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19th Century British Poetry Manuscripts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-150616
Content Description

Collection of manuscript poems by 56 minor British poets. Includes prose and 3 photographs. Poets include: Alfred Austin, Mary Elizabeth Braden, "Alfred Crowquill," Francis Jeffrey, J. Sheridan Knowles, Lord John Russell, Charles Augustus Sala, and Martin F. Tupper.

Dates: 1800 - 1899
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Mercedes de Acosta Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-860601
Scope and contents note Documenting part of the career of playwright, poet, and novelist Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968), the Mercedes de Acosta Papers consist of letters written to her, a few manuscript plays written by her, her address books, some published works in her possession, and some photographs. Comprising 4 boxes (1.0 linear feet), the material dates from 1920-1975.Highlights of the collection include three typed manuscript plays written by de Acosta titled "The Dark Light" (undated), "Jehanne...
Dates: 1920 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1938-1968
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Nelson Algren Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-160405
Scope and Contents Note The Nelson Algren Collection consists of some correspondence and two manuscripts of noted American writer Nelson Algren (1909-1981). Included is correspondence about Algren's books "The Man with the Golden Arm" and "Somebody in Boots." The primary correspondent is Ken McCormick, an editor with Doubleday and Company, Inc. Two typed manuscripts by Algren are also preserved in this collection: "The Door to Dingdong Daddyland" and "The Door to Pingpong Playboyland." A number of books that...
Dates: 1937 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1951
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Arabic Script Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-760101a
Scope and Contents This collection contains manuscripts written in the Arabic script and contains texts in the languages of Persian and Turkish, as well as a number of Arabic dialects. The texts vary widely in subject matter. This small collections contains a number of Korans and other religious works, as well as books of history and poetry, and the Kama Sutra. The provenance and dates of acquisitions vary from item to item, some having come from the University Archives, some through purchase, and some through...
Dates: 1544-1800s
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Kenneth Atchity - Denise Levertov collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-950101
Scope and Contents

The Kenneth Atchity - Denise Levertov Collection primarily consists of correspondence and manuscripts. There is a series of letters from Levertov to Atchity dated 1979-1980 and a few letters from Atchity to Levertov. The manuscripts comprise poems, journals, and notes.

Dates: 1978-1990
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Kenneth Atchity papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS116
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Kenneth Atchity Collection is a set of personal papers of Kenneth J. Atchity comprised of correspondence, manuscripts, lecture notes, scrapbooks, video tapes, printed ephemera and related material, comprising 42 linear feet of material arranged in 29 boxes. The collection is arranged in eight series: the Individuals Correspondence Series, the Scripts and Manuscripts Series, the Academic Series, the Business Files Series, the Printed Materials Series, the Video Series, the Scrapbook...
Dates: 1965-1990; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Alan Gabriel Barnsley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS76
Scope and Contents

The Alan G. Barnsley Papers consist of eight letters from such prominent writers as Ian Fleming, C.S. Lewis, Muriel Spark and Stephen Spender.

Abbreviations used in this register include: ALS (autograph letter signed); TLS (typed letter signed).

Dates: 1954-1959; Majority of material found within 1954 - 1959
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Philip Barry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS128
Scope and Contents The Philip Barry Papers consist of correspondence from friends and associates to Philip and Ellen Barry. Some well known individuals include, Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet; Katherine Bregy (Catholic author); William C. Bullitt (US ambassador); writers Henry W. Clune, Edsel Ford, Brendan Gill, Morris Hadley, John O'Hara, Joseph Verner Reed, Robert Sherwood; actresses Lillian Gish and Katherine Hepburn; producers/directors Joseph Mankiewicz and Robert Sinclair. The collection...
Dates: 1921 - 1984
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Hilaire Belloc - Elizabeth Belloc collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS202
Collection-level Scope and Content Note Hilaire Belloc-Elizabeth Belloc CorrespondenceThis collection contains the correspondence sent by Hilaire Belloc to his daughter Elizabeth over the period 1932-1944. Hilaire was 62 at the start of this correspondence and entering the final stages of his career. He was plagued increasingly with ill-health over the course of this correspondence, and there is frequent reference to his suffering from flus, fatigue, and difficulties with his handwriting. In 1942 he suffered a...
Dates: 1934-1944
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Belloc, Hilaire - Chesterton, G.K., collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-190528
Content Description

Letters, manuscripts, printed source material and photographs relating to Hilaire Belloc and G.K. Chesterton.

Dates: 1919-1984; Majority of material found in 1920-1930
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Hilaire Belloc - Elizabeth Greenhill collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS403
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Hilaire Belloc - Elizabeth Greenhill Collection (1 box, .25 linear feet) contains 10 letters from historian and writer Hilaire Belloc to his bookbinder, Elizabeth Greenhill, dated between January 1938 and May 1940. Of the Belloc - Greenhill Papers, seven are typed signed letters and three are handwritten. Belloc discusses a number of books and correspondences he was working on or having bound at the time, such as "The County of Sussex", "The Old Road", "Verses", and "The Path to Rome."...
Dates: 1938-1940
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Hilaire Belloc - Dorothy Hamilton collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS444
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Hilaire Belloc - Dorothy Hamilton Collection consists of personal correspondence between Hilaire Belloc and Dorothy Hamilton. The collection also includes several letters of correspondence between Elodie Belloc and Dorothy Hamilton, letters from Belloc's children to Dorothy Hamilton, correspondence between Belloc and others, and a few letters from others to Dorothy Hamilton. Several newspaper clippings, tickets to Belloc's lectures, and Hilaire Belloc's account book for 1907-1908 are...
Dates: 1905-1943; Majority of material found within 1907-1920
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Hilaire Belloc - Emma Pescatore collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS404
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

Correspondence between Hilaire Belloc and Emma Pescatore.

Dates: 1905-1931
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Roger Bensky Collection of Samuel Beckett Letters

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-181024
Scope and Contents The collection consists of three letters from Samuel Beckett to Roger Bensky (20 February, 22 April, and 5 November 1969); one letter from Geneviève Serreau to Bensky (26 June 1969), and copies of two articles written by Bensky (1969, 1974). The correspondence from Beckett resulted from Bensky's efforts to find publication for his article "La symbolique du mime dans le théâtre de Samuel Beckett." Having been rejected by two academic journals, Bensky decided to write to Beckett...
Dates: 1969 - 1974
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Paul F. Betz Wordsworth and English Literature collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-141121
Scope and Contents Paul F. Betz, Professor of English, received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1965, taught at Georgetown University until 2007, and remains active as a Wordsworth scholar and in University affairs. His extensive collection of English literature is centered on the Wordsworth circle, but extends to English Romantic poetry in general, to the literature of the English Lake District, and to other late eighteenth century and nineteenth century poetry. Less central elements reflect Betz's...
Dates: 1565-1997; Majority of material found in 1800s-1900
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Katherine Biddle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS250
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The papers of Katherine Biddle are organized into nine series: 1. Individuals - Correspondence with notable individuals, including composers, musicians, poets and writers (see biographical note below for a list of names). 2. Alphabetical correspondence - Frequent correspondents, arranged by name. 3. Chronological correspondence - Arranged alphabetically by year. 4. Literary associations, publications and publishers - Related correspondence files. Of particular note are files relating to the...
Dates: 1855 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1969
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Saturday Evening Post article by William Peter Blatty

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 19 (Oversized), Folder: 5
Identifier: GTM-20231116
Scope and Contents

1 issue of the Saturday Evening Post (March 29, 1958) featuring an article by William Peter Blatty titled "They Believed I Was an Arab Prince."

Dates: 1958
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

William P. Blatty Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-730327
Scope and Contents

The collection contains typed manuscripts and galley proofs for novels and screenplays by William P. Blatty. It also contains research materials related to the Exorcist, including letters from Father William S. Bowdern (1968-1975).

Dates: 1953-2010
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Ray Bradbury Letters

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-141117
Scope and Contents

A collection, assembled by author Nelson Bond (1908-2006), of 18 typed letters, dated 1949-1996, received from science fiction writer Ray Bradbury (1920-2012). Includes 5 typed letters signed from Nelson Bond, dated 1957 to 1976. Additional items regarding Bradbury sent by Nelson Bond to friend Allen Ahearn (owner, Quill and Brush).

Dates: 1949-1996; Majority of material found in 1949-1974
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Neil F. Brennan Papers on Graham Greene

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-130107
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 the bibliographic research files of Graham Greene scholar Neil F. Brennan.

Dates: 20th century
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

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