic script, also by American missionaries, recounting the story of the Arab Christian converts Abdullah and Sabat. Both tracts bear an inscription describing the respective text and its...
Dates:
1838
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
La Pucelle d'Orleans Manuscript
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: GTM-20140421
Scope and Contents
A manuscript copy of the 1762 "authorized" edition of Voltaire's La Pucelle d'Orleans including 47 interleavings on which the copyist has supplied ommitted passages considered too risque to print. The result is something like an early critical edition of the text. A date in the final quarter of the 18th century seems likely, at earliest post-1762.The text is written in a single neat cursive hand throughout, with additions marked by...
Dates:
18th century, after 1762
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Charles Quest Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS227
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Charles Quest Papers include correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and personal biographical materials contained in five boxes. The papers are well-documented, due to Dorothy Quest's organization as well as her handwritten notes which are thorough and descriptive. Charles Quest's tenure at Washington University in St. Louis (1944-1971) brought him into contact with many names well-known to students of 20th century American printmaking. Quest worked with Werner Drewes,...
Dates:
1904 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1969
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Carroll Quigley - Macmillan Publishing Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-850731
Scope and Contents
The Carroll Quigley - Macmillan Publishing Company Collection consists of one box of correspondence and publications-related materials between Quigley and the Macmillan Company regarding his books, "The Evolution of Civilizations" and "Tragedy and Hope"; covering the period from 1961 to 1974. The collection also contains some biographical information and clippings of Quigley's reviews. Note: Click on "External Documents" below for a link to the finding aid for the collection.
Dates:
1961 - 1974
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Carroll Quigley Papers
File
Identifier: GTM-790904
Scope and Contents
Papers of longtime Georgetown University professor of history Carroll Quigley (1910-1977), including research and lecture notes, correspondence, manuscripts, Georgetown teaching materials, documents from Harvard and Princeton, and printed materials. Manuscripts of his books are retained, such as “Tragedy and Hope,” “Evolution of Civilizations,” “Weapons Systems and Political Stability,” and “The Anglo-American Establishment.”
Dates:
1930 - 1977
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Carroll Quigley - John F. Parr Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS334
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Carroll Quigley - John F. Parr Collection consists chiefly of manuscript chapters from a work Quigley called "Twentieth Century Europe" in manuscript form but later published as "Tragedy and Hope." The manuscript includes some editing and ample footnotes. The collection also contains one letter from Donald Harrison Smith concerning the Quigley manuscript. The materials date to circa 1965. Quigley published "Tragedy and Hope" in 1966. Although the chapters are numbered, not every chapter...
Dates:
1965 - 1977; Majority of material found in 1965 - 1965
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Martin J. Quigley Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS142
Scope and Contents
The Martin J. Quigley Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and related printed ephemera regarding Quigley Publications, the Production Code, and the Legion of Decency. The papers, dating from 1917 to 1970, comprise 4.5 linear feet of material, arranged into 4 boxes and 260 folders. The collection is organized into series as follows:Series 1. Individual Correspondence. Files of correspondence from individuals arranged alphabetically. Includes notables such as...
Dates:
1917 - 1970
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Martin S. Quigley papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS104
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Martin S. Quigley Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, notes and photocopies of government documents, and subject files, most of which were used in the writing and research of Martin S. Quigley's book, Peace Without Hiroshima (1990) Some of the materials document his work in Ireland and Italy during World War II. Other documents concern his career in the motion picture industry. Manuscripts of many of his writngs are preserved in this collection.Date: November 19,...
Dates:
1930 - 1993
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Quigley Photographic Archive
Collection
Identifier: GTM-720825
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of photographs that were used in Quigley Publications, active under various titles since 1915 in motion picture industry trade publishing (Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily, and others). It is primarily an assemblage of publicity photographs that feature individuals associated with the motion picture industry: producers, directors, animators, and their colleagues. Actors and actresses figure less prominently, but are also represented among the...
Dates:
1906 - 1972
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Quigley Publications Archive
Collection
Identifier: GTM-211019
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials pertaining to the various periodicals of Quigley Publications, Inc., including correspondence, subject files, some photographs and the extensive photographic morgue of the Motion Picture Daily, as well as index cardfiles created for the Motion Picture Daily, Motion Picture Herald, and others.Boxes 1 - 2, Motion Picture Daily index cardfilesBoxes 3 - 25, Motion Picture Herald Product Digest index cardfiles (Reviews, Features &...
Dates:
1950s
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
John F. Quirk, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS39
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The John F. Quirk, SJ Papers contain correspondence of Fr. Quirk, including letters from his brother Edward A. Quirk. The colleciton also contians a few of John F. Quirk's notebooks.
Dates:
1884 - 1916; Majority of material found within 1884 - 1895
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Terry Ramsaye Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-880315
Scope and contents note
Terry Ramsaye (1885 - 1954), former editor of the Motion Picture Herald and author of A Million and One Nights, an early history of the motion picture industry, was a prolific writer and respected film historian. His papers, comprising 5 boxes (6.75 linear feet), are arranged in six series: a Dope File Series, Individual Series, Subject Series, Manuscripts Series, Photographic Series, and Personal Series.Items of interest indexed in Terry Ramsaye's papers are a TLS by Wm. Kennedy...
Dates:
1895 - 1986
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Randall, James Ryder Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-190722
Content Description
Papers of the American poet James Ryder Randall (1839-1908), who is best remembered for his poem "Maryland, My Maryland". The collection includes autograph letters to/from Randall, poetry manuscripts, photographs of the poet, newspaper clippings and printed ephemera.Folder 4 contains a fair copy autograph manuscript signed by the author of "Maryland, My Maryland." Autograph note by Edward Devitt, S.J., on verso of page 2: "Presented by the author to his former school-mate at G.T....
Dates:
1846 - 1909
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Arthur Ransome Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS230
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Arthur Ransome Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and printed matter related to the life and writings of Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), the English journalist, critic, and renowned children's author best known for his series of books, "Swallows and Amazons." The collection comprises 5 boxes (1.25 l.f.) of materials and is divided into five series. Nineteen letters, most handwritten or typed by Ransome, are retained in the collection, including correspondence from...
Dates:
1913 - 2011
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Arthur Ransome - Bertrand Jerram Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS289
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Arthur Ransome - Sir Bertram Jerram Collection consists of nine letters and one postcard written by the noted author of children's books Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) to Jerram. One of the letters, which are preserved in chronological order, dates to 1929, but the others date from 1952 to 1953. Some of the correspondence focuses on Jerram's uncle, E.F. Knight (1852-1925), the famous yachtsman, whom Ransome greatly admired. Knight, war correspondent, barrister, and author, commanded the...
Dates:
1929 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1953
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Joe Raposo Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-980701
Scope and Contents Note
The Joseph Raposo Papers contain original musical compositions by Joseph Raposo (d. 1989), a well renown musician who wrote numerous children's songs. Included in the collection is a set of original lead sheets for songs composed by Raposo for the popular children's television show "Sesame Street." In fact, in addition to composing the music for these songs, Raposo wrote the lyrics for some of them, too. The papers also include a few compositions by Raposo for the Muppets. Moreover, the...
Dates:
1969 - 1989
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Raposo, Joe, Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-141028
Content Description
Autograph music manuscripts for songs. Music by Raposo, lyrics by Eric Bentley. Titles include: Song of Scum; Little Bill; Galy Gay’s Song; The Song of God; Song of the Ganges; Widow Begbick’s Man’s Man; The Recruiting Song; Barrel Song.
Dates:
1964
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
James Reardon-Anderson Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20200304
Scope and Contents
A small collection of materials that belonged to James Reardon-Anderson, including diaries (documenting his time in college (1964), a 1966 visit to Vietnam, a 1978 visit to China, and a 1989 visit to Jordan, Israel, and Palestine); documents related to the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies in Taipei; photographs of Reardon and others in either the Republic of China (Taiwan) or the People's Republic of China; a paper by Reardon-Anderson titled "The Despatch of the Dixie...
Dates:
1964 - 2003
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Records of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus from the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI)
Collection
Identifier: GTM-160224
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of copies (both digital and microfilmed) of documents related to the Jesuit's mission in Maryland that are held by the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI), also known as the Archives of the Jesuit Curia in Rome.One portion of the collection was provided by ARSI (on DVDs). The other portion consists of copies of ARSI documents that were obtained by Francis X. Curran, S.J. sometime prior to 1960.Digital copies of documents from both portions...
Dates:
1805 - 1887
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Recueil de Differentes Pieces de Vers Manuscript
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: GTM-20170901
Scope and Contents
A bound manuscript on paper containing a collection of French poetry, followed by a catalogue of the library of Dom François Baud, monk and professor of rhetoric at the military academy at Pontlevoy Abbey in central France. The volume likely belonged to Baud himself, who may have also composed the poetry. Several of the pieces are dated to the 1760s, providing a rough compilation date of c. 1770.The poetry compiled here appears to have been composed for performance to mark...
Dates:
circa 1770
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts