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Shusaku Endo - Peter Owen collection

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Identifier: GTM-850102
Collection level scope and contents note The collection consists of letters and manuscripts related to the English translation and publication in Britain by Peter Owen Limited, of two works by the Japanese Catholic author Shusaku Endo: "The Samurai," and "Stained Glass Elegies." The first series relating to "The Samurai" includes correspondence between Endo's English translator Van C. Gessel and editor Dan Franklin, as well as publisher Peter Owen. The second series includes correspondence by Gessel and Antonia Owen....
Dates: 1981-1992; Majority of material found within 1981-1984
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

George H. O'Connor Papers

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Identifier: GTM-850501
Scope and Contents note The George H. O'Connor Papers contain correspondence, photographs, programs, songs, music and cartoons, accumulated by O'Connor throughout his life. The correspondence includes letters from William H. Taft, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, J. Edgar Hoover, Cordell Hull, and Edward Stettinius. The most interesting letters are two written by O'Connor himself to his wife Blanche, while O'Connor was staying at Warm Springs with President Roosevelt.Perhaps the most...
Dates: 1890 - 1979
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Alain C. White Papers

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Identifier: GTM-860101
Scope and contents note The Alain C. White Papers primarily consists of pamphlets and books, with some correspondence, relating to the history of Litchfield, Connecticut. The collection comprises .5 linear feet of material, arranged in 11 folders in 1 box. The collection consists of books and pamphlets on the history of Litchfield, Connecticut collected by Alain C. White, with much of the material written by White himself. Litchfield was first settled in 1720, and much of the material in the collection was...
Dates: 1860 - 1946
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Earl of Normanton Papers

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Identifier: GTM-860102
Scope and Contents note The archives of James Charles Welbore Ellis Agar (1818 - 1896), 3rd Earl of Normanton, consisting of 3.0 linear feet of material, including correspondence, drawings, legal documents, and related printed items. This collection is of importance to art historians as well as to historians of English history and culture. It would be invaluable for any studies of the Agar family; 19th century London (especially the Victoria and Albert Museum and Kensingtron Park areas); English legal history; and...
Dates: 1840 - 1908
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Marquess of Winchester Papers

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Identifier: GTM-860103
Scope and contents note The collection deals with the administration by the trustees of both of these inter-related estates: settling probate, the estate duty, buying of stocks, selling of property, distribution of monies, etc. There is much on the Winchester property in Southampton. There are 5 items signed by the 16th Marquess; 20 letters by Colonel Sir H. C. Legge; 14 letters by Lord Sandys; and several letters by Lord Harlech. There is considrable material regarding a 1901 legal suit, Gore v. Winchester,...
Dates: 1873 - 1986
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Alfred Earle (Bishop of Marlborough) papers

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Identifier: GTM-860131
Collection-level Scope and Contents note The papers of Rt. Rev. Alfred Earle (1827-1918), consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs and related printed ephemera, regarding Earle's remarkable career. The papers include material from his early days as a student in Oxford, to his appointments first as Bishop of Marlborough ( 1888-1900) and later as Dean of Exeter (1900-1918). The collection comprises 1.5 linear feet of material, and it is organized chronologically in three boxes with a total of thirty-six folders....
Dates: 1840-1920
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Jean Baptiste Brunet Papers

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Identifier: GTM-860527
Collection-level Scope and Contents Note The Brunet Papers consist of 1 box of letters and documents from the period 1802 - 1803, during which time the French were waging war against the Haitians in Haiti (or Saint Domingue). The majority of items are letters from Brunet, a French Division General, to the General en Chef, Donatien Rochambeau. Other tiems consist of letters from Brunet to Rochambeau's predecessor, Victor Leclerc, letters to Brunet from his subordinates, and some miscellaneous documents, including the transcript of...
Dates: 1802 - 1803
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Otto E. Guthe papers

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Identifier: GTM-861216
Collection level scope and contents The Otto E. Guthe Papers consist of correspondence and articles relating chiefly to the field of geography, with some family and personal materials included. Guthe belonged to many societies and associations, most of which were related to geography, including the association of American Geographers, the National Research Council, the Cosmos Club, the American Geographical Society, etc. His professional status and his ability as a geographer led him to associate with people at the top of his...
Dates: 1906-1983
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Boggs Family papers

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Identifier: GTM-861226
Scope and Contents The Boggs Family Papers comprise twenty-one letters, two photographs and four pieces of related materials. Eleven of the letters were written by William R. Boggs, and ten of these were to his brother and sister, Maggie and Adam Boggs, while he was in the Union Army from 1863 - 1865. (Note: The William R. Boggs whose letters are in this Collection should not be confused with the Confederate Brigadier General of the same name.) There are two photographs of William Boggs and they appear to date...
Dates: 1863-1923
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

St. John the Evangelist Church (Yorkshire) Collection

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Identifier: GTM-870825
Scope and contents note The archives of the Church of St. John the Evangelist consist of .5 linear feet of material, including correspondence, manuscripts, documents and related printed ephemera, regarding its founding and construction in the township of Clifton. The papers, dating from 1856 to 1862 and arranged in chronological order, constitute the earliest records of this parish church, located near Mirfield, Yorkshire.Before 1856, the inhabitants of the township of Clifton worshipped in a church in...
Dates: 1856 - 1862
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Paul R. Sullivan Papers

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Identifier: GTM-870923
Scope and Contents note The Paul Sullivan Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and related printed ephemera regarding Paul Sullivan's remarkable career. The papers are organized in six distinct groups, namely Correspondence, Subject File, Blue and Gray, High Latitudes, Personal, Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Series. The collection comprises 7.5 linear feet of material, and it is organization by series in five boxes with a total of two hundred and fifty four folders. While the Paul...
Dates: 1930 - 1961
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Russell of Swallowfield Archives

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Identifier: GTM-871002
Scope and Contents note The Russell of Swallowfield Archives consists of documents and correspondence regarding the personal and financial affairs relating to the marriage trust of Fanny Russell Hole, eldest daughter of the Rev. Whitworth Russell. The papers include material dating from 1848, when Fanny Russell married the Rev. William Brassey Hole, Vicar of Bray (?-1887) to the early 1890's, when assets from her marriage trust were being transferred to their children. The collection comprises .5 linear feet of...
Dates: 1848 - 1896
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Robert Southwell Papers

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Identifier: GTM-871005
Scope and Contents note These papers consist primarily of correspondence, including one autograph letter signed by Antoine Arnauld to Robert Southwell; five contemporary copies of letters of Arnauld (Southwell's file copies); one autograph draft and 14 letters of Southwell's; a letter from Edward Coleman, a contemporary copy with a French translation; an autograph letter signed by William Blathwayt, Secretary of War; a letter of Henri Justel, Royal Librarian; and four miscellaneous items. Together, there are 29...
Dates: 1678 - 1685
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Earl of Shrewsbury Papers

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Identifier: GTM-871231
Scope and Contents note The Earl of Shrewsbury Papers, which concern the estate of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot (1803 - 1868), the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford, and 3rd Earl Talbot of Hensol, consists of 3.0 linear feet of material, including correspondence, documents, deeds, accounts, drawings and related printed material.The Papers deal with various trusts that had been set up by the 18th Earl for his widow and younger children, the siblings of the 19th Earl, namely:I - Admiral Hon....
Dates: 1856 - 1888
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Peter R. Brady papers

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Identifier: GTM-880801
Scope and contents note Peter R. Brady [1825 - 1902], one of Arizona's leading pioneers, served his country on exploring expeditions as well as in local and state offices. His papers consist of correspondence, documents, photographs and clippings. Most of the correspondence in this collection is from Brady's sisters, Margaret and Mary Ellen, and their respective husbands, Edmund and Major B. B. French. Letters from these individuals provide a fascinating view of the country, and especially Washington, D.C., before,...
Dates: 1850-1898
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Thomas Merton - John Pauker Collection

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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
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Rogers Family Papers

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Identifier: GTM-890501
Scope and Contents note

The Rogers Family Papers consist of fifteen series, the first being on the Rogers & Clarke families in general, and the remainder focusing on the papers of individuals such as James Webb Rogers I, J. Harris Rogers, James Charles Rogers, Cora Rogers Clarke, Phillips H. Clarke Jr., Mae Harris Clarke and George E. Sullivan. The final series contains objects and oversize materials of varying types.

Extent: 30 linear feet Number of Boxes: 19, with 11 oversize containers

Dates: 1817 - 1988
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Francis X. Talbot, SJ Papers

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Identifier: GTM-900914
Dates: 1908 - 1953
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

James O. Hall Papers

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Identifier: GTM-930826
Collection level scope and content note The James O. Hall Papers comprise the research files and correspondence of James O. Hall (1912-2007), a noted scholar of the American Civil War in general and the Lincoln assassination in particular.The James O. Hall Papers contain research materials about the alleged missing pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, the alleged meetings between Samuel A. Mudd and Booth, the effort to exhume the body of Booth, and the book "Dark Union" by Ray A. Neff and Leonard Guttridge, among...
Dates: 1960 - 2007
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Davidson Black - William Diller Matthew collection

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Identifier: GTM-931227
Scope and Contents note The Black-Matthew Collection consists of 19 transcribed letters between Davidson Black and William Diller Matthew, with 1 letter from Black to Herbert M. Evans regarding the above letters, from 1929 to 1932. The letters are arranged in 20 folders and contained in one box.Much of the correspondence between Black and Matthew regards contemporary theories surrounding Java Man, Sinanthropus, and Piltdown man, including Matthew's theores of how climate may have affected early man's...
Dates: 1929-31
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

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