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Photographs: Lauinger Library Construction
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000050-DS
Scope and Contents
Contains eleven, mounted, black-and-white photographs showing phases of construction work on Lauinger Library, beginning with ground clearing in the summer of 1967. A card with the photographs indicates that they were taken by Jim Lawrence.
Dates:
1967-1970
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Contains eleven, mounted, black-and-white photographs showing phases of construction work on Lauinger Library, beginning with ground clearing in the summer of 1967. A card with the photographs indicates that they were taken by Jim Lawrence.
George McNamara Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-140722.2
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes correspondence, audio tapes, articles, and research files pertaining to the case of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd in the context of the Lincoln assassination, Dr. Mudd's imprisonment for his alleged involement therein, and the campaign by the Mudd family and George McNamara to clear the name and rehabilitate the reputation of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd.
Dates:
1865 - 2005
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Mudd's imprisonment for his alleged involement therein, and the campaign by the Mudd family and George McNamara to clear the name and rehabilitate the reputation of Dr.
Philip Cardella, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS44
Scope and Contents
The papers in this collection cover a wide variety of places and events--not all clear in their relationship to Cardella. Most are in Spanish (letters to and from Central America as well as sermons for his New York community). There are seven folders of correpondence, received and sent, with some undated drafts of letters; four folders of material for and about the Spanish community in NYC; and small amounts of teaching material, legal documents and opinions, and inscription drafts.
Dates:
1872 - 1920; Majority of material found within 1887 - 1901
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The papers in this collection cover a wide variety of places and events--not all clear in their relationship to Cardella. Most are in Spanish (letters to and from Central America as well as sermons for his New York community).
Map Collection of the Booth Family Center for Special Collections
Collection
Identifier: GRB-20211220
Scope and Contents
Collection of approximately 500 maps of unknown provenance. Many of the maps contain a Georgetown College or Riggs Library stamp and have been held by the Library for some time.
Dates:
1797 - 1998
Found in:
Georgetown University Rare Books
Rodney Loomer Mott Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-830118
Scope and Contents
The papers of Rodney Loomer Mott span the years 1942 to 1946 when he served in Berlin as Deputy Chief of the Public Finance Branch of the Office of Military Government for Germany, U.S. Zone (OMGUS). The papers comprise an interesting collection of legal, military, and personal documentation of Germany's financial status and subsequent reorganization by the Allies after the war. Note: Click on "External Documents" below for a link to the finding aid to the collection.
Dates:
1942 - 1946
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
For four years, from 1930 to 1934, Mott served as a research consultant and managing editor for the American Legislators Association in Chicago (This was an organization of public officials which was a legislative reference clearing center for state legislators. The organization prepared bulletins on legislative and public administrative problems, and edited State Government magazine).
Life of Blessed Colette, Reformer of the Sisters of Saint Clare, bound manuscript
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: GTM-150528
Scope and Contents
Manuscript account of the life of Saint Colette (b.1381-1447), as related by the Abbot of Saint-Laurent (c.1750-1770). Full title in French: "La Vie de la bienheureuse Collette Reformatrice des Religieuses de Sainte Claire." Bound volume, 285 pages.
Dates:
1750-1770
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
During this time her mission to reform the Poor Clares was made clear to her. She sought permission from antipope Benedict XIII, at Avignon, who received her into the Second Order of St.
John E. Carmody (F 1973) Student Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTA-121023
Scope and Contents
Contains material reflective of student life at Georgetown from 1969-1973. Includes Georgetown publications and flyers and other ephemera. Much relates to student activism, particularly protests against the Vietnam War. One folder relates to Professor Carroll Quigley and contains examinations, lecture outlines, and a cassette tape of lecture by Quigley in Gaston Hall.
Dates:
1969-1973
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Brien McMahon Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-870219
Scope and Contents note
The Brien McMahon Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, legal papers, newspaper clippings, honors and awards, photographs, and personal ephemera concerning the life of the late Senator and his family from circa 1930 to 1953. While the majority of the papers concern McMahon's career with the U.S. Department of Justice, there is also some material regarding his two Senate terms, his marriage to Rosemary Turner, his Presidential campaign in 1952, and his death.The collection...
Dates:
1930 - 1953
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He was a man of integrity, wisdom, and idealism who clearly saw his purpose in life and used all his abilities to fulfill it.
Michel Chevalier papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS108
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The material in this collection reflects the consultation Michel Chevalier was requesting from a Minister, probably in Paris or a nearby capital, as to how he should approach Chamorro. This Minister was probably a Central American diplomat in Europe, possibly Peralta. The letter which Chevalier eventually sent to Chamorro is also in the collection. It seems clear that Chevalier's claims were so weak by the time of this correspondence that he would not receive his concession, which was...
Dates:
1863-1876
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The letter which Chevalier eventually sent to Chamorro is also in the collection. It seems clear that Chevalier's claims were so weak by the time of this correspondence that he would not receive his concession, which was rejected by the Nicaraguan Government rather quickly.
Jimmy Moxon Collection of Louis Armstrong Materials
Collection
Identifier: GTM-151208
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, manuscript material, printed ephemera and memorabilia, photographs, and phonographic records related to jazz artist Louis Armstrong and compiled by Jimmy Moxon, a colonial officer and Ghanaian civil servant who organized Armstrong's two-day visit to perform at Accra, Ghana, in May 1956. Of particular note are Moxon's original unpublished manuscript account of the visit, personal mementos, signed invitations and photographs, press notices, programs, and large broadsides...
Dates:
1947 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1956
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Moxon, as the organizer of the trip, ensured that the visit ran smoothly, even rescheduling the performance time to the afternoon when it became clear that the camera crew would not have enough light to film at night.
Peter Epinette, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS38
Scope and Contents
The Peter Epinette, SJ Papers contains a letter from Fr. Dzierozynski regarding the "Mattingly Miracle," an "Exhortation on the Commons Rules," and four bound volumes of spiritual writings.
Dates:
1806 - 1824
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Some articles in the Woodstock Letters indicate he may also have served at Newtown, although it is not clear if so or when.
Lester Bernstein Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-860501
Scope and Contents
The Lester Bernstein Papers consist of a diary written by Bernstein from July 21 to December 31 1899, part of the period in which he worked for the Isthmian Canal Commission (ICC). The remaining materials are lists pertaining to the hiring and placement of local men to work for the ICC. Lester Bernstein was one of the men sent to Nicaragua to survey for canals. From his diary it can be discerned that he hired, supervised, and distributed the local workmen, helped build and/or...
Dates:
1899 July-December
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
From his diary it can be discerned that he hired, supervised, and distributed the local workmen, helped build and/or restore camps, bought supplies, cleared paths through the jungle, and assisted with the surveying.
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
Found in Notes:
While Hilaire willingly accepted his new position
of providing emotional support and moral guidance to the family, he was
clearly never comfortable with the day-to-day responsibilities of raising a
family and grew dependent on his eldest daughter Eleanor for assistance.
Clarence J. McIntosh Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS199
Scope and Contents
The Clarence J. McIntosh Papers consists of the correspondence sent by Mr. McIntosh to his family while stationed with the U.S. State Department in Saudi Arabia together with two photograph albums that contain the photographs taken while on diplomatic assignment in Ecuador and Saudi Arabia.
Dates:
1942 - 1945
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The close relationship that existed between the American diplomatic corps and Casoc, now Aramco, during this period is clearly detailed in the correspondence sent by McIntosh to his family.
Alexander Ward Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-850101
Scope and Contents
The Alexander Ward Papers comprise fifteen autograph diaries of Alexander Ward from 1870 to 1889. The diaries begin while Ward is eighteen and trace his development from a wealthy youth working part-time in a factory to a wealthy land owner doing local magistracy work. The diaries offer us an interesting perspective on the day to day life of a country squire during his early years before his marriage in 1895. The entries are written in a "matter-of-fact" style, often with little commentary....
Dates:
1870 - 1889
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Entries during the month-and-a-half-long trip are brief, but there is clearly a tone of excitement as Ward passes through New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Salt Lake City (where most of the business takes place), and San Francisco, among other places.
Future of Music Coalition Records
Collection
Identifier: GTM-180630
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the records of two formers directors of the Future of Music Coalition.Records of Jean Cook, Future of Music Coalition (FMC) director and researcher, related to the Future of Music Coalition's Artists Revenue Streams Project, international project work, radio consolidation research, and other FMC initiatives. Includes research data, reports, background research files, grant material, training and workshop files, interviews, case study data, and other...
Dates:
2000 - 2015
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
No longer will corporate media and big money be able to frame the discussion of music solely in terms of their industries, as we draw together the strongest voices in the technology and independent music communities to address questions of music in the marketplace with a clear-eyed focus on the interests of the artists.
Robert Southwell Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-871005
Scope and Contents note
These papers consist primarily of correspondence, including one autograph letter signed by Antoine Arnauld to Robert Southwell; five contemporary copies of letters of Arnauld (Southwell's file copies); one autograph draft and 14 letters of Southwell's; a letter from Edward Coleman, a contemporary copy with a French translation; an autograph letter signed by William Blathwayt, Secretary of War; a letter of Henri Justel, Royal Librarian; and four miscellaneous items. Together, there are 29...
Dates:
1678 - 1685
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
This last letter is just as formal as the rest of the correspondence between the two, and it seems clear that Southwell still resents Arnauld for the damage which has already been done.
Fitzhugh Green, Sr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS132
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Fitzhugh Green, Sr., Papers consist of Green's correspondence; diaries and notebooks; manuscripts (autograph and typed) to articles and prospective books; reprints of articles/papers; clippings from newspapers and magazines; and photographs including many negatives of family and a notable set of glass slides showing scenes from his Arctic travels. Most prominent are the series consisting of correspondence, scrapbooks, articles, notebooks and journals belonging to Green about the Crocker...
Dates:
1900-1947; Majority of material found within 1913-1935
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Books by Fitzhugh Green include: Arctic Duty (1917); Clear the Decks (1919); Won for the Fleet (1921); The Mystery of the Erik (1923); ZR Wins (1924); Midshipmen All, Fought for Annapolis, and Our Naval Heritage (1925); Uncle Sam's Sailors, History of the American Navy, Hold 'em Navy, The Life of Robert E.
Montague Summers Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-110501
Scope and Contents
The Montague Summers papers comprise the surviving collection of letters, manuscripts, and printed ephemera belonging to this popular author at the time of his death in 1948. A significant portion of the collection consists further of the papers of Summers' friend, the English author and literary biographer S.M. Ellis, which came into Summers' possession after Ellis' death in 1933 (Summers dedicated his 1933 anthology, Victorian Ghost Stories, to the memory of S.M.E.)....
Dates:
1845 - 1949; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1945
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In many cases, this work has been quite approximate; only manuscripts and ephemera that clearly belonged to S.M. Ellis have been described as the "Stewart Marsh Ellis papers" in the final series.
McHarg Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS248
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The McHarg Family Papers (1 box, 0.5 linear feet) contain some fifty substantial Civil War letters, dated 1861 to 1864, including a few penned by Union officer Horace Porter, exchanged among members of the McHarg family, in addition to five remarkable baseball letters, dated 1864, with lengthy discussion and even three detailed box scores concerning an amateur baseball club in Albany, New York. A small number of manuscripts, printed matter, and letters written after the Civil War rounds out...
Dates:
1861 - 1922; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Sheldon, a boy writing from Albany, New York, enthusiastically describes the season of his amateur team, the Hiawathas, to his friend, the young thirteen-year-old Henry McHarg at Walnut Hill School in Geneva, New York, some 200 miles away. Clearly, Sheldon is engrossed by the game of baseball, and these letters shed light on the early development of the game.