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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 Subjects:
English Department
Found in Notes:
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 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.
Betz, Paul F., Wordsworth and English Literature collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-141121
Scope and Contents
Paul F. Betz, Professor of English, received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1965, taught at Georgetown University until 2007, and remains active as a Wordsworth scholar and in University affairs. His extensive collection of English literature is centered on the Wordsworth circle, but extends to English Romantic poetry in general, to the literature of the English Lake District, and to other late eighteenth century and nineteenth century poetry. Less central elements reflect Betz's...
Dates:
1565-1997; Majority of material found in 1800s-1900
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
His extensive collection of English literature is centered on the Wordsworth circle, but extends to English Romantic poetry in general, to the literature of the English Lake District, and to other late eighteenth century and nineteenth century poetry.
Found in Finding Aid Title:
Paul F. Betz Wordsworth and English Literature collection
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:
Betz, Paul F., Wordsworth and English Literature collection
English at Georgetown: Tributes to Professor [Bernard N.]
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000582
Scope and Contents
Edited by Richard Alan Gordon, William Blatty, and Alan Jarvis. Contents: I. Examination of the English Curriculum by Present and Former Students (includes piece by Tibor Kerekes); II English Courses; III Bibliographies for English Elective Courses.
Dates:
1951, 1953
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Subjects:
English Department
Found in Notes:
Contents: I. Examination of the English Curriculum by Present and Former Students (includes piece by Tibor Kerekes); II English Courses; III Bibliographies for English Elective Courses.
Ann G. McDonald Collection of Graham Greene
Collection
Identifier: GTM-100805
Scope and Contents Note
The Ann G. McDonald collection of Graham Greene consists of printed periodical articles by and about noted English Catholic author Graham Greene. McDonald collected these materials in support of her doctoral dissertation. Her dissertation, entitled "A Bibliography of the Periodical Contributions of Graham Greene" (1969), is also preserved among these papers. One of the folders in the collection contains periodical clippings of Greene's fellow English Catholic writer Evelyn Waugh.
Dates:
Creation: 1925 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1989
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Calvin Darlington Linton, a Professor of English Literature, directed her dissertation.
David Jones - Douglas Cleverdon Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-841206
Collection-level Scope and Contents note
The collection pertains to the catalogue "Words and Image IV" published for an exhibition of "Paintings, Engravings and Writings of David Jones" at the National Book League, U.K., 1972. The final edition of the catalogue is included (Folder 3).
Dates:
1972
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Douglass Cleverdon (1903-1987) was an English radio producer, bookseller, and publisher.
Terry L. Meyers research files on Algernon Charles Swinburne
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030751534], Folder: 1-15
Identifier: GTM-140325
Content Description
Contains Meyers' research files re Algernon Charles Swinburne. Includes Meyers' research correspondence, dated 1980-1994.
15 folders arranged alphabetically by name. Includes photocopies of originals with transcriptions of letters by Hall Caine, Ernest Hartley Coleridge, Alice Haley, Edward Verrall Lucas, Eden Philpotts, Luigi Siciliani, Isabel Swinburne, Arthur Symons, John Hall Wheelock, and Thomas Wright.
Dates:
1902 - 1994
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Subjects:
English Literature
Found in Notes:
Meyers is Chancellor Professor of English Emeritus at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
John Hirsh-Japanese Scholars Collection
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 44: [Barcode: 39020030733367], Folder: 10
Identifier: GTM-20250108
Scope and Contents
Three reprints (with one associated letter) sent to Georgetown University English professor John Hirsh by English language scholars from Japan, including Toshiyuki Takamiya, Takami Matsuda, and Fumio Kuriyagawa.
Dates:
1971 - 1982
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Three reprints (with one associated letter) sent to Georgetown University English professor John Hirsh by English language scholars from Japan, including Toshiyuki Takamiya, Takami Matsuda, and Fumio Kuriyagawa.
Franklin B. Williams, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS270
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
Franklin B. Williams, Jr. (1906-1997) Professor of English at Georgetown University (1939-1974) is best known for his magnum opus "An Index to Dedications and Commendatory Verses in English Books before 1641," 1962. Throughout the course of more than twenty years Professor Williams consulted the prefatory material in early English printed books in over 120 libraries in Britain, the European continent, and the United States. The resulting index is an indispensable resource for the study of...
Dates:
1931 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1974
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Williams, Jr. (1906-1997) Professor of English at Georgetown University (1939-1974) is best known for his magnum opus "An Index to Dedications and Commendatory Verses in English Books before 1641," 1962.
Paul R. Sullivan Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-870923
Scope and Contents note
The Paul Sullivan Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and related printed ephemera regarding Paul Sullivan's remarkable career. The papers are organized in six distinct groups, namely Correspondence, Subject File, Blue and Gray, High Latitudes, Personal, Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Series. The collection comprises 7.5 linear feet of material, and it is organization by series in five boxes with a total of two hundred and fifty four folders. While the Paul...
Dates:
1930 - 1961
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Indeed, Paul sullivan's outstanding achievements are related to his distinguished role in educational radio and television, the College English Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and his work as Director of the Georgetown University Summer School.
Albert H. Marckwardt 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:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He was the author of many books and articles especially on the history and development of the English language and the teaching of English.
Mrs.
Mrs.
College of Arts and Sciences Publications
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTA-000626
Scope and Contents
Contains the following publications:Box 1:
"The College Newsletter"/"The Freshman Newsletter", 1976-1977."The College", March 1993
*Newsletter for Students of Georgetown College from the Dean.Economics Department Newsletter, 1960-1964.English Department Newsletter, 1976, 1983, 2002.English Department Graduate Newsletter, 1960-1965."Georgetown French Quarterly", 1931-1932."Georgetown French Review",...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1931 - 2013
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
English Department Graduate Newsletter, 1960-1965.
Lancicius collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS32
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection contains three early nineteenth-century MS English translations by Novice M. Magan of Lancicius' (1574-1652) Latin treatise 'On the Duties of Lay Brothers.' One was from Georgetown, 1808, another(incomplete) belonged to William F. Felix, 1836, while the third, undated,belonged to the Brothers at Georgetown.
Dates:
1808-1834
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The collection contains three early nineteenth-century MS English translations by Novice M. Magan of Lancicius' (1574-1652) Latin treatise 'On the Duties of Lay Brothers.'
Grace Bumbry collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-10
William K. Wimsatt, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS469
Scope and Contents
William K. Wimsatt, Jr. Papers consists of correspondence, materials related to the Georgetown University Class of 1928-1929, offprints of articles related to literary criticism, materials related to Alexander Pope, and other documents.
Dates:
1928 - 1979
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He served as instructor from 1939 until 1943, assistant professor from 1943 until 1949, associate professor from 1949 until 1955, and professor of English from 1955 until 1975. Wimsatt achieved the distinction of Frederick Clifford Ford Professor of English from 1965, holding the title until 1974, and was named Sterling Professor of English (1974-1975).
Edmund P. Cerrute, SJ Papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 37010000467833]
Identifier: GTA-000926
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
Office files of Edmund P. Cerrute, S.J., faculty moderator of "The Hoya", for the academic year 1935-1936. Cerrute's primary concern appears to have been the business aspects of "The Hoya," especially managing advertisements for it. The correspondence, arranged by month, reveals a little about the motivations of advertisers and the difficulties of obtaining ads during the Depression. Includes correspondence from various advertising firms like Cluett, Peabody and Company, Inc., Newell-Emmett...
Dates:
1935-1936; Majority of material found within 1935-1936
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Georgetown Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000003-DS
Scope and Contents
Contains mostly sheet music or song sheets.
Dates:
ca. 1855-1952
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
William K. Wimsatt, Jr. Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS442
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The William K. Wimsatt Papers 2 contain the correspondence, notes, and collected printed materials of William K. Wimsatt, a scholar, literary theorist, and Sterling Professor of English at Yale University. The bulk of the collection consists of offprints given to Wimsatt on a variety of topics, and provide a secondary source base for students of Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His correspondence and collected printed materials also provide insight...
Dates:
1767 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1975
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He served as head of the English Department at Portsmouth Priory School, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, from 1930 to 1935.
Bernard and Barbara Wall Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS332
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Bernard and Barbara Wall Papers: Part 2 contain correspondence and manuscripts of Bernard and Barbara Wall, two English Catholic intellectuals who had contact with the Pigotts Circle. Correspondents of the Walls include Tom Burns, Graham Greene, Vivien Greene, Harman Grisewood, Rene Hague, and Michael Richey. A manuscript by Bernard Wall entitled, "Aspects of Italian Civilisation" and manuscripts by Barbara Wall, such as her wartime diary dated 1940, her memoir of Rene Hague, and a draft...
Dates:
1556 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1989
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
English Catholic intellectual Bernard Wall (1908-1974) was born on December 16, 1908.
Vivien Greene papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS420
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Vivien Greene papers consist of six letters written to Vivien Greene, the wife of noted English Catholic author Graham Greene. A letter from Graham to Vivien sent from Berlin, Germany, refers to the Berlin Wall restrictions. Other correspondents include Tom Cordishley, Marie Belloc Lowndes, and Columba Ryan. The letters date mostly from the 1940s.
Dates:
1941-1948
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The Vivien Greene papers consist of six letters written to Vivien Greene, the wife of noted English Catholic author Graham Greene. A letter from Graham to Vivien sent from Berlin, Germany, refers to the Berlin Wall restrictions.