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Kilmer Family Papers - Part 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-190919
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of materials relating to Kenton Kilmer: files relating to his work as Washington Post poetry editor; translations of works by author Andre Chouraqui (1917-2007), and letters from US Congressmen on environmental and health policy issues (issues of concern to Kilmer). Also includes manuscript and sheet music set to poems by Aline and Joyce Kilmer.

Dates: 1937 - 1993

Joyce Kilmer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS83
Scope and Contents The Joyce Kilmer papers consist of three categories of material: correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material (news clippings, photographs, and scores for music set to poems by Joyce and Aline Kilmer). Letters include those from Joyce Kilmer to Aline Kilmer (total 44), to his young son Kenton (total 4), and to friends such as Rev. James J. Daly, S.J., and to Rev. Charles O'Donnell, C.S.C. Other correspondence is that of Joyce Kilmer's mother, Annie Kilburn Kilmer to friends William L....
Dates: 1907 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1941

Sister Michael Kilmer Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTM-20230802
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Kilmer family photographs, correspondence, poetry, clippings, and printed materials that belong to Sister Michael Kilmer (the daughter of Joyce and Aline Kilmer). Of note are letters written by Joyce Kilmer to Aline Murray Kilmer (1907-1918), photographs of Joyce Kilmer, and materials related to Joyce Kilmer's military service in World War I. The collection also includes “The Lantern” poem manuscript (signed by Joyce Kilmer) and “October Warning” poem typescript...
Dates: 1880s-1994

Rosette C. Lamont Postcards

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 25, Folder: 15
Identifier: GTM-0076
Scope and Contents

A collection of five postcards and one letter sent to Rosette Lamont between 1987 and 1996.

Dates: 1987 - 1996

James Laver Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-811223
Scope and Contents Personal papers of James Laver (1899-1975), author and Keeper of Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. Correspondence to Laver and wife, actress Veronica Turleigh (1903-1971), provide a valuable source on English and Irish literary circles. Writers include Enid, Bagnold, John Betjeman, Violet Clifton, Martin d'Arcy, Graham Greene, Kate O'Brien, Iris Origo, Ronald Knox, Desmond MacCarthy, Rose...
Dates: 1918 - 1977

Shane Leslie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS163
Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection essentially comprises the life and letters of Sir Shane Leslie whose boundless energy and wide-ranging interests took him all over Britain, the United States and Canada, bringing him in touch with people in many fields including the arts, economics, education, literature, politics and religion. Sir Shane's personal papers also reflect his deep concern and interest in Irish culture and politics, particularly the question of Irish independence through Home Rule. The...
Dates: 1800 - 1990

Arnold Lunn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS143
Scope and Contents The Arnold Lunn Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks and related printed ephemera regarding the life and works of Sir Arnold Lunn (1888 - 1974). The papers, dating from 1896 to 1978, comprise 21 linear feet of material, arranged in fourteen boxes, consisting of five hundred and thirty-two folders.The papers are arranged in series according to subjects. There are five correspondence series, namely World War I Correspondence, Ski...
Dates: 1896 - 1978

Seumas MacManus Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-130118
Scope and Contents Note The Seumas MacManus Family Collection contains letters and manuscripts by and about Seumas MacManus (1869-1960), a prominent Irish author of folktales who lectured extensively throughout the United States and published widely. These materials document fascinating aspects of MacManus' writing career, and they provide primary source materials about his family.The collection includes a small number of letters from notables to Seumas MacManus, including Theodore Dreiser, Maud Gonne,...
Dates: 1855 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1960

Bruce Marshall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-840208
Scope and Contents The Bruce Marshall Papers primarily consist of correspondence, manuscripts and news clippings, all tracing Burce Marshall's career as an author from 1924 until his death in 1987.The Bruce A. Marshall Papers are arranged in series according to subject. There is a Manuscript series, a Correspondence series, a Clippings series and a small Thesis series.The Manuscripts series comprises the first eight boxes of the collection. Contained in it are different drafts of...
Dates: 1924 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1979

John S. Mayfield Papers: Algernon Charles Swinburne Series

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830101
Dates: 1825-1983; Majority of material found within 1860-1978

John S. Mayfield Papers: Autographs Series

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830101a
Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous autograph, signed manuscripts by various individuals collected by John S. Mayfield.

Dates: 1443 - 1950; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1950

John S. Mayfield papers: Manuscripts in books series

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-170718
Scope and Contents

Manuscript items, including letters,notes, photographs, and printed ephemera, found interleaved in books from the personal library of John S. Mayfield.

Dates: 1927-1980s

John S. Mayfield papers: Varia series

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-170714
Content Description

Miscellaneous items from the John S. Mayfield papers not previously processed as part of other series in the collection.

Dates: circa 1894-1974

Thomas Merton - John Pauker Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-890101
Scope and Contents note

The Merton-Pauker Collection consists mainly of correspondence between Merton and Pauker and between Pauker and those interested in buying Merton's prints. There are seven personal letters from Merton and three mimeographed letters which Merton sent out to friends at Lent, Easter, and Christmas, 1967. Many of the letters also discuss Pauker's work as a poet, especially "Excellency," a sequence of poems, published in 1967.

Dates: 1966 - 1972

Terry L. Meyers research files on Algernon Charles Swinburne

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-15
Identifier: GTM-140325
Content Description

Contains Meyers' research files re Algernon Charles Swinburne. Includes Meyers' research correspondence, dated 1980-1994.

15 folders arranged alphabetically by name. Includes photocopies of originals with transcriptions of letters by Hall Caine, Ernest Hartley Coleridge, Alice Haley, Edward Verrall Lucas, Eden Philpotts, Luigi Siciliani, Isabel Swinburne, Arthur Symons, John Hall Wheelock, and Thomas Wright.

Dates: 1902 - 1994

John S. Monagan - Anthony Powell Collection 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS165
Scope and Contents

This collection contains over two decades of correspondence between writer Anthony Powell and his American friend John S. Monagan as well as various magazine and newspaper articles relating to Powell as collected by Monagan. Also within the collection are numerous photographs of Anthony and Violet Powell at their home, the Chantry in Somerset, England, mostly taken by Monagan during visits made with his wife Rosemary in 1981, 1987, and 1988.

Dates: 1969 - 1994

John S. Monagan - Anthony Powell Collection 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS341
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence between John Monagan and the Powell Family and correspondence between Monagan and others regarding Powell. Further, it includes manuscripts/articles on Powell written by Monagan and others; papers related to the Anthony Powell Society; photographs of the Powell family and related subjects; and materials from the Georgetown University Library exhibition and symposium celebrating the Anthony Powell centennial in 2005.

Dates: 1961 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1985 - 2005

National Book Awards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20220101
Scope and Contents The collection consists of promotional materials and other ephemera related to the National Book Awards. It includes press kits (1959, 1971-1973), programs (2001, 2011, 2012), press photographs of authors (1950-1997), publicity items related to Saul Bellow's novel Mr. Sammler's Planet (1969-1970), a signed broadside copy of Mary Lee Settle's National Book Award acceptance speech (1978), a set of National Book Award medallion stickers (2023), and movie posters for films based on NBA-winning...
Dates: 1969 - 2023

Nelson Bond Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-141117.2
Content Description Correspondence to Nelson Bond from dealer Allen Ahearn and Roy Squires re collecting Ray Bradbury. Includes printed items re Bradbury (articles and ephemera); 2 photographs of Bradbury (dated 1939 and 1993). Also items relating to James Branch Caball.Includes one LP sound recording (in Italian). Title: "Cronache Marziane" ["The Martian Cronicles"]. Inscribed to Nelson and Betty Bond. Signed by Ray Bradbury (1979).Additional items relating to Nelson Bond, donated by...
Dates: 1971-2011

Ned O'Gorman Papers 4

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-050910
Scope and Contents Note The Ned O'Gorman Papers 4 comprise part of the personal papers generated by Ned O'Gorman (b. 1929), a noted American poet, author, and educator. This collection primarily contains lengthy drafts of O'Gorman's autobiography entitled, "Venerated Trinkets, Kept Memorials, and Things Lifted Up: A Volume of Autobiography." In addition, many other manuscripts written by O'Gorman are retained in this archive, which includes some of his poetry. Additional materials include letters with notable...
Dates: 1951 - 2011

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Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 4
Kilmer, Joyce, 1886-1918 4
Kilmer, Aline, 1888-1941 3
Kilmer, Kenton, 1909-1995 3
Powell, Anthony, 1905-2000 3
White, Antonia, 1899-1980 3
Blatty, William Peter 2
Claire, William F. 2
Georgetown University 2
Kilmer, Michael, Sister, 1914-1999 2
Mayfield, John S., 1904-1983 2
Monagan, John S. 2
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909 2
Atchity, Kenneth John 1
Barnum, Francis, 1849-1921 1
Barry, Philip, 1896-1949 1
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 1
Bensky, Roger-Daniel 1
Blackwell's Island Penitentiary (New York, N.Y.) 1
Brennan, Neil, 1923-2006 1
Brown, John L. (John Lackey), 1914-2002 1
Brunini, John Gilland, 1899- 1
C. Marion Mitchell, Stancioff, 1903-1996 1
Callil, Carmen 1
Duran, Leopoldo 1
Ellis, S. M. (Stewart Marsh), 1878-1933 1
Feinberg, Charles E., 1899-1988 1
Fielding, Gabriel, 1916-1986 1
Gallery of Living Catholic Authors 1
Georgetown University -- History 1
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940 1
Girardi, Robert 1
Hirsh, John C. 1
Ionesco, Eugène 1
Jesuits. Maryland Province 1
Joost, Nicholas 1
Lamont, Rosette C. 1
Lax, Robert 1
Leslie, Shane, 1885-1971 1
Lunn, Arnold, 1888-1974 1
Marshall, Bruce, 1899-1987 1
Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 1
Monagan, Rosemary, 1926-2023 1
National Book Foundation (U.S.) 1
O'Gorman, Ned, 1929-2014 1
O'Hara, Mary 1
Orfalea, Gregory, 1949- 1
PEN (Organization) 1
Ray Bradbury 1
Sargent, Carole 1
Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 1
Serreau, Geneviève 1
Summers, Montague (Augustus Montague), 1880-1948 1
Sylvester, Harry, 1908-1993 1
Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972 1
Walston, Catherine, 1916-1978 1
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 1
Whitmer, Nick 1
Wimsatt, William K. (William Kurtz), 1907-1975 1
Womack, Jack 1
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 1