Scope and Contents Note The Richard B. Parker papers comprise the personal papers of a long-time American diplomat who was U.S. Ambassador to Algeria (1974-1977), Lebanon (1977-1978), and Morocco (1978-1979). This collection contains research materials generated by Parker concerning diplomatic activities of the United States with the Barbary states around 1800 and concerning American diplomacy in the modern Middle East and North Africa. The materials also document Parker's career as an American diplomat in the...

Scope and Contents The Parker T. Hart Papers highlight the career of a long-time American foreign service officer who served as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1961-1965) and Turkey (1965-1968). The collection consists of 7 boxes (10.75 linear feet) of material. The bulk of the records date between 1950 and 1980. The correspondence files in the Hart Papers include letters to and from Hart while he was U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Turkey. One typed letter (carbon) from Hart to Saudi Arabian King Faisal,...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note This is a collection of some 250 letters written to Franklin B. Sanborn from friends and relatives during his years as a student first at the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, and then at Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts (circa 1852-55). Primarily containing domestic and social news about other family members and mutual friends, the letters include references to contemporary election politics of the 1850s with mention of numerous statesmen including John Bell, James...

Scope and Contents Box 1Edward B. Bunn, S.J. [typsecripts].William Gaston, Carolinian by Joseph Herman Schaulinger (G'39). Bruce Publishing Company: Milwaukee, 1949.Recollections and Reflections: An Autobiography of Half a Century and More by Wharton J. Green. Edwards and Broughton Printing Company, 1906.Passing for White: Race, Religion and the Healy Family, 1820-1920 by James M. O'Toole. University of Massachusetts Press, 2002.Bishop Healy:...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Louis J.A. Mercier Papers 2 consist of correspondence and printed materials kept by Mercier. Much of the correspondence relates to academics, publishing and family matters, including several letters from "L'Education" and "The Educational Review" to which Mercier contributed. The collection includes pamphlets and ephemera relating to teaching aids and techniques for foreign language learning. Mercier also collected printed materials and catalogues from Harvard, Radcliffe, University of...

Scope and Contents The papers of James Brown Scott (1866-1945), authority in international law, consisting of correspondence, memoranda, documents, minutes, printed material, manuscripts of articles and addresses, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Included is material from Scott's activities as Solicitor (1906-1910) and Special Advisor (1914-1917) for the State Department, as delegate to the Second Hague Conference (1907) and Paris Peace Conference (1919), his membership and offices in the Carnegie...

Collection-level Scope and Contents note The papers of Rt. Rev. Alfred Earle (1827-1918), consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs and related printed ephemera, regarding Earle's remarkable career. The papers include material from his early days as a student in Oxford, to his appointments first as Bishop of Marlborough ( 1888-1900) and later as Dean of Exeter (1900-1918). The collection comprises 1.5 linear feet of material, and it is organized chronologically in three boxes with a total of thirty-six folders....

Scope and Contents The William E. Mulligan Papers primarily consist of personal and official correspondence, reports, manuscripts and printed materials relating to Mulligan's career in the Government Affairs Department of Aramco (the Arabian American Oil Company) from 1946 to 1978. The material is arranged in just over 500 folders in 18 boxes. The William E. Mulligan Papers contain an extraordinary amount of highly unique primary and secondary source materials on the early years of Aramco and many...

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...

Scope and Contents The Anthony Cave Brown papers comprise the extensive research files of historian and author Anthony Cave Brown used for his numerous books about U.S. and British military intelligence. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, photocopied documents, internet printouts, printed matter, manuscripts of some of his books, audio cassettes, and some photographs. Documents pertaining to various figures in the intelligence field; including William Donovan, H. St. John B. Philby, and Kim...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Contains correspondence dated 1945-1980 to and from Parer T. Hart. Most of the letters date to Hart's terms as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1961-1965) and as U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (1965-1968). Arranged chronologically into 13 folders.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Contains files consisting of printed matter, notes, and some correspondence. The files were maintained by Parker T. Hart. An attempt has been made to preserve original order. The series relates mostly to the Middle East. Arranged chronologically into 16 folders.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Contains correspondence dated 1945-1980 to and from Parer T. Hart. Most of the letters date to Hart's terms as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1961-1965) and as U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (1965-1968). Arranged chronologically into 13 folders.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Contains printed matter found among the papers of Parker T. Hart. Much of the material is about the Middle East. It includes some newspaper clippings about Hart. Printed matter is arranged chronologically in the first half of the series, and it is arranged alphabetically by subject in the second half of the series.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Contains outgoing letters from Parker T. Hart to family, friends, and associates. Includes several letters describing Hart's 1941 journey to the Upper Amazon to investigate rumors of Nazi operations. Arranged alphabetically by last name of recipient. Arranged into 13 folders.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Contains letters sent to Hart from various colleagues, associates, and friends. Includes many carbons from Hart in reply to these correspondents. Arranged alphabetically by last name of recipient. Arranged into more than 50 folders. A carbon of Hart's letter to Saudi Arabian King Faisal is in the last folder in this series.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Contains correspondence dated 1945-1980 to and from Parer T. Hart. Most of the letters date to Hart's terms as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1961-1965) and as U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (1965-1968). Arranged chronologically into 13 folders.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Contains letters sent to Hart from various colleagues, associates, and friends. Includes many carbons from Hart in reply to these correspondents. Arranged alphabetically by last name of recipient. Arranged into more than 50 folders. A carbon of Hart's letter to Saudi Arabian King Faisal is in the last folder in this series.