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The James H. Critchfield Papers contain a wide array of documents concerning the work of James H. Critchfield (1917-2003) in the Middle Eastern nation of Oman. The collection includes correspondence to and from Critchfield dated 1974 to 1991. It also contains technical reports and files from Critchfield's consulting firm Tetra Tech International regarding its work developing the oil, natural gas, water, and mineral industries in Oman. The reports trace the relationship between Tetra Tech and...
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The Crocker-de Limur Collection, which consists of two boxes (2.5 linear feet) of documents, brings together a fine historical and literary documents collection gathered by a family of collectors; a small portion of the papers of French diplomat Andre de Limur (1890?-1971); a small part of the papers of Ambassador Aime Joseph de Fleuriau, French Ambassador to Great Britain (1924-1933); French documents from the Bibliotheca Lindesiana concerning political matters in France in the 1790s; and...
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The Frederick W. Cron and John Joseph Earley Collection is stored in two document boxes and one oversized box. The first box includes correspondence to John J. Earley, correspondence to Frederick W. Cron, Earley's awards, speeches, and biographical materials. The second box includes photographs of Earley's work in both color and black and white, printed information on concrete processes, and newspaper clippings relating to Earley's work. The last box includes oversized photographs of...
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The Robert Theodore Curran Papers 1 document the foreign service career of Robert Theodore Curran. Containing correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and other materials, the Curran Papers provide a glipse into the life of a career foreign service officer. Material from Curran's time in Germany, Yemen, Mexico, and Morocco is retained. Correspondents include Congressmen Robert P. Griffin and Guy Vander Jagt, Ambassador Joseph Verner Read, and Philip E. Mosely. While the documents span...
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The Robert Theodore Curran Papers: Part 2 comprise a small portion of the personal papers of foreign service official Robert Theodore Curran. Of particular interest is a series of letters written by Curran to his parents describing his experiences during the summer of 1949 studying at the Rethel School in Dusseldorf, Germany. Curran relates his observations about life in Germany and comments on some trips he took while there. Also of note is a group of photographs and postcards from Moscow,...
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The Daniel S. Curtis Papers consist of documents relating to Curtis' service as a Union soldier in the American Civil War. A few letters date to his service with the 28th Wisconsin Volunteers. Several original letters from Lafayette C. Baker, a specialist in military intelligence and commander of the 1st District of Columbia Cavalry, to Curtis are retained. Those particular letters concern Curtis' recruiting for Baker's unit, especially in the state of Maine, and orders sent to Curtis. Some...
Content Description
Papers of R.B. Cutler, author of "Two Flight Paths: Evidence
of Conspiracy" and "The Flight of CE 399", including diagrams,
photographs and clippings concerning the assassination of
John F. Kennedy. Also included is a sixth generation copy
of the Zapruder assassination film.
Gift of R.B. Cutler, 1971.
Note: Click on "External Documents" below for a link to the finding aid for the collection.
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The Frank Kurt Cylke Collection contains materials concerning the life and works of Arthur Ransome, the noted English author of children's adventure stories. The collection includes printed materials about Ransome and a few letters from Cylke about his personal collection of Ransome items. The documents date between 2000 and 2005. The collection is preserved in one box (0.25 linear feet).The Georgetown University Library Booth Family Center for Special Collections also houses the...
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The Dag Hammarskjold College Archives contain subject files, information about the college's founder Robert L. McCan, board minutes, administrative documents, correspondence, chronological files, and other materials.The Dag Hammarskjold College Archives are preserved 14 archival boxes and amount to 21 linear feet.[See: Henderson, Robert. "Dag Hammarskjold College: An Experiment in International Education, 1967-1974." Senior Thesis: Georgetown University History...
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The Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren papers consist of one scrapbook intact, containing material dating from 1885 through 1888; a fragment of a scrapbook, containing material dating 1877 through 1879; and one tintype, possibly of the Irish statesman, Charles Stewart Parnell. The following description of this collection begins with the complete scrapbook, designated Scrapbook I. The fragmented Scrapbook II follows, with the tintype as the last item in the collection. Itemization of material within each...
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The Frank J. Dahlhaus collection consists of 35 mounted items - 33 Time magazine covers, all but one autographed; 1 introductory statement and 1 closing statement, also mounted. This unique collection was organized by Mr. Dahlhaus to document the effects of technological changes in society as reflected in the periodical press. The collection includes 33 folders of printed background information for each of the magazine covers, as well as a clipping of the corresponding feature article. Also...
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The collection contains items from two soldiers who served in the United States Army during World War I, Claude F. Gosslee and Milton B. Sweningsen. Gosslee, born in Minnesota circa 1891, remained in the United States during the war. His diary entries provide insight into the life of an ordinary soldier on an American base in the Midwest. Though a few comments about conversations with a sergeant appear, he mainly wrote about his girlfriend. Notably, the entry for November 11, 1918, the date of...
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The Eugen d'Albert letters consist of 87 letters, almost all of which were written from German composer and pianist Eugen d'Albert to Austrian composer and pianist Pauline Erdmannsdorfer. The letters date from 1892-1894, 1896-1897, 1899-1903, 1905-1906, and 1908-1913. In the letters, d'Albert discusses his musical creations with Pauline. He asks her to promote his compositions. The letters document d'Albert's musical evolution. D'Albert writes about rehearsals, critics, theater...
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Printed ephemera (primarily postcards) and correspondence relating to visits by John M. Daley, S.J., to Jesuit missions in Burma, Ceylon, India and Chile (c.1953-1961). Includes memorabilia from a visit to the Vatican, Rome (c.1953): postcards, printed items and photograph.
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For Georgetown University dances (including Law School Prom with Tommy Dorsey at the Wardman Park Hotel, January 31, 1936) and also for dances held by Trinity College, National School of Domestic Arts and Science and unidentified institutions. Some cards are filled out and some still have pencils attached.
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Plaque from unknown location: Daniel Hand - 1744-1841 - Served as a Minute Man in the Revolutionary War at Boston, Albany, Saratoga, Bennington, Ticonderoga, Stillwater - Father of Elizabeth Hand Cogswell, 1774-1863 - Grandfather of Eliza Haight, Polly Furman, Mary Ann Nichols, Stephen Cogswell, Daniel Hand Cogswell,, Amanda Lyon.
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The Taraknath Das Papers are contained in the John J. Meng Papers. Other papers from the Taraknath Das Foundation, as well as correspondence between Meng and Das, are also located in the Meng papers. Material in this collection span the years 1932 to 1940 and relate to Das' work "Indien in der Weltpolitick." Manuscripts for articles and papers by Das are included.
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Cartoons drawn for University publications in the 1980s and 1990s. Many relate to basketball. Includes line drawing of exterior of Healy Hall. Also inlcudes original drawings for the 1982-83 Student Guide to Life at Georgetown (Archives map case 1 drawer 3).
