The Berkofsky Papers are composed of correspondence and legal documents from Twining Vs. Berkofsky, a legal case spanning from 1975 to 1977 over the copyright of Max Bruch's Duo Piano Concerto in G minor with Orchestra Opus 88a.
Manuscript account of the life of Saint Colette (b.1381-1447), as related by the Abbot of Saint-Laurent (c.1750-1770). Full title in French: "La Vie de la bienheureuse Collette Reformatrice des Religieuses de Sainte Claire." Bound volume, 285 pages.
Thirty-three letters dated 1855 to 1865 from St. John Henry Cardinal Newman to Dr. Thomas Hayden, mostly regarding the affairs of the Catholic University of Ireland.
A folder-level inventory to the collection is available in the External Documents section of this finding aid.
One printed reproduction of a portrait drawing of John Henry Newman by George Richmond and one short handwritten letter by Newman, dated 1877.
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.
Autograph manuscripts include the lecture series “History and Development of Constitutional and Civil Liberty.” The collection also contains additional lectures on law, as well as notebooks. Also, obituary notices, funeral cards, and file on the Morris Medal, founded eponymously in 1875. Included are photocopies of letters to Georgetown College president, J. Havens Richards, S.J., re Morris (dated 1889-1909).
The collection includes handwritten manuscripts of the first twelve chapters of Bickerstaffe-Drew's novel Fernando (circa 1919, published under the pseudonym John Ayscough) and a scrapbook assembled by Bickerstaffe-Drew (circa 1880s-1921).