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19th Century American Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-190909
Scope and Contents

American 19th century commercial cartes de visites photograph album in tooled leather covers with ornate brass clasp. Contains 15 albumen print images, mostly cartes de visites of unidentified individual men and women. A few images show young children.

Dates: circa 1870s

19th Century British Poetry Manuscripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-150616
Content Description

Collection of manuscript poems by 56 minor British poets. Includes prose and 3 photographs. Poets include: Alfred Austin, Mary Elizabeth Braden, "Alfred Crowquill," Francis Jeffrey, J. Sheridan Knowles, Lord John Russell, Charles Augustus Sala, and Martin F. Tupper.

Dates: 1800 - 1899

150th Anniversary: Delegate Cards

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000141
Scope and Contents

Contains index cards for delegates to Georgetown's 150th (Sesquicentennial) Anniversary celebrations. There are two runs of cards arranged alphabetically, one by name of institution, the other by name of delegate.

Dates: 1939

175th Anniversary: Printed Matter

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000492
Scope and Contents

Programs, tickets, flyers, and other material relating to 175th Anniversary celebrations. Includes programs from: honorary degree ceremony for Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie; Founders' Day 1964, with honorary degree citations for Franklin Clark Fry, Francis J. Heyden, S.J., and Robert M. Hutchins, Hugh H. Hussey, Barbara Ward, and Hyman G. Rickover; and presidential inauguration of Gerard Campbell, S.J.

Dates: 1963-1964

175th Anniversary: School of Nursing Program (March 20, 1964)

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000465-DS
Scope and Contents Includes: invitation; overview and sketch of historical development of School; program; "Excellence in Nursing: Papers Presented at the School of Nursing Program for the 175th Anniversary Observance (by Lawrence C. McHugh, S,J., Carl A. Hangartner, S.J., Lulu Wolf Hassenplug, and Margaret Dolan); and related correspondence. Also material relating to the broader 175th Anniversary celebration, including: program from Faculty Dinner, September 28, 1963; program from Convocation to Commemorate...
Dates: 1964

1954 ROTC Quartermaster Summer Camp, Fort Lee, Virginia - Photograph Album

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Identifier: GTA-000023-DS
Scope and Contents Label inside front cover reads: “Presented to Dr. [James S.] Ruby in July, 1963 by James Brady 1929.” Title page reads: “This pictorial compendium depicts primarily the officers and men of the Second Battalion of the 1954 Quartermaster ROTC Summer Camp. It also includes such distinguished visitors as the Deputy Commander 2nd Army, the Commanding General, Quartermaster Training Command, and Chancellors from various universities and colleges throughout the United States.” Also includes...
Dates: 1954

1988 Olympic Basketball Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000543
Scope and Contents

Coverage of both trials and Olympic matches. Includes references to Coach John Thompson, II, Charles Smith, and Alonzo Mourning.

Dates: 1988

David M. Abshire Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTM-830701
Scope and Contents

The Abshire papers contain materials relating primarily to his service with the U.S. State Department in the 1970s with the Murphy Commission (Commission for Organization of Government for Conduct of Foreign Policy), and to the history and operations of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (1974-1983, then connected with Georgetown University).

Dates: 1962 - 1982

Acadia Institute Bioethics Interview Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BRL-011
Abstract The collection consists of oral history interviews with prominent bioethicists and other individuals associated with the field conducted by Renée C. Fox and Judith P. Swazey for the Acadia Institute's Project on Bioethics in American Society. In 1997, the Acadia Institute began a multi-year study of bioethics in American society. As part of this project, Renée C. Fox, a sociologist, and Judith P. Swazey, a historian, conducted interviews with a number of promiment bioethicists and other...
Dates: 1997 - 2000

Garret G. Ackerson, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS162
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Garret G. Ackerson, Jr. Papers primarily consist of personal correspondence and are arranged in 148 folders and contained in 3 boxes. A majority of the collection consists of correspondence between Garret G. Ackerson, Jr. and his family, including his parents, Garret G. Ackerson, Sr. and Anna Ackerson, his wife Rhodita Edwards Ackerson, and his children. Of special interest are Ackerson's memoranda written during the outbreak of World War II when he was in almost daily contact with high...
Dates: 1923 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1959

Mercedes de Acosta Papers

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Identifier: GTM-860601
Scope and contents note Documenting part of the career of playwright, poet, and novelist Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968), the Mercedes de Acosta Papers consist of letters written to her, a few manuscript plays written by her, her address books, some published works in her possession, and some photographs. Comprising 4 boxes (1.0 linear feet), the material dates from 1920-1975.Highlights of the collection include three typed manuscript plays written by de Acosta titled "The Dark Light" (undated), "Jehanne...
Dates: 1920 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1938-1968

Acquisition of the Millionth Volume by the Main Campus Libraries Celebration

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Identifier: GTA-000607
Scope and Contents

Includes event program, invitation, text of address by President Timothy S. Healy, S.J., commemorative bookplate ("A Gift to the Georgetown University Library on the occasion of the acquisition of its 1,000,000th volume 1983. Presented by"), and material re arrangements.

Dates: 1983

Acta Universitas Georgiopolitanae [Acts of Georgetown University]. A Die 28 Julii Anni 1825

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Identifier: GTA-000580
Scope and Contents Includes text of 1815 Federal charter, 1844 corporate charter, decree of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith re awarding Doctorates in Scared Theology (S.T.D.s), 1833. Also listing of honorary degrees awarded from John Tuomy in 1821 to Thomas Watson in 1951. Includes honorary degree citations (including for James Brown Scott and W. Coleman Nevils, S.J., October 27, 1928, J. Edgar Hoover, June 6, 1939, and Prince Abdul Ilan, the Regent of Iraq, May 31, 1945 -- with...
Dates: 1825-1951

John P. Adams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-140116
Scope and content note This collection consists of the letters and legal documents of John Popkin Adams (1812-1856), his wife, and daughters. The material relates to Adams' work as U.S. consul at La Guaira, Venezuela, his efforts to establish an inter-oceanic railroad on the ithsmus of Panama, land speculation in the U.S., and his pursuit of monetary claims against Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador related to privateering during the Spanish American wars of independence. Letters are arranged chronologically from...
Dates: 1822 - 1898

Lester Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-920101
Collection-level scope and contents note The Lester Adams Papers primarily consist of the official papers and ephemera of Captain Lester Adams, who was part of the U.S. Medical Corps during World War I stationed in the Panama Canal Zone. The papers are arranged in 19 folders and housed in 1 box.The Lester Adams Papers cover Adams' brief service in the Medical Reserve Corps, mainly consisting of military orders, ephemera, and a few photographs. Among Adams' official correspondence are a telegram from Surgeon General...
Dates: 1916-1919; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919

Adelman, Maurice Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GRB-000005
Collection-level scope and contents note A collection of personal letters, booklets, ephemera et cet. of Maurice Adelman (1932-1999). Includes pamphlets, magazines, photographs, autographed literature and miscellaneous materia. The collection contains a large number of informational booklets related to the histories of Catholic churches throughout the United States and Europe (from the 1950s to the 1990s). Also of note is the ephemera of Dr. James B. Donovan, former President of the Pratt Institute and foreign negotiator for the...
Dates: 1950-1995

Maurice Adelman, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-940101
Collection level scope note The Maurice Adelman, Jr. Papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings by and about John Cardinal Wright. The collection comprises 1 linear foot of material and is arranged in 64 folders in 2 boxes. The collection holds about 150 personal letters from John Cardinal Wright to Maurice Adelman, along with correspondence between Adelman and some of Wright's friends concerning such issues as Wright's will and literary rights, the future writing of Wright's biography, as well as many...
Dates: 1957-1990

Advertisements/Articles about Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. Newspapers, 1816-1838

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000826
Scope and Contents National Intelligencer, August 1, 1816 [includes "List of the Students of Georgetown College Who excelled in their respective classes at an examination, July 1816].[National Journal?] fragment, ca. 1825.National Journal, October 26, 1826.Columbian Gazette, July 14, 1831 (article re "Celebration of American Independence at Georgetown College" by the Philodemic Society. Mention is made of a silver medal being struck "as the badge of their Society.")...
Dates: 1816-1838.

Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments Records

 Collection
Identifier: BRL-008
Abstract

The collection documents the work of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHR). It includes meeting briefing books, drafts of the final report and related records, background materials on experiments, and correspondence of ACHR Executive Director Dan Guttman. Meetings were held between 1994 and 1995, and the collection includes copies of background materials dating back to 1900.

Dates: 1900 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1996

Africa: The Emerging Patterns Symposium

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000207
Scope and Contents

Contains material re arrangements for Africa symposium held in the Hall of Nations, March 24, 1959. Symposium was sponsored by The International Relations Enquiry of Georgetown University and Editors of Holiday. Much of the correspondence present is with Graduate School Dean John M. Daley, S.J.

Dates: 1959

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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 1
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