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The Donn B. Murphy Papers contain correspondence, scripts, articles, photographs, and other material relating to the career of Donn B. Murphy as teacher and director of dramatic theater at Georgetown University, primarily, with some material relating to work as director of the National Theater, Washington, D.C.

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The James P. J. Murphy Papers primarily consist of correspondence and signed photographs of well-known artists, musicians, authors and stage figures of the 1930's and 1940's. The papers are arranged in 845 folders in 9 boxes. James P. J. Murphy had a good eye for art and chose materials wisely, and at a meager cost, he amassed an enormous autograph collection. He began in the early 1930's, mainly trying to get signed photographs of musicians and stage personalities, including...

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Contains script from DBM @80, program from celebration of mass in Murphy's honor at Holy Trinity Church, and other printed material.

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Contains a scrapbook for the 1963 production of Bonaparte! (Calliope IV). The scrapbook includes a program, fliers for the production and for tryouts, cast lists, seating charts, publicity and production photographs, press releases, and hand-written thank you notes to Donn Murphy from students. Also includes 6 black and white photographs from the Stalag 17 production in 1955.

Scope and Contents Three issues.Spring 1993 issue includes description of aims of TOGA, article on Black Theatre Ensemble (with photograph of BTE Executive Producer Sylvia Brooks), and article by Donn Murphy re Mask and Bauble lighting work at the White House during the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations.Winter 1994 issue includes photograph of John Mirvish and article about Nomadic Theatre.Spring 1995 issues includes profiles of Joe Banno and Kathryn Farley and timeline of...

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Contains clippings about the purchase of Halcyon House on Prospect Street, construction of the new [Reiss] Science Center, South Korean actress and student Gihee Chio, and installation of new seismographs. Also present, a copy of letter from Jacqueline Kennedy to Donn Murphy, head of the Mask and Bauble Society, dated October 13, 1961, thanking Mask and Bauble for a Shakespeare performance at the White House.

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Contains clippings on Georgetown University Sports, including football, basketball, track, hockey, and golf. Among those highlighted: golfers Billy Shea and Bill Dettweiler; pitcher Henry Bertrand; football coach Jack Hagerty and players Joe Mellendeck, Jules Koshlap, Joe McFadden and Myron Darmohray; basketball coach Elmer Ripley and basketball captain Joe Murphy; shot putter Al Blozis; and boxer Jim Brady. Includes photograph of football game against Fordham.

Scope and Contents Scrapbook of material relating to Georgetown sports, especially football, and to Georgetown news in general, kept by Walter Voight, LL.B. 1935. Includes: menu from Pennsylvania Railroad for football team en route to New York and Detroit, 1930; and images of football coaches/players and of H. Gabriel Murphy, Graduate Manager of Athletics. Also present, color covers of football programs, 1929-1931; cheer/songsheet; and program from the final American Olympic tryouts, 1932, with note re Leo...

Scope and Contents Junior College with entries for Ruth Eleanor Archamault, Margarita M. Bolivar, Mary Josephine Cassidy, Marilee de Bonrepos Chadeayne, Margaret Mary Clark, Marie Angelique de Golian, Mary Patricia Griffin, Mary Kathryn Hagerman, Marie Rose Howard, Margaret Hester Jenkins, Mary Catherine Johansen, Joan Catherine Kelly, Moira Kennedy, Cornelia Malone, Ellen Elizabth McDonnell, Patricia Rose McGue, Maria Jane McHugh, Raquel Mercade, Marilynn Elizabeth Mercer, Norma R. Mujica, Kathleen Joan...

Scope and Contents Georgetown Club of Chicago is deeply honored to extend to the Very Reverend Edward B. Bunn, S.J., 42nd President of the University, its warm regard and affectionate admiration for his tireless efforts in building a Greater Georgetown, strengthening its academic atmosphere notably, and increasing the stature of the University and extending its influence throughout the world. September 12, 1961.Academy for Educational Development Certificate of Achievement. School of Foreign...

Scope and Contents Sketch of Gonzaga College from its Foundation in 1821 till the Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee in 1896. Washington: Published by the College, 1897. Handwritten note at front reads: From the Estate of Tom Cantwell, AB 1908. The coat of arms of the Gonzaga Family is on the front cover.Gonzaga College: An Historical Sketch, From its Foundation in 1821 to the Solemn Celebration of its First Centenary in 1921. Washington: Published by the College, 1922. Illustrations include:...

Scope and Contents Apparently kept by one of the Prefects, this contains brief, daily notes on campus happenings. Reference is made to recreational activities (particularly sports and plays), examinations, weather, etc. Daily schedule noted in entries for 09/13/1889 and 09/18/1892. All Saints' Day festivities, including bobbing for apples, described in entry for 11/01/1891. Marriage of John Agar in Boys Chapel noted in entry for 02/18/1892. Equipment in gymnasium listed in entry of 02/26/1892. Mardi...

Scope and Contents Panelists: Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, "Reform and the Future of the American Catholic University"; Dr, Allan M. Carter, Chancellor, New York Univesrity, "Redefining the Mission of the American University"; Dr, Harold Enarson, President, Cleveland State University, "Reform of University Governments"; The Honorable Edith Green, U.S. House of Representatives, "Federal University Policies for the 1970s"; and Rev. R.J. Henle, S.J., President, Georgetown...

Scope and Contents The Garry Owen Papers consist of manuscripts and printed materials about Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. An employee of the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO), Garry Owen collected memos and articles relevant to ARAMCO's work in Saudi Arabia. The highlight of the collection is an original letter from famous Arabist H. St. John Philby to Owen. Other documents mostly concern the political and economic features of Saudi Arabia. The collection is contained in two archival boxes (2.25 linear...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Jean Edward Smith Papers are housed in 10 boxes and span 12.0 linear feet. Historian Jean Edward Smith amassed these materials for his full-length biography of Lucius D. Clay entitled "Lucius D. Clay: An America Life" (New York: Holt, 1990). Cooperating with his biographer on this project, Clay exchanged correspondence with Smith, recounted key events, agreed to take part in numerous oral history interviews, and provided access to key documents. The correspondence between Clay and Smith...

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The Abshire papers contain materials relating primarily to his service with the U.S. State Department in the 1970s with the Murphy Commission (Commission for Organization of Government for Conduct of Foreign Policy), and to the history and operations of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (1974-1983, then connected with Georgetown University).

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The Herbert Cardinal Vaughan Collection consists of original and transcribed material pertaining to St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart.

Scope and Contents The Catholic Historical Manuscripts Collection is an artificial collection containing documents generated by significant Jesuits associated with Georgetown University in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. It includes correspondence, handwritten documents, financial account information, and bound manuscripts. Noteworthy individuals include Simon Brute, Joseph-Pierre de Cloriviere, Pierre Jean DeSmet, Alphonsus Donlon, Louis William DuBourg, Francis Dzierozynski,...

Scope and Contents The collections contains the papers of Catholic scholar Gerard Mannion (1970-2019), who served as a professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University from 2004 until his death in 2019. The collection includes materials from his studies at Oxford and Cambridge, as well as his teaching materials from Georgetown University, the University of Tubingen, Liverpool Hope University, the University of Leeds, and San Diego University. Many of Mannion's research...