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Ernest A. Keller Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-860903
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the career of Ernest A. Keller as a journalist, editor, and as a U.S. government official working for the United States Information Agency in the mid-20th century.Materials related to the Alliance for Progress Cartoon Book Program in Latin America have been digitized and are available online via DigitalGeorgetown....
Dates:
1939 - 1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Subjects:
La Marcha de la Alianza para el Progreso
Nicholas B. Scheetz Collection of Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20200101
Scope and Contents
The personal collection of former Georgetown University Manuscripts Librarian Nicholas B. Scheetz (1952-2016). The collection includes over 300 sub-collections of bound and loose manuscripts, documents, journals, correspondence, commonplace books, scrapbooks, photograph albums, and other ephemera reflecting Scheetz's interest in Anglo-American literature, politics, and history -- primarily of the 19th and early 20th century.
Highlights include:1. Letters...
Dates:
circa 1551-2015
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Now, here’s a pretty prize, indeed,
On which De Vinne’s art is lavished;
Harkee! the bonny, dainty thing
Is simply waiting to be ravished!
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:
Arthemise Dalton, O.P. and Sister Roberta Marie Sherry, S.N.D. de N., provide biographical information on Aline Kilmer.
Arthur Ransome Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS230
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Arthur Ransome Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and printed matter related to the life and writings of Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), the English journalist, critic, and renowned children's author best known for his series of books, "Swallows and Amazons." The collection comprises 5 boxes (1.25 l.f.) of materials and is divided into five series. Nineteen letters, most handwritten or typed by Ransome, are retained in the collection, including correspondence from...
Dates:
1913 - 2011
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Ransome's earlier works included "Highways and Byways in Fairyland" (1905), "Bohemia in London" (1907), "A History of Storytelling" (1909), "Edgar Allen Poe: A Critical Study" (1910), "Oscar Wilde: A Critical Study" (1912), "Old Peter's Russian Tales" (1916), "Six Weeks in Russia" (1919), "The Soldier and Death" (1920), "The Crisis in Russia" (1921), and "The Chinese Puzzle" (1927).
La Pucelle d'Orleans Manuscript
Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 39020031848685]
Identifier: GTM-20140421
Scope and Contents
A manuscript copy of the 1762 "authorized" edition of Voltaire's La Pucelle d'Orleans including 47 interleavings on which the copyist has supplied ommitted passages considered too risque to print. The result is something like an early critical edition of the text. A date in the final quarter of the 18th century seems likely, at earliest post-1762.The text is written in a single neat cursive hand throughout, with additions marked by...
Dates:
18th century, after 1762
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Several additions and inscriptions are present, including two names on first original flyleaf: "Monsieur de Fourkowitch" and "Chale Damans" -- both likely 18th or early 19th century.
Frederick W. Rolfe, Baron Corvo Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-141102.1
Content Description
Secondary works relating to Baron Corvo, including correspondence from collectors such as Donald Weeks, manuscripts of papers about Corvo by various authors (some photocopied), printed ephemera, and photographs.
Dates:
1929 - 2013
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Also known as Baron Corvo, he was associated with the "Yellow Book" circle and fin-de-siecle decadent culture. In 1889, while a student in Rome, he was adopted into the circle of the Duchess Sforza Cesarini (1818-1897), who became his patron.
William W. Wright Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS178
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of the four folios of General Wright's scrapbook which contains primarily news items relating to the proposed construction of the Panama Canal. Some letters, notes, and sketches by Wright are included, along with printed maps showing the different interoceanic routes that were considered. In addition, the scrapbook includes a letter from John A. Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, and several broadsides in Spanish citing Ferdinand de Lesseps and the canal...
Dates:
1857 - 1883; Majority of material found within 1879 - 1882
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In 1879 to 1880, Wright was invited to join the International Technical Commission formed by Ferdinand de Lesseps in Panama to investigate an interoceanic route across the isthmus.
Horace B. McKenna, SJ Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-130312
Scope and Contents
Consists of drafts and notes relating to a project on Fr. Horace B. McKenna undertaken by Joseph K. Hines in the 1980s. It also includes a copy of "Christ is with the Poor: Stories and Sayings of Horace McKenna, S.J." (eds. Dear and Hines, 1989), a collection of anecdotes based on interviews done by Hines, and three related VHS tapes.
Dates:
1979 - 1989
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Aloysius became a hub of social outreach, housing the St. Vincent de Paul Society--where community members could seek assistance--and hosting McKenna’s informal Sunday afternoon "coffee klatsch."
Roger Bensky Collection of Samuel Beckett Letters
Collection
Identifier: GTM-181024
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of three letters from Samuel Beckett to Roger Bensky (20 February, 22 April, and 5 November 1969); one letter from Geneviève Serreau to Bensky (26 June 1969), and copies of two articles written by Bensky (1969, 1974). The correspondence from Beckett resulted from Bensky's efforts to find publication for his article "La symbolique du mime dans le théâtre de Samuel Beckett." Having been rejected by two academic journals, Bensky decided to write to Beckett...
Dates:
1969 - 1974
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Born in 1937 in Perth, Western Australia where he was raised and educated, Roger Daniel Bensky completed his M.A. in French at the University of West Australia and subsequently his Doctorat de l'Universite from the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris under the aegis of world-known authority on French drama Jacques Scherer.
Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers 3
Collection
Identifier: GTM-840301
Scope and Contents
The Horace B. McKenna, S.J. Papers 3 include correspondence with Jesuit Fathers Provincial, St. Aloysius Church, and the Archdiocese of Washington. Material about Dorothy Day (two notes) and John LaFarge is also preseved in this collection. Some printed materials and photographs are retained as well.
Dates:
1930 - 1974
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Aloysius became a hub of social outreach, housing the St. Vincent de Paul Society--where community members could seek assistance--and hosting McKenna’s informal Sunday afternoon "coffee klatsch."
William DuBourg Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTA-820101
Scope and Contents
The William DuBourg Papers contain correspondence, invoices, and other documents dating between 1796, the year DuBourg assumed the presidency of Georgetown College, and 1833, the year of his death.The bulk of the papers dates from 1796 to 1798, the period of his Georgetown College presidency, and reflect the role of the president at that time as a procurer of goods needed by the institution. Letters and accompanying invoices itemize books ordered by DuBourg for the College library,...
Dates:
1796 - 1833; Majority of material found within 1796 - 1798
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
After studies at the Collège de Guyenne, he entered the Saint-Sulpice Seminary in Paris (1786).
Nicholas B. Scheetz Collection of Pamphlets
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20200102
Scope and Contents
The personal collection of former Georgetown University Manuscripts Librarian Nicholas B. Scheetz (1952-2016).
The collection includes over 75 sub-collections of pamphlets and other small printed ephemera reflecting Scheetz's interest in Anglo-American literature, politics, history, and bibliography. The largest category, representing more than 300 pamphlets, are lectures produced by various universities worldwide, mainly in the United States and Great Britain, but also including...
Dates:
circa 1810-2012
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Now, here’s a pretty prize, indeed,
On which De Vinne’s art is lavished; Harkee! the bonny, dainty thing
Is simply waiting to be ravished!
On which De Vinne’s art is lavished; Harkee! the bonny, dainty thing
Is simply waiting to be ravished!
Sennep and Tim French Political Cartoons Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20240717
Scope and Contents
Collection of approximately 1,500 political cartoons that were published in three major Paris newspapers between 1959-1964 by Jean-Jacques Charles Pennès (Sennep) and Louis Mitelberg (Tim)The cartoons lampoon Cold War-era international relations of the early 1960s, often featuring political figures such as Charles De Gaulle, François Mitterand, Nikita Kruschev, Mao, Fidel Castro, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Topics include the French economic...
Dates:
1959 - 1965
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Collection of approximately 1,500 political cartoons that were published in three major Paris newspapers between 1959-1964 by Jean-Jacques Charles Pennès (Sennep) and Louis Mitelberg (Tim)
The cartoons lampoon Cold War-era international relations of the early 1960s, often featuring political figures such as Charles De Gaulle, François Mitterand, Nikita Kruschev, Mao, Fidel Castro, Dwight D.
The cartoons lampoon Cold War-era international relations of the early 1960s, often featuring political figures such as Charles De Gaulle, François Mitterand, Nikita Kruschev, Mao, Fidel Castro, Dwight D.
Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS235
Scope and Contents
The Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers 2 consist predominantly of correspondence received during his ministry in Ridge, Maryland, from fellow Jesuits as well as his family members and friends/parishioners. Further, there is printed matter; photographs; and a series of files collected by Thomas E. Ambrose, SJ, Horaces' nephew.
Dates:
1900 - 1992
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Aloysius became a hub of social outreach, housing the St. Vincent de Paul Society--where community members could seek assistance--and hosting McKenna’s informal Sunday afternoon "coffee klatsch."
Ernest Dimnet - Anita Lawrence Simpson collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS339
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Ernest Dimnet-Anita Lawrence Simpson collection consists mostly of letters written from noted French literary priest Ernest Dimnet to Anita Lawrence Simpson. The correspondence relates to their friendship, and it touches on some of Dimnet's works. The collection is contained in one small archival box (0.25 linear feet), and the documents are arranged in chronological order. * * * * * * * BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Abbe Ernest Dimnet was born at Trelon in the Ardennes...
Dates:
1925-1965; Majority of material found within 1925-1940
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Soon thereafter, in 1908, he wrote "Figures de Moines." In 1910, Abbe Dimnet produced "Les Soeurs Bronte."
John L. Brown Papers 4
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS353
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The John L. Brown Papers: Part 4 represent the extensive personal papers of author, poet, critic, diplomat, and man of letters John L. Brown, who served as U.S. cultural attache to Brussels (1954-1958), Rome (1958-1962), and Mexico City (1964-1968) and as a longtime professor of literature at the Catholic University of America. The massive collection contains correspondence with noted individuals, chronological correspondence, manuscripts by Brown, notebooks, materials for lectures and...
Dates:
1787 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1930 - 2000
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Brown received the Grand Prix de la Critique in 1954 for his "Panorama de la Litterature Contemporaine aux Etats Unis."
Stephen and Susan Decatur Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS245
Scope and Contents
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:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Bossuet, Jacques Benigne. "Exposition de la Doctrine de l'Eglise Catholique sur les Matieres de Controverse."
John L. Brown Papers 5
Collection
Identifier: GTM-200113
Scope and Contents
Addendum to John L. Brown papers 1, 2, 3, 4. Includes research source materials (notes, newspaper/magazine articles), correspondence, family photographs, and Brown's journals.
Dates:
1950s-2002
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Brown include Decorated Commander, Chevaliers du Tastevin (Burgundy, France), 1953; Grand Prix de la Critique from Syndicat des Critiques, 1954, for “Panorama de la Littérature Contemporaine aux Etats Unis”; and Le Grand Ordre des Coteaux (Champagne), 1973.
John F. Hurley, SJ Papers
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 35: [Barcode: 39020031367967], Folder: 10
Identifier: GTM-0055
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typescript of Fr. John F. Hurley's experiences during the occupation of the Philippines (1941-1945) in which he was held at Santo Tomas Internment Camp. The account was written at the request of Fr. William C. Repetti, then Georgetown University Archivist, in 1964.
Dates:
1964 - 1965
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Hurley was confined to the Ateneo de Manila through January 1944 after which he was sent to Santo Tomas Internment Camp.
Madeline Riva Baxter World War I Scrapbook
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020031855888]
Identifier: GTM-20250425
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook compiled by a French woman named Madeline Riva Baxter while working as a volunteer at the ‘Cantines Des Dames Anglaises’ in Vitry-le-François for the British Committee of the French Red Cross during World War I. Includes personal documents, travel certificates, numerous photographs of nursing staff and soldiers, pencil sketches, watercolor paintings, signatures, postcards, manuscript notes, and loosely inserted newspaper clippings, and other items.
Dates:
1918 - 1919
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts