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Georgetown Memorabilia Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000117
Dates: 1870 - 2023

John S. Mayfield Papers: Algernon Charles Swinburne Series

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830101
Dates: 1825-1983; Majority of material found within 1860-1978
Found in Notes:  Although born in London, his childhood was spent on the Isle of Wight where he received his early education at the Brook Rectory preparatory school (1848). Following this he studied at Eton (1849 to 1854), and matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford University in January 1856.

Antonia White - Carmen Callil Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-120607
Scope and Contents The collection consists of the personal files relating to British author Antonia White (1899-1980) maintained by Carmen Callil, founder and editor of Virago Press. Callil was also White's co-literary executor together with White's daughters Lyndall Hopkinson Passerini and Susan Chitty. The collection includes correspondence Callil exchanged with Passerini and White. Important series include copies of White's dream diaries, as well as files relating to her literary estate and related court...
Dates: 1926 - 1980
Found in Notes:  She is a Doctor of Letters from Sheffield University, the University of York, Oxford Brookes University and the Open University. She has also been a judge of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Orwell Prize.

Katherine Biddle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS250
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The papers of Katherine Biddle are organized into nine series: 1. Individuals - Correspondence with notable individuals, including composers, musicians, poets and writers (see biographical note below for a list of names). 2. Alphabetical correspondence - Frequent correspondents, arranged by name. 3. Chronological correspondence - Arranged alphabetically by year. 4. Literary associations, publications and publishers - Related correspondence files. Of particular note are files relating to the...
Dates: 1855 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1969
Found in Notes:  Auden, Roy Basler, William Rose Benet, Bernard Berenson, Elizabeth Bishop, Alain Bosquet, Anna Hempstead Branch; Cleanth Brooks, Struthers Burt, Witter Bynner, Paul and Nina Chachavadze, Padraic Colum, Rachel Crothers, Walter de la Mare, Max Eastman, T.S.

Philip Barry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS128
Scope and Contents The Philip Barry Papers consist of correspondence from friends and associates to Philip and Ellen Barry. Some well known individuals include, Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet; Katherine Bregy (Catholic author); William C. Bullitt (US ambassador); writers Henry W. Clune, Edsel Ford, Brendan Gill, Morris Hadley, John O'Hara, Joseph Verner Reed, Robert Sherwood; actresses Lillian Gish and Katherine Hepburn; producers/directors Joseph Mankiewicz and Robert Sinclair. The collection...
Dates: 1921 - 1984
Found in Notes:  The play starred the well known British actor Clive Brook and the young newcomer, Betsy von Furstenberg, who made her debut in the play.

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

Deed - Brooks & Brooks.

 File — Box 6: Series 381, Folder: 40
Identifier: 34814
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The Nidiffer Collection consists of 741 documents, about 600 of which are deeds, all concerning transactions in Washington City and County and Georgetown, all in the District of Columbia between 1817 and 1886. The documents are arranged chronologically one to a folder in 8 boxes.* * * * * * *The Nidiffer Collection contains an interesting documentary account of personal and family business transactions in the District of Columbia in the nineteenth century. About 600...
Dates: Begins 12/12/1860 No date found in GAMMS
Found in Notes:  1 typeset indenture filled in by hand: deed of sale of Square 556, Lots 1 & 3 by Henry & Susan Brooks to Theodore Brooks. Signed by Thomas C. Donn and Francis J.

Brooks, Gwendolyn.

 File — Box 2: Series 418, Folder: 28
Identifier: 35997
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Kenneth Atchity Collection is a set of personal papers of Kenneth J. Atchity comprised of correspondence, manuscripts, lecture notes, scrapbooks, video tapes, printed ephemera and related material, comprising 42 linear feet of material arranged in 29 boxes. The collection is arranged in eight series: the Individuals Correspondence Series, the Scripts and Manuscripts Series, the Academic Series, the Business Files Series, the Printed Materials Series, the Video Series, the Scrapbook...
Dates: 10/30/1976-06/05/1978
Found in Notes:  1 TLS from an agent of Gwendoly Brooks to KJA, wtih a carbon from KJA to Brooks; reference to "Dreamworks" ("The Dream Journal").

Brooks, Terry.

 File — Box 16: Series 419; Series 420, Folder: 42
Identifier: 37305
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Miscellaneous academic files belonging to KJA during his student and teaching career.

Dates: 01/01/1970-01/01/1979
Found in Notes:  BROOKS, TERRY - NOTES: Manuscript

TOLKIEN, J. R.

Brook, Alexander.

 File — Box 1: Series 427, Folder: 48
Identifier: 37750
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Correspondence received by JPJM mainly in response to requests by JPJM for autographs and photographs of notable artists, writers and composers of the 1930's, 40's and 50's.

Dates: 03/16/1944-03/16/1944
Found in Notes:  1 ALS from Alexander Brook to JPJM regarding a photograph of Brook.

Brook, Alexander.

 File — Box 4: Series 427; Series 428, Folder: 83
Identifier: 38109
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Photographs and drawings collected by JPJM.

Dates: 10/18/1944-10/18/1944
Found in Notes:  1 signed photograph of Alexander Brook.

Brooke Family.

 File — Box 10: Series 597, Folder: 26
Identifier: 43912
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

The genealogical files kept by Charles Hoye for the Tableland area. Hoye gave these files to FGR before his death. Also includes note books of A. L. Roth, a mill operator in West Virginia at the turn of the century.

Dates: 01/01/1935-01/01/1935
Found in Notes:  BROOKE FAMILY - NOTES: Typescript

Gwendolyn Brooks.

 File — Box 5: Series 1451, Folder: 9
Identifier: 91794
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Correspondence regarding the Poets for Peace Poetry Reading organized by Ned O'Gorman. The event took place on November 12, 1967. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically.

Dates: 06/01/1967-07/21/1967
Found in Notes:  FROM BROOKS, GWENDOLYN (1967): Typed Letter Signed

Cleanth Brooks.

 File — Box 6: Series 1452, Folder: 11
Identifier: 91838
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series contains the research and correspondence files kept by Ned O'Gorman while he was working on a biography of Allen Tate. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically with carbon copies of Ned O'Gorman's outgoing letters filed with their responses where possible. The series contains photocopies of Tate Correspondence held at other institutions, articles on Tate, and photographs of Tate and his family and friends. This series also contains O'Gorman's notes towards the biography and the...
Dates: 11/24/1979-03/03/1980
Found in Notes:  2 TL (carbon copies) from Ned O'Gorman to Cleanth Brooks. 1 ALS dated 1/20/1980 from Brooks to O'Gorman. 1 TLS dated 2/3/1980 from Brooks to O'Gorman. 1 ALS dated 2/8/1980 from Brooks to O'Gorman arranging a meeting.

Paul Brooks.

 File — Box 1: Series 868, Folder: 63
Identifier: 59101
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: 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: 08/03/1950-08/08/1950
Found in Notes:  MCCULLERS, CARSON - CORRES. FROM BROOKS, PAUL 1950 (CARBON): Typed Letter Signed

BROOKS, PAUL - CORRES.

Shepherd Brooks.

 File — Box 1: Series 868, Folder: 64
Identifier: 59102
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: 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: 09/23/1950-10/01/1951
Found in Notes:  TO/FROM BROOKS, SHEPHERD 1950: Typed Letter Signed

Brooks, Gwendolyn.

 File — Box 1: Series 786; Series 787, Folder: 12
Identifier: 55879
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: The Correspondence Series mainly contains letters to O'Gorman from family, friends and acquaintances. Among his fellow poets and artists are letters from Bernard Malamud, Arthur Miller, Marianne Moore, Herbert Read, Dame Freya Stark, Dame Janet Baker, Leonie Adams, Gwendolyn Brooks, Richard Eberhard, Anne Fremantle, Robert Lax, Robert Penn Warren, Abbie Huston Evans and Isabella Gardiner. Much of his correspondence relates to his religious and social conscience, with letters from Martin...
Dates: 10/01/1977-12/31/1985
Found in Notes:  BROOKS, GWENDOLYN - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter

Brooke, Nicholas.

 File — Box 2: Series GAMMS1.6, Folder: 12
Identifier: GAMMS1.6.149
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Academic offprints collected by William K. Wimsatt, Jr., arranged alphabetically by author.

Dates: 03/01/1961-03/30/1961
Found in Notes:  FROM BROOKE, NICHOLAS (1961): Other Types

BROOKE, NICHOLAS - "COLDERIDGE'S TRUE & ORIGINAL..." - OFFPRINT (1961): Other Types

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