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Yale Richmond Cultural Exchange Files

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-150402
Dates: 1973 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1991
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Yale Richmond Cultural Exchange Files

Walter J. Ciszek, SJ Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS191
Collection-level Scope and Content Note Consisting of audio taped interviews with Walter J. Ciszek, SJ, this collection documents the American-born Jesuit's life, ca. 1938-1963. Discussed are: his mission work in Poland and Russia, 1938-1941; arrest by Soviet secret police in 1941; imprisonment in Moscow and Siberia; and eventual release and return to the United States in 1963. The interviews are contained on 9 tapes (duplicates of tapes 1-8 included). The tapes give no indication, either on their face or by their content, of...
Dates: 1964
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Walter J. Ciszek, SJ Interviews

Joseph Smolinski Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS141
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Colonel Joseph Smolinski Papers consist of correspondence, ephemera and an autograph collection arranged in 69 folders in one box. He donated many items to Georgetwon University at the turn of the century including these papers, a collection of books and two marble tables. The Papers consist of some correspondence to Colonel Smolinski, a scrapbook of clippings and ephemera and an autograph collection. A great majority of the correspondence is in response to Smolinski's requests for...
Dates: 1818 - 1900; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1890
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Joseph Smolinski Papers

Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-940210
Scope and Contents Note The Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. Papers document the diplomatic service of Ambassador Stoessel, who was the United States Ambassador to Poland (1968-1972), the Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1974-1976), and the Ambassador to West Germany (1976-1981). Also, some of the materials date to his work as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs and Deputy Secretary of State. Stoessel's impressive career is covered in this collection. Extensive, detailed information about political,...
Dates: 1951 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1982
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. Papers

Jan Karski Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-000011
Collection-level scope and contents note

The Jan Karski Collection comprises three distinct groups of documents: Karski's collection of serials and pamphlets produced by various organizations of the Polish underground during World War II; records and addresses pertaining to Karski's travel and work in 1966-67, including miscellaneous articles translated and transcribed; and two distinct states of Karski's draft for his book "Great Powers and Poland, 1919-1945".

Dates: 1939 - 1985
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Jan Karski Collection

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
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Patrick O'Mahony Papers

Richard B. Parker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-150513
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...
Dates: 1780 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2009
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Richard B. Parker Papers

Graham Greene Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-851001
Scope and Contents

The Graham Greene Papers include Greene's diaries and journals from his trips to Vietnam, Cuba, Panama, South Africa, Poland, Kuala Lampur, Kenya, and Haiti. Also present are manuscripts by Greene for "Monsignor Quixote" and "Getting to Know the General." There is some correspondence with Evelyn Waugh. Ephemera and clippings round out the collection.

Dates: 1923 - 1982
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Graham Greene Papers

Hinckley-Werlich Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-801103
Scope and Contents Papers pertaining to the family of Gladys Hinckley Werlich (1891 - 1976), Washington society matron, consisting of correspondence, diaries/journals, financial accounts, sundry manuscripts, documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings. The papers are divided into seven series, consisting of the papers of McCeney Werlich (1892 - 1936), foreign service officer; Robert Hinckley (1853 - 1941), portrait painter; Thomas Hinckley (1888 - 1918), foreign service officer; Robert...
Dates: 1850-1972
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Hinckley-Werlich Family papers

Stephens, John L. - Chauncey, Henry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-850621
Content Description John L. Stephens (1805 - 1852), with Henry Chauncey and William H. Aspinwall, played a crucial role in the planning, financing and promotion of the Panama Railroad, the first commercial link between the Atlantic and Pacific that traversed the Isthmus of Panama. An attorney by profession, Stephens tired of his legal career and, using health as an excuse, began a two-year voyage in 1834 to Europe and the Mediterranean. Beginning in 1837, Stephens published accounts of his travels:...
Dates: 1848 - 1851
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Stephens, John L. - Chauncey, Henry Collection

Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS97
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Sir Hall Caine Papers primarily consist of correspondence to Sir Hall Caine, comprising .5 linear feet of material arranged in 31 folders in 1 box. A majority of the correspondence in the collection involves Sir Hall's business affairs, including sales, advertisements and film and stage productions. There is a letter from Herbert Brenon regarding the filming of The Woman Thou Gavest Me in 1918 and a letter from Virginia Brooks, an actress in the stage production of the same work. Several...
Dates: 1895-1925
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine papers

Collection of P.G. Wodehouse Letters to Angus Thuermer

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 5 (Letter), 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 / Collection of P.G. Wodehouse Letters to Angus Thuermer

William Coleman Nevils, S.J. Papers

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Identifier: GTA-GAMMS012
Scope and Contents The William Coleman Nevils, S.J. Papers include correspondence, manuscripts of his writings, and related items. Much dates from his tenure as Georgetown University President, although there is also material relating to his post-GU presidency activities, including his work with relief for Jesuits in Poland 1939-1942.The correspondence from the time of his Presidency does not pertain to the day-to-day running of the University. For that, researchers should look to the subject...
Dates: 1899 - 1955; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1955
Found in: Georgetown University Archives / William Coleman Nevils, S.J. Papers

Jon S. Lodeesen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS222
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Jon S. Lodeesen Papers consist of records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), and include annual and budget reports, as well as files relating to Lodeesen's many years of work in Radio Liberty's programming and research departments. The research files include articles and reports on the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries during the early sixties through the late eighties, particularly relating to freedom of information in published and broadcast media, and the role of...
Dates: 1960-1996
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Jon S. Lodeesen Papers

Paul Hume Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS228
Scope and Contents The personal papers of music critic Paul Hume comprise this collection. Highlights include correspondence from luminaries of the music world such as Marian Anderson, Pearl Bailey, Leonard Bernstein, Rudolph Bing, Nadia Boulanger, Antal Dorati, Alberto Ginastera, Serge Koussevitsky, John La Montaine, Lotte Lehmann, John Mauceri, Gian Carlo Menotti, Eugene Ormandy, Rosa Ponselle, Ned Rorem, Mstislav Rostropovich, Bidu Sayao, Beverly Sills, Gerard Souzay, George Szell, Virgil Thomson, Alan...
Dates: 1871 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Paul Hume Papers

Cecil B. Lyon papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS147
Scope and Contents note The Cecil B. Lyon papers comprise a rich life-time's record of a career in the American Foreign Service. Moreover, the collection is replete with letters by and about almost everyone in the field; a list of the colleagues and acquaintances of Ambassador Lyon would read like a "Who's Who" of the Foreign Service.The material has been organized into 13 series, the first five of which consist of correspondence (alphabetical; carbons; commercial; invitations; and individuals). These...
Dates: 1930-1971
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Cecil B. Lyon papers

Richard T. Crane Papers 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-800320
Scope and Contents The Richard T. Crane Papers are divided into three series: the State Department Series (1915-1919), the Prague Series (1919-1922), and the Virginia Series (1922-1951), corresponding, respectively, to Richard Crane's years as private secretary to Secretary of State Robert Lansing; as the American ambassador to Czechoslovakia; and finally, as the owner of Westover Plantation in Virginia. There is also a quantity of photographs and other materials, filed separately.An addendum of...
Dates: 1915-1951
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Richard T. Crane Papers 1

LeRoy Walters Papers

 Collection
Identifier: BRL-036
Abstract The collection consists of Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) records that were created and/or maintained by LeRoy Walters. Walters joined the KIE as one of its first scholars, served as Director of the Bioethics Center from 1971 to 1993, and as Director of KIE from 1996 to 2000. The records primarily document establisment and development of the KIE, its library, and various bioethics information retrieval projects over the years. The collection also includes some of Walters teaching files,...
Dates: 1969 - 2021
Found in: Bioethics Research Library Archives / LeRoy Walters Papers

Anthony Cave Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-930701
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...
Dates: 1930 - 2006
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Anthony Cave Brown Papers

Nicholas A. Rey (Ambassador)., 01/01/1990-12/31/1997

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 103
Identifier: GAMMS415.1.103
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Only one series.

Dates: 01/01/1990-12/31/1997
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-GAMMS415, Foreign Affairs Oral History Project 4 / Transcripts

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