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Charles Quest Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS227
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Charles Quest Papers include correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and personal biographical materials contained in five boxes. The papers are well-documented, due to Dorothy Quest's organization as well as her handwritten notes which are thorough and descriptive. Charles Quest's tenure at Washington University in St. Louis (1944-1971) brought him into contact with many names well-known to students of 20th century American printmaking. Quest worked with Werner Drewes,...
Dates:
1904 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1969
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Quest participated in the "Arts in the Embassies Program" beginning in the 1960's; his woodcut "Heads of State" was selected by President Lyndon Johnson in 1967 for the White House, and his "Top Brass" was purchased by the Iranian Ambassador.
Ned O'Gorman Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS328
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Ned O'Gorman Papers 2 consist primarily of correspondence, manuscripts, notes and diaries. In addition to personal correspondence and manuscripts, the collection contains material from three projects that O'Gorman undertook. The organization of the papers reflects this, as each of the projects is a separate series. In 1965, O'Gorman returned from a tour in South America and began work on a book for Random House that would be titled "Prophetic Voices: Ideas and Words on...
Dates:
1920 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2000
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
This series also contains O'Gorman's notes towards the biography and the beginning manuscripts.
SERIES: 5. Manuscripts DESCRIPTION: Manuscripts of poems, some non-fiction, and a play by Ned O'Gorman.
SERIES: 5. Manuscripts DESCRIPTION: Manuscripts of poems, some non-fiction, and a play by Ned O'Gorman.
Theodore Maynard Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS329
Scope and Contents
The Theodore Maynard Papers consist of the manuscripts of Theodore Maynard and his correspondence with publishers, family members, and numerous literary figures. The collection also includes the manuscripts of Sara Casey Maynard and the original artwork and manuscripts she gathered for a projected children's magazine. A few photographs, newspaper clippings and printed items are also contained in the collection. Included with the collection are over one hundred letters written by literary...
Dates:
1910 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1955
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
His first book, "Laughs and Whifts of Song," was published when he was twenty-five. It was the beginning of a long literary career, in which he went on to write more than forty books of poetry, biography and history.
Martin F. Herz Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS134
Scope and Contents
This is the second acquisition of the Martin F. Herz Papers (see finding aid by Margaret H. McAleer, February 1984, for first acquisition). Material includes congratulatory correspondence to Ambassador Herz on his appointment as U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria (1974-77); a large series of lectures (including research notes and speech outlines) given as the director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University (1978-83). ...
Dates:
1940-1983; Majority of material found within 1974-1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The manuscripts and working files containing correspondence with contributors and publishers for several of his books are included in this collection: The Golden Ladle (1945; A Short History of Cambodia from the Days of Angkor to the Present (1958); Beginnings of the Cold War (1966); David Bruce's 'Long Telegram' of July 3, 1951 (1978); Decline of the West?
John Kelly Liberia Mission Diary
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 38: [Barcode: 39020031368189], Folder: 12
Identifier: GTM-0060
Scope and Contents
A diary maintained by Rev. John Kelly during a portion of his Catholic missionary work in Cape Palmas, Liberia. He describes the struggles of Catholic missionaries in their largely unsuccessful efforts to proselytize to African-American colonists and the local Grebo people as well as the persistent health concerns for him and his fellow travelers. Note on Problematic Language Please be aware that this collection contains the use of outdated...
Dates:
1842
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
John’s Church (Albany) beginning in 1837 until he volunteered for missionary work in Liberia in 1841.
Robert F. Wagner Papers: Campaign Files
Series
Identifier: GTM-491023-CA
Scope and Contents note
The Campaign Files deal primarily with Wagner's Senate career, although one box contains a few speeches from as early as 1915. Included in this series are materials covering Al Smith's presidential campaign of 1928, the presidential campaigns of 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944, and various New York state campaigns. Documentation of the 1938 New York state constitutional convention is to be found in this along with material on such issues as housing, banking, lynching, public utilities and TVA,...
Dates:
1915 - 1949
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
A Tammany Hall Democrat, German immigrant, and pro-labor liberal, Robert Wagner entered politics in the Progressive Era in New York State and continued in national politics through the Depression, the New Deal, World War II, and the beginning of the Cold War. He was a member of both the New York State Assembly and State Senate, a Justice of the New York Supreme Court, and finally one of the most influential liberal senators of his time.
Cecil B. Lyon Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS147
Scope and Contents note
The Cecil B. Lyon Papers comprise a rich life-time's record of a career in the American Foreign Service. Moreover, the collection is replete with letters by and about almost everyone in the field; a list of the colleagues and acquaintances of Ambassador Lyon would read like a "Who's Who" of the Foreign Service.The material has been organized into 13 series, the first five of which consist of correspondence (alphabetical; carbons; commercial; invitations; and individuals). These...
Dates:
1930-1971
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The order of the subject files for each post held by the ambassador is also chronological, beginning with his first appointment in Havana, Cuba, in 1930.
Thomas C. Barger Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-161201
Scope and Contents
The Thomas C. Barger Papers contain materials related to his career working for the Arabian American Oil Company.Series 1 - Correspondence Between Thomas C. Barger and His Family. Many letters written by Thomas C. Barger to his parents are contained in this series. A large number of letters from Thomas C. Barger to his wife Kathleen Barger are also present. Some letters from Thomas C. Barger to Mike T. Barger are also retained. The correspondence chronicles Thomas C. Barger's...
Dates:
1937 - 1979
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
John Douglas Woodruff - Sir Roy (Forbes) Harrod Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS218
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Harrod-Woodruff Collection comprises a series of letters from (John) Douglas Woodruff to Sir Roy (Forbes) Harrod. The Harrod-Woodruff Collection contains 47 Autograph Letters (Signed), 4 Postcards (Signed), 1 Typed Letter (Signed), and other printed material from (John) Douglas Woodruff to Sir Roy (Forbes) Harrod, as well as 1 Autograph Letter (Signed) from Mrs. Douglas Woodruff to Lady Harrod. The letters from Douglas Woodruff to Roy Harrod span the time period of 1922-1946....
Dates:
1922-1978; Majority of material found within 1922-1936
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He was elected to a lectureship at Christ Church, Oxford, from 1922-24, and a Studentship (i.e. fellowship) in modern history and economics in 1924 which he held until his retirement in 1967. Before beginning his lectureship, he went to King's College, Cambridge, to study economics under the tutelage of John Maynard Keynes, whose biography (Life of John Maynard Keynes) Harrod later wrote.
Ethel Crocker - Andre de Limur Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS344
Scope and Contents
The Crocker-de Limur Collection consists of historical and literary documents assembled by a family of collectors; a small portion of the papers of French diplomat Andre de Limur (1890?-1971); a small part of the papers of Ambassador Aime Joseph de Fleuriau, French Ambassador to Great Britain (1924-1933); French documents from the Bibliotheca Lindesiana concerning political matters in France in the 1790s; and oversized printed proclamations by the French Government during World War I....
Dates:
1737 - 1945
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Financial reasons led to the sale of the collection, beginning as early as the 1880s and continuing into the 1940s.
Cornelius Van H. Engert Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS169
Scope and Contents
The Cornelius Van H. Engert Papers consist of correspondence, reports, photographs and printed materials created or collected by Cornelius Van Hemert Engert during and after his career as a U.S. diplomat from 1912 to 1945. The Papers comprise 18 linear feet of material, contained in 12 boxes, arranged in 930 folders. The collection is divided into 16 series, mainly according to the geographical assignments held by Engert at various times during his diplomatic career. The series focusing on...
Dates:
1896 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In September 1923, Engert began eight years of service in Latin American countries, beginning with Cuba, where he served as First Secretary until February 1925.
Ruth Norman Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-180524
Scope and Contents
The collection consists musical compositions authored by pianist and composer Ruth Norman, including music manuscripts and printed scores. Norman produced a variety of works, including piano solo compositions, organ solo compositions, choral compositions, solo vocal compositions, and orchestral compositions. The collection also includes a small amount of related documents, such as concert programs, correspondence, promotional flyers, and composition lists. Finally, the collection also...
Dates:
1969 - 2007
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Of Divine Love,” she begins with the text “God is Love and those that abide in Love abide in God and God abides in them.”
Edward A. Drake papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS85
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Edward A. Drake Papers are primarily comprised of correspondence by officials of the Panama Railroad Company (mostly dating from 1905 through 1927), and by notable Panamanian politicians and government ministers (total of 62 folders). Content is personal with some references to Panamanian political events of the time, as well as to the railroad business. An additional eight folders include a few personal letters by Edward Drake; condolence letters written to Drake's wife, Jeanette...
Dates:
1852-1981; Majority of material found within 1905-1927
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
When the Panama canal project was taken up again, this time by the US, construction rights and concessions were secured by the succession of well-known treaties beginning with the Hay-Herran Treaty in 1903 signed between US secretary of state John Hay and Colombian president Pedro Herran and providing the US with a 100-year lease of the Canal Zone.
R. Joseph DeSutter Collection of U.S. National Security Documents
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20221117
Scope and Contents Note
The R. Joseph DeSutter Collection of U.S. National Security Documents contains materials related to U.S. national security and arms control from the 1980s to the 1990s. They were collected as part of DeSutter's work in the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations as a national security advisor. DeSutter was a White House expert on the Strategic Defense Initiative and its relation to the ABM Treaty; ongoing arms control negotiations; verification and compliance; national space policy; and...
Dates:
1950 - 2007
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Over the next three years Colonel DeSutter served as chief administrator, command briefer, and virtual chief-of-staff for a global organization with a $3 billion (mid-seventies) annual budget. It was the beginning of his lifelong education in space and space technologies – including communications, meteorology, navigation, reconnaissance satellites, launch vehicles, and intercontinental ballistic missiles, all of which were then under development by SAMSO program offices
He was assigned to the United States Air Force Academy’s Political Science faculty in 1977.
He was assigned to the United States Air Force Academy’s Political Science faculty in 1977.
Francis A. Barnum, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS56
Scope and Contents
The Francis A. Barnum, SJ Papers include materials documenting his missionary work--particularly at Holy Cross, Koserefsky, Alaska--and his research on Native Alaskan languages. The collection also reflects his Jesuit service at Blackwell’s Island (New York) and Georgetown University. Alongside correspondence, the papers also hold records of his world travels and family genealogy. Note on Problematic Language and Imagery Please be aware that...
Dates:
1864 - 1940; 1974
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He was assigned to the mission in Alaska beginning in 1891, first traveling to St. Michael Island and then settling in Tununak (Nelson Island).
Larry Collins Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS315
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the research and subject files, interview tapes, including transcripts, and related material of the noted writer and journalist Larry Collins. Included in this collection are the materials for Collins' five collaborative works with French journalist and writer Dominique Lapierre, as well as the three novels he authored alone. The collection has been arranged chronologically according to the dates of publication for his works. The collectins holds material related to...
Dates:
1931 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1972 - 1990
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
As Collins once observed on their relationship: "We do a very detailed outline before beginning the writing. Then Dominique may take the first section and write it in French.
Felix G. Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS140
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Felix G. Robinson Papers consist of the correspondence, manuscripts, notes and photographs of Felix Griffon Robinson, along with the genealogical notes of Charles Hoye and the correspondence and other papers of "Tableland Trails" and the Mountain Choir Festival. The Papers comprise 25 linear feet, arranged in 586 folders contained in 21 boxes.The Felix G. Robinson Papers trace Robinson's career as a Lutheran pastor, a musician and a local historian. His career as a Lutheran...
Dates:
1905 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In 1953 a lifelong, intense interest in the history of the Allegheny Tableland area made it possible for him to begin publishing a periodical magazine, "Tableland Trails."
Lois Wolfrum Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS443
Scope and Contents
The Lois Wolfrum Papers (2 boxes, 1.0 linear feet) span 1970 to 2004 and contain correspondence between Lois Wolfrum and Rev. Eugene L. Watrin, SJ, a Jesuit priest stationed in Nepal for over fifty years, and between Lois Wolfrum and Penny Williams Yacoub, an artist and illustrator who lived in Lebanon and Tunisia during the 1970s and 1980s. Also included in the collection are printed materials by, or relating to, Fr. Watrin and Nepali life, as well as extensive records of Penny Williams'...
Dates:
1970 - 2004
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Lois Wolfrum was a long-time employee of Aramco, the Arabian American Oil Company. Beginning in 1956, Wolfrum worked in Aramco's Government Relations department based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
William P. Blatty Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-730327
Scope and Contents
The collection contains typed manuscripts and galley proofs for novels and screenplays by William P. Blatty. It also contains research materials related to the Exorcist, including letters from Father William S. Bowdern (1968-1975).
Dates:
1953-2010
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Gerard Mannion Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20220623
Scope and Contents
The collections contains the papers of Catholic scholar Gerard Mannion (1970-2019), who served as a professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University from 2004 until his death in 2019. The collection includes materials from his studies at Oxford and Cambridge, as well as his teaching materials from Georgetown University, the University of Tubingen, Liverpool Hope University, the University of Leeds, and San Diego University. Many of Mannion's research...
Dates:
1987 - 2019
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts