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John C. Bucknill papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-761214
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing photographs, correspondence, and drawings compiled by Sir John C. Bucknill (1817-1897), distinguished English physician who was most noted for his work with the insane. The scrapbook contains photographs of Thomas Carlyle, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Thomas Huxley, Alfred Tennyson, and William Makepeace Thackery, among others. Correspondence includes letters from John Bright, J. A. Clarke, Sir John Duke Coleridge, and Edward A. Seymour.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1857-1877
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He took an enlightened view of the methods to be adopted in the treatment of the insane and advised that the more wealthy among them should be cared for in their own homes, that they might enjoy life as much as possible. Sir James Crichton Browne said of him that "For twenty years he was the acknowledged and dignified head of his department in this country, and mingled on equal footing with all the finest intellects of his time."
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
Found in Notes:
Articles, monographs and printed source material relating to history of Catholic families in Maryland, and Southern American history including American Civil War.
Folder list
1. Browning, Sister Mary Carmel, OSU. Think Big: A partial biography of Reverend Tong, SJ. (1970).
Folder list
1. Browning, Sister Mary Carmel, OSU. Think Big: A partial biography of Reverend Tong, SJ. (1970).
Shoemaker Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-831130
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily deals with family-related matters of the Eid, Brown, and Shoemaker families. The materials relate to the history of the 19th century Washington D.C. area, specifically Tenleytown, Friendship Heights, and west Chevy Chase, Maryland. See the External Documents section below for a detailed inventory to the collection.The Eid family materials includes deeds, plats, bills of exchange, and indentures from the 1830s to the 1860s. It also includes an undated bill...
Dates:
1830s-1958
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The collection primarily deals with family-related matters of the Eid, Brown, and Shoemaker families. The materials relate to the history of the 19th century Washington D.C. area, specifically Tenleytown, Friendship Heights, and west Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Antonia White Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-180515
Scope and Contents
Letters, manuscripts and press clippings by and about British author Antonia White (1899-1980).
Dates:
1863 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Willard Leon Beaulac Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS302
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Willard Leon Beaulac Papers 2 contain correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, printed materials, and photographs deriving from Willard L. Beaulac's service as U.S. ambassador to five Latin American nations. Correspondence from American State Department official Henry A. Kissinger (copies), Georgetown University professor Rev. James V. Schall, S.J., and Spanish politician Ramon Serrano Suner is included. The manuscripts include speeches and articles written by Beaulac. Information...
Dates:
1945 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1979
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Willard Leon Beaulac, a native Rhode Islander, attended Brown University and then served in the Navy during World War I.
Harry St. John Bridger Philby Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS311
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
In addition to the Arabia and The Empty Quarter materials, the Harry St. John Bridger Philby Collection contains two annotated carbon manuscripts of "The Background of Islam: Being a Sketch of Arabian History in pre-Islamic Times."
Dates:
1925 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1933
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
For further biographical information, consult the "Dictionary of National Biography" (1951-1960), Elizabeth Monroe's "Philby of Arabia" (1973) and Anthony Cave Brown's "Treason in the Blood: H. St. John Philby, Kim Philby and the Spy Case of the Century" (1994).
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
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Born Vivienne Dayrell-Browning on August 1, 1905, Vivien (the spelling she later used) spent time in her early years in Bristol, Liverpool, Munich, and Antwerp.
Christopher Sykes Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS207
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The archives of the English novelist Christopher Sykes, friend and official biographer of Evelyn Waugh, include a large group of Waugh letters and comprehensive research files about him. In addition to the extensive family correspondence, with a charming series of rebus letters from his sister Angela Antrim, there are letters from a multitude of literary friends and acquaintances, including John Betjeman, Max Beerbohm, Ivy Compton-Burnett, T. S. Eliot, Graham Greene, Harman Grisewood, Nancy...
Dates:
1945 - 1981
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Joseph G. E. Hopkins papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS171
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Joseph G. E. Hopkins Papers consist primarily of correspondence, manuscripts, and pamphlets. The papers comprise 3.25 linear feet of material arranged in 154 folders in 3 boxes (two 1.5 foot boxes and one .25 foot box). The correspondence in the collection is between Hopkins and various colleagues in the fields of publishing and American history and includes signed pamphlets by colleagues and manuscripts by Hopkins. Among the correspondents and pamphlet authors are Wayne Andrews, Cynthia...
Dates:
1939-1987; Majority of material found within 1957-1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Among the correspondents and pamphlet authors are Wayne Andrews, Cynthia Asquith, Dee Brown, John Brunini, Roger Burlingame, Thomas F.
Graham Greene - Pedro M. Lopez Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS326
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of seven letters from British author Graham Greene (1904-1991) to Pedro M. Lopez whose home was in Seneca, Mexico. The letters are dated between 1981 and 1989 and were usually written in January in response to Lopez's annual letter. Copies of the letters written by Lopez are not available, but from Greene's responses we know that the letters were mostly personal in nature and contain some discussion of literary topics of the time. The letters written by Greene offer...
Dates:
1981 - 1989
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He married Vivien Dayrell Browning in 1927. Their two children are Mrs. Lucy Caroline (Greene) Bourget and Francis Greene.
Joe Raposo Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-980701
Scope and Contents Note
The Joseph Raposo Papers contain original musical compositions by Joseph Raposo (d. 1989), a well renown musician who wrote numerous children's songs. Included in the collection is a set of original lead sheets for songs composed by Raposo for the popular children's television show "Sesame Street." In fact, in addition to composing the music for these songs, Raposo wrote the lyrics for some of them, too. The papers also include a few compositions by Raposo for the Muppets. Moreover, the...
Dates:
1969 - 1989
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Seuss specials, "Three's Company," and "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" special. Raposo worked closely with Fred Astaire, Ethel Mermen, Woody Allen, and Robin Gibb, among many others.
Loughborough Family Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS274
Scope and Contents
The Loughborough Family Papers 2 document the history of the Loughboroughs, a prominent nineteenth century family with connections to the neighborhood of Georgetown and Georgetown University. Of note are documents by and about early U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury Nathan Loughborough, U.S. Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke, Hamilton Loughborough, Confederate officer James Henry Loughborough, artist Margaret M. Loughborough, and others.
Dates:
1796 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1800 - 1880
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He married Margaret Cabell Brown, who worked in the Confederate Department of the Treasury, at the Cathedral in Richmond, Virginia.
Francis Pollard Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS331
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Francis Pollard Papers consist of two series: correspondence and photographs. Correspondence is arranged chronologically; photographs are arranged alphabetically by the name of the person pictured. NB: An additional letter written by Francis Pollard (2/6/1862) is housed at the Indiana Historical Society. This letter concerns a visit to the Senate during which Senator Jesse D. Bright was expelled from the Senate for writing a letter to Jefferson Davis. Information about this letter can be...
Dates:
1861 - 1935; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1870
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Pollard had been married to an Abbie F. Brown, from whom he had become estranged and later divorced.
Belloc, Hilaire - Chesterton, G.K., collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-190528
Content Description
Letters, manuscripts, printed source material and photographs relating to Hilaire Belloc and G.K. Chesterton.
Dates:
1919-1984; Majority of material found in 1920-1930
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Chesterton is well known for his fictional priest-detective Father Brown. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian, and came to identify this position more and more with Catholicism, eventually converting to Catholicism from High Church Anglicanism.
Biddle Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS252
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Biddle Family letters comprise the third part of the Biddle Family papers and is organised into three series: 1. Francis Biddle and Katherine Biddle correspondence exchanged between 1912 and 1968. Of particular interest are the very early "courtship" letters from Katherine Biddle before her marriage to Francis Biddle; and the correspondence (primarily from her) sent in late 1945 to 1946 when Francis Biddle served on the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. ...
Dates:
1777 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
(cf. also George Biddle's autobiography, "An American Artist's Story" (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939).
3. Miscellaneous family correspondence and material relating to other members of the Biddle clan including the families of Coxe, Chapin (note especially the letters of sculptor and artist Cornelia Chapin), McMurtrie, Randolph, and Robinson.
3. Miscellaneous family correspondence and material relating to other members of the Biddle clan including the families of Coxe, Chapin (note especially the letters of sculptor and artist Cornelia Chapin), McMurtrie, Randolph, and Robinson.
John P. Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-140116
Scope and content note
This collection consists of the letters and legal documents of John Popkin Adams (1812-1856), his wife, and daughters. The material relates to Adams' work as U.S. consul at La Guaira, Venezuela, his efforts to establish an inter-oceanic railroad on the ithsmus of Panama, land speculation in the U.S., and his pursuit of monetary claims against Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador related to privateering during the Spanish American wars of independence. Letters are arranged chronologically from...
Dates:
1822 - 1898
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Paul C. Warnke Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS440
Scope and Contents
Although Ambassador Paul C. Warnke's official papers are at the Johnson Presidential Library, this collection documents the controversy that preceded his confirmation as Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and as a principal U.S. negotiator of the SALT II treaty. Most importantly the collection portrays his continuing role in the non-government arms control movement. There is much on Democratic presidential campaigns, the Vietnam War, and the legal culture of Washington, D.C....
Dates:
1963 - 2000
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
It consists of appointment calendars and log books, manuscripts, memoranda, printed material, and extensive correspondence, including letters from Harold Brown, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Clark M. Clifford, J.
Hamlin Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS452
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection contains correspondence and documents relating to the Hamlin family of Waterford, Maine. Spanning a period of over one hundred years, the correspondence provides insight into the daily life of a middle-class, nineteenth-century family. Much of the correspondence focuses on the professional and personal relationships of the children of Hannibal and Susan Hamlin: Susan, Cyrus, Hannibal and Rebecca. In addition to local and national politics, other topics of the...
Dates:
1801 - 1942; Majority of material found within 1844 - 1915
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Purchased from Michael Brown, October 1997.
Kim Philby - Oleg Kalugin Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS463
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Kim Philby - Oleg Kalugin Collection consists of five letters from Philby to Kalugin and three typed manuscripts written by Philby. In the letters, Philby expresses his friendship for Kalugin and mentions mutual acquaintances. The manuscripts, for their part, concern counterintelligence. They are typed with a few handwritten notations. The Kim Philby - Oleg Kalugin Collection is preserved in one small archival box (0.25 linear feet).
Dates:
1979 - 1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Provenance: Acquired through the agency of Anthony Cave Brown. Processed by Scott S. Taylor, January 2005.
Graham Greene - Yvonne Cloetta Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS347
Scope and Contents
The Yvonne Cloetta — Graham Greene Papers consist of correspondence written by Greene to Cloetta between the years 1963 and 1987. In addition to the 121 letters and postcards, the collection contains a typed manuscript for the book An Impossible Woman: The Memories of Dottoressa Moor of Capri, edited and adapted by Greene and later given with an inscription to Cloetta. The manuscript includes extensive autograph additions and corrections by Greene. Along with the correspondence, there are a...
Dates:
1963 - 1987
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He married Vivien Dayrell Browning in 1927, and had two children, Mrs. Lucy Caroline (Greene) Bourget and Francis Greene.