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Harald S. Frederiksen papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS450
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

The collection is composed of several short typed manuscripts by Frederiksen discussing his personal history and involvement in the OSS, as well as a variety of recommendations and reports on Frederiksen from colleagues, and one of his jailers. Additional documents include application and reference forms prepared by Frederiksen for the U.S. government, and some correspondence relating to his employment plans after leaving Vienna.

Dates: 1945-1952

Harman Grisewood papers 3

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS338
Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection comprises the third accession of the papers of Harman Grisewood (1906-1997), and contains primarily correspondence from family members. Of particular interest is the series of letters from Grisewood's father, Lt. Col. Harman Grisewood, written from 1936 through 1946, from Nicosia, Cyprus, where the family owned a farm in the mid- to late 1920s until the end of the Second World War. Grisewood recalls life with his family in Cyprus during the earlier of these years in chapter 3...
Dates: 1898-1991; Majority of material found within 1936-1981

James L. Harley, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-900928
Scope and Contents

The James L. Harley, SJ Papers contain materials surrounding his work as a military chaplain; his studies and teaching career; and his spiritual life in the Society of Jesus. Also included is extensive ephemera from working as a chaplain on cruise ships and a small number of personal papers.

Dates: 1893 - 1989

Martin F. Herz Papers 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-840201
Scope and Contents The Martin F. Herz Papers, comprising nine linear feet of manuscript material, span the period from 1941 to 1983. The earliest material concerns his work in psychological warfare during the Second World War. Included are memoranda and reports on the theory, application, and effectiveness of American propaganda techniques, as well as actual examples of American, German, Russian, British and Japanese propaganda. Also included are subsequent correspondence files on collecting in the field of...
Dates: 1941-1983

Stefan F. Horn-Nuremberg Trials Collection

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 51, Folder: 1-7
Identifier: GTM-0094
Scope and Contents

The collection contains general instructions for interpreters employed at the Nuremberg military tribunals, as well as typed transcripts from several sessions. It also includes a report on Dresdner Bank and a newspaper clipping on denazification in German.

Dates: 1946 - 1947

John F. Hurley, SJ Papers

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 35, Folder: 10
Identifier: GTM-0055
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a typescript of Fr. John F. Hurley's experiences during the occupation of the Philippines (1941-1945) in which he was held at Santo Tomas Internment Camp. The account was written at the request of Fr. William C. Repetti, then Georgetown University Archivist, in 1964.

Dates: 1964 - 1965

William Harding Jackson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-101014
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the personal papers of William Harding Jackson. Correspondents include President Eisenhower, Constantine FitzGibbon, Arthur Gardner, Gordon Gray, and Richard M. Nixon, among others. A run of letters regarding Wendell Willkie's 1940 presidential campaign is also included among the documents. Some typed manuscripts by Jackson, a few photographs of him, and a series of printed materials round out the collection.

Dates: 1938 - 1971

Japanese-American Internment Poster

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 22 (Oversized), Folder: 8
Identifier: GTM-20241106
Scope and Contents Printed poster instructing persons of Japanese ancestry in San Francisco to report to the Civil Control Station at 1530 Buchanan Street. Author: DeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.LPlace Published: San FranciscoPublisher: U.S. ArmyDate Published: May 5, 1942Printed broadside announcement regarding Japanese Internment, 1942. 56x35.5 cm (22x14")."Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry" in "that portion of the City and County San...
Dates: 1942

John Donaldson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20250205
Scope and Contents The collection consists of lecture notes, government printed pamphlets, manuscripts, correspondence, research, clippings, copies of transcripts and publications. The collection also includes materials related to Donaldson's terms as President of both Pi Kappa Phi and Delta Phi Epsilon in the mid-1930s. Highlights of the collection included a German barter proposal, materials on German-American economic relations, inter-War economic international plans, and other materials. Subjects covered...
Dates: 1892 - 1955; Majority of material found in 1918-1948

Jan Karski Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-000011
Collection-level scope and contents note

The Jan Karski Collection comprises three distinct groups of documents: Karski's collection of serials and pamphlets produced by various organizations of the Polish underground during World War II; records and addresses pertaining to Karski's travel and work in 1966-67, including miscellaneous articles translated and transcribed; and two distinct states of Karski's draft for his book "Great Powers and Poland, 1919-1945".

Dates: 1939 - 1985

Ernest A. Keller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-860903
Scope and Contents

The collection documents the career of Ernest A. Keller as a journalist, editor, and as a U.S. government official working for the United States Information Agency in the mid-20th century.

Materials related to the Alliance for Progress Cartoon Book Program in Latin America have been digitized and are available online via DigitalGeorgetown.

Dates: 1939 - 1967

Julie and Thomas Kernan papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS181
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Julie and Thomas Kernan papers are organized into 7 series: correspondence by notable individuals and friends who were frequent correspondents; files on Jacques and Raissa Maritain; correspondence by Julie and Thomas Kernan; subject files which include correspondence and material about the various organizations and miscellaneous business that the Kernans were involved with; manuscripts and published works by Julie and Thomas Kernan; a large collection of information and...
Dates: 1765-1988; Majority of material found within 1940-1975

Ruth M. McCabe WAVES Photograph Album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-20221108
Scope and Contents Photograph album documenting Ruth M. McCabe’s training and service in the United States Women's Naval Reserve (popularly known as WAVES). There are 372 photographs in total, dating from 1942-1945. The images primarily depict McCabe and other WAVES officers posing in uniforms and civilian clothes, as well as McCabe’s family and male servicemen.The photographs depict a number of locations, including Duluth, Minnesota; Stillwater, Oklahoma; Oklahoma City; Washington...
Dates: 1942 - 1945

"Meet the Refugees" Pamphlet

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 30, Folder: 15
Identifier: GTM-0043
Scope and Contents

One pamphlet titled "Meet the Refugees" that was authored by the National Industrial Assembly of the Young Women's Christian Associations and published by the Women's Press (New York) in 1940. The pamphlet addresses concerns over accepting refugees who were fleeing from the Nazi regime in Europe into the United States. It argues that refugees are not a threat to U.S. labor and do not represent a "Fifth Column."

Dates: 1940

Lawrence J. Mehren Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-100218a
Scope and Contents Created by Lawrence J. Mehren (1911-1983), this collection holds early to mid twentieth century materials documenting Mehren's experience at Georgetown in the early 1930s and his service during World War II. The collection holds newspaper clippings, correspondence, academic records, and event programs from Georgetown between 1930 to 1933. The collection also includes a small number of photographs from the 1930s and a large scrapbook with newspaper clippings from the HOYA and various other...
Dates: 1921 - 1960

Arthur Michaelis Holocaust Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-180619
Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence (letters, postcards, telegrams), printed material (books, magazines, pamphlets), photographs, artwork, material culture, and other evidence documenting the Jewish experience during the Holocaust and in the years pre- and post-World War II. The collection was assembled by Arthur Michaelis and it includes extensive documentation of his family's experiences during this time period, including their imprisonment in concentration camps and their escape to the...
Dates: 1910s-1980s

Leland B. Morris Papers

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 30
Identifier: GTM-150928
Scope and Contents The Leland B. Morris Papers include correspondence, a State Department questionnaire, a receipt dating from 1941-1942, and a letter to Leland B. Morris' wife, Marie, dated 1952. Morris' correspondence primarily concerns Germany in 1941. Highlights include Morris' account of Joachim von Ribbentrop declaring a state of war between Germany and the United States on December 11th, 1941, and a copy of Ribbentrop's declaration. The collection also includes a long, completed questionnaire...
Dates: 1941 - 1952; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1942

Rodney Loomer Mott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830118
Scope and Contents

The papers of Rodney Loomer Mott span the years 1942 to 1946 when he served in Berlin as Deputy Chief of the Public Finance Branch of the Office of Military Government for Germany, U.S. Zone (OMGUS). The papers comprise an interesting collection of legal, military, and personal documentation of Germany's financial status and subsequent reorganization by the Allies after the war. Note: Click on "External Documents" below for a link to the finding aid to the collection.

Dates: 1942 - 1946

Joseph A. Mulry, SJ Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-851101
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence from Joseph A. Mulry, SJ to his nephew and niece as well as Advent conferences given while interned in Los Baños, Philippines. Also included are writings regarding his social action work in Manila and correspondence/reminiscences of Mulry after his death in 1945. Further, there are postcards of Philippine scenes collected by Mulry and several photographs of the priest.

Dates: 1918 - 1987

NSDAP (Nazi Party) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-180105
Scope and Contents

The NSDAP (Nazi Party) Collection consists of 228 items, including photographs, cigarette cards, correspondence, ID cards, stamps, membership books, pins, and more.

See the External Documents section below for a detailed inventory.

Dates: Creation: circa 1921-1946

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Jesuits. Maryland Province 6
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Atkinson, Walter Sydney, 1891-1978 1
Barlow, Ernesta Drinker Bullitt, 1892-1981 1
Biles, Leon, Jr., 1923-1993 1
Bing, Ilse 1
Blake, Thomas Dawes, 1903-1991 1
Brown, Alonza E., 1922-1993 1
Brown, Anthony Cave 1
Ciszek, Walter J., 1904-1984 1
Crocker, Ethel Mary, 1891–1964 1
Crown, John R., -1982 1
De Luca, Ferdinand, 1828-1889 1
Donaldson, John, 1892-1955 1
DuVivier, Paul F., -1997 1
FitzGibbon, Constantine, 1919-1983 1
Foster, Charles Murray, 1919-1994 1
Georgetown University 1
Gray, Gordon, 1909-1982 1
Harley, James L., 1903-1990 1
Herz, Martin F. (Martin Florian), 1917-1983 1
Horn, Stefan F., 1900- 1
Hurley, John F. (John Fidelis) 1
Jackson, William H. (William Harding), 1901-1971 1
Keller, Ernest A., 1897-1980 1
McCabe, Ruth M. 1
Mehren, Lawrence J. 1
Michaelis, Arthur 1
Monagan, John S. 1
Morris, Leland B., 1886-1950 1
Mouvement de la libération nationale (France) 1
Mulry, Joseph A., 1889-1945 1
Nolan, Robert 1
Orfalea, Gregory, 1949- 1
Paranaguá, Octavio, 1895-1960 1
Parsons, Robert A., 1892-1968 1
Repetti, W. C. (William Charles), 1884-1966 1
Richey, Paul, 1916-1989 1
Rotta, Angelo, 1872-1965 1
Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 1
Uiberall, Ernest P., -2007 1
Umbaugh, Charles W. , 1919- 1
United States Information Agency 1
United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps 1
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 1
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve 1
United States. Navy 1
Visson, Andre, 1899- 1
Walsh, Edmund A. (Edmund Aloysius), 1885-1956 1
Whitman, John Franklin, Jr., 1896- 1
Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944 1
Winthrop, Charles R. 1
Wolff, Konrad, 1907-1989 1
Young Women's Christian Association 1
de Limur, Andre, 1890?-1971 1