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Bernard and Barbara Wall Papers 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS332
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Bernard and Barbara Wall Papers: Part 2 contain correspondence and manuscripts of Bernard and Barbara Wall, two English Catholic intellectuals who had contact with the Pigotts Circle. Correspondents of the Walls include Tom Burns, Graham Greene, Vivien Greene, Harman Grisewood, Rene Hague, and Michael Richey. A manuscript by Bernard Wall entitled, "Aspects of Italian Civilisation" and manuscripts by Barbara Wall, such as her wartime diary dated 1940, her memoir of Rene Hague, and a draft...
Dates: 1556 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1989

Bernard Wall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-101201
Scope and contents note The Bernard Wall Papers highlight the life and career of Bernard Wall (1908-1974), a noted English Catholic intellectual. The collection contains a small run of photocopied letters from David Jones to Bernard Wall. Also, there is a large amount of correspondence from Bernard Wall to his parents dated 1916 to 1932 and to his wife Barbara Wall dated 1935 to 1973. Many autograph manuscripts and typed manuscripts by Bernard Wall are present in this archive. Parts of his diary are...
Dates: 1916 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1972

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

Centinel of Liberty and George-Town Advertiser, May 31, 1796

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Identifier: GTA-000842
Scope and Contents Includes note by Frank Barnum, S.J.: "In the latter part of March 1899, the central room of the North Building, formerly the College Parlor, was completely renovated. While the workmen were taking down the old washboard around the floor, this copy of the Centinel of Liberty was found in between the washboard and the wall. Frank Barnum, S.J. March 20, 1899This room was used then as a bedroom for Post Graduates and was re-arranged to hold the Bric-a-brac given by Mrs. L.B....
Dates: 1796

Photographs: Campus and Surrounding Area (Oversize)

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Identifier: GTA-000769
Scope and Contents Box 1 includes:Leslie's illustration: View of Georgetown, Washington and Alexandria, taken from Columbian [Georgetown] College, Georgetown Heights, The Quarters of the 69th Regiment of New York, 1861Harper's Weekly illustration: Quarters of the Sixty-Ninth (Irish) Regiment New York State Militia, at Georgetown College, D.C, June 1861Brady image from Virginia showing Aqueduct Bridge, Holy Trinity Church and Maguire, Mulledy and Gervase...
Dates: 1829-ca. 1989

Seth D. Zinman Ragtime Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTM-111216
Scope and contents note

Ragtime recordings and printed matter collected by Seth D. Zinman. Includes newspapers, audiovisual material (16 compact discs, 19 audiocassettes, 1 VHS videocassette, 89 LPs), and 254 issues of "The Mississippi Rag" (1974-1997), "The Rag Times" (1983-2003), and "The Rag Timer" (1983-1986).

Dates: 1974 - 2003

Old North Collection

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Identifier: GTA-820331
Scope and Contents Contains material found in a wall on the fourth floor of Old North during renovations in 1982. Includes student papers (some in Greek and Latin, some damaged) from 1893-1894 by Francis Joseph Leonard, Mateo Guillen, Charles Bernard Burke, James Christopher O'Connor, James Raymond Stafford, James Coale Sappington, William James Lant, Michael Francis O'Connor, Charles Woodbury Gorman, John Andrew Fogarty, Eugene Ryan, Joseph Harris Lindsley, William Joseph O'Leary, Salvador Guillen, Nuva...
Dates: 1887-1918

Harman Grisewood papers 1

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS131
Scope and Contents This collection centers around the correspondence and related papers of three important and long-standing friendships of Harman Grisewood: with the poet and artist David Jones; with printer and artist Rene Hague; and with Christopher Sykes, the celebrated biographer of Evelyn Waugh. Correspondence relating to Jones and Hague, in particular, reflects the social, literary and artistic circles which they and mutual friend Harman Grisewood, shared with acquaintances such as Thomas F....
Dates: 1916-1989; Majority of material found within 1950-1980

Michael Richey Papers 1

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS223
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Michael Richey papers 1, consist of original correspondence from personal friends who also comprise the notable circle of artists who congregated at the home of English sculptor Eric Gill (1882-1940), on Pigotts farm in Buckinghamshire. Together with Gill, these included Anthony Foster, Rene Hague, David Jones, Walter Shewring, and Denis Tegetmeier. Correspondence is also included from other well-known acquaintances (many of whom were related or closely associated to the...
Dates: 1930 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1980

Georgetown Anthology As Compiled and Edited by Al. Philip Kane and James S. Ruby, Jr.

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Identifier: GTA-000372
Scope and Contents Dorrance and Company Publishers, Philadelphia. Author’s Index at back. From the preface: "For all those to whom the name of Georgetown suggests a wealth of youthful memories and brings back to view the tower-crowned hill and cloistered quadrangles, this volume will serve as a trusted storehouse of time-dimmed dreams . . ." Includes poetry contributions from: W. Kurtz Wimsatt; Robert J. Collier; Paul D. Page, Jr.; Charles Wells Russell; George LeGuere; Leo J. Casey; Thomas Walsh...
Dates: 1927

Michael Richey Papers 2

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS321
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Michael Richey papers 2, consists of original correspondence from personal friends and members of the Richey family; as well as printed material including clippings, journals, and magazines featuring articles by and about Michael Richey. A portion of the correspondence is from the notable circle of artists who congregated at the home of English sculptor Eric Gill, (1882-1940), on Pigotts Farm in Buckinghamshire. These include Gill, Anthony Foster, and Rene Hague. Additional...
Dates: 1897 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1940 - 2000

Vivien Greene papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS420
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

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.

Dates: 1941-1948

Thomas Murray Wilson Papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS111
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Thomas Murray Wilson Papers consist primarily of photographs and diaries by Wilson mainly during his travels around the world in the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's in the United States diplomatic corps. The collection is comprised of 5 linear feet of material, arranged in 40 folders in 4 boxes and 3 oversize containers. Thomas Murray Wilson was an avid traveler during his service as a diplomat, visiting all over Southern Asia, Africa and Europe in addition to the countries where...
Dates: 1920 - 1944

Giovanni Giovannini papers

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Identifier: GTM-131217
Collection-level Scope and Contents note Papers of Professor Giovanni Giovannini, including letters, printed ephemera and recordings relating to poet Ezra Pound. Includes lecture cards and notes on English literature. Collection contains media (3 reels of 1/4" audio tape). The bulk of the collection is comprised of letters, corresondence, and printed matter related to the confinement of Ezra Pound at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, DC, and to efforts on his behalf to secure his release, as well as numerous newspaper and...
Dates: 1928-1985

Bernard A. Maguire, S.J. Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTA-GAMMS17
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Bernard A. Maguire, S.J. Papers include correspondence (mainly letters to Father Maguire) during both of his tenures as President of Georgetown College, although not all of the content pertains to College affairs. Also present are: notes from a diary he kept between 1839 and 1870 which references events in his life and happenings on campus, including the impact of the Civil War; clippings relating to his death and funeral; and handwritten notes relating to theology lectures he attended...
Dates: 1848 - 1886; Majority of material found within 1848 - 1867

Harman Grisewood papers 2

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS255
Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection comprises the second acquisition of the papers of Harman Grisewood (1906-1997). Included is a long run (Boxes 1 through 5) of correspondence from notable individuals such as W.H. Auden, Max Beerbohm, Violet Bonham-Carter, Tom Burns (editor of "The Tablet”), Winston S. Churchill, historian Christopher Dawson, B.B.C. director general Hugh Greene, Vivien Greene (wife of writer Graham Greene), Deirdre and Rupert Hart-Davis, Sibyl Hathaway (Dame of Sark), Saunders Lewis, members...
Dates: 1926-1997; Majority of material found within 1950-1990

Jack Womack Papers

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Identifier: GTM-141106.2
Scope and Contents

The collection documents the career of author Jack Womack and contains correspondence, manuscripts, articles, and ephemera. It also includes correspondence and manuscripts by science fiction author William Gibson.

Dates: 1992 - 2002

Jean Edward Smith Papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS234
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Jean Edward Smith Papers are housed in 10 boxes and span 12.0 linear feet. Historian Jean Edward Smith amassed these materials for his full-length biography of Lucius D. Clay entitled "Lucius D. Clay: An America Life" (New York: Holt, 1990). Cooperating with his biographer on this project, Clay exchanged correspondence with Smith, recounted key events, agreed to take part in numerous oral history interviews, and provided access to key documents. The correspondence between Clay and Smith...
Dates: 1860 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1975

Cuba - USS Maine Photograph Album

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 5 (Letter), Folder: 11-12
Identifier: GTM-20230622
Scope and Contents Photograph album containing unattributed snapshot photographs taken in Havana Bay, the city of Havana, and the surrounding area around 1898.The album consists of original snapshot photographs, the earliest batch taken from the prow of an unidentified ship, occasionally showing lone members of the crew at work, but chiefly focused on views from the vessel, of passing ships and the approaching skyline of Havana. Five images depict the approaching remains of the USS Maine peering...
Dates: circa 1898

College Burial Ground and Holy Rood Cemetery Collection

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Identifier: GTA-000144
Scope and Contents The College Burial Ground and Holy Rood Collection is comprised of records of two cemeteries used by Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.) that are on real estate owned by Georgetown University. In 1817, the parish established the College Burial Ground (also known as "The Old Parish Cemetery") for burials of church members. The site was on a slope next to the what was then the western wall of Georgetown Visitation Convent. In 1832, Georgetown College purchased land in Georgetown...
Dates: 1817 - 1989