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Adams, Lester, 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
Found in Notes:
Adams who was employed in the lumber industry. In June 1903, Adams was admitted to the U.S.
Found in Finding Aid Title:
Lester Adams papers
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:
Adams, Lester, papers
Adams, John P., 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
Found in Notes:
John Popkin Adams, born at Newbury, Massachusetts on August 31, 1812, died at New York, New York on January 31, 1856.
Found in Finding Aid Title:
John P. Adams Papers
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:
Adams, John P., papers
Drake, Samuel Adams, Collection of New Jerseyana
Collection
Identifier: GTM-220203
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials documenting the history of New Jersey from the colonial period to the mid-19th century that were collected by Samuel Adams Drake.
Dates:
19th century
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Creators:
Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905
Found in Notes:
The collection consists of materials documenting the history of New Jersey from the colonial period to the mid-19th century that were collected by Samuel Adams Drake.
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:
Drake, Samuel Adams, Collection of New Jerseyana
Clarke Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-180428
Scope and Contents
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
Found in Notes:
Gift of Sister Maria Theotokos, SSVM [Elinor Adams], 2018.
Brady-Howle Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-180427
Scope and Contents
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, 1860s-1970s.
Dates:
1860s-1970s
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Gift of Sister Maria Theotokos, SSVM [Elinor Adams], 2018
Images of U.S. Presidents (Not at Georgetown)
Collection
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
Found in Notes:
Includes: George and Martha Washington, John Adams, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln (includes detail of his signature), first inauguration of Ulysses S.
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
Found in Notes:
After studying law in the office of John Quincy Adams, he served as private secretary to Adams, U.S. minister to Russia from 1809 to 1811.
Charles Lacey Papers
Collection
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
Found in Notes:
Lacey served as a midshipman on the "John Adams." Lacey also served as a midshipman on board the U.S.S.
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
Found in Notes:
Gift of Tanni Adams.
City of Philadelphia Indenture
Collection
Identifier: GTM-0024
Scope and Contents
A 1733 indenture for property in the City of Philadelphia that involves the following individuals: Adam Lewis, Mary Lewis, John Martin, Thomas Chalkely, Ralph Jackson, John Michener, James Tucker, Mary Tucker, William Carter, and John Dixon.
See the External Documents section below for a transcript of the document.
Dates:
1733
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
A 1733 indenture for property in the City of Philadelphia that involves the following individuals: Adam Lewis, Mary Lewis, John Martin, Thomas Chalkely, Ralph Jackson, John Michener, James Tucker, Mary Tucker, William Carter, and John Dixon.
English Honors Theses
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030728755]
Identifier: GTA-000931
Content Description
Two bound volumes of English Honors Theses from 2013. Includes the following papers: "Incoherent Constructions: Forging the Female Identity in the Novels of Thomas Hardy" by Madeleine Collins, "The Chorus" by Madeline [sic] Collins, "One Is Two Is You Is" by Adam Greenberg, "Humoring Religion: How the Witty Women of Southern Literature Redefine Gender Orthodoxy" by Amelia Hall, "The Language of Insecurity in Wordsworth's London" by Madeleine...
Dates:
2013
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Includes the following papers: "Incoherent Constructions: Forging the Female Identity in the Novels of Thomas Hardy" by Madeleine Collins, "The Chorus" by Madeline [sic] Collins, "One Is Two Is You Is" by Adam Greenberg, "Humoring Religion: How the Witty Women of Southern Literature Redefine Gender Orthodoxy" by Amelia Hall, "The Language of Insecurity in Wordsworth's London" by Madeleine Joelson, "Prisms and Prisons" by Julia Maddera, "Crafting Self in Community: An Experimental Critical Study of Contemporary Women's Memoir" by Kate Newman, "Our Side of the River: Look into the Life of Kenilworth Elementary" by Keelin O'Donoghue, "Underground Men: Race and Space in Invisible Man and 'The Man Who Lived Underground'" by Sasha Ann Panaram, "Daughter(s) of Memory: Women Surviving Trauma in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, Eyes, Memory and The Dew Breaker" by Marya Pulaski, "Attractive Forms: Poetic Language and the Figure of the Woman in Baudelaire and Poe" by Kylie Sago, and "Hamilton, New Hampshire is the Capital of the World" by Jacquelyn Stolos.
Joseph E. Jeffs Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS429
Scope and Contents
The Joseph E. Jeffs Papers contain correspondence between the former University Librarian at Georgetown University, Joseph E. Jeffs, and a number of scholars and writers. Among the significant individuals with whom Jeffs kept in contact are Ambassador William H. Taft, III, writer Yvonne Cloetta, and author Graham Greene. There are also letters in the collection from Norman Mailer and Anthony Thwaite, as well as a collection of newspaper clippings on Graham Greene. Jeffs also collected...
Dates:
1979 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1979 - 2000
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Matthews Family Papers
Collection
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
Found in Notes:
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.
Martyn Goff Papers
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 5 (Letter): [Barcode: 39020030726437], 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
Found in Notes:
There are mentions of various literary and publishing figures, such as Christina Foyle, Graham Greene, Melvyn Bragg, Michael Holroyd, Matthew Evans, Louis Baum, Frank Delaney, Sir Stanley Unwin, Frank Muir, Alan Hill, Simon Hornby, Clifford Simmons, Charles Hammick, Peter Stockham, Hunter Davies, Richard Adams, Ivor Courtney, Margaret Drabble, Carme Callil, Anthony Burgess, Michael Caine, Jack Morpurgo, David Whitaker, Norah Smallwood, and Ian Parsons.
Boggs Family papers
Collection
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
Found in Notes:
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.
Leo J. Kasun Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-110118
Scope and Contents Note
The Leo J. Kasun Papers contain materials by and about Ned O'Gorman, a noted Catholic author and educator. The collection includes invitations from O'Gorman for various benefits, a drawing of O'Gorman, art work by O'Gorman, and photographs. Some of the photographs depict O'Gorman, students, and teachers at the Ricardo O'Gorman Garden and School.
Dates:
1977 - 2010
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Some of his books include "The Night of the Hammer (1959)," "Adam Before the Mirror (1961)," "The Buzzard and the Peacock (1964)," "The Harvester's Vase: Poems (1968)," "Prophetic Voices: Ideas and Words on Revolution (1969)," " The Storefront: A Community of Children (1970)," " The Blue Butterfly (1971)," "The Flag and the Hawk Flies (1972)," and "The Children Are Dying (1978)."
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
Found in Notes:
He was buried beside his parents in Adams County. Wright never married.
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
Found in Notes:
She died on March 4, 2008, at the Wilson Health Care Center in Gaithersburg, Maryland; and is buried in Adams, Minnesota.
W. J. West Collection on Graham Greene
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20000607
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typed manuscripts of works by author Graham Greene, as well as photographic stills of films and plays written by Greene. Also included is correspondence between Greene and bookseller David Low and related material for the published book of this correspondence titled "Dear David, Dear Graham." Topics discussed in the correspondence include rare books, Low's memoir, and Greene's travels.
Dates:
1950s-1991
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Marguerite Kumm Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20090101
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials from artist Marguerite Kumm (1902-1992), including correspondence, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, diaries, and photographs.Series 1 covers Kumm's family history and early childhood, and includes diaries, photographs, and correspondence from Kumm's immediate family.Series 2 covers Kumm's professional career and includes correspondence with museums and galleries, publications that featured Kumm's work, and materials relating...
Dates:
1882 - 1992
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts