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Brian A. McGrath, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS68
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The items in the Brian A. McGrath, S.J., Papers reflect the career of the man whose professional life they document. The majority of correspondence relates to McGrath's administrative duties, though there is a significant amount of personal correspondence dating from 1958, the year McGrath spent abroad at Georgetown University at Fribourg. Similarly, the manuscripts, most of which are student notes and texts of the addresses and speeches McGrath delivered so frequently, relate for the most...
Dates: 1933 - 1986

Julius P. Garesche papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS71
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The material in this collection relates to Julius P. Garesche, a Georgetown University alumnus and chief of staff to William S. Rosecrans, a general during the Civil War. The eight folders comprising this collection include manuscripts by Julius Garesche; correspondence about his death by fellow officers, including General Rosecrans; printed information about Garesch‚ and some members of his family; and photographs of Garesche and the family tomb at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C. A...
Dates: 1836-1908; Majority of material found within 1860-1870

Ives Family papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS72
Collection-level scope and contents note The Ives family papers comprise correspondence by relatives of Rev. Levi Silliman Ives. In addition, the collection includes correspondence by Joseph Moss Ives, the brother of the renowned composer, Charles Edward Ives, and by the former's son, Walter Bigelow Ives. Levi Silliman Ives and Joseph Moss Ives were both descendants of William Ives who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, from London in 1635, and was one of the original settlers of Quinnipiac (New Haven), Connecticut, in...
Dates: 1874-1953

George M. Kober Papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS75
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The George M. Kober Papers consist of correspondence sent and received by. Kober dating primarily from 1897 through 1900. Correspondents include several of the presidents of Georgetown University, such as David H. Buel,S.J.; Charles W. Lyons, S.J.; W . Coleman Nevils, S.J.; and J. Havens Richards, S.J. Others include various city (D.C.) and federal government officials, as well as notable names in the medical, public health, and science fields - David Du Bose Gaillard, George M. Sternberg,...
Dates: 1892 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1897 - 1900

Joseph Kennedy, SJ Papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS77
Scope and contents note The Joseph Kennedy, S.J. papers is a small collection of miscellaneous correspondence received by Fr. Kennedy along with some biographical data and miscellaneous articles and printed matter that interested him. The primary interest of the collection is the information accumulated by Fr. Kennedy on the case of Susan Decatur, wife of the famous naval commodore, Stephen Decatur, Jr. The latter lost his life in a duel with Commodore James Barron in Bladensburg, Maryland in March 1820. After his...
Dates: 1912 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1984

Todd Haines collection

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS79
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Todd Haines collection is a mixture of correspondence and printed material primarily by and concerning British author Anthony Powell (1905-2000). Material consists of original typed signed letters from Powell to bookseller Handasyde Buchanan, New Zealand author Patrick A. Lawlor, and to John Lelliott, an admirer of his novel series, 'A Dance to the Music of Time.' Other Powell material includes page proofs for two of his books, 'Books Do Furnish a Room' (1971) and 'Messengers of Day'...
Dates: 1864-1990; Majority of material found within 1960-1980

Sofie Nordhoff-Jung papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS91
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Sofie A. Nordhoff-Jung Papers primarily consist of letters to and from Dr. Sofie A. Nordhoff-Jung, with some certificates belonging to her husband , Dr. Franz Jung. The Papers comprise .25 linear feet of material arranged in 16 folders in one box. The Sofie A. Nordhoff-Jung Papers consist of correspondence to and from Nordhoff-Jung between 1900 and 1935, much of which is with the Georgetown University concerning donations she made. Other correspondence consists of personal...
Dates: 1884-1943; Majority of material found within 1895-1935

Richard H. Clarke papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS92
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Richard H. Clarke Papers consist of letters, essays and printed materials of Richard H. Clarke (1827 - 1911). The papers comprise .20 linear feet of material, arranged in 15 folders in one box. The corresponence and manuscripts of this collection mainly involve Clarke's interest in Catholic history in America. He founded the United States Catholic Historical Society in the mid-1880's and conversed with many Catholic historians such as Martin I. J. Griffin, George Pax, Colonel Lamson,...
Dates: 1863-1911

Argentinian Jesuits collection

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS93
Scope and Contents note The Argentinean Jesuits Collection consists of eleven documents from early nineteenth century Buenos Aires, during the period of the return of the Society of Jesus and the South American liberation from Spain. The collection covers a variety of topics relating to the Society of Jesus in Buenos Aires. The first two documents from 1800 to 1802, relate to the Capuchin fathers in Buenos Aires. Several of the documents in the collection are petitions to the governing body of Buenos Aires, the...
Dates: 1800-1819; Majority of material found within 1800 - 1819

Thomas Armat papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS94
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison Manufacturing...
Dates: 1895-1978; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1946

Loughborough Family papers 1

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS95
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Loughborough Family Papers contains letters and Civil War documents of members of the Loughborough family arranged in seven folders in one box. Although a small collection, the Loughborough Family Papers contain an interesting peek at three interesting parts of American history: the sailing of the U.S.S. Constitution, the Civil War and the San Francisco Earthquake of April, 1906. In October 1814, Alexander Lufborough, a recent attendee of Georgetown College, was stationed on the U.S.S....
Dates: 1803-1952

F. Don Nidiffer collection of Washington, D.C. legal documents

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS96
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Nidiffer Collection consists of 741 documents, about 600 of which are deeds, all concerning transactions in Washington City and County and Georgetown, all in the District of Columbia between 1817 and 1886. The documents are arranged chronologically one to a folder in 8 boxes.* * * * * * *The Nidiffer Collection contains an interesting documentary account of personal and family business transactions in the District of Columbia in the nineteenth century. About 600...
Dates: 1817 - 1886

Manuscripts from Books collection

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Identifier: GTM-000001
Dates: 1832-2010; Majority of material found within 1975-1997

Edward Hermon papers

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Identifier: GTM-000003
Collection Level Scope and Contents note During the nineteenth century great fortunes were made by various entrepreneurs in the cotton industry of Lancashire. One of the most remarkable of these cotton masters was Edward Hermon (1821?-1881), the managing partner of Horrocks, Miller & Company, an early giant in the field. Hermon became the conservative M.P. for Preston (1868-1881) as well as an eminent art collector, sportsman, philantropist and builder. His papers, dating between 1864 and 1867, cover a variety of topics, but...
Dates: 1864-1897

Charles Ewing - William T. Sherman Family papers

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Identifier: GTM-000008
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, documents, ledgers, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed material concerning the Ewing and Sherman families. Included are 10 ALS's (l859-91) from William T. Sherman to his daughter Minnie Sherman Fitch and grand-daughter, Eleanor Sherman Fitch; AMs, "Speech at West Point" (1887), written and delivered by Sherman; material from General Charles Ewing, including leaves from a letter book (1880s), diary (1862, 1864), and photostat...
Dates: 1850 - 1933

Otto Donner Papers

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Identifier: GTM-001003
Scope and Contents Note The Otto Donner Papers contain materials by and about Otto Donner (1902-1981), a noted economist who served as an economics professor at Georgetown University and a public official at the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund. Correspondence, manuscripts by Donner, subject files, publications by Donner, and publications by others are present in the Donner Papers. Correspondents include Otmar Emminger, Wilfried Guth, and Heinrich Kronstein....
Dates: 1945 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1954 - 1968

Kilmer Family Papers

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Identifier: GTM-980703
Collection Level scope and contents note The Kilmer Family papers contain materials from the Kilmer family, a noted family of American writers. The collection includes materials relating to Joyce Kilmer, Aline Kilmer, Kenton Kilmer, Nicholas Kilmer, and other family members. Some letters, manuscripts, poems, photographs, ephemera, and clippings by and about poet-soldier Joyce Kilmer are present. In addition, materials by and concerning poet Aline Kilmer, such as letters, poems, and photographs, are preserved. Moreover, an...
Dates: 1861 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1995

Susan Rosenfeld Internal Security and Civil Liberties Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTM-021104
Scope and Contents

Pending.

Dates: 1994 - 1998

Wilson Dizard, Jr. Papers

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Identifier: GTM-030101
Collection Level Scope and Contents note

The bulk of this collection deals with the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) and communications.

Dates: 1949 - 2003

Robert M. Wagner Papers 1

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Identifier: GTM-040901
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Robert Wagner Papers consist of eight documents, mostly correspondence between Wagner and U.S. presidents. In the collection, there is a photo of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and a letter from Wagner to Carter, a letter from Sarah Churchill, a signature and speech by William J. Clinton, a telegram from Richard M. Nixon, and an invitation and inaugural ticket both signed by Harry S Truman. The Robert Wagner Papers provide source material relating to the career of Robert Wagner. The...
Dates: 1949 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1964 - 1994

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