The collection contains eight autograph letters written by Georgetown College alumni to fellow alumus, Joseph P. Orme, between the years 1856 and 1860. The content of the letters range from catching up on news of friends and family to serious political debate. The opinions written by these young men display the divided state of the nation on the brink of civil war. Of the seven friends, at least three went on to fight in the war, two for the Union and one for the Confederacy.
The F.D. Owen Papers contain 12 images, including photographs, engravings, and drawings by F.D. Owen. The images, which are numbered 1 through 12, are preserved in a scrapbook, and they demonstrate Owen's skill as a designer. The scrapbook is contained in one box (1 linear foot).
The Panama Hattie Collection contains a screenplay for the film "Panama Hattie" and a typescript of the play by that same name. The music and lyrics to Panama Hattie were authored by Cole Porter; the book was authored by Herbert Fields and B.G. De Sylva.
Dated July 10, 1941, the screenplay was actor Dan Dailey's personal copy. The screenplay is 117 pages long. Deriving from State Fair Musicals in 1954, the typescript includes several pencil sketches among the pages.
This collection consists of the papers of Joseph Wilfrid Parsons, S.J.(1887-1958), who served as Editor-in-Chief of America Magazine (1925-1936).
Slideshow entitled "Pat and His Friends" presented at the testimonial dinner for C.B. Murto on May 14, 1977. Contains images of people associated predominantly with the Dental School. A label on one of the slides says "Dept. of Medical and Dental Comm. Georgetown University Medical Center."
The Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics Records primarily consist of conference, meeting, and event files. They also include annual reports, newsletters, budget files, and reports. In addition to documents, the records include photographs and computer disks that contain digital images and audio recordings (MP3).
A segment of the archives of the London-based international association of poets, essayists and novelists, known as PEN. Comprised of correspondence, manuscripts and some photographs. Includes files regarding contacts with some 40 London embassies; material about the annual PEN Congress which failed to take place in Iran in 1963; and manuscript submissions for a short story contest (circa 1961).
