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Montague Summers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-110501
Scope and Contents The Montague Summers papers comprise the surviving collection of letters, manuscripts, and printed ephemera belonging to this popular author at the time of his death in 1948. A significant portion of the collection consists further of the papers of Summers' friend, the English author and literary biographer S.M. Ellis, which came into Summers' possession after Ellis' death in 1933 (Summers dedicated his 1933 anthology, Victorian Ghost Stories, to the memory of S.M.E.)....
Dates: 1845 - 1949; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1945
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Montague Summers Papers

Goetz A. Briefs papers 3

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS138
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

The Goetz A. Briefs Papers comprise correspondence, manuscripts and printed materials, consisting of 1.5 linear feet of material arranged in 60 folders in 1 box. Extent: 1.5 linear feet Number of boxes: 1 Bulk dates: 1948 - 1971 Span dates: 1948 - 1987

Dates: 1948-1987; Majority of material found within 1948-1971
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Goetz A. Briefs papers 3

Shirley Hazzard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS421
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The focus of the collection is Hazzard's friendship with and writing on Graham Greene, particularly her reminiscent book, "Greene on Capri," (2000), which recalls the period from the 1960s through the 1980s when Hazzard and her husband, writer Francis Steegmuller, frequently sojourned on the island and spent many hours in the company of Greene, either at his home Il Rosario or at da Gemma's, a favorite cafe. Correspondence, from friends and literary associates, as well as publishers,...
Dates: 1941 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2000
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Shirley Hazzard Papers

Goetz A. Briefs papers 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-820610
Scope and Contents The Goetz A. Briefs Papers comprise four (4) boxes. Box 1, Folders 1 to 7, comprises Briefs' correspondence from 1930 to 1974 and arranged chronologically. Magazine and newsclippings with Briefs' holograph notations and additions make up folders 8, 9, and 10 in Box 1. Georgetown University related materials are found in Box 1, Folder 11. Loose manuscript materials with holograph additions, corrections, and notations, some dated, are to be found in Folders 12 to 16, Box 1. Typewritten,...
Dates: 1930-1974
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Goetz A. Briefs papers 1

Patrick T. Bakman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS182
Scope and Contents The collection documents the career of theater director Patrick Bakman. It contains notes on a myriad aspects of production, including cast and technical staff contact lists, rehearsal schedules, costume and prop lists, script revisions and cuts, scene summaries or breakdowns, as well as printed reviews and programs relating to the performance. In addition, there are resource files regarding opera histories, period costumes, furniture and culture, which Bakman used to research and...
Dates: 1891 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Patrick T. Bakman Papers

Summers, Montague (Augustus Montague), 1880-1948

 Person

Summers, Harry G

 Item
Scope and Contents

Summers, Harry G

Delta force : America's counterterrorist unit and the mission to rescue the hostages in Iran [by] Charlie A. Beckwith and Donald Knox : a review essay / by Harry G. Summers

1983

MI-15398

39020030171113

Dates: Majority of material found within 1800 - 2000
Found in: Georgetown University Rare Books / GRB000016, Bowen, Russell J. Collection of Photocopied Print Material / Box 31-Stephenson, Orlando W - Toyne, John

R.A. Caton Esq. and A. Montague Summers, Deed of Compromise, 1932-05-27

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Letters and correspondence consists primarily of letters received by Montague Summers which are enhanced in several instances by the survival of Summers' holographic letter drafts; these correspondences are found primarily in the letters from R.A. Caton of Fortune Press and Greville Poke of Everybody's Weekly, longtime publishers of Summers work. In addition to letters from these and other publishers, such as Victor Gollancz, there are a wide range of letters from Summers' friends...
Dates: Other: 1932-05-27
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers / Series I. Letters and correspondence / Correspondents, C / Reginald Ashley Caton (Fortune Press)

Montague Summers letter to John W. Barker, Esq., 1931-08-27

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Autographed letter to Barker signed by Summers, with envelope and ephemera (a clipped, printed photo of Summers with a 1948 obituary and page from a 1968 bookseller's catalog).

Dates: 1931-08-27
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers / Series I. Letters and correspondence / Correspondents, A - B

Series I. Letters and correspondence, 1906 - 1948

 Series
Scope and Contents Series I. Letters and correspondence consists primarily of letters received by Montague Summers which are enhanced in several instances by the survival of Summers' holographic letter drafts; these correspondences are found primarily in the letters from R.A. Caton of Fortune Press and Greville Poke of Everybody's Weekly, longtime publishers of Summers work. In addition to letters from these and other publishers, such as Victor Gollancz, there are a wide range of letters from Summers' friends...
Dates: 1906 - 1948
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers

Estate and probate documents, 1932 - 1949

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II of the Montague Summers papers consist of Summers' literary manuscripts, notes, records and related documents. The bulk of the series is comprised of complete autograph and typed manuscripts of shorter works, published and unpublished, but includes a significant amount of fragmentary, sometimes unidentified, rough draft material, mostly from Summers' longer works. This series, the largest in the collection, includes many manuscripts of works not described in the two primary...
Dates: 1932 - 1949
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers / Series II. Manuscripts / Sub-Series F. Miscellaneous manuscripts

Series II. Manuscripts, 1900 - 1948

 Series
Scope and Contents Series II of the Montague Summers papers consist of Summers' literary manuscripts, notes, records and related documents. The bulk of the series is comprised of complete autograph and typed manuscripts of shorter works, published and unpublished, but includes a significant amount of fragmentary, sometimes unidentified, rough draft material, mostly from Summers' longer works. This series, the largest in the collection, includes many manuscripts of works not described in the two primary...
Dates: 1900 - 1948
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers

Montague Summers, 1938-02-07

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Letters and correspondence consists primarily of letters received by Montague Summers which are enhanced in several instances by the survival of Summers' holographic letter drafts; these correspondences are found primarily in the letters from R.A. Caton of Fortune Press and Greville Poke of Everybody's Weekly, longtime publishers of Summers work. In addition to letters from these and other publishers, such as Victor Gollancz, there are a wide range of letters from Summers' friends...
Dates: Other: 1938-02-07
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers / Series I. Letters and correspondence / Correspondents, D - G / Victor Gollancz, Ltd.

The Illustrations of the 'Gothick' Novels, By Montague Summers, 1936-11

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III of the Montague Summers papers contains off-prints, articles, publishers' prospectuses, playbills and theatre programmes, galley proofs, news clippings and other printed ephemera collected by Summers. A small number of photographs, most intended for use in publication, is included in this series. Of particular note is the extensive collection of theatre programmes and playbills, which includes examples from Summers' own theatre societies that are not listed in d'Arch Smith's...
Dates: Publication: 1936-11
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers / Series III. Printed matter / Sub-Series D. Miscellaneous printed material and photographs

Montague Summers estate, 1948 - 1949

 Sub-file
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Letters and correspondence consists primarily of letters received by Montague Summers which are enhanced in several instances by the survival of Summers' holographic letter drafts; these correspondences are found primarily in the letters from R.A. Caton of Fortune Press and Greville Poke of Everybody's Weekly, longtime publishers of Summers work. In addition to letters from these and other publishers, such as Victor Gollancz, there are a wide range of letters from Summers' friends...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1948 - 1949
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers / Series I. Letters and correspondence / Correspondents, R - End

Laidlaw and Laidlaw Ltd. (Summers), 1939-03-25

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Letters and correspondence consists primarily of letters received by Montague Summers which are enhanced in several instances by the survival of Summers' holographic letter drafts; these correspondences are found primarily in the letters from R.A. Caton of Fortune Press and Greville Poke of Everybody's Weekly, longtime publishers of Summers work. In addition to letters from these and other publishers, such as Victor Gollancz, there are a wide range of letters from Summers' friends...
Dates: Other: 1939-03-25
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers / Series I. Letters and correspondence / Correspondents, H - L

John Symonds (from Summers), 1945-03

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Letters and correspondence consists primarily of letters received by Montague Summers which are enhanced in several instances by the survival of Summers' holographic letter drafts; these correspondences are found primarily in the letters from R.A. Caton of Fortune Press and Greville Poke of Everybody's Weekly, longtime publishers of Summers work. In addition to letters from these and other publishers, such as Victor Gollancz, there are a wide range of letters from Summers' friends...
Dates: Other: 1945-03
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers / Series I. Letters and correspondence / Correspondents, R - End

A Great Mistress of Romance: Ann Radcliffe, 1764-1823, 1917

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Printed and bound monographs (including several full journals and an instance of galley proofs) by a variety of authors, including Summers, for the most part names represented in the letters series. Each of Summers' great interests is present here: ghosts and occult lore, Restoration drama and history of the theatre, and Gothic literature.

Dates: Other: 1917
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers / Series III. Printed matter / Sub-Series A. Off-prints and articles

"Witchcraft cases" file, 1919 - 1946

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III of the Montague Summers papers contains off-prints, articles, publishers' prospectuses, playbills and theatre programmes, galley proofs, news clippings and other printed ephemera collected by Summers. A small number of photographs, most intended for use in publication, is included in this series. Of particular note is the extensive collection of theatre programmes and playbills, which includes examples from Summers' own theatre societies that are not listed in d'Arch Smith's...
Dates: 1919 - 1946
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers / Series III. Printed matter / Sub-Series E. Clippings

Series IV. Stewart Marsh Ellis papers, 1845 - 1933

 Series
Scope and Contents Series IV, the Stewart Marsh Ellis papers, forms the last series of the Montague Summers papers, consisting of the letters, scrapbooks, and ephemera of the literary biographer S.M. Ellis which came into Summers' possession after the death of Ellis in 1933. There is ample evidence of the shared interests of Ellis and Summers, particularly in Victorian Romantic literature, ghost stories, and in the supernatural, generally, and letters from each as well. The letters in the S.M. Ellis papers...
Dates: 1845 - 1933
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-110501, Montague Summers Papers

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