Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection comprises correspondence between George McLoone, university professor and alumnus of Georgetown University, and John Cheever, the American writer. All of the correspondence takes place between the years of 1966-1974. Although most of the letters are brief in length, the correspondence between Cheever and McLoone are significant because of the insight they provide into the personal life of John Cheever. Many of the letters contain comments about Cheever's acquaintences and on...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Contains a fair amount of correspondence from Edward Otho Cresap Ord, some correspondence to him, and correspondence and manuscripts about him. Letters from and to Ord appear first, are arranged chronologically, and date from 1848 to 1880. Most of the letters were written by Ord to his brother James Lycurgus Ord and provide vivid descriptions of life in California in 1848, with discussion of the Mexican War, the gold rush, and Ord's associates, such as William T. Sherman. Manuscripts and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Quigley archive is, properly speaking, the photo “morgue” of Quigley Publications, active under various titles since 1915 in motion picture industry trade publishing (Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily, and others). Primarily an assemblage of publicity photos, the archive is a unique national resource for photographs of motion picture industry people: producers, directors, animators, and their colleagues. Actors and actresses figure less prominently, but are well represented...

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This series consists of autographed signed correspondence from Alexander Tremaine Wright to William J. Carlton. The correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

This series consists of autographed signed correspondence from Alexander Tremaine Wright to William J. Carlton. The correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: Consists of documents, mostly correspondence, by and about members of the Ord family other than Edward Otho Cresap Ord and Edward Otho Cresap Ord II. Notable family members represented in this series include historian Bernarr Cresap, American Civil War veteran John S. Mason Jr., Lucy Maude Ord, Pacificus Ord, James Ord, World Wars veteran James Garesche Ord, medical doctor James Lycurgus Ord, and Placidus Ord, among many others. Of special interest is a near-complete run of the family...