The John J. Ryan Papers include correspondence received by Ryan, some poems and short pieces, and the MSS of two novellas.
Contains an album of photographs of Georgetown University, ca. 1906-1907, when Martin was enrolled in the Preparatory School.. Includes shots of the construction of Ryan Gym, first baseman “Bert” Farrel, backstop “Fritz” [Frederick?] Sitterding, and Conde Pallen. Also a scrapbook with clippings (many concerning track), 1907-1912, examination papers, and Ye Domesday Booke, 1912, signed by Martin.
Carbon copies of letters from Powell to Cleve McElroy, Bill Ryan, and Carl Schmidt. Included is typed manuscript for an unpublished novel by Powell, entitled, "The Dennings."
The Vivien Greene papers consist of six letters written to Vivien Greene, the wife of noted English Catholic author Graham Greene. A letter from Graham to Vivien sent from Berlin, Germany, refers to the Berlin Wall restrictions. Other correspondents include Tom Cordishley, Marie Belloc Lowndes, and Columba Ryan. The letters date mostly from the 1940s.
