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Ben L. Jacobs (D '1946) Collection
Collection — Box GTA Shared Box 2: [Barcode: 39020031364444]
Identifier: GTA-20211021
Content Description
Contains primarily group photographs from the 20th, 25th, 30th, and 35th reunions of the Georgetown University Dental School Class of 1946. Also contains a photograph of what appears to be the Class of 1946 posing in front of the Med-Dent Building ca 1946. Many are in military uniform. Includes a Silver Jubilee Citation issued to Jacobs on April 17, 1971, a photograph of Jacobs receiving the citation from Georgetown President Robert Henle, S.J., and a copy of the Treasurer's Report from the...
Dates:
1946; 1966; 1971; 1976; 1981
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Includes a Silver Jubilee Citation issued to Jacobs on April 17, 1971, a photograph of Jacobs receiving the citation from Georgetown President Robert Henle, S.J., and a copy of the Treasurer's Report from the Class of 1946's 30th reunion held in 1976.
Claire, William F., papers 3
File
Identifier: GTM-151210
Content Description
Personal papers comprised of letters, articles and printed items relating to John Hardy, Sen. Jacob Javits, John F. Kennedy, Robert Lax and Thomas Merton, John S. Monagan, Raymond Roseliep, and Mark Van Doren.
Dates:
1958-2015; Majority of material found in 1970-2000
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Personal papers comprised of letters, articles and printed items relating to John Hardy, Sen. Jacob Javits, John F. Kennedy, Robert Lax and Thomas Merton, John S.
Schroeder & Cie. - European Photograph Album
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020031370102]
Identifier: GTM-0102
Scope and Contents
A late 19th century photograph album depicting Alpine landscapes and cities, published by Schroeder & Cie in Zurich, 1897. Includes some images in vibrant photochrome. Regions depicted include: Switzerland, Northern Italy, and Southern France.
Dates:
1897
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Corina Higginson Rogers Collection on Black Culture
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020031370094]
Identifier: GTM-19780829
Scope and Contents
Collection of printed issues of magazines and journals on Black history, bibliographies, mimeographed speeches by A. Marcel Brown, and typed list of Black newspapers and peridoicals (circa 1943); as well as press realasees, bulletins, and correspondence on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the American Friends Service Committee.
Dates:
1943 - 1970
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Charles Feinberg Collection on Walt Whitman
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 48: [Barcode: 39020031369807], Folder: 7
Identifier: GTM-19870914
Scope and Contents
The Charles Feinberg Collection on Walt Whitman include one 1860 engravings of Walt Whitman (from the 3rd edition of Leaves of Grass), an additional Whitman engraving from the same time period, 1891 wedding announcement (Anne Montgomerie and Horace L. Traubel), 1890 ticket for Robert's G. Ingressoll’s Lecture on Walt Whitman, 1888-1889 advertisement for Whitman's Complete Poems & Prose, and an unused envelope that belonged to Walt Whitman (1890s).
Dates:
1860 - 1891
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
William E. Leahy Papers on Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 52: [Barcode: 39020031370052], Folder: 1-3
Identifier: GTM-19770101
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 3 folders, containing manuscripts of lectures and notes by William E. Leahy on the assassination of President Lincoln, 3 published articles on the assassination (dated between 1865-1891), and a photostatic copy of an autograph letter by Thomas E. Gardner on Booth's activites before and after the assassination (originally written in 1912).
Dates:
1866 - 1955
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Marlene and Samuel Halperin Judaica Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20131025
Scope and Contents
The Samuel and Marlene Halperin collection consists of religious ephemera (primarily Jewish, but also Christian), including Haggadot (all mid 20th century, including some illustrated), pamphlets on Franciscans in the Holy Land, stereographs of Biblical scenes produced for Christans, and 19th century postcards depicting ancient coins, portraits, and ephemera.
Dates:
1904 - 1995
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Old Archives: Paintings in Georgetown Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000655
Scope and Contents
Old Archives numbers: 241-1, 241-2, 241-3, 241-4, 241-5, 241-6, 241-7. 259-1, 259-2, 259-3, 259-4, 259-5, 296A-1, 296A-2, 296A-3, 296A-4, 296A-5, 296A-6, 296A-7. Contains correspondence, clippings and photographs. Includes information about: "Calling of St. Matthew" by Luca Giordano (241-1); Van Dyke's "The Jesuit" (241-2); paintings of Mr. and Mrs. William Brent (241-3); mosaics, portraits of Cardinals, portrait of Elizabeth Dahlgren, portrait of William Duggan by James B. Murrin, "Descent...
Dates:
1889-1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Gherardini, Fromer, Hammer, Weinberger, Scheller Donor (259-3); Our Lord Banishing Cain by G.F. Barbieri/Death of Jacob by G.F. Barbieri; Madonna and Child with Saint John, Madonna and Child by Hoogstraaten, Gentleman by Rembrandt/Mellon Eaters by Murillo, Christ Bearing Cross by Francesco Raibolini, W.
Samuel Halpern Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20231010
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the papers of Samuel Halpern, an officer with the OSS and CIA from 1943 to 1974. The papers primarily document his post-CIA work as a writer and historian on U.S. intelligence and foreign affairs, especially CIA operations in Cuba in the 1960s. It includes correspondence with Richard Helms and a number of other individuals, dating from the 1970s to 2000s. Other documents include writings by Halpern, his commentary on other articles and reports, interviews,...
Dates:
1934 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2005
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The collection was processed by Sean Jacobs in fall 2025. This included the arrangement and folder-level description of the collection, as well as rehousing the collection in acid-free boxes and folders.
Lev E. Dobriansky Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS447
Scope and Contents
The Lev Dobriansky Papers comprise the personal papers of economist, educator, and diplomat Lev E. Dobriansky, who taught at Georgetown University from 1948 to 1986 and served as director of the Institute on Political and Economic Systems at Georgetown University from 1970 to 1986. The papers include personal correspondence; printed materials; and documents about the Fund for American Studies, the University Club, the Victims of Communism Memorial, and the National Captive Nations...
Dates:
1950 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1998
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Theresa Loar Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20240916
Scope and Contents
Materials related to Theresa Loar’s work for the U.S. government as Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues at the Department of State and as the Director of the President's Interagency Council on Women during the Clinton Administration. In particular, the collection documents the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (1995). The collection includes documents, posters, audiovisual recordings, and a photobook commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Beijing...
Dates:
1995-2003, 2020
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Loar was Senior Vice President for Global Corporate Affairs at CH2M, (now part of Jacobs Engineering), a Fortune 500 engineering consulting firm where she built an international government relations team across five continents.
American Committee on United Europe Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-780727
Scope and Contents note
The American Committee on United Europe collection contains correspondence, reports, photos, pamphlets, news clippings, minutes of meetings and related material. Box 1 is divided into 7 categories, the first of which is the "College of Europe." This college was founded for the purpose of training its students to become leaders of the inter-European organizations at that time. In the first folder is a report on the college by an American who had a fellowship from ACUE.The next...
Dates:
1948-1960; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Humphrey, Mike Mansfield, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Henry L. Stimson, Jacob K. Javits, Lucius D. Clay, Arthur J. Goldberg, Nelson A.
Thomas Aspinwall papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS127
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
A collection of 10 autograph letters, dating between 1822 and 1848, addressed to the longtime American consul in London, Col. Thomas Aspinwall. They are from several prominent Americans and Englishmen seeking Aspinwall's assistance in a variety of matters.
Dates:
1822-1848; Majority of material found within 1842 - 1845
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
On September 17, 1814, in the memorable sortie from Fort Erie led by Brigadier General Jacob Brown, Colonel Aspinwall was severely wounded and consequently lost an arm.
Jewish Peace Fellowship Newsletters
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 30: [Barcode: 39020030756301], Folder: 16
Identifier: GTM-0044
Scope and Contents
Five issues of the JPF Tidings, the newsletter of the Jewish Peace Fellowship, dating from 1942 to 1947. It includes volume 1, issues 2-4 and volume 4. issues 1-2.[Description provided by dealer below]1st edition. Original stapled mimeographed sheets, 4to (standard paper size), 4 pages to 8 leaves each issue. Holocaust- and DP-era Jewish Pacifist newsletter. The final issue here (Nov 1947) includes a pen-signed fundraising letter signed in ink by Chair of the National...
Dates:
1942 - 1947
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The Nov 1947 issue features a 3-leaf argument on “Pacifism and the Need for World Government,” by member Jacob Fried.
Other interesting content concerns relations between the JPF and the Reconstructionist and Reform movements, who has been sent to CPS camps (where conscientious objectors were sent to do work which had been impacted by war-time labor shortages), reflections on Judaism and Pacifism, support for Japanese-American deportees, Chapter News (one report is penned by a rabbinical student named Max Ticktin), and “Saving European Jewry.”
Other interesting content concerns relations between the JPF and the Reconstructionist and Reform movements, who has been sent to CPS camps (where conscientious objectors were sent to do work which had been impacted by war-time labor shortages), reflections on Judaism and Pacifism, support for Japanese-American deportees, Chapter News (one report is penned by a rabbinical student named Max Ticktin), and “Saving European Jewry.”
George M. Kober Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS75
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The George M. Kober Papers consist of correspondence sent and received by. Kober dating primarily from 1897 through 1900. Correspondents include several of the presidents of Georgetown University, such as David H. Buel,S.J.; Charles W. Lyons, S.J.; W . Coleman Nevils, S.J.; and J. Havens Richards, S.J. Others include various city (D.C.) and federal government officials, as well as notable names in the medical, public health, and science fields - David Du Bose Gaillard, George M. Sternberg,...
Dates:
1892 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1897 - 1900
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
George Martin Kober was born on March 28, 1850 at Alsfeld, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany to Johann Jacob Kober and Johanna Dorothea Bar. He received his early education at the Grosshevzogliche Realschule in Alsfeld, but emigrated in 1866 to the U.S. at the insistence of his father who did not favor the thought of his son serving under the German principality.
Charles Quest Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS227
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Charles Quest Papers include correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and personal biographical materials contained in five boxes. The papers are well-documented, due to Dorothy Quest's organization as well as her handwritten notes which are thorough and descriptive. Charles Quest's tenure at Washington University in St. Louis (1944-1971) brought him into contact with many names well-known to students of 20th century American printmaking. Quest worked with Werner Drewes,...
Dates:
1904 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1969
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Additionally, Quest's membership in several organizations of artists, including The Society of American Graphic Artists, the Print Club, and the International Graphic Arts Society, brought him into contact with Lynd Ward, Clare Romano, Theodore Gusten, Jacob Kainen, Virginia Dehn, and others.
The commissions for which Quest is perhaps best-known include his mural, "The Louisiana Purchase," for the Carpenter Branch Library, done in 1934 and destroyed in the 1960's, and his painting,"The Crucifixion," a replica of a work by Velasquez, which Quest painted for the Old Cathedral in St.
The commissions for which Quest is perhaps best-known include his mural, "The Louisiana Purchase," for the Carpenter Branch Library, done in 1934 and destroyed in the 1960's, and his painting,"The Crucifixion," a replica of a work by Velasquez, which Quest painted for the Old Cathedral in St.
William F. Claire Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS409
Scope and Contents
The William F. Claire Papers consist of 12 autograph signed letters and 3 typed signed letters to and from William Claire. Of them, a majority discuss his writing on and analysis of the work of poet and writer Katherine Garrison Chapin Biddle, entitled "The Unpredictable Bloom." The collection contains correspondence from the Academy of American Poets, as well as the "Southern Review", the quarterly literary magazine fo the Louisiana State University, in reference to Claire's publication...
Dates:
1959 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1966-1968
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
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
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Moreover, the letters and resolutions honor other U.S. naval figures, such as William Henry Allen, William Bainbridge, James Biddle, Isaac Hull, Jacob Jones, and Charles Morris, and make reference to numerous vessels, such as the U.S.S.