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Argentinian Jesuits collection

Collection

Identifier: GTM-GAMMS93

Scope and Contents note The Argentinean Jesuits Collection consists of eleven documents from early nineteenth century Buenos Aires, during the period of the return of the Society of Jesus and the South American liberation from Spain. The collection covers a variety of topics relating to the Society of Jesus in Buenos Aires. The first two documents from 1800 to 1802, relate to the Capuchin fathers in Buenos Aires. Several of the documents in the collection are petitions to the governing body of Buenos Aires, the...

Dates: 1800-1819; Majority of material found within 1800 - 1819

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Found in Notes: Several of the documents in the collection are petitions to the governing body of Buenos Aires, the Cabildo and the Soberano Congreso, asking for the return of the order.

Lynde Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: GTM-220829

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and documents concerning the family of Captain and Mrs. Frederick Marcey Lynde. The papers primarily concern Captain Lynde's petition for longevity pay after his discharge from the army in June 1862, as well as the Sasser family's claims to compensation for damages sustained to their farm during the Civil War.

Dates: 1862 - 1925

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Found in Notes: The papers primarily concern Captain Lynde's petition for longevity pay after his discharge from the army in June 1862, as well as the Sasser family's claims to compensation for damages sustained to their farm during the Civil War.

Georgetown Ignatian Society Records

Collection

Identifier: GTM-061108

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the records of the Georgetown Ignatian Society and documents their efforts to have Georgetown University formally declared "un-Catholic" for their recognition of a pro-choice student group (GU Choice) and other offenses in the 1990s. It consists of their Petition to Cardinal Hickey, their Canon Law suits, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and anti-GU Choice buttons.

Dates: 1986 - 2003

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Found in Notes: It consists of their Petition to Cardinal Hickey, their Canon Law suits, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and anti-GU Choice buttons.

Spanish Boundary Commission Report on Spanish and Portuguese Territory in South America and the Guarani War

Collection

Identifier: GTM-20131216

Scope and Contents The report is a 454 page bound manuscript written in Spanish in scribal hand, dated to approximately 1760.This collection has been digitized and is available to view online in DigitalGeorgetown. ...

Dates: circa 1760

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Found in Notes: Charges of various kinds were leveled against Portugal in an attempt to bolster the petition, for instance, that the Portuguese had more correct information than the Spaniards, concerning the conditions and geographical distribution of communities in South America, had deliberately planned the new survey to increase their sphere of influence amongst the native population.

Collection of P.G. Wodehouse Letters to Angus Thuermer

Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 5 (Letter): [Barcode: 39020030726437], Folder: 9

Identifier: GTM-20230523

Scope and Contents The collection consists of four letters from P.G. Wodehouse to journalist Angus Thuermer chiefly pertaining to Wodehouse's time in the Nazi concentration camp Tost in Poland and his present-day life in the New York City suburb of Remsenburg. The letters date from 1961 to 1975. Also included are twelve pieces of correspondence between Thuermer and others regarding his A.P. article on Wodehouse's incarceration in Tost first published in the "New York Times" in 1940 (1975-2008). A photograph of...

Dates: 1961 - 2008

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Found in Notes: The photograph itself caused enough movement among American Wodehouse fans that a petition was successfully made for his release.

The petition, while gaining Wodehouse an early transfer from Polish internment camp to German luxury hotel, also signaled to the Nazi propaganda machine the value of the English author as a mouthpiece.

Bernard and Barbara Wall Papers 2

Collection

Identifier: GTM-840101

Scope and Contents note The Bernard and Barbara Wall Papers consists of correspondence, clippings and some ephemera. The material is mainly from three specific periods, and material from each period tends to focus on a specific subject. Material from 1933 to 1935 concerns the publication of Colosseum, that from 1946 to 1948 regards the publication of Changing World, and material from 1967 to 1973 generally regards the Latin Mass and various campaigns to change the Vatican's stance on it.The great...

Dates: 1929 - 1974

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Found in Notes: Materials from this period consist of letters to and from friends and acquaintances about the movement, essays by Bernard Wall about Church policy and petitions to the Pope with lists of noteworthy (potential) signers of such petitions.

John William Davis papers

Collection

Identifier: GTM-741001a

Scope and Contents John William Davis' correspondence encompasses the years in which he served as solicitor general. The major portion of that correspondence deals with letters of endorsement regarding a Supreme Court vacancy; inquiries from citizens seeking positions with the federal government; petitions for military commissions during the war years; and Davis' carbon responses as well. These papers were found among the William J. Hughes, Jr. Papers and in consideration of Davis' position, it warranted a...

Dates: 1888-1918

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Found in Notes: The major portion of that correspondence deals with letters of endorsement regarding a Supreme Court vacancy; inquiries from citizens seeking positions with the federal government; petitions for military commissions during the war years; and Davis' carbon responses as well.

Francis Pollard Papers

Collection

Identifier: GTM-GAMMS331

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Francis Pollard Papers consist of two series: correspondence and photographs. Correspondence is arranged chronologically; photographs are arranged alphabetically by the name of the person pictured. NB: An additional letter written by Francis Pollard (2/6/1862) is housed at the Indiana Historical Society. This letter concerns a visit to the Senate during which Senator Jesse D. Bright was expelled from the Senate for writing a letter to Jefferson Davis. Information about this letter can be...

Dates: 1861 - 1935; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1870

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Found in Notes: On March 16, 1867 Pollard was remarried to Emma Beatison who later petitioned for and was granted a Civil War widow's pension.

Shane Leslie Papers

Collection

Identifier: GTM-GAMMS163

Collection-level Scope and Content Note 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: 1800 - 1990

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Found in Notes: Sir Shane's deep concern with the maintenance of Irish and British relationships was most clearly realized when he, unsuccessfully, petitioned Britain to spare the lives of 16 Irish leaders involved in the 1916 Easter uprising in Dublin.

Edward A. Drake papers

Collection

Identifier: GTM-GAMMS85

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Edward A. Drake Papers are primarily comprised of correspondence by officials of the Panama Railroad Company (mostly dating from 1905 through 1927), and by notable Panamanian politicians and government ministers (total of 62 folders). Content is personal with some references to Panamanian political events of the time, as well as to the railroad business. An additional eight folders include a few personal letters by Edward Drake; condolence letters written to Drake's wife, Jeanette...

Dates: 1852-1981; Majority of material found within 1905-1927

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Found in Notes: A group of enterprising New York businessmen, perceiving the potential of an Isthmian rapid transit system, founded the Panama Railroad Company and petitioned the government of Colombia, then New Granada, for a concession under which they could open a railway (that it was eventually decided would breach the distance between Panama and the town of Colon).

Petition, 1793.

File — Box 1: Series 695 [Barcode: 39020030737962], Folder: 85

Identifier: 48193

Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The Michel Marsaudon Papers primarily consist of correspondence to the young French merchant Michel Marsaudon trading in various ports in Haiti during the Haitian and French Revolutions. Also included are documents relating to Marsaudon's brief service in the artillery corps of his native Bordeaux, as well as other correspondence, official documents and receipts mostly relating to trade and society in Haiti in the early 1790's. The collection is arranged in 104 folders in one box....

Dates: Ends 09/21/1793 No date found in GAMMS

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Michel Marsaudon Papers / Correspondence Series

Found in Notes: . - DOCUMENT: Other Types

HAITI (1793) - NATIONAL CIVIL COMMISSAIRES - PETITION TO: Other Types

HAITI (1793) - INTERNAL TRADE - DOCUMENTS: Other Types

Cox Petition.

File — Box 1: Series GAMMS410.1; Series GAMMS410.2, Folder: 47

Identifier: GAMMS410.2.47

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Papers relating to a lawsuit by the state of North Carolina against B.C. West, Jr., seeking the return of papers to which the state claimed ownership.

Dates: 12/22/1976-12/22/1976

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Henry Bartholomew Cox Papers / N.C. v. West

Found in Notes: West. Attached to this petition is 1 Typed Manuscript from Henry Bartholomew Cox to the Supreme Court of North Carolina, outlining legal issues on replevin that Cox asked the court to consider in West's appeal.

Petit Melodi

File — Box 5: [Barcode: 39020030724416], Folder: 29

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection primarily consists of music manuscripts created by William B. Cooper, dating from around 1945 to 1987. In addition to the music manuscripts, it also includes lyrics, a list of compositions by Cooper, abstracts of compositions, a manuscript on modern church music, programs, clippings, and other related documents. The collection includes one phonograph (LP) recording titled "We Praise Thee O Lord." It features music played by Cooper, William Farley Smith (conductor),...

Dates: circa 1950s-1960s

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / William B. Cooper Papers / 1. Music by William B. Cooper

Petit, Wanda

File — Box 147: [Barcode: 39020030748654], Folder: data_value_missing_64418cd0d1f4b528fcff7458c9f1ef49

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is comprised of photographs that were used in Quigley Publications, active under various titles since 1915 in motion picture industry trade publishing (Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily, and others). It is primarily an assemblage of publicity photographs that feature individuals associated with the motion picture industry: producers, directors, animators, and their colleagues. Actors and actresses figure less prominently, but are also represented among the...

Dates: 1906 - 1972