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John S. Monagan - Anthony Powell Collection 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS165
Scope and Contents
This collection contains over two decades of correspondence between writer Anthony Powell and his American friend John S. Monagan as well as various magazine and newspaper articles relating to Powell as collected by Monagan. Also within the collection are numerous photographs of Anthony and Violet Powell at their home, the Chantry in Somerset, England, mostly taken by Monagan during visits made with his wife Rosemary in 1981, 1987, and 1988.
Dates:
1969 - 1994
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
His military honors include the rank of Major, receiving the Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia), the Order of Leopold II (Belgium), and the Oaken Crown and Croix de Guerre (Luxembourg).
Powell was also an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the Modern Language Society, a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, London (1962-76), and a member of the London Travellers' Club.
Powell was also an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the Modern Language Society, a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, London (1962-76), and a member of the London Travellers' Club.
John S. Monagan - Anthony Powell Collection 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS341
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence between John Monagan and the Powell Family and correspondence between Monagan and others regarding Powell. Further, it includes manuscripts/articles on Powell written by Monagan and others; papers related to the Anthony Powell Society; photographs of the Powell family and related subjects; and materials from the Georgetown University Library exhibition and symposium celebrating the Anthony Powell centennial in 2005.
Dates:
1961 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1985 - 2005
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
His military honors include the rank of Major, receiving the Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia), the Order of Leopold II (Belgium), and the Oaken Crown and Croix de Guerre (Luxembourg).
Powell was also an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the Modern Language Society, a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, London (1962-76), and a member of the London Travellers' Club.
Powell was also an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and of the Modern Language Society, a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, London (1962-76), and a member of the London Travellers' Club.
Thomas A. Hughes, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-200103
Scope and Contents
The Thomas A. Hughes, SJ Papers consist of unpublished drafts for a proposed third volume of A History of the Society of Jesus in North America, Colonial and Federal covering 1773 to 1829. Also included is a report by Fr. Hughes entitled "de abusibus" ("on abuses"), in which he discusses Jesuit issues with modernism and worldly affairs discovered throughout his research, as well as correspondence related to his research.
Dates:
1897 - 1933
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Also included is a report by Fr. Hughes entitled "de abusibus" ("on abuses"), in which he discusses Jesuit issues with modernism and worldly affairs discovered throughout his research, as well as correspondence related to his research.
Patrick J. Cormican, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS13
Scope and Contents
The Patrick J. Cormican, SJ Papers consist of poetry as well as materials related to Jeannie Gourley Struthers, an actor performing in Ford's Theater when President Lincoln was assassinated.
Dates:
1924 - 1925
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Cormican was ordained in 1894 before continuing to teach at Boston College (1896-1898, 1900-1901) and completing his probation at Ancienne Abbaye de Tronchiennes (Belgium, 1899). After taking final vows in 1901, he was at St.
Graham Greene - Catherine Walston Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS168
Scope and Contents
The Catherine Walston/Graham Greene Papers consist in bulk of correspondence written by Greene to Lady Walston over a span of three decades from 1946 through 1978. In addition, the collection includes a large portion of original autograph and typed manuscripts, as well as rare proof copies of his works that the author presented over the years as gifts to Lady Walston. There is also a substantial collection of photographs of Greene and Lady Walston, together with friends such as writers...
Dates:
1925 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1946-1978
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Several portrait-size photographs of Greene are included by notable photographers such as Cornell Capa, Douglas Glass, Yousuf Karsh, Islay de Courcy Lyons, and Jean Marie Marcel. Press clippings of articles both by and about Greene also enrich the collection, as do the unique ephemera/muniments consisting of printed souvenirs and small gift objects presented by Greene to Lady Walston.
Harry L. Hopkins papers 3
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS73
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection constitutes the third accession of the papers of Harry Hopkins. Material is grouped into eight series (see Synopsis). Arrangement of the correspondence reflects the successive stages of Hopkins' career. An important aspect of the family correspondence is the letters between Hopkins and his son Robert, which cover the war years (1940 to 1945) during which the latter served in the Army Signal Corps. Letters (of condolence) received by Hopkins regarding the death of his youngest...
Dates:
1917-1979; Majority of material found within 1920-1946
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Some noteworthy correspondence comprises the series of xeroxed material (for explanation, see Synopsis) and includes Max Beaverbrook, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, Dwight Eisenhower, J. Edgar Hoover, Charles De Gaulle, and Harry Truman. Xeroxes of Hopkins' memoranda regarding his trips abroad (to London and Moscow) and the Yalta Conference are also included.
John F. Long, SJ Collection
Collection
Identifier: WTL-0002
Scope and Contents
The John F. Long, S.J. Collection contains the papers of a Catholic expert on the Russian Orthodox Church, long-time staff member of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity (since 1988, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity), and participant in the Second Vatican Council. Long took part in numerous meetings with representatives of the Orthodox churches as well as the Ancient Oriental churches such as the Coptic, Ethiopian, and Syrian, but with a particular knowledge of...
Dates:
1916 - 2005
Found in Subjects:
Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano). Decretum de oecumenismo
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:
During the Civil War, he held various engineering roles and served as aide-de-camp to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (1863-1865).
Francis X. Talbot, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-900914
Scope and Contents
The Francis X. Talbot, SJ Papers document his writings and related research and correspondence, particularly concerning Saint Isaac Jogues. The collection also includes materials unrelated to his publications such as photographs; correspondence and clippings on the Dionne quintuplets; papers relating to his retirement from America; and records of his involvement in the Washington Retreat House project.
Dates:
1915 - 1953
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
His publications include: Jesuit Education in Philadelphia: Saint Joseph's College, 1851-1926 (1927); Richard Henry Tierney: Priest of the Society of Jesus (1930); Shining in Darkness: Dramas of the Nativity and the Resurrection (1932); Saint Among Savages: The Life of Isaac Jogues (1935); and Saint Among the Hurons: The Life of Jean de Brébeuf (1949).
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:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Correspondence on these issues includes that from scientists and researchers in East Germany, Poland and Russia, as well as from such notable British prelates and clergymen as George Patrick Dwyer, Maurice Couve de Murville, Basil Christopher Butler, Thomas Corbishley, S.J., Hugh William Montefiore, and Arthur Michael Ramsey.
Alexander Tremaine Wright - William John Carlton Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS305
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
"Happy are the dead and their biographers who have left materials for the building of their monuments"A.T.W. Alexander Tremaine Wright's correspondence (1909-1915) to William John Carlton offers a unique insight into research characteristic of a small English fraternity intrigued by the literature and history of shorthand. This practice of the educated, beginning with Englishman John Willis' alphabet-based system in 1640, remained the domain of writers and reporters until...
Dates:
1909 - 1915
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
., 1973) Among his works on important figures in the history of shorthand are the following books and manuscripts: Timothe Bright, doctor of physicke: a memoir of "the father of modern shorthand" [London: Elliot Stock, 1911] A shorthand "inventor" of 300 years ago [Aylesbury: G.T. De Fraine & Co., Ltd., 1921, 1920] Charles Dickens, shorthand writer. the 'prentice days of a master craftsman [London, C.
Earl J. Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS70
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection of papers from Earl J. Wilson consists of his files, maintained during his years with the U.S. Information Service, dealing with the development of democracy in U.S. foreign policy. Material includes the manuscript of an unpublished book by Mr. Wilson on the subject, entitled,'Fumbling with Democracy: Our Failure to Promote It Abroad.' There is also a quantity of information in the form of published and unpublished reports and correspondence concerning USIA's Citizenship...
Dates:
1940 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Zea and Mr.Wilson collaborated on CEP's first pamphlet, 'Senderos de Libertad' ('Pathsof Liberty'). By the end of 1958, CEP and related projects had been phased out by USIA.
William C. Repetti, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-0054
Scope and Contents
The William C. Repetti, SJ Papers contain published and unpublished manuscripts, predominantly on the history of the Jesuits in the Philippines, as well as personal materials. Of special note are his accounts of internment in the Philippines during World War II (box 1 folders 5-7, 9).
Dates:
1926 - 1966
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Repetti was confined to the Ateneo de Manila through July 1944 after which he was sent to Los Baños Internment Camp.
Cecil B. Lyon Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS147
Scope and Contents
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:
From 1946 to 1947 he was assigned back to Washington where he was successively, special assistant to the assistant secretary for political affairs and then adviser to the U.S. delegation at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Continental Peace and Security, held in Rio de Janeiro, 1947.
Ambassador Lyon was posted to Warsaw, Poland, from 1948 to 1950, where he served as first secretary.
Ambassador Lyon was posted to Warsaw, Poland, from 1948 to 1950, where he served as first secretary.
David Rankin Barbee Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS145
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The bulk of the Barbee Papers concerns his research, accomplished primarily between the years 1928-1958. The Papers are organized according to provenance into seven series, out-lining his historical interests. The series are: I. Abraham Lincoln; II. Death of Lincoln; III. Lincoln and Booth; IV. John Wilkes Booth; V. Conspirators; VI. Rose O'Neil Greenhow; and VII. American History. Because the collection is largely subject-oriented, due to the inter-relatedness of topics the same subject...
Dates:
1886 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1956
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Also included in the Greenhow series are three photographs of Greenhow, including a carte-de-visite taken in London shortly before her death, a memorial card after her death, and a daguerreotype, date unknown.
Jan Philip Roothaan, SJ Archive
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS170
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Jan Philip Roothaan, S.J. Archive consists of correspondence, mainly from Jan Philip Roothaan, S.J. to his family in Amsterdam. The letters are arranged in 170 folders contained in three boxes. The letters contained in the Jan Philip Roothaan, S.J. Archive are of great interest to those investigating the personal and family life of the General of the Society of Jesus. A vast majority of the letters are from Jan Philip to his father, Mathias, and his brother, Albert, half in...
Dates:
1804 - 1852
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
It should also be stated that three letters are on loan at De Krijberg in Amsterdam and Special Collections at Georgetown University only has a photocopy and a handwritten transcription of each.
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:
Transferring to the 2nd battalion of the Special Air Service, he worked with the French resistance and was awarded the Croix de Guerre.
Many of these experiences came together in what will probably be seen as Sykes's masterpiece, Four Studies in Loyalty (1946), incorporating elements of biography and autobiography.
Many of these experiences came together in what will probably be seen as Sykes's masterpiece, Four Studies in Loyalty (1946), incorporating elements of biography and autobiography.
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:
After impressing Grant during the Chattanooga Campaign, Porter joined Grant's staff as Aide de Camp on April 4, 1864. He was breveted for Fort Pulaski, the Wilderness, New Market Heights, and war service (Brigadier General).
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:
Notable correspondents include, among many others, Dean Acheson, Conrad Aiken, Thurman Arnold, Bernard Berenson, Henry Beston, Norman Birkett, Alain Bosquet, Van Wyck Brooks, Stimson Bullitt, Roy Basler, William Rose Benet, Richard Crowder, Agnes de Mille, Gertrude Ely, T.S. Eliot, Abe Fortas, Felix Frankfurter, Learned Hand, Oscar Hammerstein, August Heckscher, J.
McHarg Family Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS266
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The McHarg Family Papers: Part 2 contain a small number of documents related to U.S. Civil War officer Horace Porter, financier and railroad president Henry K. McHarg, and Civil War assistant quartermaster of volunteers John McHarg. Porter married into the McHarg family during the Civil War. The McHarg Family Papers: Part 2 further document the history of the Porter and McHarg families and supplement the McHarg Family Papers: Part 1 already preserved in the Georgetown University Library...
Dates:
1856 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1856 - 1928
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
After impressing Grant during the Chattanooga Campaign, Porter joined Grant's staff as aide de camp on April 4, 1864. He was breveted for Fort Pulaski, the Wilderness, New Market Heights, and war service (Brigadier General).