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Shusaku Endo - Peter Owen collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-850102
Collection level scope and contents note
The collection consists of letters and manuscripts related to the English translation and publication in Britain by Peter Owen Limited, of two works by the Japanese Catholic author Shusaku Endo: "The Samurai," and "Stained Glass Elegies." The first series relating to "The Samurai" includes correspondence between Endo's English translator Van C. Gessel and editor Dan Franklin, as well as publisher Peter Owen. The second series includes correspondence by Gessel and Antonia Owen....
Dates:
1981-1992; Majority of material found within 1981-1984
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Shusaku Endo papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-841022
Scope and Content note
The Shusaku Endo papers include manuscript drafts of Endo's novels "The Samurai" and "Scandal," a short story draft, and an as-yet unidentified draft. Evident in the manuscripts are Endo's corrections and notations, the additions and revisions he occasionally taped to existing manuscripts, and the work of his secretary to transcribe a clean version of the draft for later review.
Dates:
1984-1985
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Arthur Benoni Evans manuscripts
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-150618
Content Description
Bound autograph manuscript poems with additional loose leaves, by Arthur Benoni Evans (b.1781-1854), British poet and writer during the Romantic period. Includes a watercolor by Benoni. Total: approximately 140 pages.
Dates:
1809-1850
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Charles Feinberg Collection on Walt Whitman
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 48, Folder: 7
Identifier: GTM-19870914
Scope and Contents
The Charles Feinberg Collection on Walt Whitman include one 1860 engravings of Walt Whitman (from the 3rd edition of Leaves of Grass), an additional Whitman engraving from the same time period, 1891 wedding announcement (Anne Montgomerie and Horace L. Traubel), 1890 ticket for Robert's G. Ingressoll’s Lecture on Walt Whitman, 1888-1889 advertisement for Whitman's Complete Poems & Prose, and an unused envelope that belonged to Walt Whitman (1890s).
Dates:
1860 - 1891
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Miriam Gallagher, R.S.M. letters
Collection
Identifier: GTM-620301
Content Description
Original and photocopied correspondence between Sister Miriam Gallagher, R.S.M.; H.L. Mencken; Odell Shepherd; and others.
Dates:
1925-1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Gallery of Living Catholic Authors Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS472
Scope and Contents
The Gallery of Living Catholic Authors Collection was formed by the Gallery, founded in 1932 by Sister Mary Joseph, S.L. It was transferred in 1980 from its original home at Webster College in St. Louis to Georgetown. It consists of manuscripts, letters, and photographs by and about more than 600 British, American, European, and Asian Catholic authors of the twentieth century, including such writers as Hugh de Blacam, Roy Campbell, Wilfrid Rowland Childe, August Derleth, Julian Green, Mary...
Dates:
1890 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1961
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Andre Gide - Jane Norton collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS419
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Andre Gide - Jane Norton Collection contains 12 autograph letters signed from noted French author Andre Gide to Jane Norton. The correspondence touches on various published works requested by Gide or mentioned by him. The letters are dated 1929 to 1930. The Gide - Norton Collection is stored in one small archival box (0.25 linear feet). All of the letters in this collection are published in full in the following article: Betz, Dorothy M. "Andre Gide in 1929-1930: An Unpublished...
Dates:
1929-1930
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Eric Gill - H. Cotton Minchin Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS299
Scope and Contents
The Eric Gill - H. Cotton Minchin Collection consists of correspondence dated 1928 to 1929, mostly from Eric Gill to H. Cotton Minchin, concerning an engraving that Gill provided for "The Legion Book." That book was edited by Minchin and published in 1929, and contributions and illustrations were solicited from the leading writers and artists of the day, including Gill. In the letters, Gill discusses the details for the work to be done. One of the letters in the collection is from Gill to...
Dates:
1928 - 1929
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Giovanni Giovannini papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-131217
Collection-level Scope and Contents note
Papers of Professor Giovanni Giovannini, including letters, printed ephemera and recordings relating to poet Ezra Pound. Includes lecture cards and notes on English literature. Collection contains media (3 reels of 1/4" audio tape). The bulk of the collection is comprised of letters, corresondence, and printed matter related to the confinement of Ezra Pound at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, DC, and to efforts on his behalf to secure his release, as well as numerous newspaper and...
Dates:
1928-1985
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Robert Girardi Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS254
Scope and Contents
Contains the book manuscripts of novelist Robert Girardi. Includes many unpublished manuscripts of novels, novellas, and short stories, as well as screenplay scripts.
Dates:
1985 - 1999
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Graham Greene - Anthony Bischoff, SJ Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS327
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection of letters and presentation editions from British novelist Graham Greene to Rev. Anthony D. Bischoff, S.J. is evidence of their friendship which spanned forty years. The correspondence contains mostly personal greetings, but also touches on literary and political issues. The first of the nine letters in the collection was written in 1950, a year after the two met. The last was written in 1984, seven years before Greene's death. The five presentation editions were given to Fr....
Dates:
1950 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1984
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Graham Greene - Anita Bjork letters
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-28
Identifier: GTM-061127
Content Description
A collection of 26 letters (1971-1990) from British novelist Graham Greene to Swedish actress Anita Bjork (1923-2012). Includes two letters from Vivien Greene to Bjork.
Dates:
1971-2000; Majority of material found within 1971-1990
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Booth Family Center Collection on Graham Greene
Collection
Identifier: GTM-0071
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters written by Graham Greene that were collected by the Booth Family Center for Special Collections. It also includes an unrevised proof of In Search of a Character: Two African Journals by Graham Greene and two versions of the Travels with my Aunt film scripts by Jay Presson Allen and Hugh Wheeler.
Dates:
1938 - 1986
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Graham Greene - Yvonne Cloetta Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS347
Scope and Contents
The Yvonne Cloetta — Graham Greene Papers consist of correspondence written by Greene to Cloetta between the years 1963 and 1987. In addition to the 121 letters and postcards, the collection contains a typed manuscript for the book An Impossible Woman: The Memories of Dottoressa Moor of Capri, edited and adapted by Greene and later given with an inscription to Cloetta. The manuscript includes extensive autograph additions and corrections by Greene. Along with the correspondence, there are a...
Dates:
1963 - 1987
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Graham Greene - Pedro M. Lopez Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS326
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of seven letters from British author Graham Greene (1904-1991) to Pedro M. Lopez whose home was in Seneca, Mexico. The letters are dated between 1981 and 1989 and were usually written in January in response to Lopez's annual letter. Copies of the letters written by Lopez are not available, but from Greene's responses we know that the letters were mostly personal in nature and contain some discussion of literary topics of the time. The letters written by Greene offer...
Dates:
1981 - 1989
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Graham Greene - James Marjoribanks collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS130
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This small collection consists of 9 original letters from celebrated British author Graham Greene to Sir James Marjoribanks, KCMG, concerning fundraising and site location for a memorial for Robert Louis Stevenson. An admirer of Stevenson's works, Greene was also the novelist's kinsman through his mother, Marion Raymond, who was Stevenson's cousin. The correspondence refers to the sale of a manuscript that Greene gave to the Robert Louis Stevenson Trust, of which Sir James was a director, in...
Dates:
1985-1986
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Graham Greene Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-851001
Scope and Contents
The Graham Greene Papers include Greene's diaries and journals from his trips to Vietnam, Cuba, Panama, South Africa, Poland, Kuala Lampur, Kenya, and Haiti. Also present are manuscripts by Greene for "Monsignor Quixote" and "Getting to Know the General." There is some correspondence with Evelyn Waugh. Ephemera and clippings round out the collection.
Dates:
1923 - 1982
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Graham Greene Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS325
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Graham Greene Papers Part 2 consists mainly of original correspondence and manuscripts. The collection also contains Greene's appointment diaries and two audio recordings. The correspondence includes a series of letters written by prominent authors in response to Greene's proposal of a mass resignation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in response to the war in Vietnam. The letters often contain the authors' views on the war and the opposition to it. Some of the authors...
Dates:
1944-2001; Majority of material found within 1967-1985
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Graham Greene - Catherine Walston Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS168
Scope and Contents
The Catherine Walston/Graham Greene Papers consist in bulk of correspondence written by Greene to Lady Walston over a span of three decades from 1946 through 1978. In addition, the collection includes a large portion of original autograph and typed manuscripts, as well as rare proof copies of his works that the author presented over the years as gifts to Lady Walston. There is also a substantial collection of photographs of Greene and Lady Walston, together with friends such as writers...
Dates:
1925 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1946-1978
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Hugh Greene papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-850129
Content Description
Correspondence between Sir Hugh Greene and brother Graham Greene. Letters date from 1925 through 1986. Topics include the latter's books and family matters.Click on External Documents below to link to collection finding aid for Boxes 1-4. Acquisition of Box 5, containing letters dated 1982 and 1985 through 1986, post-dates the finding aid. See following list --12 typed letters signed from Graham Greene to Huge Greene. Most include typed transcriptions by Hugh...
Dates:
1925-1986
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts