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Joseph P. Orme Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS317
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection contains eight autograph letters written by Georgetown College alumni to fellow alumus, Joseph P. Orme, between the years 1856 and 1860. The content of the letters range from catching up on news of friends and family to serious political debate. The opinions written by these young men display the divided state of the nation on the brink of civil war. Of the seven friends, at least three went on to fight in the war, two for the Union and one for the Confederacy.
Dates:
1856 - 1860
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Ricardo L. Ortiz Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20260305
Scope and Contents
Papers of Ricardo L. Ortiz, a Georgetown University professor and scholar of Latino/a/x literature, queer theory and gender studies. It includes notes and manuscripts related to his scholarship and teaching. Also included is a cork board with an assortment of personal and professional memorabilia that was collected by Ortiz and displayed on his office door at Georgetown University.
Dates:
1990 - 2025
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
OSS Oral History Project Records
Collection
Identifier: GTM-220705
Scope and Contents
The OSS Oral History Project collection comprises the records of a Georgetown University-based project funded by the Central Intelligence Agency’s Center for the Study of Intelligence. In 1996 and 1997, under the leadership of Dr. Christof Mauch, a team of scholars conducted oral history interviews with over thirty former members of the Office of Strategic Services, a World War Two American intelligence agency. Interviewees included former CIA director Richard Helms, US Supreme Court Justice...
Dates:
1997 - 1998
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Ottoman Turkish-Chilean consular protocol agreement
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 53, Folder: 9
Identifier: GTM-20251031
Scope and Contents
Ottoman Turkish-Chilean consular protocol agreement, printed in French and Ottoman Turkish, 1914.
Dates:
1914
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Fulton Oursler, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS159
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Fulton Oursler, Jr. Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials collected by Ourlser during his career at Reader's Digest, mostly related to the work he did with well known writers and personalities who wrote for the magazine. The collection is divided up into five series: The Individuals Series, the James A. Michener Series, the Duke of Windsor Series, the John F. Kennedy and Espionage Series, and the Reader's Digest Series.The Individuals Series...
Dates:
1950 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1985
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Fulton Oursler Memorial Collection
File
Identifier: GTM-820330
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts by Fulton Oursler, Grace Perkins Oursler, and others; correspondence to/from the Ourslers; other related manuscript and printed items, and rolls of photographic negatives taken by/of Fulton Oursler. Of major interest are correspondence and other files relating to Fulton Oursler's editorial work for Liberty and The Reader's Digest. Correspondents include: Franklin D. Roosevelt (long series); Soong Mei-ling, or Madame Chiang Kai-shek (long series); H.L. Mencken (long series); and...
Dates:
1881-1954; Majority of material found within 1925-1950
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
F. D. Owen Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS282
Scope and Contents
The F.D. Owen Papers contain 12 images, including photographs, engravings, and drawings by F.D. Owen. The images, which are numbered 1 through 12, are preserved in a scrapbook, and they demonstrate Owen's skill as a designer.
Dates:
1889 - 1899
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Garry Owen Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS283
Scope and Contents
The Garry Owen Papers consist of manuscripts and printed materials about Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. An employee of the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO), Garry Owen collected memos and articles relevant to ARAMCO's work in Saudi Arabia. The highlight of the collection is an original letter from famous Arabist H. St. John Philby to Owen. Other documents mostly concern the political and economic features of Saudi Arabia. The collection is contained in two archival boxes (2.25 linear...
Dates:
1917 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1969
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Joseph A. Page Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20150608
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the research work of former Georgetown Law Professor, Joseph A. Page. While Page specialized in the fields of torts, product liability, and food, drug, and cosmetic regulation, the collection primarily details his research on Brazilian culture from the 1960s to the early 1990s. Specifically, the collection contains 23 travel journals detailing multiple trips to Brazil between 1964 and 1992. Within these journals, Page makes broad observations about Brazillian culture...
Dates:
1961-1992
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Palestine Pamphlet
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 53, Folder: 13
Identifier: GTM-0115
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet titled "PALESTINE PAMPHLET. TERRORIST METHODS WITH MINES AND BOOBY TRAPS". Published by the British in Palestine/Transjordan. Marked as "restricted" and addressed to members of Police and Military Forces in Palestine. Features booby traps and mines used by Jewish militants, with detailed figures and descriptions, and examples of incidents were they were used. Includes photos from sites of the incidents, including bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem (July 1946). ...
Dates:
1946
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Palestine Police Reward Poster for Hamad Daoud El Judeh Zawata
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 13 (Oversized), Folder: 15
Identifier: GTM-0082
Scope and Contents
Palestine Police reward poster issued for information leading to the arrest of Hamad Daoud el Judeh Zawata, 4th September 1943. 38 x 25 cm. Text in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
[Description provided by Fishburn Books, London]
Dates:
1943
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Palm-leaf book (ola) in Tamil
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 39
Identifier: GTM-0064
Scope and Contents
Palm-leaf book (ola) in Tamil, with wooden boards and cord tie, from Chennai (Madras).
Dates:
1850 - 1900
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Panama Canal Subcommittee Records
Collection
Identifier: GTM-19810101
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, texts of addresses and congressional testimony, articles, publications, photographs, and newspaper clippings from the U.S. Congressional Subcommittee on the Panama Canal.
Dates:
1963 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Panama Canal Zone Scrapbook
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 13 (Oversized), Folder: 17
Identifier: GTM-181108
Scope and Contents
A disbound scrapbook comprising photographs taken by Charles E. Uncapher (1919–2007) of Export, Pennsylvania, during his service with the 33rd Infantry Regiment of the US Army at Fort Clayton in the Panama Canal Zone. The photographs document the regiment at infantry headquarters, views of the Panama Canal and its surrounding area, and a visit by then-General Dwight D. Eisenhower in August 1946. The scrapbook also includes a 33rd Infantry Regiment insignia pin and a letter dated 2001 from...
Dates:
1946; 2001
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Panama Hattie Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-171129
Scope and Contents Note
The Panama Hattie Collection contains a screenplay for the film "Panama Hattie" and a typescript of the play by that same name. The music and lyrics to Panama Hattie were authored by Cole Porter; the book was authored by Herbert Fields and B.G. De Sylva.
Dated July 10, 1941, the screenplay was actor Dan Dailey's personal copy. The screenplay is 117 pages long. Deriving from State Fair Musicals in 1954, the typescript includes several pencil sketches among the pages.
Dates:
Creation: 1941 - 1954
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Paraguayan Jesuits Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS101
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Paraguayan Jesuits Collection consists of 20 manuscript and 4 printed documents ranging in date from 1639 to about 1744. A number of the manuscripts deal with the employment of Indian laborers from the Jesuit 'reductions' on the fortification of the ports of Buenos Aires; others touch on the incursions of hostile Indians against the reductions. A major emphasis of the collection, however, is on the continuing struggle between the Jesuits and the antagonistic representatives of the Church...
Dates:
1639 - 1744
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
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