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William W. Wright Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS178
Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection consists of the four folios of General Wright's scrapbook which contains primarily news items relating to the proposed construction of the Panama Canal. Some letters, notes, and sketches by Wright are included, along with printed maps showing the different interoceanic routes that were considered. In addition, the scrapbook includes a letter from John A. Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, and several broadsides in Spanish citing Ferdinand de Lesseps and the canal...
Dates: 1857 - 1883; Majority of material found within 1879 - 1882
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / William W. Wright Collection

Maurice Adelman, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-940101
Collection level scope note The Maurice Adelman, Jr. Papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings by and about John Cardinal Wright. The collection comprises 1 linear foot of material and is arranged in 64 folders in 2 boxes. The collection holds about 150 personal letters from John Cardinal Wright to Maurice Adelman, along with correspondence between Adelman and some of Wright's friends concerning such issues as Wright's will and literary rights, the future writing of Wright's biography, as well as many...
Dates: 1957-1990
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Maurice Adelman, Jr. papers

Alexander Tremaine Wright - William John Carlton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS305
Collection-level Scope and Content Note "Happy are the dead and their biographers who have left materials for the building of their monuments"A.T.W. Alexander Tremaine Wright's correspondence (1909-1915) to William John Carlton offers a unique insight into research characteristic of a small English fraternity intrigued by the literature and history of shorthand. This practice of the educated, beginning with Englishman John Willis' alphabet-based system in 1640, remained the domain of writers and reporters until...
Dates: 1909 - 1915
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Alexander Tremaine Wright - William John Carlton Collection

Archie Wright French collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS106
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Archie Wright French Collection consists of 13 scrapbooks and 1 photo album with some loose clippings and pamphlets all regarding the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, comprising 17 folders arranged in 1 box and 1 oversized container. Not much is known of Archie Wright French. He arrived from the United States into Panama to help work with the construction of the Canal as a white collar worker in 1905 and stayed on with his family after the Canal was completed as a clerical worker in Gorgas...
Dates: 1904-1945; Majority of material found within 1930-1945
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Archie Wright French collection

Foreign Service School: Syllabi

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-901023
Scope and Contents Contains two volumes of course syllabi compiled by Assistant Dean Thomas H. Healy. One volume contains syllabi from the following classes: Political and Diplomatic History of Modern Europe taught by Baron Serge A. Korff; Applied Geography; Commercial Policies and Treaties taught by William S. Culbertson; International Law taught by James Brown Scott, assisted by Thomas H. Healy; French Language: Elementary, Advanced, Diplomatic taught by Jean J. Labat; Economics I taught by...
Dates: 1923-1924; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1924
Found in: Georgetown University Archives / Foreign Service School: Syllabi

Terry L. Meyers research files on Algernon Charles Swinburne

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-15
Identifier: GTM-140325
Content Description

Contains Meyers' research files re Algernon Charles Swinburne. Includes Meyers' research correspondence, dated 1980-1994.

15 folders arranged alphabetically by name. Includes photocopies of originals with transcriptions of letters by Hall Caine, Ernest Hartley Coleridge, Alice Haley, Edward Verrall Lucas, Eden Philpotts, Luigi Siciliani, Isabel Swinburne, Arthur Symons, John Hall Wheelock, and Thomas Wright.

Dates: 1902 - 1994
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Terry L. Meyers research files on Algernon Charles Swinburne

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

 Collection
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
Found in: Georgetown University Archives / Georgetown Anthology As Compiled and Edited by Al. Philip Kane and James S. Ruby, Jr.

John G. Deedy, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS262
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The John G. Deedy, Jr. Papers consist of the correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and other items generated and collected by John G. Deedy, Jr. throughout the course of his career in journalism and freelance writing. Most of the papers come from his years as Managing Editor of "Commonweal" (1967-1978) and the following years when he worked as a freelance writer (1978-1999). These papers shed light on many major events affecting the Catholic-American scene for the years they span, and offer...
Dates: 1407-1999; Majority of material found within 1960-1997
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John G. Deedy, Jr. papers

Thomas Armat papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS94
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Thomas Armat Papers consist of a few letters to Thomas Armat and members of his family and 67 glass negatives with photos of documents and early motion picture devices. The correspondence includes 1 letter from Thomas Edison to Armat crediting Armat with the invention of the motion picture projector and 1 letter from Orville Wright to Armat regarding the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the photos are of legal documents for a case, Armat Motion Picture Company v. Edison Manufacturing...
Dates: 1895-1978; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1946
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Thomas Armat papers

Harry L. Hopkins Papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-880401
Scope and contents note This is the second acquisition of the Harry L. Hopkins Papers at Georgetown University's Special Collections Department. The papers in this second collection, comprising 7 boxes and 3.5 linear feet, are arranged in the following series: a Family Correspondence Series, Organizations Correspondence Series, White House Correspondence Series, Personal/Manuscripts Series, Photographic Series, Clippings Series, and Oversize Items Series. Harry Lloyd Hopkins' personal papers illuminate the family...
Dates: 1913 - 1948
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Harry L. Hopkins Papers 2

George M. Kober Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS75
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The George M. Kober Papers consist of correspondence sent and received by. Kober dating primarily from 1897 through 1900. Correspondents include several of the presidents of Georgetown University, such as David H. Buel,S.J.; Charles W. Lyons, S.J.; W . Coleman Nevils, S.J.; and J. Havens Richards, S.J. Others include various city (D.C.) and federal government officials, as well as notable names in the medical, public health, and science fields - David Du Bose Gaillard, George M. Sternberg,...
Dates: 1892 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1897 - 1900
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / George M. Kober Papers

Bruno Scott James Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS135
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Bruno Scott James Papers consist of correspondence and manuscript material belonging to Msgr. James. Correspondence by Msgr. James is limited and in xerox form. The originals are located in other collections, specifically, the Douglas Woodruff papers and the Sir Arnold Lunn papers at the Georgetown University Special Collections Division. The bulk of the correspondence relating directly to Msgr. James is to or from his friend, the Bishop William Gordon Wheeler of Leeds. This concerns the...
Dates: 1957 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1984
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Bruno Scott James Papers

Frederick and Maria Shrady Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS175
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Frederick and Maria Shrady Papers consist primarily of correspondence to the Shradys from a variety of friends. The collection is arranged in 192 folders in five boxes. The Frederick and Maria Shrady Papers primarily consists of correspondence from notable religious and literary ficgures. Central to the collection are 391 letters from Martin C. D'Arcy, S.J. to Frederick and Maria Shrady, all of which exhibit the closeness of their friendship with one another and give great...
Dates: 1955 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1976
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Frederick and Maria Shrady Papers

Carolyn Smith Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-140106
Content Description Articles, monographs and printed source material relating to history of Catholic families in Maryland, and Southern American history including American Civil War.Folder list1. Browning, Sister Mary Carmel, OSU. Think Big: A partial biography of Reverend Tong, SJ. (1970). Inscribed by the author to Smith. 2. Smith, Lancaster. “Impeaching a ‘National Expert’ in a Catastrophic Collision Case.” For the Defense, vol. 23, no. 6, June 1981. 3. St. Ferdinand’s...
Dates: 1789 - 1981
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Carolyn Smith Collection

August Velletri Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS151
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The August Velletri Papers include correspondence received by Mr. Velletri during his assignment as political officer to the U.S. Embassy in Rome (1955-1960). The primary correspondent is Archbishop Eugene (or Igino) Cardinale, chief of protocol to the Vatican secretary of state. Other correspondence is from various Italian officials, party members, and associates. These include Angelo dell'Aqua, secretary of state to the Vatican and Anselmo Crisafulli, a prominent lawyer and publicist....
Dates: 1943 - 1967
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / August Velletri Papers

Lawrence Gilman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS232
Collection-level Scope and Content Note Comprising seven boxes, eleven linear feet of material, the Lawrence Gilman Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, and printed matter relating to the life and career of Lawrence Gilman (1878-1939). The grandnephew of Johns Hopkins' University's first president Daniel Coit Gilman, Lawrence Gilman was a noted music critic for the "New York Herald-Tribune," annotator of orchestral programs for the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and radio...
Dates: 1807 - 1948; Majority of material found within 1901 - 1937
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Lawrence Gilman Papers

John L. Brown papers 3

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS253
Scope and Contents The John L. Brown papers 3, consists of correspondence with 20th century artists, scholars, and writers. Notables include artists Huseyin Halit, Loren McIver and her husband, poet Lloyd Frankenberg, Lilian Mckendrick, Irene Rice Pereira and Antoinette Schulte; art critic and historian Roger Avermaete; historian Henry Steele Commager; and writers Jacqueline Bernard, Faith Berry, Elizabeth Borton de Trevino, Lewis Galantiere, Elsa Gress, poet James Laughlin, Boris Schreiber, Pierre Seghers,...
Dates: 1946-1995; Majority of material found within 1966-1986
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John L. Brown papers 3

John L. Brown papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS205
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The John L. Brown papers 2, consists of 271 folders of alphabetically arranged correspondence with prominent twentieth-century graphic and performing artists, composers, publishers and writers including Josephine Baker, George Braziller, John Cage, Albert Camus, Marc Chagall, Carlos Chavez, Henry Steele Commager, George Dillon, John Dos Passos, Angna Enters, Paul Flamand, Gaston Gallimard, Julien Green, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, Claude Levi-Strauss, Jose Limon, Andre Malraux, Jacques...
Dates: 1940-1995; Majority of material found within 1945-1970
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John L. Brown papers 2

Bruce Marshall Papers

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Identifier: GTM-840208
Scope and Contents The Bruce Marshall Papers primarily consist of correspondence, manuscripts and news clippings, all tracing Burce Marshall's career as an author from 1924 until his death in 1987.The Bruce A. Marshall Papers are arranged in series according to subject. There is a Manuscript series, a Correspondence series, a Clippings series and a small Thesis series.The Manuscripts series comprises the first eight boxes of the collection. Contained in it are different drafts of...
Dates: 1924 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1979
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Bruce Marshall Papers

Correspondence: Alexander Tremaine Wright to William J. Carlton., 09/09/1909-09/09/1909

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 87019
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

This series consists of autographed signed correspondence from Alexander Tremaine Wright to William J. Carlton. The correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 09/09/1909-09/09/1909
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / GTM-GAMMS305, Alexander Tremaine Wright - William John Carlton Collection / Correspondence: Wright to Carlton

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