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Karen Walwyn Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20240826
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers and audio recordings that document the career of Karen Walwyn. It includes nine compact discs of commercial recordings, concert programs, a copy of The Caged Bird: The life and music of Florence B. Price on DVD (2015), and other documents.
Dates:
1976 - 2025
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Arthur A. Coniff, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-771231
Scope and Contents
The Arthur A. Coniff, SJ Papers predominantly contain photographs of relatives and friends with a single folder of miscellaneous documents. A majority of those pictured are members of the Alida Withrop-Stanton Felton and Shirlee Terry-John Fomon families.
Dates:
1900 - 1977
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Coniff (1901-1977) was born in Baltimore to Patrick A. (1860-1901) and Elizabeth S. Adams Coniff (1887-1951) alongside siblings Mary E. (1899-1983) and John J. (1902-1983).
Waldorf Astor journal
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS256
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
Written in 1901 during his days as a student at New College, Oxford, the Journal of Waldorf Astor provides a brief, but interesting glimpse into the life of a young man who was born into immense wealth and would later devote himself to public service. This journal records Astor's social activities and personal interests, particularly his love of horses, which comes as no surprise given that he eventually built up one of the best known studs in Great Britain. Aside from his numerous entries...
Dates:
1901-1901; Majority of material found in 1901 - 1901
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Source: Dictionary of National Biography, 1951-1960 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971), and R. J. Q. Adams, ‘Astor, Waldorf, second Viscount Astor (1879–1952)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30490, accessed 11 Dec 2014]; Britannica.com
John S. Monagan - Horace B. McKenna, SJ Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-970507
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, drafts, and other ephemera related to the writing and publication John S. Monagan's biography of Fr. Horace B. McKenna entitled Horace, Priest of the Poor (1985). Also contains audio cassette recordings of interviews used by Monagan for the work, photographs of many interview subjects, and six interview transcripts.
Dates:
1978 - 1988
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS122
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren papers consist of one scrapbook intact, containing material dating from 1885 through 1888; a fragment of a scrapbook, containing material dating 1877 through 1879; and one tintype, possibly of the Irish statesman, Charles Stewart Parnell. The following description of this collection begins with the complete scrapbook, designated Scrapbook I. The fragmented Scrapbook II follows, with the tintype as the last item in the collection. Itemization of material within...
Dates:
1877-1888
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Dahlgren was also an adamant anti-suffragist. In January 1878, she and Ellen Ewing Sherman (wife of William T.
McHarg Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS248
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The McHarg Family Papers (1 box, 0.5 linear feet) contain some fifty substantial Civil War letters, dated 1861 to 1864, including a few penned by Union officer Horace Porter, exchanged among members of the McHarg family, in addition to five remarkable baseball letters, dated 1864, with lengthy discussion and even three detailed box scores concerning an amateur baseball club in Albany, New York. A small number of manuscripts, printed matter, and letters written after the Civil War rounds out...
Dates:
1861 - 1922; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Among other achievements, he formed the brokerage firm of Adams & McHarg, invested heavily in railroads, served as president of the Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Company, and became a leading banker.
McHarg Family Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS266
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The McHarg Family Papers: Part 2 contain a small number of documents related to U.S. Civil War officer Horace Porter, financier and railroad president Henry K. McHarg, and Civil War assistant quartermaster of volunteers John McHarg. Porter married into the McHarg family during the Civil War. The McHarg Family Papers: Part 2 further document the history of the Porter and McHarg families and supplement the McHarg Family Papers: Part 1 already preserved in the Georgetown University Library...
Dates:
1856 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1856 - 1928
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Among other achievements, he formed the brokerage firm of Adams & McHarg, invested heavily in railroads, served as president of the Virginia Iron, Coal, & Coke Company, and became a leading banker.
Fitzhugh Green, Sr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS132
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Fitzhugh Green, Sr., Papers consist of Green's correspondence; diaries and notebooks; manuscripts (autograph and typed) to articles and prospective books; reprints of articles/papers; clippings from newspapers and magazines; and photographs including many negatives of family and a notable set of glass slides showing scenes from his Arctic travels. Most prominent are the series consisting of correspondence, scrapbooks, articles, notebooks and journals belonging to Green about the Crocker...
Dates:
1900-1947; Majority of material found within 1913-1935
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He was a technical film director for Richard Barthelmess in 1925; managing editor of the George Matthew Adams Newspaper Service from 1925 to 1926; and a member of the editorial staff and assistant to the president of the George Putnam Publishing Company from 1927 to 1929.
OSS Oral History Project Records
Collection
Identifier: GTM-220705
Scope and Contents
The OSS Oral History Project collection comprises the records of a Georgetown University-based project funded by the Central Intelligence Agency’s Center for the Study of Intelligence. In 1996 and 1997, under the leadership of Dr. Christof Mauch, a team of scholars conducted oral history interviews with over thirty former members of the Office of Strategic Services, a World War Two American intelligence agency. Interviewees included former CIA director Richard Helms, US Supreme Court Justice...
Dates:
1997 - 1998
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
John O'Leary Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS313
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of the papers kept by John O'Leary during his Ambassadorship in Chile and in preparation for his assignment there. The collection includes daily schedules, correspondence (primarily email), subject files, press clippings, video tapes and awards. In 1998, John O'Leary was nominated by President Clinton to be the Ambassador to Chile, a post he accepted and held for three years. The daily schedules collected here serve as a "day in the life" record of the meetings,...
Dates:
1965 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1998 - 2001
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Embassy Officials:
James Carragher - Deputy Chief of Mission
Stephen Wesche - Econ/Political Counselor
Kathleen Brion - Counselor for Public Affairs
Richard Blabey - Agricultural Counselor
John Harris - Commercial Counselor
Chilean Officials: Augusto Pinochet - Coup Leader, President of Chile (1974-1990) Patricio Alywin - President of Chile (1990-1994) Eduardo Frei - President of Chile (1994-1999) Ricardo Lagos - President of Chile (2000 - ) Soledad Alvear - Minister of Foreign Relations (2000 - )
[Sources: Day, Adam. Mainebiz. "Santiago Calling," 23 July, 2001.]
Chilean Officials: Augusto Pinochet - Coup Leader, President of Chile (1974-1990) Patricio Alywin - President of Chile (1990-1994) Eduardo Frei - President of Chile (1994-1999) Ricardo Lagos - President of Chile (2000 - ) Soledad Alvear - Minister of Foreign Relations (2000 - )
[Sources: Day, Adam. Mainebiz. "Santiago Calling," 23 July, 2001.]
James D. Mooney Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS98
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The James D. Mooney Papers are comprised of correspondence, manuscripts, books, photographs, medals and awards, consisting of 12 linear feet of material arranged in 190 folders in 11 boxes.The James D. Mooney Papers mainly concern Mooney's quasi-official involvement in international affairs between 1939-1940. Acting largely on his own volition, and with official sanction, Mooney attempted to apply the methods of corporate negotiation to international moderation. As Louis Lochner...
Dates:
1924 - 1955; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1945
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
May 1939: Kennedy-Wohlthat meeting In the Spring of 1939, Mooney was called to Germany to discuss a number of issues with the Nazi government pertaining to GMC's Adam-Opel plant. In the process, he became aware of interest in securing gold loans in exchange for an agreement to stop Germany's practice of subsidized exports and special exchange practices.
Richard T. Crane Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-800320
Scope and Contents
The Richard T. Crane Papers are divided into three series: the State Department Series (1915-1919), the Prague Series (1919-1922), and the Virginia Series (1922-1951), corresponding, respectively, to Richard Crane's years as private secretary to Secretary of State Robert Lansing; as the American ambassador to Czechoslovakia; and finally, as the owner of Westover Plantation in Virginia. There is also a quantity of photographs and other materials, filed separately.An addendum of...
Dates:
1915-1951
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Alan Redway Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS84
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The papers of Alan Redway consist of manuscripts and correspondence relating to his lifelong bibliographic work on British novelist Graham Greene. Included in the collection are letters from Greene,as well as numerous editors, publishers, scholars and writers associated with the bibliography. In addition, Redway had collected newspaper and magazine clippings on Greene and his writings.The son of Frank Redway, a London dealer in rare and fine books and manuscripts, and the nephew...
Dates:
1924 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1983
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The son of Frank Redway, a London dealer in rare and fine books and manuscripts, and the nephew of George Redway, the publisher, Alan Redway continued a family tradition with his 'gentle passion for book collecting and literary scholarship' (Adam, vol. xxxxvi, 1984).
The collection is arranged into 5 series: General correspondence (1949-1987); Graham Greene/Alan Redway correspondence(1949-1983); Manuscripts (c.1949-1983); and Clippings (1924-1983).
The collection is arranged into 5 series: General correspondence (1949-1987); Graham Greene/Alan Redway correspondence(1949-1983); Manuscripts (c.1949-1983); and Clippings (1924-1983).
Peter R. Brady papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-880801
Scope and contents note
Peter R. Brady [1825 - 1902], one of Arizona's leading pioneers, served his country on exploring expeditions as well as in local and state offices. His papers consist of correspondence, documents, photographs and clippings. Most of the correspondence in this collection is from Brady's sisters, Margaret and Mary Ellen, and their respective husbands, Edmund and Major B. B. French. Letters from these individuals provide a fascinating view of the country, and especially Washington, D.C., before,...
Dates:
1850-1898
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Mary Ellen French's correspondence also refers to Daniel Chester French, the famous sculptor, his wife, Mary Adams French, daughter of Margaret and Edmund French, and their daughter, Margaret French Cresson.
Hildred Roach Collection on Pan African Composers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20230714
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials related to Pan African composers and musicians that was collected by Hildred Roach. It includes music scores from a variety of Black composers, Hildred Roach concert programs, and music recordings (phonograph records, compact discs, and open reel). The collection includes William Grant Still, Ulysses Kay, George Walker, and many others.
Please see the External Documents section below for preliminary inventories of the collection.
Dates:
1900 - 2023
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Francis P. Sullivan Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-19880601
Scope and Contents
The papers include correspondence, printed ephemera, sketches and other artwork, and a file of cyanotype photographic prints showing a variety of Washington, D.C. subjects at the very end of the nineteenth century. Sullivan’s work as a Washington architect is documented by a file of proposals and related materials.
Dates:
circa 1825-1945
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The known members of Allied Architects were: Horace Peaslee, Louis Justement, Gilbert LaCoste Rodier, Frank Upman, Nathan C. Wyeth, Percy C. Adams, Robert F. Beresford, Fred H. Brooke, Ward Brown, Appleton P.
Peter Bergen Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20240406
Scope and Contents
The personal papers of journalist and documentarian Peter Bergen relating to his work covering Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and global terrorism.It comprises extensive subject and research files containing correspondence, reporting and analysis, manuscripts and drafts, delassified government records, court records and evidence, and documentary scripts. Central to the collection are numerous interviews with individuals involved with al-Qaeda or jihadism, counter-terrorism, and...
Dates:
1985-2023
; Majority of material found within 1993-2015
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He was extradited to the United States and arraigned in October 2012.
Gadahn, Adam Yahiye (September 1, 1978 – January 19, 2015) was an American senior operative, cultural interpreter, spokesman and media advisor for the Islamist group al-Qaeda, as well as a prolific noise musician.
Gadahn, Adam Yahiye (September 1, 1978 – January 19, 2015) was an American senior operative, cultural interpreter, spokesman and media advisor for the Islamist group al-Qaeda, as well as a prolific noise musician.
Anthony Cave Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-930701
Scope and Contents
The Anthony Cave Brown papers comprise the extensive research files of historian and author Anthony Cave Brown used for his numerous books about U.S. and British military intelligence. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, photocopied documents, internet printouts, printed matter, manuscripts of some of his books, audio cassettes, and some photographs. Documents pertaining to various figures in the intelligence field; including William Donovan, H. St. John B. Philby, and Kim...
Dates:
1930 - 2006
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts