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Cornelius Van H. Engert Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS169
Scope and Contents
The Cornelius Van H. Engert Papers consist of correspondence, reports, photographs and printed materials created or collected by Cornelius Van Hemert Engert during and after his career as a U.S. diplomat from 1912 to 1945. The Papers comprise 18 linear feet of material, contained in 12 boxes, arranged in 930 folders. The collection is divided into 16 series, mainly according to the geographical assignments held by Engert at various times during his diplomatic career. The series focusing on...
Dates:
1896 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In January 1937, Engert was named Consul for the legations in Teheran and Kabul, and in August 1940 he was posted as Consul General in Beirut and Damascus where he was serving during the invasion of the forces of France Libre. In 1942, Engert became the first American Minister to reside in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he served until 1945.
William F. Claire Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS409
Scope and Contents
The William F. Claire Papers consist of 12 autograph signed letters and 3 typed signed letters to and from William Claire. Of them, a majority discuss his writing on and analysis of the work of poet and writer Katherine Garrison Chapin Biddle, entitled "The Unpredictable Bloom." The collection contains correspondence from the Academy of American Poets, as well as the "Southern Review", the quarterly literary magazine fo the Louisiana State University, in reference to Claire's publication...
Dates:
1959 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1966-1968
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
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****** Marie Leontine Graves Bullock, born Marie Leontine Graves in 1911, founded the Academy of American Poets in 1934 with her husband Hugh Bullock. She was schooled in France and corresponded with notable individuals such as Bernard Shaw and Walter de La Mare over her love and support of poetry.
****** Marie Leontine Graves Bullock, born Marie Leontine Graves in 1911, founded the Academy of American Poets in 1934 with her husband Hugh Bullock. She was schooled in France and corresponded with notable individuals such as Bernard Shaw and Walter de La Mare over her love and support of poetry.
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:
In 1917, although somewhat over age, he enlisted and served as a captain in France with the 309th Ammunition Regiment, 159th Field Artillery.
Esther Neira de Calvo Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-071217
Scope and Contents Note
The Esther Neira de Calvo Papers thoroughly document the life and career of Esther Neira de Calvo, a prominent Panamanian educator, politician, diplomat, and women's rights advocate. The extensive collection includes correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, speeches, and awards, and it provides a fascinating perspective on 20th century Panama and Inter-American cooperation. There is material from Carrie Chapman Catt, Maria Ossa de Amador Guerrero, Matilde Obarrio de Mallet, Gabriela...
Dates:
1890 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1978
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
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:
Various sites were considered by Britain, France and the US. Routes through Nicaragua and Panama proved the two most popular and contentious.
Felix G. Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS140
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Felix G. Robinson Papers consist of the correspondence, manuscripts, notes and photographs of Felix Griffon Robinson, along with the genealogical notes of Charles Hoye and the correspondence and other papers of "Tableland Trails" and the Mountain Choir Festival. The Papers comprise 25 linear feet, arranged in 586 folders contained in 21 boxes.The Felix G. Robinson Papers trace Robinson's career as a Lutheran pastor, a musician and a local historian. His career as a Lutheran...
Dates:
1905 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Jean Edward Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS234
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Jean Edward Smith Papers are housed in 10 boxes and span 12.0 linear feet. Historian Jean Edward Smith amassed these materials for his full-length biography of Lucius D. Clay entitled "Lucius D. Clay: An America Life" (New York: Holt, 1990). Cooperating with his biographer on this project, Clay exchanged correspondence with Smith, recounted key events, agreed to take part in numerous oral history interviews, and provided access to key documents. The correspondence between Clay and Smith...
Dates:
1860 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1975
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Senator Alexander Stephens Clay and Frances (White) Clay, Lucius graduated in 1918 from the U.S.
Bruce Marshall Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-840208
Scope and Contents
The Bruce Marshall Papers primarily consist of correspondence, manuscripts and news clippings, all tracing Burce Marshall's career as an author from 1924 until his death in 1987.The Bruce A. Marshall Papers are arranged in series according to subject. There is a Manuscript series, a Correspondence series, a Clippings series and a small Thesis series.The Manuscripts series comprises the first eight boxes of the collection. Contained in it are different drafts of...
Dates:
1924 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1979
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He soon moved to Paris, and he lived in France for the rest of his life, except during the Second World War when he returned to Great Britain.
Konrad Wolff - Ilse Bing Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-160304
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, documents, sketches, drafts, photographs and music relating to the pianist and composer Konrad Wolff (1907-1989) and his wife, the distinguished photographer Ilse Bing (1899-1998). It also contains significant additional material relating to Wolff’s family members including his father, the distinguished German lawyer Martin Wolff, and his mother, Marguerite Wolff née Jolowicz, who was personally charged with documenting important aspects of...
Dates:
1873 - 1991
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Konrad Wolff emigrated in October 1938, first to France and then to the United States in 1941. Martin Wolff, who had been under attack by Nazi students since 1933, was dismissed in 1935, and emigrated to Britain in the autumn of 1938.
Earl of Shrewsbury Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-871231
Scope and Contents note
The Earl of Shrewsbury Papers, which concern the estate of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot (1803 - 1868), the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford, and 3rd Earl Talbot of Hensol, consists of 3.0 linear feet of material, including correspondence, documents, deeds, accounts, drawings and related printed material.The Papers deal with various trusts that had been set up by the 18th Earl for his widow and younger children, the siblings of the 19th Earl, namely:I - Admiral Hon....
Dates:
1856 - 1888
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
IV - To a lesser extent the trusts also affected his daughters: Lady Constance Harriett Talbot (1836 - 1901), Marchionness of Lothian, who married her first cousin, the 8th Marquess of Lothian, the noted book collector and Roxburghe Club member; Lady Gertrude Frances Talbot (1840 - 1906), Countess of Pembroke, wife of the 13th Earl of Pembroke; and Lady Adelaide Talbot (1844 - 19?)
Harman Grisewood Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS131
Scope and Contents
This collection centers around the correspondence and related papers of three important and long-standing friendships of Harman Grisewood: with the poet and artist David Jones; with printer and artist Rene Hague; and with Christopher Sykes, the celebrated biographer of Evelyn Waugh. Correspondence relating to Jones and Hague, in particular, reflects the social, literary and artistic circles which they and mutual friend Harman Grisewood, shared with acquaintances such as Thomas F....
Dates:
1916 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
According to Barbara Wall, little is known of his father except that he was a university lecturer in Ireland and France, who died young. Information about Hague’s mother is equally scanty.
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:
The Erwin Family letters dating from the American Civil War, and a secret diary belonging to a woman named Madeleine in WWII France are particularly compelling.
3. Queer history including materials by LGBTQIA persons ranging from works by American lesbian artist Violet Oakley to a photo album of a trip taken by publisher Roger Senhouse and his lover the writer Lytton Strachey.
3. Queer history including materials by LGBTQIA persons ranging from works by American lesbian artist Violet Oakley to a photo album of a trip taken by publisher Roger Senhouse and his lover the writer Lytton Strachey.