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Plesman, Albert, Collection

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-9
Identifier: GTM-121126
Scope and Contents note

Articles, correspondence, notes, and manuscripts relating to Dr. Albert Plesman (1889-1953), Dutch pioneer in aviation and founder of KLM, the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name. Includes a carbon copy of typed manuscript of Plesman's autobiography; "Wither Civilization," a typed manuscript by Plesman; a photograph of a bust of Plesman; and a group photograph of Plesman with Mayor of Sydney, Australia, Ernest C. O'Dea (b. 1889-1976).

Dates: 1938 - 1954
Found in Notes:  Albert Plesman Colleciton, box number, folder number, Georgetown University Library Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, D.C.
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Albert Plesman Collection
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:  Plesman, Albert, Collection

Marckwardt, Albert H., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-781001
Scope and Contents The Albert H. Marckwardt Papers includes extensive and valuable files of his correspondence and research reports. The Marckwardt gift enables students, faculty, and visiting researchers to find in the Georgetown library a very comprehensive body of books, journals, and other material on English language and linguistics. Mrs. Marckwardt (Maybelle Davis, '67 MS) has given to the library a collection of several thousand linguistics books and journals assembled by the late...
Dates: 1948 - 1975
Found in Notes:  The Albert H. Marckwardt Papers includes extensive and valuable files of his correspondence and research reports.
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Albert H. Marckwardt Papers
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:  Marckwardt, Albert H., Papers

Shoemaker, Albert E., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830219
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence among the Shoemaker family and their Temperance Movement associates. Much of the correspondence revolves around their Temperance work, family matters, local affairs, and Albert E. Shoemaker's time at Georgetown Law School.

See the External Documents section below for a detailed inventory to the collection.

Dates: 1880s-1917
Found in Creators:  Shoemaker, Albert E.
Found in Notes:  Much of the correspondence revolves around their Temperance work, family matters, local affairs, and Albert E. Shoemaker's time at Georgetown Law School.
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:  Shoemaker, Albert E., Papers

Nekimken, Albert, Turkish Theater Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20220424
Scope and Contents The Albert Nekimken Turkish Theater Collection comprises primary research material assembled by Nekimken in Turkey while working on his dissertation on the influence of German Marxist politics and Bertolt Brecht on modern theater in Turkey. The collection consists of 184 volumes of published plays (some banned, many now scarce or rare), as well as theater history and criticism, written mainly from 1960 to 1975, and 29 audio cassettes containing performances and interviews with actors,...
Dates: 1946 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1980
Found in Creators:  Nekimken, Albert
Found in Notes:  Albert Lee Nekimken (born 1944) is a faculty member of the University of Maryland Global Campus and brokerage house executive.
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Albert Nekimken Turkish Theater Collection
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:  Nekimken, Albert, Turkish Theater Collection

Beckwith, Albert A., SJ, Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20241126
Scope and Contents

Correspondence to Fr. Albert A. Beckwith, SJ, while he was a theological student at Woodstock College (Maryland) between 1937 and 1941. Senders include his cousin Nellie M. Morgan of Wilcox, Pennsylvania; his godmother May Barry of Warwick, New York; his nephew Albert C. Beckwith of Goshen, Pennsylvania; and his sister Marie Beckwith of Jersey City, New Jersey. They primarily contain family updates and reference personal matters.

Dates: 1937 - 1941
Found in Creators:  Beckwith, Albert A., 1909-1983
Found in Notes:  Fr. Albert A. Beckwith (1909-1983) was born in Poughkeepsie to parents Albert F. and Susan G.
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Albert A. Beckwith, SJ Papers
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:  Beckwith, Albert A., SJ, Papers

Shoemaker Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-831130
Scope and Contents The collection primarily deals with family-related matters of the Eid, Brown, and Shoemaker families. The materials relate to the history of the 19th century Washington D.C. area, specifically Tenleytown, Friendship Heights, and west Chevy Chase, Maryland. See the External Documents section below for a detailed inventory to the collection.The Eid family materials includes deeds, plats, bills of exchange, and indentures from the 1830s to the 1860s. It also includes an undated bill...
Dates: 1830s-1958
Found in Notes:  See also the Albert E. Shoemaker Papers (GTM-830219).

Sheffield H. Kagy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-080628
Scope and Contents

The papers of artist Sheffield Harold Kagy.

Dates: 1942 - 1956
Found in Notes:  Gift of Albert B. Barnhart, 2008.

James Laver Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-811223
Scope and Contents Personal papers of James Laver (1899-1975), author and Keeper of Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. Correspondence to Laver and wife, actress Veronica Turleigh (1903-1971), provide a valuable source on English and Irish literary circles. Writers include Enid, Bagnold, John Betjeman, Violet Clifton, Martin d'Arcy, Graham Greene, Kate O'Brien, Iris Origo, Ronald Knox, Desmond MacCarthy, Rose...
Dates: 1918 - 1977
Found in Notes:  Personal papers of James Laver (1899-1975), author and Keeper of Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. Correspondence to Laver and wife, actress Veronica Turleigh (1903-1971), provide a valuable source on English and Irish literary circles.

Biographies and Autobiographies (Georgetown-Related)

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000556
Scope and Contents Box 1Edward B. Bunn, S.J. [typsecripts].William Gaston, Carolinian by Joseph Herman Schaulinger (G'39). Bruce Publishing Company: Milwaukee, 1949.Recollections and Reflections: An Autobiography of Half a Century and More by Wharton J. Green. Edwards and Broughton Printing Company, 1906.Passing for White: Race, Religion and the Healy Family, 1820-1920 by James M. O'Toole. University of Massachusetts Press, 2002.Bishop Healy:...
Dates: 1899-2002
Found in Notes:  The Story of a Great Man Whose Life has Become Legend by Albert Foley. New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1954 [with references to Patrick F.

Eugen d'Albert letters

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-140722.3
Scope and Contents Note The Eugen d'Albert letters consist of 87 letters, almost all of which were written from German composer and pianist Eugen d'Albert to Austrian composer and pianist Pauline Erdmannsdorfer. The letters date from 1892-1894, 1896-1897, 1899-1903, 1905-1906, and 1908-1913. In the letters, d'Albert discusses his musical creations with Pauline. He asks her to promote his compositions. The letters document d'Albert's musical evolution. D'Albert writes about rehearsals, critics, theater...
Dates: 1892-1919

Heinrich A. Rommen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-740101
Scope and Contents

The Heinrich A. Rommen Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, printed materials, photographs, and clippings pertaining to Rommen's career both in Germany and in the United States.

Dates: 1923 - 1967
Found in Notes:  Heinrich Albert Rommen (1897-1967) was born in Cologne, Germany, and received doctorates from the universities of Bonn and Muenster and headed the Brand Hitze School near Muenchen-Gladbach.

Scrapbook: Alvin E. Lesser (C 1941)

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000029-DS
Scope and Contents Two volumes.Volume one contains mainly photographs. Included are images of Georgetown University's campus (some in the snow); football and basketball games; the Glee Club; the 1939 New York World's Fair; "Hoya", the Georgetown mascot, standing on the statue of "Testudo", the Maryland terrapin; Al Matuza; Joe McFadden; Lou Ghecas; Myron Darmohray; Jules Koshlap; John Lascari; Mark Ostinato; Augie Lio; John E. Wise, S.J.; Edmund A. Walsh, S.J.; Frederick W. Sohon, S.J.; Arthur A....
Dates: 1936-1941; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1939
Found in Notes:  .; Benny Goodman at the Junior Prom, 1940; Albert Zaloom; Richard E. McVoy; James S. Ruby; Theodore Plessner, S.J.; and Elisha Berry.

Michael Amrine Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-760826
Scope and Contents The papers include a large quantity of Amrine's literary manuscripts, together with correspondence, print and near print material relating to a number of subjects, most importantly, atomic energy research and development.Correspondents include: Albert Einstein, Hans Bethe, Harold Urey, Thomas Hart Benton and William Allen White. Other materials include a collection of black and white still photographs relating to Amrine's research interests and tape recorded interviews, used as...
Dates: 1933 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1970
Found in Notes:  Correspondents include: Albert Einstein, Hans Bethe, Harold Urey, Thomas Hart Benton and William Allen White.

Alexander McWilliams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830808
Content Description Materials relating to the Broad Neck tract located at St . Clement's Manor, St. Mary's County. Includes boundary disputes, indentures, depositions. The property was originally granted to Thomas Gerard, whose daughter married the noted rebel leader of 1689, Kenelm Cheseldyne or Cheseldine [sp. var.]. The collection also includes a list of deaths in St . Mary's County from 1806-1844 as well as miscellaneous material. Copies of this collection are available at the Manuscripts Division of the...
Dates: 1678 - 1844
Found in Notes:  Other children were:

- Clinton, born 1808, died September 23, 1820; - Albert C., born November 16, 1811, died October 8, 1827 in Rochester, NY; - Adelaide Elizabeth, born September 2, 1813, died after 1852.

James P. J. Murphy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS118
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The James P. J. Murphy Papers primarily consist of correspondence and signed photographs of well-known artists, musicians, authors and stage figures of the 1930's and 1940's. The papers are arranged in 845 folders in 9 boxes. James P. J. Murphy had a good eye for art and chose materials wisely, and at a meager cost, he amassed an enormous autograph collection. He began in the early 1930's, mainly trying to get signed photographs of musicians and stage personalities, including...
Dates: 1930 - 1965
Found in Notes:  Special Collections also contains about 700 first editions collected by Murphy, many of them signed, including materials signed by Denise Levertov, Marianne Moore, Rachel Carson, Carl Sandburg, John Dos Passos, Albert Schweitzer, Christopher Morley, Eugene O'Neill, and Arthur Miller.

Ned O'Gorman Papers 3

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS431
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Ned O'Gorman Papers 3 are comprised of a portion of the personal papers of Ned O'Gorman, a noted poet and philanthropist. The collection includes correspondence sent to O'Gorman from individuals, such as John Andrew, Isaiah Berlin, Carla Carlisle, Jorge Guillermo, Shirley Hazzard, Joan Hooker, Albert Kresch, James Kritzeck, Samuel Menashe, Kathleen Raine, Ned Rorem, and Bill Scott, among others. Other materials in this collection include address books, diaries, printed materials, and...
Dates: 1956 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2007
Found in Notes:  The collection includes correspondence sent to O'Gorman from individuals, such as John Andrew, Isaiah Berlin, Carla Carlisle, Jorge Guillermo, Shirley Hazzard, Joan Hooker, Albert Kresch, James Kritzeck, Samuel Menashe, Kathleen Raine, Ned Rorem, and Bill Scott, among others.

Earl of Normanton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-860102
Scope and Contents note The archives of James Charles Welbore Ellis Agar (1818 - 1896), 3rd Earl of Normanton, consisting of 3.0 linear feet of material, including correspondence, drawings, legal documents, and related printed items. This collection is of importance to art historians as well as to historians of English history and culture. It would be invaluable for any studies of the Agar family; 19th century London (especially the Victoria and Albert Museum and Kensingtron Park areas); English legal history; and...
Dates: 1840 - 1908
Found in Notes:  It would be invaluable for any studies of the Agar family; 19th century London (especially the Victoria and Albert Museum and Kensingtron Park areas); English legal history; and the history of Hampshire county.

David Rankin Barbee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS145
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The bulk of the Barbee Papers concerns his research, accomplished primarily between the years 1928-1958. The Papers are organized according to provenance into seven series, out-lining his historical interests. The series are: I. Abraham Lincoln; II. Death of Lincoln; III. Lincoln and Booth; IV. John Wilkes Booth; V. Conspirators; VI. Rose O'Neil Greenhow; and VII. American History. Because the collection is largely subject-oriented, due to the inter-relatedness of topics the same subject...
Dates: 1886 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1956
Found in Notes:  Tyler, Philip Van Doren Stern, Henry Steele Commager, Emmanuel Hetz, Archibald Henderson, and Albert J. Beveridge, among others. Other correspondents include Bennet Cerf, General Merritte W.

Jan Philip Roothaan, SJ Archive

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS170
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Jan Philip Roothaan, S.J. Archive consists of correspondence, mainly from Jan Philip Roothaan, S.J. to his family in Amsterdam. The letters are arranged in 170 folders contained in three boxes. The letters contained in the Jan Philip Roothaan, S.J. Archive are of great interest to those investigating the personal and family life of the General of the Society of Jesus. A vast majority of the letters are from Jan Philip to his father, Mathias, and his brother, Albert, half in...
Dates: 1804 - 1852
Found in Notes:  Drach, S.J., both Jesuit Provincials, to Albert Roothaan, thanking him for his hospitality and announcing Jan's appointments as rector of the college at Turin and as General of the Society.

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