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J. Revin's Plan for Completing the Panama Canal
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 24: [Barcode: 39020030754892], Folder: 2
Identifier: GTM-20141104
Scope and Contents
Printed plan for completing the Panama Canal by J. Revin, dated April 1891 with two sheets of "improvements" dated November 1891. Revin proposes using inclined planes, instead of locks, to complete the canal. Written in French and includes some technical drawings.
Dates:
1891
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Purchased from Hugues de Latude, November 2014.
Edward A. Drake papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS85
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Edward A. Drake Papers are primarily comprised of correspondence by officials of the Panama Railroad Company (mostly dating from 1905 through 1927), and by notable Panamanian politicians and government ministers (total of 62 folders). Content is personal with some references to Panamanian political events of the time, as well as to the railroad business. An additional eight folders include a few personal letters by Edward Drake; condolence letters written to Drake's wife, Jeanette...
Dates:
1852-1981; Majority of material found within 1905-1927
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Drake in honor of Drake after his death, and finally, a music score entitled, 'Himno National de la Republica de Panama' signed by Juan Domingo de Obaldia, president of Panama (1907, 1908-1910).
Samuel Ebling papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-830120
Scope and Contents
Certificates of U.S. Department of State consular appointments signed by various U.S. secretaries of state, as well as presidents of U.S. and other countries. Post and date of appointment noted. Arranged by document signatory.
Dates:
1924-1950
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He attended Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, and later spent part of his undergraduate years at the Universite de Nancy, France. He received his AB degree in 1920 from George Washington University.
John Fitzgerald Papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030751666]
Identifier: GTM-150601
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence and indenture documents relating to the affairs of Colonel John Fitzgerald that relate to local affairs in northern Virginia in the 1790s.
Dates:
1780-1820
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
John Fitzgerald (d. 1799) was a Catholic aide de camp of General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War and a businessman in Alexandria, Virginia.
Alfaro Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS121
Collection-level scope and content note
The Alfaro Family Papers consist of five series as follows: 1. Alfaro Family Series (Box 1, 31 folders): Consists of correspondence received/sent/about various family members, as well as autograph/printed ephemera relating to them. Notable items in this series include material pertaining to Amelia Lyons de Alfaro, consisting of correspondence to friend Jeannette T. Blum; an accounts book 1905-1973; and a record of lists of books read, acquaintances, places visited (1899 to...
Dates:
1889 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1931 - 1971
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Alfaro, Nancy Hamilton de Alfaro (wife of Victor Ricardo Alfaro), Rogelio E.
Newman Flower Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS300
Scope and Contents
The Sir Newman Flower Papers consist of correspondence to Newman Flower from various figures regarding the publishing business at Cassell and Company Limited, the firm Flower directed. Correspondents include such noted writers as Augustine Bissell, Beatrice Harradan, Sheila Kaye-Smith, Max Pemberton, Ernest Raymond, Ethel Mary Savage, and Humbert Wolfe. The bulk of the letters are written by Beatrice Harradan, Ernest Raymond, and Ethel Mary Savage.
Dates:
1912-1946; Majority of material found within 1912-1928
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Correspondents include such noted writers as Augustine Bissell, Beatrice Harradan, Sheila Kaye-Smith, Max Pemberton, Ernest Raymond, Ethel Mary Savage, and Humbert Wolfe. The bulk of the letters are written by Beatrice Harradan, Ernest Raymond, and Ethel Mary Savage.
William X. Kienzle Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-100112
Scope and Contents Note
The William X. Kienzle Papers comprise part of the personal papers of William X. Kienzle (1928-2001), a longtime Catholic priest in Detroit, Michigan, who wrote a series of mystery novels after leaving the priesthood. Correspondence includes letters from friends and associates to William X. Kienzle and his wife Javan Kienzle. Also, many condolence letters upon the death of William X. Kienzle are included among these papers. There are a few manuscripts written by William. Some folders...
Dates:
1942 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2002
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Some folders contain materials about authors Ramon Betanzos and Wolf W. Zuelzer. Printed materials collected by Kienzle are present together with a few oversized objects.
Georgetown University Law Center Publications
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 37010000434361]
Identifier: GTA-000597
Scope and Contents
Contains the following publications:"Centro: Georgetown Immigration Law Reporter", Summer 1980."Equilibrists", Spring 1977. The literary journal of the Law Center. Published by El Centro De Immigration."Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy", Fall 2002. Published by students of the Law Center. Issue focuses on topics related to the 11th Amendment, Federalism, and judicial activism. S"Georgetown Law Revue", 1977. Student publication...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1977, 1980, 1985-86, 1989-91, 2001-2002
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Published by El Centro De Immigration.
"Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy", Fall 2002.
"Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy", Fall 2002.
Scrapbook: Reverend Frank L. Fadner, S.J.
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000084-DS
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs, letters, and articles relating to Frank L. Fadner, S.J. Many of the photographs are of Fr. Fadner meeting with foreign dignitaries. Among those photographed: Foreign Service School Regent Edmund A. Walsh, S.J.; University President Edward B. Bunn, S.J.; Joseph F. Cohalan, S.J.; Hunter Gutherie, S.J.; John Parr; Joaquim Coutinho; Domingo Caino; Leon Dostert; J. Raymond Trainor; Georgetown students John Batato and Carl A. Sonnen; Abba Eban of Israel; Indonesian Minister...
Dates:
1932, 1951-1964
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Fadner drawn by students; and a photograph captioned, "His Royal Highness Prince Juan Carlos [of Spain] speaking to Georgetown Students of the Junior Year at the University of Madrid under the direction of Prof. J. de S. Coutinho in April 1961."
Hoyt Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS343
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Hoyt Family Papers are comprised of the extensive correspondence of artist Margaret Howard Yeaton Hoyt (1885-1943) and her family. The highlight of the collection is a group of more than 170 letters to Margaret from fellow artist Gabrielle De Veaux Clements. Moreover, several letters sent from artists Theresa Bernstein Meyerowitz and William Meyerowitz are retained. This collection provides ample documentation on the circle of artists who were active in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Other...
Dates:
1895 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1950
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Hoyt worked closely with Gabrielle De Veaux Clements and Theresa Bernstein Meyerowitz.
Elizabeth Iddesleigh - Susan Lowndes Marques collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-800101
Content Description
Correspondence of Elizabeth, Countess of Iddesleigh and sister Susan Lowndes, the daughters of writer Marie Belloc Lowndes. Includes letters from English Catholic writers Isabel Clarke; Martin d'Arcy, SJ; Arnold Lunn; Archbishop David Mathew; as well as more than 130 letters by C.C. Martindale, SJ, many written during internment in Denmark during World War II.
Click on External Documents below to link to collection finding aid.
Dates:
1928-1973
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Horace Porter Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS249
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Horace Porter Collection consists of 13.0 linear feet of photographs, manuscripts, letters, clippings, prints, and printed ephemera, together with a large assortment of valuable artifacts connected with General Porter's career. Porter, best known for his role as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was a noted soldier, railroad executive, diplomat, and son of Governor David Rittenhouse Porter (1788-1867) of Pennsylvania. The collection includes a variety of...
Dates:
1855 - 1921
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Porter, best known for his role as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was a noted soldier, railroad executive, diplomat, and son of Governor David Rittenhouse Porter (1788-1867) of Pennsylvania.
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.
Robert Silvercruys Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-861231
Scope and contents note
The papers of Baron Robert Silvercruys consist of letters, manuscripts, pamphlets and clippings mainly concerning the careers of Frantz Silvercruys (1859 - 1936), President of the Court of Cassation of Belgium and created Baron Silvercruys in 1929, and of his son, Robert Silvercruys (1893 - 1971), who was a Belgian Ambassador to the United States (1946 - 1959). The papers comprise 3.5 linear feet of materials, arranged in 56 folders in 7 boxes. The papers are divided into two series, one...
Dates:
1896 - 1968
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In 1882 Silvercruys was accepted into the Barreau de Bruxelles, the equivalent to a bar association in the U.S.
Ord Family Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS267
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Ord Family Papers: Part 2 provide a wealth of documentary material on members of the distinguished Ord family, especially Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883) and Edward Otho Cresap Ord II (1858-1923). This collection fills in details about the career of American Civil War notable Edward Otho Cresap Ord and includes his letters from California in 1848 touching on the Mexican War and the gold rush; his correspondence to his brother Doctor James Lycurgus Ord between 1848 and 1873; some...
Dates:
1848 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1848 - 1923
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
A good source for brief biographical information about Mexican military figure Geronimo Trevino, who married Edward Otho Cresap Ord's daughter Roberta Augusta Ord in 1880, is the following: "Encyclopedia de Mexico." Tomo 13. Ciudad de Mexico: Enciclopedia de Mexico: Secretaria de Education Publica, 1987-1988, p. 7832-7833.
Lady Bronwen Astor papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS323
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of materials regarding Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the associations that formed to continue his legacy. The papers were collected by Lady Bronwen Astor, a long-standing council member of The Teilhard Association of Great Britain and Ireland. Consisting of original correspondence, meeting agendas, minutes, reports, announcements, conference information, and a few manuscripts, the papers have been left in their original chronological order so that the history of the...
Dates:
1966-1984; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1984
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The collection consists of materials regarding Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the associations that formed to continue his legacy.
Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000339
Scope and Contents
Includes black-and-white and color postcards, most unsent. Box 1 consists of images of campus and building exteriors and interiors.Some sets are present. Included are: Exterior:
Aerial Shots (14);
Lateral View from Potomac (16);
Observatory Hill (3);
School of Nursing (St. Mary's) (1);
Medical Dental Building (1);
Old Medical School (10);
Front Gates (Old-5/First Remodel-5/New-3);
Georgetown University Hospital (New-3, Old-2);
Old North (6);
Dahlgren Chapel...
Dates:
ca. 1909-1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Peter’s Catholic Church;
Wheeling-Mount de Chantal Academy.
Wyoming: Wheatland-City Hall; Wheatland-Gilcrest Avenue.
Wyoming: Wheatland-City Hall; Wheatland-Gilcrest Avenue.
Mimika Farish Frith Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-19470101
Content Description
Collection of correspondence, journals, documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings concerning the family of Mimika Farish Frith. Included is correspondence (9 letters, 1779-1781) from Baron von Steuben to his aide-de-campe Pierre Etienne Du Ponceau and two letters (1781) from Du Ponceau to von Steuben. Also included is a bound journal kept by Du Ponceau from 1794-1820 which served as a family register, diary and account book. Also included is correspondence and documents from the...
Dates:
1779 - 1932; Majority of material found within 1794-1800s
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Included is correspondence (9 letters, 1779-1781) from Baron von Steuben to his aide-de-campe Pierre Etienne Du Ponceau and two letters (1781) from Du Ponceau to von Steuben.
B. W. Butler Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: GTM-180519
Scope and Contents
The B.W. Butler Papers, in the University Archives prior to 1970, consist of a single item, the autobiography of George Bent, born in 1843 to a Cheyenne mother, Owl Woman, and a St. Louis fur-trader William Bent. While an account of Bent's remarkable life was eventually produced by one of the editors of this work, it remained unpublished for nearly 50 years (Life of George Bent: Written from his Letters. George E. Hyde, editor. University of Oklahoma Press, 1968) while this manuscript was...
Dates:
1905 - 1925
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The fight around the barracks. Little Wolf's party surrenders. New conditions. The Ghost Dance trouble.
Davidson Black - William Diller Matthew collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-931227
Scope and Contents note
The Black-Matthew Collection consists of 19 transcribed letters between Davidson Black and William Diller Matthew, with 1 letter from Black to Herbert M. Evans regarding the above letters, from 1929 to 1932. The letters are arranged in 20 folders and contained in one box.Much of the correspondence between Black and Matthew regards contemporary theories surrounding Java Man, Sinanthropus, and Piltdown man, including Matthew's theores of how climate may have affected early man's...
Dates:
1929-31
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
References are made to many noted anthropologists of the day, including Roy Chapman Andrews, Birgir Bohlin, Ales Hrdlicka, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Rev. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., and Grafton Elliot Smith.