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Lester Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-920101
Collection-level scope and contents note The Lester Adams Papers primarily consist of the official papers and ephemera of Captain Lester Adams, who was part of the U.S. Medical Corps during World War I stationed in the Panama Canal Zone. The papers are arranged in 19 folders and housed in 1 box.The Lester Adams Papers cover Adams' brief service in the Medical Reserve Corps, mainly consisting of military orders, ephemera, and a few photographs. Among Adams' official correspondence are a telegram from Surgeon General...
Dates: 1916-1919; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Lester Adams papers

John P. Adams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-140116
Scope and content note This collection consists of the letters and legal documents of John Popkin Adams (1812-1856), his wife, and daughters. The material relates to Adams' work as U.S. consul at La Guaira, Venezuela, his efforts to establish an inter-oceanic railroad on the ithsmus of Panama, land speculation in the U.S., and his pursuit of monetary claims against Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador related to privateering during the Spanish American wars of independence. Letters are arranged chronologically from...
Dates: 1822 - 1898
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John P. Adams Papers

Alexander Hill Everett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS246
Collection-level Scope and Content Note Diplomat, author, political insider and brother of Edward Everett, Alexander Hill Everett (1790-1847) shaped American politics both abroad and at home. The Alexander Hill Everett Collection provides documentation of four important and diverse topics: life as charge d'affaires to The Hague in 1822 and 1823, analysis of the U.S. presidential election of 1824 before the final result was formalized, discussion of population theories, and expenses of the U.S. minister to Spain between 1825 and...
Dates: 1822 - 1829
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Alexander Hill Everett Papers

Charles Lacey Papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS242
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Charles Lacey Papers consist of seven letters dated between 1809 and 1814 received by Charles Lacey, an American naval officer during the War of 1812. Lacey's cash book dating to 1809-1810, which he used as a midshipman on board the U.S.S. "John Adams," is also preserved in this collection. Although they comprise but eight folders, the Charles Lacey Papers document some interesting incidents during the War of 1812, especially its naval aspects. The correspondence in the Lacey Papers...
Dates: 1809 - 1814
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Charles Lacey Papers

Images of U.S. Presidents (Not at Georgetown)

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Identifier: GTA-000177
Scope and Contents Contains images of U.S. Presidents, mostly at inaugurals. Includes: George and Martha Washington, John Adams, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln (includes detail of his signature), first inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant in 1869, first inauguration of Grover Cleveland in 1885 (2 photographs, one showing streetcar in front of a decorated Willard Hotel), Benjamin Harrison (presumably his inauguration), William McKinley (at inauguration, with James Cardinal Gibbons, and Admiral Dewey, and lying in...
Dates: Washington to Reagan
Found in: Georgetown University Archives / Images of U.S. Presidents (Not at Georgetown)

Brady-Howle Family Papers

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Identifier: GTM-180427
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 correspondence, photographs, architectural drawings, ephemera, books, and other material related to the Brady-Howle family of Washington, D.C., with ties to Georgetown University and the family home, Valley View,...
Dates: 1860s-1970s
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Brady-Howle Family Papers

Clarke Family Papers

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Identifier: GTM-180428
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.

Correspondence, photographs, ledgers, genealogy, and other material (1850s-1910s) related to the family of Daniel Boone Clarke, a Washington, D.C. physician and graduate of Georgetown University.

Dates: 1850s-1910s
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Clarke Family Papers

Greenpeace Latin America Records

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-110311
Scope and Contents Note

The Greenpeace Latin America Records consist of materials relating to the efforts of Greenpeace to promote environmentalism in Central and South America. Reports, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development documents, printed materials, memos, meeting minutes, and other items are contained in the collection. The collection is preserved in 15 boxes (21.5 linear feet).

Dates: 1986 - 1995
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Greenpeace Latin America Records

Matthews Family Papers

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Identifier: GTM-730917
Scope and Contents Correspondence, documents, manuscripts, diaries and clippings concerning the Matthews family of Missouri. Early material includes leaves from a diary, describing frontier life in Missouri from 1818-1833, a land grant signed by John Quincy Adams in 1827, and bills of sale from 1855 for two enslaved people. Later material includes correspondence and manuscripts from Florence Calvert Thorne, Director of Research for the American Federation of Labor, and research material of Ralph A. Anderson...
Dates: 1812 - 1976
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Matthews Family Papers

William W. Wright Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS178
Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection consists of the four folios of General Wright's scrapbook which contains primarily news items relating to the proposed construction of the Panama Canal. Some letters, notes, and sketches by Wright are included, along with printed maps showing the different interoceanic routes that were considered. In addition, the scrapbook includes a letter from John A. Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, and several broadsides in Spanish citing Ferdinand de Lesseps and the canal...
Dates: 1857 - 1883; Majority of material found within 1879 - 1882
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / William W. Wright Collection

Martyn Goff Papers

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 5 (Letter), Folder: 1-2
Identifier: GTM-20221006
Abstract Collection primarily consists of correspondence between Martyn Goff (administrator of the Booker Prize from 1973-2006) and Ian Norrie (a longtime friend and member of the Booker Prize management committee). It includes approximately 125 letters between the two dating from the 1970s to the early 1990s.Martyn Goff (7 June 1923 – 25 March 2015) was a British literary administrator, author, and bookseller. He made a significant contribution to the organization and popularity of the...
Dates: 1973 - 1991
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Martyn Goff Papers

Anna J. Gurvin papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-161110
Content Description

Resource material relating to Gurvin's work as assistant cultural affairs officer at the U.S. Information Agency. Includes Federal reports and publications by private organizations regarding cultural and educational funding and support abroad.

Dates: 1970-2000
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Anna J. Gurvin papers

Grant Richards Papers

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Identifier: GTM-781016
Scope and Contents The Grant Richards Papers consist of correspondence, (Boxes 1 to 3), manuscripts (Box 4 and throughout individual correspondence files), printed materials (Box 5), photos and clippings (Box 5 and 6), all relating to Richards and to the various authors he published. Of note is correspondence between Lady Gregory and himself regarding proposed biographies of Sir Hugh Lane, who died on the "Lusitania." The collection would be of interest in the study of any of the writers represented to the...
Dates: 1889 - 1962
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Grant Richards Papers

Gallery of Living Catholic Authors Collection

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS472
Scope and Contents The Gallery of Living Catholic Authors Collection was formed by the Gallery, founded in 1932 by Sister Mary Joseph, S.L. It was transferred in 1980 from its original home at Webster College in St. Louis to Georgetown. It consists of manuscripts, letters, and photographs by and about more than 600 British, American, European, and Asian Catholic authors of the twentieth century, including such writers as Hugh de Blacam, Roy Campbell, Wilfrid Rowland Childe, August Derleth, Julian Green, Mary...
Dates: 1890 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1961
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Gallery of Living Catholic Authors Collection

James Brown Scott Papers

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Identifier: GTM-660503
Scope and Contents The papers of James Brown Scott (1866-1945), authority in international law, consisting of correspondence, memoranda, documents, minutes, printed material, manuscripts of articles and addresses, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Included is material from Scott's activities as Solicitor (1906-1910) and Special Advisor (1914-1917) for the State Department, as delegate to the Second Hague Conference (1907) and Paris Peace Conference (1919), his membership and offices in the Carnegie...
Dates: 1891 - 1967
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / James Brown Scott Papers

Charles Kent Papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS456
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The collection contains letters written by religious and political leaders to Charles Kent and others dating from 1862 to 1889. The authors of the letters include Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman, Cardinal Henry Edward Manning, Cardinal John Henry Newman, and Prime Minister William Gladstone. Most of the letters are written to Kent, editor of The Sun and The Weekly Register, and discuss England's newspapers with regard to religious matters and Catholicism. The letters were written after the time of...
Dates: 1862 - 1896
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Charles Kent Papers

Loughborough Family Papers 2

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS274
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Loughborough Family Papers: Part 2 document the history of the Loughboroughs, a prominent nineteenth century family with connections to the neighborhood of Georgetown and Georgetown University. Of note are documents by and about early U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury Nathan Loughborough, U.S. Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke, Hamilton Loughborough, Confederate officer James Henry Loughborough, artist Margaret M. Loughborough, and others. Representing a large bulk of the family's...
Dates: 1796 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1800 - 1880
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Loughborough Family Papers 2

Horace Porter Collection

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS249
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Horace Porter Collection consists of 13.0 linear feet of photographs, manuscripts, letters, clippings, prints, and printed ephemera, together with a large assortment of valuable artifacts connected with General Porter's career. Porter, best known for his role as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was a noted soldier, railroad executive, diplomat, and son of Governor David Rittenhouse Porter (1788-1867) of Pennsylvania. The collection includes a variety of...
Dates: 1855 - 1921
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Horace Porter Collection

Waldorf Astor journal

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS256
Collection-level Scope and Content Note Written in 1901 during his days as a student at New College, Oxford, the Journal of Waldorf Astor provides a brief, but interesting glimpse into the life of a young man who was born into immense wealth and would later devote himself to public service. This journal records Astor's social activities and personal interests, particularly his love of horses, which comes as no surprise given that he eventually built up one of the best known studs in Great Britain. Aside from his numerous entries...
Dates: 1901-1901; Majority of material found in 1901 - 1901
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Waldorf Astor journal

McHarg Family Papers 2

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS266
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The McHarg Family Papers: Part 2 contain a small number of documents related to U.S. Civil War officer Horace Porter, financier and railroad president Henry K. McHarg, and Civil War assistant quartermaster of volunteers John McHarg. Porter married into the McHarg family during the Civil War. The McHarg Family Papers: Part 2 further document the history of the Porter and McHarg families and supplement the McHarg Family Papers: Part 1 already preserved in the Georgetown University Library...
Dates: 1856 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1856 - 1928
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / McHarg Family Papers 2

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