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Terry Ramsaye Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-880315
Scope and contents note Terry Ramsaye (1885 - 1954), former editor of the Motion Picture Herald and author of A Million and One Nights, an early history of the motion picture industry, was a prolific writer and respected film historian. His papers, comprising 5 boxes (6.75 linear feet), are arranged in six series: a Dope File Series, Individual Series, Subject Series, Manuscripts Series, Photographic Series, and Personal Series.Items of interest indexed in Terry Ramsaye's papers are a TLS by Wm. Kennedy...
Dates: 1895 - 1986

Frederick S. Baldwin (C '68) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-20220921
Dates: 1967 - 1968; Event: 1993; Event: 1998

Harry L. Hopkins Papers 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-841102
Collection-level scope and contents note The Harry L. Hopkins Papers, the personal archives of the man who was FDR's most trusted advisor, consist of 26 linear feet (62 archival boxes) of material. The Papers contain appointment books and diaries, drafts of Hopkins' speeches and memoranda, photographs and drawings, and extensive correspondence with the most prominent figures of the 20th century including FDR, the Winston Churchill Family, Averell Harriman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George C. Marshall, Harry S Truman,...
Dates: 1890 - 1946

Alexander Orlov Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS432
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Alexander Orlov Papers contain selected correspondence and printed materials of Alexander Orlov, the highest-ranking Soviet intelligence officer to ever defect to the West. The correspondence in the collection is devoted entirely to the release of Orlov's first book, "The Secret History of Stalin's Crimes" (1954), including signed letters from former President Herbert Hoover, Ambassador William Bullitt, and the editors of the "Saturday Evening Post" and "Reader's Digest"....
Dates: 1953 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1954

Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-941229
Scope and Contents Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autographed manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata," a full set of handwritten parts for Robert Schumann’s String Quartet in A minor op. 41 no. 1 (Heavily...
Dates: 1694 - 2010

Edward P. Gazur papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS352
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Edward P. Gazur Papers (1 Box, 1.5 linear feet) consist of a typed manuscript by Edward P. Gazur entitled, "Me and the KGB General: The Secret Odyssey of KGB Master Spy Alexander Orlov." The manuscript is divided into 27 chapters, and also includes introductory material, a prologue, a postcript, and what Gazur calls a "Basic Intelligence Primer," containing a brief history of Russian intelligence operations and common terms used by agents. The manuscript was written between 1999 and...
Dates: 1999-2001

Patrick O'Mahony Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS221
Scope and Contents Material in this collection centers around the human rights work of Fr. Patrick O'Mahony, a major focus of which was on ethical employment and working condition policies and practices of multi-national companies and subsidiaries in the Third World, including South Africa, South America, and countries in Asia. Fr. O'Mahony undertook a study of the moral implications of investments and the responsibilities of shareholders, particularly with regard to the policies of his own diocese of...
Dates: 1954 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1989

Abraham J. Emerick, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-180101
Scope and Contents The Abraham J. Emerick, SJ Papers consist of correspondence and miscellaneous documents related to his missionary activities in Jamaica and his work with the Mission of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Philadelphia, which was supported by Mo. Mary Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People.Most of the correspondence in the collection is from Mo. Drexel, founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, covering topics such as her...
Dates: 1904 - 1918

"A Hundred Million Pounds Spent on Holidays Abroad"., 01/01/1900-12/31/1971

 File — Box: 77, Folder: 26
Identifier: 51122
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: This collection essentially comprises the life and letters of Sir Shane Leslie whose boundless energy and wide-ranging interests took him all over Britain, the United States and Canada, bringing him in touch with people in many fields including the arts, economics, education, literature, politics and religion. Sir Shane's personal papers also reflect his deep concern and interest in Irish culture and politics, particularly the question of Irish independence through Home Rule. The...
Dates: 01/01/1900-12/31/1971

Article: "Culture at GU-Million Dollar Waste?", 1967-11-16

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Contains a copy of the article "Culture at GU-Million Dollar Waste?" written by Baldwin and published in The Hoya. The article discusses Georgetown's art and archival collections and a lack of student access to or knowledge of these collections. The article includes an image of Carroll Parlor, a small section of the Archives, and a view of the door to the art collection.

Dates: Publication: 1967-11-16

Reviews of A Million and One Nights, 2 May 1926 - 25 May 1986

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 88
Scope and contents note From the Collection: Terry Ramsaye (1885 - 1954), former editor of the Motion Picture Herald and author of A Million and One Nights, an early history of the motion picture industry, was a prolific writer and respected film historian. His papers, comprising 5 boxes (6.75 linear feet), are arranged in six series: a Dope File Series, Individual Series, Subject Series, Manuscripts Series, Photographic Series, and Personal Series.Items of interest indexed in Terry Ramsaye's papers are a TLS by Wm. Kennedy...
Dates: 2 May 1926 - 25 May 1986

Mrs. Helene Ramsaye's Correspondence, 28 Jan 1957 - 25 Feb 1964

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 87
Scope and contents note From the Collection: Terry Ramsaye (1885 - 1954), former editor of the Motion Picture Herald and author of A Million and One Nights, an early history of the motion picture industry, was a prolific writer and respected film historian. His papers, comprising 5 boxes (6.75 linear feet), are arranged in six series: a Dope File Series, Individual Series, Subject Series, Manuscripts Series, Photographic Series, and Personal Series.Items of interest indexed in Terry Ramsaye's papers are a TLS by Wm. Kennedy...
Dates: 28 Jan 1957 - 25 Feb 1964

"Figaro's Lost Million", November 19 1929

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Brunini Papers offer an interesting, inclusive day-by-day account of the life activities of a Catholic writer during a sixty-year period (1915 to 1977). His literary aspirations, his manuscript rejections, and his everyday activities (i.e., '"when writing you work yourself up emotionally") are covered in-depth in the Correspondence section of the papers (Boxes 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, and 12). Brunini's letters also present an interesting sidelight into local New York sights and scenes during...
Dates: November 19 1929

Czechoslovakian National Debt to the U.S. , 8 Oct 1918 - 13 Oct 1925

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

The Charles Pergler Papers comprise 1.5 linear feet of material consisting of correspondence, legal documents, clippings, ephemera, diaries and other materials arranged in 39 folders in 1 box.

Dates: 8 Oct 1918 - 13 Oct 1925

"There Were Twenty-One Million People...", 1933

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 2
Collection-level scope and contents note From the Collection: The Harry L. Hopkins Papers, the personal archives of the man who was FDR's most trusted advisor, consist of 26 linear feet (62 archival boxes) of material. The Papers contain appointment books and diaries, drafts of Hopkins' speeches and memoranda, photographs and drawings, and extensive correspondence with the most prominent figures of the 20th century including FDR, the Winston Churchill Family, Averell Harriman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George C. Marshall, Harry S Truman,...
Dates: 1933

Fall From Grace: Book Excerpts, vol. 3., 01/01/1985-12/31/1985

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 10
Identifier: 90132
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains the research and subject files, interview tapes, including transcripts, and related material of the noted writer and journalist Larry Collins. Included in this collection are the materials for Collins' five collaborative works with French journalist and writer Dominique Lapierre, as well as the three novels he authored alone. The collection has been arranged chronologically according to the dates of publication for his works. The collectins holds material related to...
Dates: 01/01/1985-12/31/1985

To all whom these presents shall come., 01/01/1842-12/31/1842

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 86763
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The William Robinson, Jr. Papers contain retained letterbook copies of letters concerning Robinson's mission in 1842 to obtain a loan in Europe on behalf of the United States. Several letters by U.S. President John Tyler are present, and they deal with Robinson's appointment, the authorization for the loan, and notification of American envoys in Europe of Robinson's quest. Several letters by Robinson to U.S. Treasury Secretary Walter Forward update his progress and document his activities....
Dates: 01/01/1842-12/31/1842

Edward I. Fendall (Signed Cover)., 08/09/1971-08/09/1971

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: 41619
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

(Box 1, Folders 1-33) This is a series of 'Time' magazine covers collected by Mr. Dahlhaus and specially mounted for exhibition. Most are signed by the subjects. All include captions by Mr. Dahlhaus, on the back of the matting. The captions were also typed onto index cards (see Box 2, Folder 34).

Dates: 08/09/1971-08/09/1971