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).
Palestine Police reward poster issued for information leading to the arrest of Hamad Daoud el Judeh Zawata, 4th September 1943. 38 x 25 cm. Text in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
[Description provided by Fishburn Books, London]
Palm-leaf book (ola) in Tamil, with wooden boards and cord tie, from Chennai (Madras).
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.
