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James Curley, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS42
Scope and Contents

The James Curley, SJ Papers contain notebooks, journals, biographical notes, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous documents. Of note is a personal journal (1868-1889) and a journal for the Georgetown campus greenhouse and garden (1870-1889).

Dates: 1815 - 1893

J. Revin's Plan for Completing the Panama Canal

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 24, Folder: 2
Identifier: GTM-20141104
Scope and Contents

Printed plan for completing the Panama Canal by J. Revin, dated April 1891 with two sheets of "improvements" dated November 1891. Revin proposes using inclined planes, instead of locks, to complete the canal. Written in French and includes some technical drawings.

Dates: 1891

Susan Decatur letter

 Item
Identifier: GTM-140117
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed to Stephen Van Rensselaer. Georgetown [District of Columbia]: 21 February 1828, small 4to, 2 pp.

Dates: 1828

Society of Alumni: Proceedings

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000217
Scope and Contents 1881 proceedings include: roster of officers; line drawings of the exterior of Healy Hall by Paul Pelz; photographs of campus as well as interior of Memorial [later Gaston] Hall; and discussion of aid for "New Building" [Healy Hall].1882 proceedings include: roster of officers; text of poem, "A Retrospect" by James Hoban, Esq; text of oration by Walter S. Cox; and roster of members of Society.1887 proceedings include: roster of officers; text of address by Society...
Dates: 1881-1909 (with gaps)

Horace B. McKenna, SJ Project Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-130312
Scope and Contents note

The Horace B. McKenna, SJ Project Collection consists of recordings, transcripts, notes, and article clippings relating to an oral history project on Horace McKenna, S.J., undertaken by Joseph K. Hines in the mid-eighties. Includes "Christ is with the Poor: Stories and Sayings of Horace McKenna, S.J." edited by John Dear, S.J., and Joseph Hines (1989), which is based on many of the oral history recordings collecting by Hines.

Dates: 1960 - 1989

Gustave A. Weigel, SJ Papers 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS65
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Gustave A. Weigel, S.J. Papers are part of the Archives of Woodstock College, housed in the Special Collections Division of Georgetown University's Lauinger Library. The papers document Weigel's career from high school through his death in 1964. Of special interest are the many pieces pertaining to the politics and culture of Latin America, and particularly of Chile, where Weigel lived for 10 years. He was also deeply concerned with the issues of ecumenism and intellectual life among...
Dates: 1920 - 1964

Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS235
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Rev. Horace B. McKenna, S.J., Papers 2 consist mostly of incoming correspondence received by this important Jesuit during his ministry in Ridge, Maryland. Along with numerous research letters for two articles published by McKenna in "The Jesuit Seminary News" about Jesuit work with African-Americans, the collection includes several letters between him and Rev. John LaFarge, S.J. on that same topic. The bulk of the papers, which comprise 4 boxes (6.0 linear feet), date between 1923 and...
Dates: 1923 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1953

Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-821201
Scope and Contents The Rev. Horace B. McKennam S.J Papers are comprised of files kept by Father McKenna at the time of his death. Consequently, they date primarily from the 1960's and 1970's and concern his activities as assistant pastor of St. Aloysius Church and his involvement in numerous projects. Father McKenna was a major force in the adoption of innovative social action programs to combat problems encountered in the inner-city. The Papers contain files on his work with the St. Vincent De Paul Society,...
Dates: 1899 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1982

Stephen and Susan Decatur papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS245
Collection-level Scope and Content Note Donated to Georgetown College by Susan Decatur, the widow of the War of 1812 naval hero Stephen Decatur (1779-1820), the Stephen and Susan Decatur Papers consist of one letter book containing letters dated from 1812 to 1813 written to Commodore Decatur congratulating him on the victory of the U.S.S. "United States" against the H.M.S. "Macedonian," two letters dated 1812 to him from U.S. Navy Secretary Paul Hamilton, and 16 letters to Susan Decatur dated between 1831 and 1845. Contained in...
Dates: 1812 - 1845