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Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus
Collection
Identifier: GTM-000119
Scope and Contents
The Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus covers the period from 1630-2004; the bulk of the materials date from 1800-1875. The collection documents the establishment of the Jesuit order, and of the Catholic Church more broadly, in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Also referred to as the Maryland Province Archives (MPA), it consists of the organizational records and papers of the Province in its various iterations: the Mission of Maryland (1634-1773), the...
Dates:
1630 - 2004
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The collection documents the establishment of the Jesuit order, and of the Catholic Church more broadly, in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
David Jones - Pamela Donner Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-820629
Scope and Contents note
The Jones-Donner collection contains twelve letters to Pamela Donner, one of Jones' many personal friends, dated from January 9, 1961 - May 11, 1974. Most of these letters were written in 1961 and 1962 at Northwick Lodge, Harrow-on-the-Hill. Two were written during Jones' residence at Montesdene Hotel, and the last letter in the collection was written at Calvary Nursing Home. The form of these letters is uniquely Jones' own--from the characteristic asterisks which explain or elaborate points...
Dates:
1961 - 1974
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Jones also discusses a wide variety of topics in the letters, including music, archaelogy, languages, linguistics, Welsh history, World War II, and the Catholic Church and changes within it such as the vernacularization of the liturgy which occurred in the 1960's.
Erich W. Isenstead Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-070807
Content Description
Papers of Erich Wolfgang Isenstead comprising personal correspondence, professional records, photographs, newspapers and printed ephemera regarding his work in postwar Bavaria for the Information Control Division of the Office of Military Government, United States, primarily regarding U.S. efforts toward denazification and reconstruction of Germany's press, broadcast media, and other cultural infrastructure.
Dates:
1900 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1952
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Erich and Joseph were baptized at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in New York City in 1940.
John Corbett, SJ Papers on Edward H. Welch, SJ
Collection
Identifier: GTM-0042
Scope and Contents
These papers consist of correspondence, printed material, and research notes written and collected by John Corbett, SJ for a proposed biography on Edward H. Welch, SJ.
Dates:
1895 - 1905
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Francis Xavier (New York, 1933-1940); and at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (Manhattan, 1941). Fr.
Joseph Zrinyi, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-200111
Scope and Contents
This collection contains economics papers and teaching material; spiritual writings such as retreat notes, sermons, and missions; correspondence and photographs; and biographical information on Joseph Zrinyi, SJ.
Dates:
1929 - 1991
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
His tertianship took place in Wepion (Belgium, 1949-1950) and, after a brief period in Bad Godesburg (West Germany, July-October 1950), he was assigned as assistant pastor to a Hungarian church in Montreal (1950-1953) where he also completed an MA in Industrial Relations at the University of Montreal (1951-1953).
Patrick F. Healy, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS57
Scope and Contents
The Patrick F. Healy, SJ Papers consist of diaries, academic notebooks, correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, and other personal papers written by or concerning Healy and his family. The materials cover the period from 1841-1983; the bulk of the materials date from 1877-1906.The twelve diaries in the collection primarily record appointments. The correspondence consists of a single folder of materials written by Healy (1871-1903), as well as two folders of correspondence...
Dates:
1841 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1877 - 1906
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Personal records include vital, Church, and Jesuit membership documents. There is also a small amount of material about Healy's family, particularly his brother, Bishop James A.
Virgil H. Barber, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS008
Scope and Contents
The Virgil H. Barber, SJ Papers contain correspondence, notes, a prayer book, and clippings relating to his Jesuit formation, his work in New England missions, and the conversion of his family to Catholicism.
Dates:
1804 - 1964
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
While in school he was an instructor at Cheshire before being ordained and sent to St. John’s Episcopal Church in Waterbury (Connecticut) as a curate (1805) and later pastor (1807-1814).
Alexander Hill Everett Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS246
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
Diplomat, author, political insider and brother of Edward Everett, Alexander Hill Everett (1790-1847) shaped American politics both abroad and at home. The Alexander Hill Everett Collection provides documentation of four important and diverse topics: life as charge d'affaires to The Hague in 1822 and 1823, analysis of the U.S. presidential election of 1824 before the final result was formalized, discussion of population theories, and expenses of the U.S. minister to Spain between 1825 and...
Dates:
1822 - 1829
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
His father was minister of the New South Church in Boston. Alexander graduated from Harvard in 1806 and subsequently taught at Philips Exeter Academy.
Ives Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS72
Scope and Contents
The Ives Family Papers includes material related to Rev. Levi Sillman Ives; Joseph Moss Ives and his son Walter Bigelow Ives; and Cora Semmes Ives, her husband Joseph Ives, and their children Edward, Eugene, and Frank. Levi Silliman Ives and Joseph Moss Ives were both descendants of William Ives who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, from London in 1635, and was one of the original settlers of Quinnipiac (New Haven), Connecticut, in 1638. The connection, however, between them and the others...
Dates:
1853 - 1941
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In 1819, he joined the Protestant Episcopal Church and studied theology under Bishop John Henry Hobart, whose daughter Rebecca he married in 1822.
Sophy Burnham Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS129
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the papers of author Sophy Burnham, including manuscripts of her written works, correspondence related to her works (particuarly her books and articles on angels), her diaries, files related to publishing, and audiovisual and digital media.
Dates:
1906 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2016
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Burnham has earned many awards and honors, including best magazine feature from the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, 1970; Daughter of Mark Twain, Mark Twain Society, 1974; National Episcopal Churches Episcopal Drama Award for play 'Penelope,' 1979; National Association of Community Broadcasters best children's radio play, 'Witch's Tale,' 1980; Communications Arts Magazine, 'Realities,' award of excellence for 'Machu Picchu,' 1980; and Women's Theatre Award, Seattle, Washington, for 'Penelope,' 1981.
Robert A. Parsons, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS31
Scope and Contents
The Robert A. Parsons, SJ Papers contain material related to his work as a military chaplain, including office files and routine correspondence as well as baptismal and marriage forms for soldiers and their intended brides at Camp Blanding, Florida. Most of Parson's paperwork pertains to obtaining dispensations for interfaith marriages, getting proof of previous baptism, and baptizing those who wished to be married.There is also correspondence with the Military Ordinariate in New...
Dates:
1942 - 1966
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Parsons returned to Georgetown University as athletic director and professor of philosophy (1946-1953) before becoming parish priest at Old Saint Joseph’s Church (Philadelphia, 1953-1963). Beginning in 1963 he was professor emeritus of history at Wheeling College, where he died in 1968.
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
Found in Notes:
Christopher followed an undistinguished academic career at Downside School and Christ Church, Oxford (which he left without a degree), by becoming honorary attaché at both the Berlin embassy (1928–9) and the British legation in Tehran (1930–31).
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:
Twelve of the letters were sent from near Falls Church, Virginia, in 1861 and 1862, describing skirmishes and the early stages of the war.
Thomas F. Mulledy, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS26
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers documenting the spiritual ministry and correspondence of Thomas Mulledy from the time of his entry in the Society of Jesus in 1815 until his death in 1860. The papers include sermons, 1829-1860; discourses, exercises, instructions, and lectures, 1834-1860; mass intentions, 1824-1860; and verses, 1817-1859. They also include two manuscripts: "Liber Manualis Sacerdotum" ("Priest's Manual"), 1815-1828, and "Vade Mecum" ("Go With Me"), 1815-1822....
Dates:
1815 - 1860; Majority of material found within 1840 - 1860
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Peter Kenney, the Special Visitor assigned by Jesuit Superior General Jan Roothan, prepare a report that evaluated the operations of Jesuit schools, churches, and plantations. As Rector of Georgetown College (1828-1837) and Consultor (1828-1837), Mulledy advocated that the Society sell the enslaved people who labored on the plantations to help finance the expansion of the newly-formed Maryland Province.
Richard D. Mudd Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS285
Scope and Contents
The Richard D. Mudd Papers contain the extensive research files of Richard D. Mudd, whose grandfather, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, set the leg of Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth as Booth attempted to escape the scene of the crime through southern Maryland. Samuel A. Mudd went to prison for setting Booth's leg, but Richard D. Mudd decades later contended that his grandfather was simply doing his duty as a medical doctor. Although he was released from prison by President Andrew Johnson,...
Dates:
1822 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Although he had previously met Booth at church, Mudd claimed he did not recognize him because of a fake beard.
Samuel Halpern Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20231010
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the papers of Samuel Halpern, an officer with the OSS and CIA from 1943 to 1974. The papers primarily document his post-CIA work as a writer and historian on U.S. intelligence and foreign affairs, especially CIA operations in Cuba in the 1960s. It includes correspondence with Richard Helms and a number of other individuals, dating from the 1970s to 2000s. Other documents include writings by Halpern, his commentary on other articles and reports, interviews,...
Dates:
1940s-2000s
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
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
LeRoy Walters Papers
Collection
Identifier: BRL-036
Abstract
The collection consists of Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) records that were created and/or maintained by LeRoy Walters. Walters joined the KIE as one of its first scholars, served as Director of the Bioethics Center from 1971 to 1993, and as Director of KIE from 1996 to 2000. The records primarily document establisment and development of the KIE, its library, and various bioethics information retrieval projects over the years. The collection also includes some of Walters teaching files,...
Dates:
1969 - 2021
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives
Found in Notes:
The collection is organized into seven series:
Series 1: Kennedy Institute of Ethics Records, 1971-2021
Series 2: Chronological Files, circa 1967-2014
Series 3: Publications, 1972-2019
Series 4: Bioethical Issue Files, 1969-1982
Series 5: War-Nation-Church Study Group Records, 1968-1984 Series 6: Audiovisual Recordings, 1999-2004
Series 7: NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee Records, 1976-1980
Series 1: Kennedy Institute of Ethics Records, 1971-2021
Series 2: Chronological Files, circa 1967-2014
Series 3: Publications, 1972-2019
Series 4: Bioethical Issue Files, 1969-1982
Series 5: War-Nation-Church Study Group Records, 1968-1984 Series 6: Audiovisual Recordings, 1999-2004
Series 7: NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee Records, 1976-1980
Joyce Kilmer Papers
Collection
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:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
After a year as literary editor of the “Churchman,” a publication of the Episcopal Church of which he was a member at the time, Kilmer was hired by the “New York Times” Sunday magazine and book review sections (1913).
Lisa Sergio radio broadcast transcripts
Collection
Identifier: GTM-170411
Content Description
Typescripts of WQXR New York, radio broadcasts by Lisa Sergio.
Dates:
1939-1945
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
She was member of the board of managers of the Broadcasting and Film Commission of the National Council of Churches; director of the Vermont Council on World Affairs; member of the President's Commission for the International Cooperation Year, 1965, trustee of the Helen Dwight Reid Foundation; member of the board of directors of Bacon House, Washington, D.C.; board member of the Washington Society of Choral Arts; board member of the Lena Madesin Phillips Fund of IFBPW; and board member of the Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C.