Correspondence, notes, documents, photographs and news clippings concering the family of Sarah Louise Jones Waller, Washington, D.C. area socialite and wife of Absalom Waller, an attorney. The collection reflects Mrs. Waller's involvement in local clubs and social organizations, as well as her interest in Waller family genealogy.
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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 contains the personal and professional papers of Walter Burghardt, S.J.
The James A. Ward, SJ Papers consist of journals, spiritual and other writings, materials related to his teaching career, and correspondence.
Premier Cab Association Sightseeing Guide Book [includes Washington, D.C., Georgetown, Arlington, Alexandria, Mount Vernon, and Annapolis], 1940.
Historic Washington, D.C., 1948. Published by the Columbia Historical Society.
Mount Vernon handbook, 1948. Published by Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union.
Georgetown: 1751 to the present by Donald Stetson Davis in collaboration with Scott Hart, 1965.
Includes flyers, pamphlets, and newspaper cartoons on political themes, most not specific to Georgetown, collected by a Georgetown graduate student, 1967-1972. Much concerns the Vietnam War. Also included: Inaugural Souvenir for President Richard M. Nixon, January 20, 1969, compliments of the Washington Bible College.
The collection consists of letters and postcards from Evelyn Waugh to bookseller Handasyde Buchanan, concerning books the former wished to acquire or sell.
The Evelyn Waugh - Mary Lygon Letters consist of over eighty letters sent from English Catholic novelist Evelyn Waugh to his close friend Lady Mary Lygon. Providing good documentary material about Waugh's life, the letters discuss mutual friends, travel, and other aspects of Waugh's life. The letters are contained in 83 archival folders in one archival box (0.5 linear feet).
