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Patrick O'Mahony Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS221
Scope and Contents Material in this collection centers around the human rights work of Fr. Patrick O'Mahony, a major focus of which was on ethical employment and working condition policies and practices of multi-national companies and subsidiaries in the Third World, including South Africa, South America, and countries in Asia. Fr. O'Mahony undertook a study of the moral implications of investments and the responsibilities of shareholders, particularly with regard to the policies of his own diocese of...
Dates: 1954 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1989
Found in Notes:  Correspondence with the editors of these journals is a part of the collection and includes letters from John Frances Xavier Harriott, Peter Hebblethwaite, and Hugh Kay (editor) of "The Month"; Michael Richards (editor) of "The Clergy Review"; and Thomas Ferrier Burns (editor) of "The Tablet.

Pierre Leroy - Janetta Warre Collection 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS309
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Leroy-Warre Collection primarily consists of correspondence from Pierre Leroy to Janetta Warre concerning the works of Teilhard de Chardin Centenary Exhibition organized by Mrs. Warre in London and Edinburgh in 1983. The material is arranged in 116 folders in 1 box. In the summer of 1983, Janetta Warre brought to London and Edinburgh the Teilhard de Chardin Centenary Exhibition which had appeared in Paris in 1981. The bulk of the collection is letters she received from Fr. Leroy...
Dates: 1982 - 1987
Found in Notes:  Henri de Lubac, a fellow Jesuit and notable theologian, entitled "The Faith of Teilhard de Chardin" and published by Burns & Oates, Ltd. in 1965. It was followed by a biography by Robert Speaight.

Hilaire Belloc - Dorothy Hamilton collection

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS444
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Hilaire Belloc - Dorothy Hamilton Collection consists of personal correspondence between Hilaire Belloc and Dorothy Hamilton. The collection also includes several letters of correspondence between Elodie Belloc and Dorothy Hamilton, letters from Belloc's children to Dorothy Hamilton, correspondence between Belloc and others, and a few letters from others to Dorothy Hamilton. Several newspaper clippings, tickets to Belloc's lectures, and Hilaire Belloc's account book for 1907-1908 are...
Dates: 1905-1943; Majority of material found within 1907-1920
Found in Notes:  Hilaire Belloc died on 16 July 1953 at the Mount Alvernia Nursing Home, Guildford, Surrey, from shock and burns following a fall at King's Land when he was trying to put a log on a fire.

George M. Kober Papers

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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 Notes:  He was next ordered to the Frankford Arsenal near Philadelphia, where he studied with Dr. Robert Bruce Burns. In 1871, Kober was assigned to the office of the surgeon general of the U.S.

Hilaire Belloc - Allison Family collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS203
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

This collection contains the correspondence between Hilaire Belloc and the James Murray Allison family for the time period 1918-1941. Much of the correspondence in this collection has to do with the column Belloc contributed to "Land and Water," a periodical founded by James Murray Allison to cover aspects of the war efforts during WWI.

Dates: 1918-1941
Found in Notes:  Hilaire Belloc died on 16 July 1953 at the Mount Alvernia Nursing Home, Guildford, Surrey, from shock and burns following a fall at King's Land when he was trying to put a log on a fire.

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 Notes:  While at The Tablet, he also served as chairman of the Tablet Publishing Company, deputy chairman of Burns and Oates Publishers from 1948-1962, chairman of Allied Circle from 1947-62, chairman of B.O.W.

Wilfrid Parsons, SJ Papers 2

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS433
Scope and Contents The Wilfrid Parsons, SJ Papers 2 consist primarily of letters sent to Parsons, an editor for America, from Annie Christitch. Christitch's letters to Fr. Parsons document in detail the role of Catholicism in Yugoslavia during the 1920s and 1930s. Her letters also touch on the subject of Catholicism in Czechoslovakia during that same period. In her correspondence, Christitch discusses many significant individuals, including King Alexander of Yugoslavia, Antun...
Dates: 1919 - 1965
Found in Notes:  Some of Annie Christitch's correspondence is also found in the John LaFarge, SJ Papers.

The John J. Burns Library at Boston College owns part of Annie Christitch's personal papers, and her efforts re: women's rights are described in the following article: Elaine Clark, "Catholic Men in Support of the Women's Suffrage Movement in England," "Catholic Historical Review," 94.1 (2008) 22-44.

Joyce Kilmer Papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS83
Scope and Contents The Joyce Kilmer papers consist of three categories of material: correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material (news clippings, photographs, and scores for music set to poems by Joyce and Aline Kilmer). Letters include those from Joyce Kilmer to Aline Kilmer (total 44), to his young son Kenton (total 4), and to friends such as Rev. James J. Daly, S.J., and to Rev. Charles O'Donnell, C.S.C. Other correspondence is that of Joyce Kilmer's mother, Annie Kilburn Kilmer to friends William L....
Dates: 1907 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1941
Found in Notes:  A poet in her own right, Aline Kilmer published several volumes of verse, as well as of prose:

“Candles that Burn” (George H. Doran Company, c.1919)

“Vigils” (George H.

Stephen and Susan Decatur papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS245
Collection-level Scope and Content Note Donated to Georgetown College by Susan Decatur, the widow of the War of 1812 naval hero Stephen Decatur (1779-1820), the Stephen and Susan Decatur Papers consist of one letter book containing letters dated from 1812 to 1813 written to Commodore Decatur congratulating him on the victory of the U.S.S. "United States" against the H.M.S. "Macedonian," two letters dated 1812 to him from U.S. Navy Secretary Paul Hamilton, and 16 letters to Susan Decatur dated between 1831 and 1845. Contained in...
Dates: 1812 - 1845
Found in Notes:  During that war, he became famous for his daring capture and burning of the U.S. frigate "Philadelphia" in Tripoli harbor in 1804.

Arnold Lunn Papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS143
Scope and Contents The Arnold Lunn Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks and related printed ephemera regarding the life and works of Sir Arnold Lunn (1888 - 1974). The papers, dating from 1896 to 1978, comprise 21 linear feet of material, arranged in fourteen boxes, consisting of five hundred and thirty-two folders.The papers are arranged in series according to subjects. There are five correspondence series, namely World War I Correspondence, Ski...
Dates: 1896 - 1978
Found in Notes:  It includes letters from Tom Burns.

The Manuscripts Series is divided in manuscripts of books and manuscripts of articles or chapters written by Arnold Lunn.

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 Notes:  I had been teaching at Trinity College since 1972 and felt burned out by the repetition of yet another music history or music theory course.

Anthony Cave Brown Papers

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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

Burns, Tom

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Burns, Jimmy

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Burn!

 File — Box 3: [Barcode: 39020030735073], Folder: 38
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection documents cooperation between U.S. military officials and the film industry in the 20th century. It consists of oral history interviews (recordings and transcripts) conducted by Lawrence Suid with screenwriters, producers, directors, actors, military technical advisors, public relations officers, and others, as well as subject files on films that were studied by Suid in the preparation of his groundbreaking study "Guts and Glory: The Making of the American Military Image",...
Dates: 1969

Burns, Chester

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: 39020028493354], Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The sub-series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence, primarily dating from EDP's tenure at Georgetown University, with a small amount dating from his time at Catholic University. It includes both GU and external professional correspondence.

Dates: 1981 - 2004

Tom Burns.

 File — Box 1: Series 1007, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: 65692
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Michael Richey papers 1, consist of original correspondence from personal friends who also comprise the notable circle of artists who congregated at the home of English sculptor Eric Gill (1882-1940), on Pigotts farm in Buckinghamshire. Together with Gill, these included Anthony Foster, Rene Hague, David Jones, Walter Shewring, and Denis Tegetmeier. Correspondence is also included from other well-known acquaintances (many of whom were related or closely associated to the...
Dates: 03/14/1940-07/04/1940
Found in Notes:  FROM BURNS, TOM 1940: Autographed Letter

WILLIAMS, CHARLES - REFERENCE BY BURNS, TOM 1940: Autographed Letter

BOWES-LYON, ANN - REFERENCE BY BURNS, TOM 1940: Autographed Letter

HAGUE, PAUL - REFERENCE BY BURNS, TOM 1940: Autographed Letter

Hogarth, Burne.

 File — Box 7: Series 1225, Folder: 20
Identifier: 77343
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Contains folders arranged by subject on publications and projects of John Deedy.

Dates: 11/06/1976-01/29/1996
Found in Notes:  FROM HOGARTH, BURNE 1976-1977: Autographed Letter

TARZAN - REFERENCE 1976: Autographed Letter

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