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Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS342
Scope and Contents
The John Knox Papers represent the personal papers of John Knox, who served as law clerk and private secretary for Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds during the October 1936 term. Most notably, the collection includes portions of Knox's typed memoir detailing his experiences during the 1936 Supreme Court term, along with letters, documents, and photographs of Supreme Court justices during the 1930s. Moreover, as Knox was an avid collector, his papers contain an extensive set of...
Dates:
1826 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1980
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS408
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection includes 8 letters to and from Aaron Homer Byington from 1844 to 1899. The majority of these are typed letters signed by John Addison Porter to Byington. The letters cover a broad range of topics including Washington Cabinet appointments, Connecticut Senatorial races, consular salaries, significant newspapers, the Republican Party, the Spanish-American War, and Byington's son, George. Also included in the collection is an autograph signed letter from Aaron Homer Byington to...
Dates:
1844-1899
Collection
Identifier: GTM-190709
Scope and Contents
This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.The collection contains over 1,700 photographs and 400 documents recording the history of the De Luca family over 8 decades involving the American Civil War, the unification of Italy, the Japanese invasion of China and the Siege of...
Dates:
1860 - 1945
Collection
Identifier: GTM-180305
Scope and Contents
The papers of R. Emmett Curran consist of materials related to his work as a historian and author, including publications such as A History of Georgetown University and John Dooley's Civil War.Includes unpublished manuscripts and drafts on the history of Catholics in America, the Civil War, and 19th century Baltimore, as well as additional works on Georgetown University history. From the donor: "There are six boxes containing various drafts of the Georgetown history, as well as...
Dates:
1960s-2010s
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS209
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of material relating to at least four generations of the Byington family, and includes correspondence, property deeds, biographical information and newspaper clippings organized into the
following series:Series 1. Aaron Homer Byington (1826-1910): Correspondence
Series 2. Aaron Homer Byington: Manuscripts
Series 3. Aaron Homer Byington: Related Material
Series 4. Homer Morrison Byington I (1879-1966): Correspondence
Series 5. Homer Morrison Byington I, II...
Dates:
1835 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1960
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS257
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Helen King Boyer Collection includes the personal papers of Zachariah T. Miller (1847-1913), who was attached to the 61st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment under General Carl Schurz during the American Civil War and later practiced homeopathic medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; his daughter Louise Miller Boyer (1890-1976), a noted artist and pioneer screenwriter at Metro Pictures Corporation in the New York City film industry in 1918; his granddaughter Helen King Boyer (b. 1919),...
Dates:
1800 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1976
