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Da Costa, Noel, papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-181130
Scope and Contents The papers of Noel Da Costa, a violinist, composer, and professor who taught music at Rutgers University for over 30 years. The collection primarily consists of music manuscripts by Da Costa, audio recordings (by Da Costa, his students/contemporaries, and commercial recordings), and music manuscripts by others. The collection also contains concert, recital, and event programs, posters, correspondence, photographs, course and research notes, articles and press clippings, and other items. ...
Dates: 1950 - 2002
Found in Creators:  Da Costa, Noel, 1929-2002
Found in Notes:  Early manuscripts are signed "Noel George Da Costa", "N. George Da Costa", and sometimes "N. Da Costa", before he settled on "Noel Da Costa".
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Noel Da Costa Papers
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:  Da Costa, Noel, papers

Costa Rica

 Subject

Thomas Dodd, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-140516
Scope and Contents The Thomas Dodd, Jr. Papers contain biographical materials, speeches, chronological files, photographs, and newspaper clippings that detail the life of Thomas Dodd Jr. (b. 1935), U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay from 1993 to 1997 and U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica from 1997 to 2001. Of great importance are the chronological files which essentially serve as personal diaries maintained by Dodd Jr. to record his daily diplomatic experiences. The speeches cover mostly his time in Uruguay and Costa...
Dates: 1993 - 2001
Found in Notes:  The speeches cover mostly his time in Uruguay and Costa Rica. The photographs and newspaper clippings reflect his appearances in the public media, especially during his ambassadorships.

Mickey Thomas Terry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20230707
Scope and Contents The collection documents the career of Mickey Thomas Terry as an organist and historian of African American classical music.It includes correspondence, music programs, posters, interviews with George Walker and Jean Guillou, music recordings (of Terry and others), clippings, and other materials related to African American composers and organists. Other individuals who are represented in the collection include David Hurd, Ruth Norman, Noel Da Costa, and William B. Cooper, among...
Dates: 1970s-2025
Found in Notes:  Cooper Papers, Noel Da Costa Papers, Mark Fax Papers, Ruth Norman Papers, and Hildred Roach Collection on Pan African Composers.

Carina Benjamin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-661214
Content Description

Letters written to the Countess Rachele Maria Carolina Toussaint de St. Seigne (b.1875 - d.1954). Correspondents include Amleto Giovanni, Cicognani Elia Cardinal Dalla Costa, Giovanni Battista Montini (Pope Paul VI), Francis Cardinal Spellman, and Domenico Tardini.

See External Documents below for folder list. Added folder #11 contains biographical information re Mary A. Benjamin and Walter R. Benjamin.

Dates: 1937-1953
Found in Notes:  Correspondents include Amleto Giovanni, Cicognani Elia Cardinal Dalla Costa, Giovanni Battista Montini (Pope Paul VI), Francis Cardinal Spellman, and Domenico Tardini.

William B. Cooper Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20230202
Scope and Contents The collection primarily consists of music manuscripts created by William B. Cooper, dating from around 1945 to 1987. In addition to the music manuscripts, it also includes lyrics, a list of compositions by Cooper, abstracts of compositions, a manuscript on modern church music, programs, clippings, and other related documents. The collection includes one phonograph (LP) recording titled "We Praise Thee O Lord." It features music played by Cooper, William Farley Smith (conductor),...
Dates: 1945 - 1993

Daniel James Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-0057
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises the extensive research files of journalist/historian Daniel James on Che Guevara, the Mexican Communist Party (Partido Comunista Mexicano), and in general on Latin American and Caribbean political affairs from 1960 to 1985.

Dates: circa 1960-1985
Found in Subjects:  Costa Rica

Hinckley-Werlich Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-801103
Scope and Contents Papers pertaining to the family of Gladys Hinckley Werlich (1891 - 1976), Washington society matron, consisting of correspondence, diaries/journals, financial accounts, sundry manuscripts, documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The papers are divided into seven series, consisting of the papers of McCeney Werlich (1892 - 1936), foreign service officer; Robert Hinckley (1853 - 1941), portrait painter; Thomas Hinckley (1888 - 1918), foreign service officer; Robert...
Dates: 1850-1972
Found in Notes:  Included is official and personal correspondence documenting the foreign service careers of McCeney Werlich in Latvia, Poland, Costa Rica, Liberia and Paris (1926 - 1936) and Thomas Hinckley in San Salvador, Vienna, Madrid and Rome (1912 - 1918); papers concerning extensive travels of the family throughout Europe, Russia, Asia, and South America between 1908 - 1923, including correspondence and journals belonging to Eleanora Hinckley, Robert O'Donnell Hinckley, and Gladys Hinckley; and documentation on Washington society from 1905 - 1970 through the extensive involvement of Eleanora Hinckley and her daughter Gladys Werlich in numerous social and cultural activities.

Richard X. Evans collection 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-710101
Scope and contents note The Richard X. Evans Collection consists of family papers of or relating to the Smith, Mills, Dimitry, and Evans families. The bulk of the earliest material deals with the professional and private life of Robert Mills (1781-1855), who was State Engineer and Architect of South Carolina (1820-1830), Architect of Public Buildings of the United States (1836-1851), and designer of many houses and monuments, among them the Washington monuments of Baltimore and the District of Columbia. Alexander...
Dates: 1752-1976
Found in Notes:  From 1859 until his resignation (prompted by the secession of Louisiana in 1861), Alexander Dimitry served as Minister Resident to Costa Rica and Nicaragua. His last public office appears to have been Assistant Postmaster-General of the Confederacy.

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 Notes:  After political disarray in both countries soon afterwards, Chevalier lost his claim and attempted to regain it in 1875 and 1876 through appeals to Tomas Ayon, Manuel Peralta (a Costa Rican official) and Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, the President of the Republic of Nicaragua.

Hildred Roach Collection on Pan African Composers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20230714
Scope and Contents

The collection contains materials related to Pan African composers and musicians that was collected by Hildred Roach. It includes music scores from a variety of Black composers, Hildred Roach concert programs, and music recordings (phonograph records, compact discs, and open reel). The collection includes William Grant Still, Ulysses Kay, George Walker, and many others.

Please see the External Documents section below for preliminary inventories of the collection.

Dates: 1900 - 2023
Found in Notes:  Cooper Papers, Noel Da Costa Papers, Mark Fax Papers, Ruth Norman Papers, and Mickey Thomas Terry Papers.

Eugene W. Hancock Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20230803
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of music manuscripts of compositions by Eugene W. Hancock. It also includes biographies of Hancock and other Black composers, a letter from Robert J. Batastini (G.I.A. Publications), "Spiritual Lullaby" by William B. Cooper, "Funf Stucke fur Orchester" by Anton Webern, and the 1990-1991 choral music schedule for West End Presbyterian Church.

Dates: 1970 - 1994

Sophy Burnham Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS129
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the papers of author Sophy Burnham, including manuscripts of her written works, correspondence related to her works (particuarly her books and articles on angels), her diaries, files related to publishing, and audiovisual and digital media.

Dates: 1906 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2016
Found in Notes:  An avid traveller herself, she has journeyed on assignment to Cameroon, Costa Rica, India, and Peru. On writing, Ms. Burnham once remarked: I first guessed I was a writer at the age of ten, when I failed my fifth-grade English exam.

Alfaro Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS121
Collection-level scope and content note The Alfaro Family Papers consist of five series as follows: 1. Alfaro Family Series (Box 1, 31 folders): Consists of correspondence received/sent/about various family members, as well as autograph/printed ephemera relating to them. Notable items in this series include material pertaining to Amelia Lyons de Alfaro, consisting of correspondence to friend Jeannette T. Blum; an accounts book 1905-1973; and a record of lists of books read, acquaintances, places visited (1899 to...
Dates: 1889 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1931 - 1971
Found in Notes:  He was first assigned to the U.S. in 1912 as legal counselor of the Panamanian legation for the Panama-Costa Rica border dispute. Dr. Alfaro was also involved in settling numerous disputes arising from the construction of the Panama Canal.

Ruth Norman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-180524
Scope and Contents The collection consists musical compositions authored by pianist and composer Ruth Norman, including music manuscripts and printed scores. Norman produced a variety of works, including piano solo compositions, organ solo compositions, choral compositions, solo vocal compositions, and orchestral compositions. The collection also includes a small amount of related documents, such as concert programs, correspondence, promotional flyers, and composition lists. Finally, the collection also...
Dates: 1969 - 2007

Costa Rica.

 File — Box 2: Series 1010; Series 1011; Series 1012, Folder: 35
Identifier: 66053
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Contains correspondence mostly from the 1970s and 1980s sent by international officials, diplomats, and residents of foreign countries to William H. Natcher. Topics of discusion include Canada's response to the Garrsion Diversion Project, Taiwanese reaction to the normailzation of relations between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China, the Iranian Hostage Crisis, and relations between Turkey and Cyprus. One typed letter from Fidel Castro is included. Correspondence is arranged...
Dates: 05/25/1985-05/25/1985
Found in Notes:  1 TLS from U.S. Citizens in Costa Rica Concerned for Peace to WHN regarding U.S. aid to the contras.

Costa Rica

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: 37010000485140], Folder: 62-106
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains photographs of various events and people stemming from service as a U.S. ambassador. Also includes phtotographs and printed materials connected to the ocassion (1997) of recovering the 150 mm cannon of the Graf Spee, a German warship scuttled near Montevideo, Uruguay during World War II. Arranged regionally.

Dates: 1997 - 2001

Costa Rica

 File — Box 18: [Barcode: 39020030738556], Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Photographs Series consists of photographs. The photographs are arranged in alphabetical order by name or place.

Dates: 1921