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Ames W. Williams Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS401
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Ames W. Williams Papers comprise the personal papers of Ames W. Williams, best known as a bibliographer of Stephen Crane. The collection includes a wealth of substantial correspondence among Stephen Crane researchers, including John Berryman, Edwin Emerson, Lillian B. Gilkes, Melvin Schoberlin, R.W. Stallman, Vincent Starrett, and Louis Zara. A handful of articles written by Williams are also retained. Moreover, Ames' interest in railroad history is apparent as his papers contain printed...
Dates:
1880 - 1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Franklin B. Williams, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS270
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
Franklin B. Williams, Jr. (1906-1997) Professor of English at Georgetown University (1939-1974) is best known for his magnum opus "An Index to Dedications and Commendatory Verses in English Books before 1641," 1962. Throughout the course of more than twenty years Professor Williams consulted the prefatory material in early English printed books in over 120 libraries in Britain, the European continent, and the United States. The resulting index is an indispensable resource for the study of...
Dates:
1931 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1974
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Earl J. Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS70
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection of papers from Earl J. Wilson consists of his files, maintained during his years with the U.S. Information Service, dealing with the development of democracy in U.S. foreign policy. Material includes the manuscript of an unpublished book by Mr. Wilson on the subject, entitled,'Fumbling with Democracy: Our Failure to Promote It Abroad.' There is also a quantity of information in the form of published and unpublished reports and correspondence concerning USIA's Citizenship...
Dates:
1940 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Leonard S. Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-800103
Scope and Contents
The Leonard S. Wilson Papers contain maps and other documents deriving from the work of Leonard S. Wilson, a longtime geology professor who worked in the Map Division of the Research and Analysis Branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. The collection, which includes many maps, concerns geographical intelligence produced by the United States and Germany. There is some coverage of Great Britain, too. A large number of "Joint Army and Navy Intelligence Studies"...
Dates:
1944 - 1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Thomas Murray Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS111
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Thomas Murray Wilson Papers consist primarily of photographs and diaries by Wilson mainly during his travels around the world in the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's in the United States diplomatic corps. The collection is comprised of 5 linear feet of material, arranged in 40 folders in 4 boxes and 3 oversize containers. Thomas Murray Wilson was an avid traveler during his service as a diplomat, visiting all over Southern Asia, Africa and Europe in addition to the countries where...
Dates:
1920 - 1944
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
William A. Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS148
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The William A. Wilson Papers are organized into 10 series of files, which are summarized in the Synopsis section. The largest series included the following: * Alphabetical Correspondence - general and official unclassified correspondence from various individuals, arranged chronologically by year, with 1984 containing primarily congratulatory messages regarding the ambassador's appointment; * Individual Correspondence - correspondence from frequent writers and notable individuals including...
Dates:
1980 - 1992
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
William K. Wimsatt, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS469
Scope and Contents
William K. Wimsatt, Jr. Papers consists of correspondence, materials related to the Georgetown University Class of 1928-1929, offprints of articles related to literary criticism, materials related to Alexander Pope, and other documents.
Dates:
1928 - 1979
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
William K. Wimsatt, Jr. Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS442
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The William K. Wimsatt Papers 2 contain the correspondence, notes, and collected printed materials of William K. Wimsatt, a scholar, literary theorist, and Sterling Professor of English at Yale University. The bulk of the collection consists of offprints given to Wimsatt on a variety of topics, and provide a secondary source base for students of Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His correspondence and collected printed materials also provide insight...
Dates:
1767 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1975
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Marquess of Winchester Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-860103
Scope and contents note
The collection deals with the administration by the trustees of both of these inter-related estates: settling probate, the estate duty, buying of stocks, selling of property, distribution of monies, etc. There is much on the Winchester property in Southampton. There are 5 items signed by the 16th Marquess; 20 letters by Colonel Sir H. C. Legge; 14 letters by Lord Sandys; and several letters by Lord Harlech. There is considrable material regarding a 1901 legal suit, Gore v. Winchester,...
Dates:
1873 - 1986
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Stephen X. Winters, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS67
Scope and Contents
The Stephen X. Winters, SJ Papers includes correspondence, school notes, articles he published in the Messenger of the Sacred Heart, and photographs.
Dates:
1918 - 1970
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Letter from Charles R. Winthrop to Mary Winthrop
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 16, Folder: 9
Identifier: GTM-20231227
Scope and Contents
Four-page handwritten letter on USO letterhead from Charles R. Winthrop to his wife Mary Winthrop. At the time Winthrop was serving with the 372nd Infantry, a segregated African American regiment then serving in World War II. With original envelope with "Idle Gossip Sinks Ships" stamped to front. Winthrop served as a Chaplain and mentions staying busy with marrying six couples and several conferences in the preceding month. Of special note is his mentioning that he will try to see Paul...
Dates:
1943
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Collection of P.G. Wodehouse Letters to Angus Thuermer
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 5 (Letter), Folder: 9
Identifier: GTM-20230523
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of four letters from P.G. Wodehouse to journalist Angus Thuermer chiefly pertaining to Wodehouse's time in the Nazi concentration camp Tost in Poland and his present-day life in the New York City suburb of Remsenburg. The letters date from 1961 to 1975. Also included are twelve pieces of correspondence between Thuermer and others regarding his A.P. article on Wodehouse's incarceration in Tost first published in the "New York Times" in 1940 (1975-2008). A photograph of...
Dates:
1961 - 2008
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Konrad Wolff - Ilse Bing Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-160304
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, documents, sketches, drafts, photographs and music relating to the pianist and composer Konrad Wolff (1907-1989) and his wife, the distinguished photographer Ilse Bing (1899-1998). It also contains significant additional material relating to Wolff’s family members including his father, the distinguished German lawyer Martin Wolff, and his mother, Marguerite Wolff née Jolowicz, who was personally charged with documenting important aspects of...
Dates:
1873 - 1991
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Lois Wolfrum Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS443
Scope and Contents
The Lois Wolfrum Papers (2 boxes, 1.0 linear feet) span 1970 to 2004 and contain correspondence between Lois Wolfrum and Rev. Eugene L. Watrin, SJ, a Jesuit priest stationed in Nepal for over fifty years, and between Lois Wolfrum and Penny Williams Yacoub, an artist and illustrator who lived in Lebanon and Tunisia during the 1970s and 1980s. Also included in the collection are printed materials by, or relating to, Fr. Watrin and Nepali life, as well as extensive records of Penny Williams'...
Dates:
1970 - 2004
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Jack Womack Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-141106.2
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the career of author Jack Womack and contains correspondence, manuscripts, articles, and ephemera. It also includes correspondence and manuscripts by science fiction author William Gibson.
Dates:
1992 - 2002
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Woman's 19th Century Scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-150615
Content Description
Scrapbook belonging to a British woman, containing cut silhouettes, paste-in watercolors and pencil sketches re European tour and trip to South America.
Dates:
1820 - 1849
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Woman's 19th Century Scrapbook: "Cherished Memories"
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-170130
Content Description
Woman's scrapbook containing autograph transcriptions of poetry; sketches, printed engravings.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1820 - 1849
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Women's and Gender Studies Senior Theses.
Collection
Identifier: GTA-120227
Women's Center
Collection
Identifier: GTA-110721
Women's Center
Box
Identifier: GTA-160725-a