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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:
At age fifteen he became a clerk in the banking firm of Lockwood & Company in New York City. In time, McHarg worked his way up the financial ladder.
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:
Following three years with the investment banking firm of Cassatt and Company, in New York, Ambassador Lyon entered the Foreign Service, and was made an officer in December 1930.
Francis B. Biddle Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS251
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of the personal papers of former U.S. attorney general Francis Biddle. It is one of three portions comprising the larger collection of the Biddle Family papers that include the papers of his wife, Katherine Biddle and a series of family correspondence (see separate finding aids). Of interest are lengthy correspondence files relating to Biddle's appointments as judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1939); U.S. attorney general...
Dates:
1912 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1966
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Sources: Dictionary of American Biography (1999); National Cyclopedia of American Biography; Francis Biddle, "A Casual Past" (New York: Doubleday & Company, 1961), and "In Brief Authority" (New York: Doubleday & Company, 1962).
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 commanded a cavalry company at Bladensburg in the War of 1812 and served as Comptroller of the U.S.
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:
After serving as Second Lieutenant with this company he was honorably discharged on September 12, 1865.
Andre Gide - Jane Norton collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS419
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Andre Gide - Jane Norton Collection contains 12 autograph letters signed from noted French author Andre Gide to Jane Norton. The correspondence touches on various published works requested by Gide or mentioned by him. The letters are dated 1929 to 1930. The Gide - Norton Collection is stored in one small archival box (0.25 linear feet). All of the letters in this collection are published in full in the following article: Betz, Dorothy M. "Andre Gide in 1929-1930: An Unpublished...
Dates:
1929-1930
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Jane Norton (1893-1962) was best known as a London bookseller with the company of Birrell and Garnett. In 1929, she became director of that firm.
Edward Rice Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS448
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Edward Rice Collection includes correspondence regarding Jubilee Magazine, issues of Jubilee Magazine, information of Rice's friend, Thomas Merton, photographs, and artwork.
Dates:
1928 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1978
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Rice and Lax established the A.M.D.G Publishing Company in 1950 to publish their creation, Jubilee magazine "for the Church and her people."
Edward Rice Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS465
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Edward Rice Papers 2. This collection consists of printed items gathered by Edward Rice, Catholic author and photographer. Among the documents are travel guides, brochures, and pamphlets from across the world, as well as an extensive collection of postcards. Of particular significance are the documents from India, Papua New Guinea, Trinidad and Tobago, and Greece. Also included in the collection are advertisements, articles, and book reviews as well as full copies of The New...
Dates:
1943 - 1988
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Rice and Lax established the A.M.D.G Publishing Company in 1950 to publish their creation, Jubilee magazine "for the Church and her people."
Martin J. Griffin Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS61
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of the papers of Martin Ignatius Joseph Griffin (1842-1911), Catholic historian, writer and editor, who was a native of Philadelphia. Correspondence in the collection concerns subscriptions and requests for or letters pertaining to historical information, and there is an abundant amount of material pertaining to the Temperance Movement as well as to the Total Abstinence Movement which existed in the Catholic Church of Griffin's day. Also included is correspondence...
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He helped to organize the Continental Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia,served as a Knight of Columbus and brought the Catholic Knights of America into Philadelphia.
Grant Richards Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-781016
Scope and Contents
The Grant Richards Papers consist of correspondence, (Boxes 1 to 3), manuscripts (Box 4 and throughout individual correspondence files), printed materials (Box 5), photos and clippings (Box 5 and 6), all relating to Richards and to the various authors he published. Of note is correspondence between Lady Gregory and himself regarding proposed biographies of Sir Hugh Lane, who died on the "Lusitania." The collection would be of interest in the study of any of the writers represented to the...
Dates:
1889 - 1962
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Purchase from Sotheby Parke Bernet and Company, 1978.
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.
Kehembe V. Eichelberger Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20260115
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of digital images documenting the life and career of the mezzo soprano singer Kehembe V. Eichelberger. It also includes an interview with Eichelberger conducted by Dr. Mickey Thomas Terry in 2025 (digital audio and video files).
Dates:
circa 1940s-2025
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Vocal studies with LeRoy Dorsey, Frederick Wilkerson, McLean Bosfield, Hilda Harris, Grady Tate, and coached with Sylvia Olden Lee; performs as soloist, ensemble, studio vocalist on all Kennedy Center stages, Wolf Trap Farm Park; opera companies include Washington Opera, Metropolitan Opera, and Victoria Opera - Australia; appeared on radio, television, recordings, European Classical, Jazz, Spirituals, including Folkways “Wade in the Water” series, NATION: Afrikan Liberation Art Ensembles’ “Rise Vision Comin,” Medase” and “Hold On” recorded by the group PAUL.
Richard T. Crane Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-800320
Scope and Contents
The Richard T. Crane Papers are divided into three series: the State Department Series (1915-1919), the Prague Series (1919-1922), and the Virginia Series (1922-1951), corresponding, respectively, to Richard Crane's years as private secretary to Secretary of State Robert Lansing; as the American ambassador to Czechoslovakia; and finally, as the owner of Westover Plantation in Virginia. There is also a quantity of photographs and other materials, filed separately.An addendum of...
Dates:
1915-1951
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
After graduation, he went with the Crane Company, where his father was president. In 1905 he became vice-president of Eaton, Cole and Burnham Co., which merged with the Crane Co. in 1910.
John S. Mayfield Papers: Algernon Charles Swinburne Series
Collection
Identifier: GTM-830101
Dates:
1825-1983; Majority of material found within 1860-1978
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
During the 1950s, Mayfield worked in the private sector, most notably becoming vice-president of the American Rail and Steel Company, Washington, D.C., in 1951. His primary responsibility was the management of relations and projects with federal agencies, as well as the company’s operations in Asia and Latin America.
Kenneth Atchity Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS116
Scope and Contents
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:
1965 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In the 1980's the company moved into television production, with a syndicated television pilot of BreakThrough!
James D. Mooney Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS98
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The James D. Mooney Papers are comprised of correspondence, manuscripts, books, photographs, medals and awards, consisting of 12 linear feet of material arranged in 190 folders in 11 boxes.The James D. Mooney Papers mainly concern Mooney's quasi-official involvement in international affairs between 1939-1940. Acting largely on his own volition, and with official sanction, Mooney attempted to apply the methods of corporate negotiation to international moderation. As Louis Lochner...
Dates:
1924 - 1955; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1945
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Goodrich and Hyatt Roller Bearing Company during which time he became increasingly involved in corporate management.
Susan Decatur letter
Item
Identifier: GTM-140117
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed to Stephen Van Rensselaer. Georgetown [District of Columbia]: 21 February 1828, small 4to, 2 pp.
Dates:
1828
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Purchased from Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company, Philadelphia, PA 19137. Courtesy of Morgan Fund.
Thomas Merton - Edward Rice Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS197
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection contains thirteen letters of the correspondence between the Trappist monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968) and the writer, artist, and photographer Edward Rice (1918- ), written between the years 1959-1967.
Dates:
1959 - 1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
"The Man in the Sycamore Tree: The good times and hard life of Thomas Merton" (Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1970).
Labrie, Ross. "The Art of Thomas Merton" (Fort Worth, TX: The Texas Christian University Press, 1979).
Labrie, Ross. "The Art of Thomas Merton" (Fort Worth, TX: The Texas Christian University Press, 1979).
Jenkins Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS462
Scope and Contents
The Jenkins Family Papers contain a small number of historical documents pertaining to the prominent Jenkins family of Baltimore. In addition to providing information about the history of that particular family, this collection has a connection to the history of Georgetown College as three of the letters were sent to Georgetown College student Thomas Robert Jenkins in 1838 and 1839. Those letters make references to several leading Georgetown faculty and hint at what the college was like...
Dates:
1829 - 1870
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
New York: Chapman Publishing Company, 1897.
ABBREVIATIONS: ADS - Autograph Document Signed.
ABBREVIATIONS: ADS - Autograph Document Signed.
George S. Roper, Sr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-830125
Scope and Contents
The George S. Roper, Sr. papers consist of correspondence, reports, and memoranda concerning his positions as Chief of the Air Transport Section and Civil Air Attache at the State Department. The material documents the development of international civil aviation, concentrating on commercial travel, military air transport, international agreements, and air route networks. Also included are lecture notes from a course on air transport, given by Roper at Georgetown University. Note: Click on...
Dates:
1935 - 1957
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In 1934, Roper received his MBA degree from Harvard with specialization in transportation and foreign trade, after which he joined the Colombian Steamship Company and remaining until 1938. George Roper successfully combined his business expertise within the federal government when in 1938 he was appointed to the Civil Aeronautics Board as a transportation economist .