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Alexander Tremaine Wright - William John Carlton Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS305
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
"Happy are the dead and their biographers who have left materials for the building of their monuments"A.T.W. Alexander Tremaine Wright's correspondence (1909-1915) to William John Carlton offers a unique insight into research characteristic of a small English fraternity intrigued by the literature and history of shorthand. This practice of the educated, beginning with Englishman John Willis' alphabet-based system in 1640, remained the domain of writers and reporters until...
Dates:
1909 - 1915
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
William W. Wright Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS178
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of the four folios of General Wright's scrapbook which contains primarily news items relating to the proposed construction of the Panama Canal. Some letters, notes, and sketches by Wright are included, along with printed maps showing the different interoceanic routes that were considered. In addition, the scrapbook includes a letter from John A. Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, and several broadsides in Spanish citing Ferdinand de Lesseps and the canal...
Dates:
1857 - 1883; Majority of material found within 1879 - 1882
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
F. Mark Wyatt Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-110804
Scope and Contents note
The F. Mark Wyatt Papers document the life and career of F. Mark Wyatt, a noted official in the Central Intelligence Agency and an expert on the subject of Soviet bloc defectors. Correspondents exchanging letters with Wyatt include Elizabeth Bancroft, Lee Hamilton, Max Holland, Sam Nunn, and Thomas Powers, among others. A number of manuscripts and printed materials is also found among the papers. There is a lengthy run of newspaper articles about intelligence issues gathered by Wyatt. ...
Dates:
1950 - 2005
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
J. Raymond Ylitalo Papers
Series
Identifier: GTM-20221205
Content Description
The J. Raymond Ylitalo Papers document the diplomatic career of J. Raymond Ylitalo (1916-1987), a U.S. foreign service officer who was the 29th U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay from 1969 through 1972. Materials derive from Ylitalo's postings to Helsinki, Finland; Munich, Germany; Manila, Philippines; Washington, D.C.; Tijuana, Mexico; Asuncion, Paraguay; and Toronto, Canada. Included are photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and printed matter from his various posts. The collection...
Dates:
1916 - 1987
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
John M. Yoklavich Collection of Italian Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS102
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The John M. Yoklavich Collection consists of 33 leaves containing Italian poetry, mathematical problems, recipes, and cures, dating from the middle of the 18th century to the first quarter of the 20th century arranged in nine folders in one box. The collection includes one long sonnet sequence of 22 leaves, dealing in part with the Marche region of Italy, with some anti-clerical overtones. Also among the material is a verse letter addressed to Salvatore Vanni from ex-Canon Celli asking for...
Dates:
1776 - 1935
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Young Democrats
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000630
Scope and Contents
Includes fliers and other printed material. Material from 1932 consists of clippings re "collegiate movement on behalf of the presidential candidacy of Gov. Roosevelt."
Dates:
1932, 1959-1971
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Richard M. Zaner Papers
Collection
Identifier: BRL-041
Abstract
Papers of philosopher and medical ethicist Richard Morris Zaner (1933-), including writing, correspondence, teaching files, administrative files, and audiovisual recordings.
Dates:
1954 - 2001
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives
Zeta Zeta Chapter - Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honorary Fraternity - Honor Roll, 1940
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000804
Scope and Contents
Metal plaque with flip-up "pages". With lists of: Charter Members - organized 1934- William N. Cogan, Daniel L. Flynn, Howard J. Newton, Sterling V. Mead, Anthony G. Miller, Roy Glezen, Doran S. Thorn, George M. Budlong, Stephen C. Hopkins; Faculty Members 1934-1976; Alumni Members; and Officers.
Dates:
1940-1976
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Arnold U. Ziegler Memorial Dickens Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-150610
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts, correspondence, ephemera and realia relating to Charles Dickens collected by Arnold U. Ziegler. Includes records and publications of various branches of the Dickens Fellowship (c1921-1960s).
Dates:
1843 - 1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
William Zimmerman Manuscripts Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS152
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The William Zimmerman, Jr., Manuscripts Collection consists of two series of material. The first series is a collection of autograph materials such as correspondence by literary figures, intellectuals and politicians, including novelists R.D. Blackmore, Samuel Butler, Anatole France, Thomas Hughes, Edgar Lee Masters, and George McDonald; and statesman Harold Ickes. Photographs by Burton Holmes and Henry Greenwood Peabody are also included. Of special interest is a fragment of a sixteenth...
Dates:
1500 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1900
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Seth D. Zinman Ragtime Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTM-111216
Scope and contents note
Ragtime recordings and printed matter collected by Seth D. Zinman. Includes newspapers, audiovisual material (16 compact discs, 19 audiocassettes, 1 VHS videocassette, 89 LPs), and 254 issues of "The Mississippi Rag" (1974-1997), "The Rag Times" (1983-2003), and "The Rag Timer" (1983-1986).
Dates:
1974 - 2003
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Leo W. Zonneveld Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-080206
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and printed material relating to the UNESCO colloquium celebrating the centenary of the birth of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., in 1981; as well as other organizations including the International Teilhard Compendium, the United Teilhard Trust, Fondation Teilhard de Chardin (Paris), the British Teilhard Association, and the Teilhard Centre (London). The collection also contains personal correspondence to Leo Zonneveld from Pierre Leroy, S.J., as well as by other associates...
Dates:
1980 - 2003
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Joseph Zrinyi, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-200111
Scope and Contents
This collection contains economics papers and teaching material; spiritual writings such as retreat notes, sermons, and missions; correspondence and photographs; and biographical information on Joseph Zrinyi, SJ.
Dates:
1929 - 1991
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts