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Huie, Reid and Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS226
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Huie, Reid and Company Collection consists of two series as described below: Series 1. Order Requests - Alphabetical (Folders 1-47) Consisting of 47 folders, this series contains 53 order requests received by Huie, Reid and Company from various individuals, including some members of prominent Virginia families. The orders are arranged alphabetically by customer. The individuals requested a relatively wide variety of goods, such as tobacco, sugar, salt, shoes, and linen. Series 2. Leaves...
Dates:
1787 - 1789
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
At the Georgetown University Special Collections Division, another key source provides good insight into the history of the Brent family: the Henry Hunt-William B. Chilton Collection.
Another collection of Huie, Reid and Company archives is at the Library of Congress Manuscripts Division, which houses 300 items spanning the dates 1784 to 1795 and consisting of correspondence (1784-1795), letter books (1788-1791), and account books (1785-1789).
Another collection of Huie, Reid and Company archives is at the Library of Congress Manuscripts Division, which houses 300 items spanning the dates 1784 to 1795 and consisting of correspondence (1784-1795), letter books (1788-1791), and account books (1785-1789).
Byington Family Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS298
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Byington Family Papers: Part 2 contain postcards, letters, and printed material documenting the life and times of A. Homer Byington and other members of the Byington family. Of interest are postcards to and from A. Homer Byington from Naples, where he served as U.S. consul at the turn of the twentieth century. The postcards describe life in Naples, volcanic activity there, and even an occasion when the King off Italy took of his hat out of respect for an American flag flying over...
Dates:
1822 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1910
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He was survived by three sons: William Homer, George Richmond, and Stuart Woodford. Another son, Henry Sumpter, died in 1887, and a daughter, Harriet Eloise, died in infancy.
Graham Greene - Anthony Bischoff, SJ Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS327
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection of letters and presentation editions from British novelist Graham Greene to Rev. Anthony D. Bischoff, S.J. is evidence of their friendship which spanned forty years. The correspondence contains mostly personal greetings, but also touches on literary and political issues. The first of the nine letters in the collection was written in 1950, a year after the two met. The last was written in 1984, seven years before Greene's death. The five presentation editions were given to Fr....
Dates:
1950 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1984
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
His father was Charles Henry Greene and his mother was Marion Raymond Greene.
Lester Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-920101
Collection-level scope and contents note
The Lester Adams Papers primarily consist of the official papers and ephemera of Captain Lester Adams, who was part of the U.S. Medical Corps during World War I stationed in the Panama Canal Zone. The papers are arranged in 19 folders and housed in 1 box.The Lester Adams Papers cover Adams' brief service in the Medical Reserve Corps, mainly consisting of military orders, ephemera, and a few photographs. Among Adams' official correspondence are a telegram from Surgeon General...
Dates:
1916-1919; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Among Adams' official correspondence are a telegram from Surgeon General William Crawford Gorgas and four telegrams from General Henry Pinckney McCain to Adams giving him official assignments or orders to travel.
Harold Boyd Maris Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-780301
Scope and Contents
The Harold Boyd Maris papers comprise the personal papers of physicist Harold Boyd Maris, who worked in various research fields at the Naval Historical Research Lab in Anacostia, Virginia from 1925-1942. His own research, however, concentrated on the study of photo-elastic stress analysis. The papers include correspondence, experimental and expeditionary data and material, daybooks, logbooks, publications, reprints, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, and plates of a professional and...
Dates:
1927 - 1949
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He held that position for one year when in September of 1923, Maris was engaged as a professor of physics, mathematics, and astronomy at Emory and Henry College in Virginia where he remained until June 1925.
Harry L. Hopkins Papers 4
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS115
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Harry L. Hopkins Papers 4 primarily consist of correspondence, newsclippings, manuscripts and photographs, all centering around the career and family life of Harry L. Hopkins during the Second world War. The Papers are arranged in 60 folders in on box and 1 oversize container. Harry L. Hopkins was the right hand man of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Second World War, attending international summits and party conventions with and in the place of Roosevelt. This fourth accession of Harry...
Dates:
1917-1989; Majority of material found within 1940-1946
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Included among the political correspondents is Winston Churchill, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and Felix Frankfurter; military leaders include General Henry H.Arnold, Field Marshall Sir John Dill, Fleet Admiral Ernest J.
Jean Edward Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS234
Scope and Contents
The Jean Edward Smith Papers are housed in 10 boxes and span 7.35 cubic 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
National Hotel Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTM-840319
Scope and Contents
The National Hotel Collection consists of five large register books listing the guests at the National Hotel in Washington, D.C. from 1851 to 1854. The hotel was the first hotel in the nation's capital approximating the size of a modern hotel. It was located at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 6th Street.The registers are in chronological order. The register entries list the names of the guests, the days they stayed, and their room numbers. The signature of each guest is...
Dates:
1851 - 1854
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In the 1850s, many Southern-born Congressmen lived at the hotel. Most notably, Henry Clay lived in room 116 of the hotel beginning in 1849.
Stephen C. Massett Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS194
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Massett Papers are comprised of the correspondence sent to Mr. Massett during the period 1853-1897. The content of the letters is largely related to his work as an artist and reveal the social circles he moved in, from that of contemporary artists to the established families of old New York and the English gentry. The frequent changes of address noted on his correspondence, together with his active efforts to associate himself with New York's and London's wealthiest citizens, suggest...
Dates:
1853 - 1898; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1898
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Among the names listed in Massett's correspondence are Sir Henry Coke, who, in fact, made arrangements for an annual payment to be sent to him, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Harriet Stonwood Blaine, wife of Senator James G.
Richard H. Clarke papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS92
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Richard H. Clarke Papers consist of letters, essays and printed materials of Richard H. Clarke (1827 - 1911). The papers comprise .20 linear feet of material, arranged in 15 folders in one box. The corresponence and manuscripts of this collection mainly involve Clarke's interest in Catholic history in America. He founded the United States Catholic Historical Society in the mid-1880's and conversed with many Catholic historians such as Martin I. J. Griffin, George Pax, Colonel Lamson,...
Dates:
1863-1911
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Further material by and about Clarke can be found in the Georgetown University Archives Alumni Files, the Edward Devitt, S .J. Papers, the Henry Shandelle, S.J. Papers, and the Colonel Lamson Papers.
Ernesta Drinker Barlow Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-081118
Scope and Contents
A collection of the personal papers of Aimee Ernesta Drinker Barlow (1892-1981). Includes autograph memoir, travel diaries (from 1916 and early 1960s), correspondence received from husbands William C. Bullitt (1891-1967), former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union; and composer Samuel L.M. Barlow (1892-1982); as well as from admirers including the artist Rockwell Kent (1882-1971). Of note is an almost complete run of mimeographed scripts of NBC Radio broadcasts by Barlow as "Commando Mary"...
Dates:
1910 - 1962
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
., on January 17, 1892, was the daughter of Henry Sturgis Drinker and of Aimee Ernesta Beaux who was sister to American portrait artist Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942).
Mark H. Bauer, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-891002
Scope and Contents
The Mark H. Bauer, SJ Papers contain material related to his Jesuit formation; his graduate work in biology; and honors received throughout his life. Also includes correspondence, photographs, talks, and resumes.
Dates:
1929 - 1985
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Bauer (1912-1986) was born in Easton, Pennsylvania to P. J. Henry (1890-1939) and Anna L. Hoffacker Bauer (1888-1963).
Arnold Lunn Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS143
Scope and Contents
The Arnold Lunn Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks and related printed ephemera regarding the life and works of Sir Arnold Lunn (1888 - 1974). The papers, dating from 1896 to 1978, comprise 21 linear feet of material, arranged in fourteen boxes, consisting of five hundred and thirty-two folders.The papers are arranged in series according to subjects. There are five correspondence series, namely World War I Correspondence, Ski...
Dates:
1896 - 1978
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He was born in Madras, India, on April 18, 1888, where his father, Sir Henry Lunn was a medical missionary. Later, Sir Henry Lunn acquired several hotels in Switzerland, establishing himself in the travel business.
Charles Lacey Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS242
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Charles Lacey Papers consist of seven letters dated between 1809 and 1814 received by Charles Lacey, an American naval officer during the War of 1812. Lacey's cash book dating to 1809-1810, which he used as a midshipman on board the U.S.S. "John Adams," is also preserved in this collection. Although they comprise but eight folders, the Charles Lacey Papers document some interesting incidents during the War of 1812, especially its naval aspects. The correspondence in the Lacey Papers...
Dates:
1809 - 1814
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
A 24-gun corvette launched early in the war only 45 days after its keel was laid, the "Madison" was the handiwork of Henry Ecford, a master shipbuilder working out of the American naval base at Sacket's Harbor, New York.
Brian A. McGrath, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS68
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The items in the Brian A. McGrath, S.J., Papers reflect the career of the man whose professional life they document. The majority of correspondence relates to McGrath's administrative duties, though there is a significant amount of personal correspondence dating from 1958, the year McGrath spent abroad at Georgetown University at Fribourg. Similarly, the manuscripts, most of which are student notes and texts of the addresses and speeches McGrath delivered so frequently, relate for the most...
Dates:
1933 - 1986
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Among these organizations were the Greater Washington Educational Television Association, for which he served on the Executive Committee; the Jesuit Research Council of America, for which he served as chairman and a member of the Board of Directors; and 'Confluence', the journal of political theory edited by Henry Kissinger, on whose editorial board McGrath served from 1953 until the journal ceased publication in 1958.
Todd Haines collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS79
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Todd Haines collection is a mixture of correspondence and printed material primarily by and concerning British author Anthony Powell (1905-2000). Material consists of original typed signed letters from Powell to bookseller Handasyde Buchanan, New Zealand author Patrick A. Lawlor, and to John Lelliott, an admirer of his novel series, 'A Dance to the Music of Time.' Other Powell material includes page proofs for two of his books, 'Books Do Furnish a Room' (1971) and 'Messengers of Day'...
Dates:
1864-1990; Majority of material found within 1960-1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
From 1962 until 1976 he was a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, which contains a drawing of him by Hubert Freeth, and a painting by his brother-in-law Henry Lamb. Powell was also drawn by Augustus John, Nina Hamnett, and Adrian Daintrey.
Leo and Jane Codd papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-830131
Scope and Contents
The Leo and Jane Codd Papers contain correspondence to the Codds, photographs, and manuscripts. Correspondence, manuscripts, and related material is arranged alphabetically within the collection. The Codds lived in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C., and enjoyed travelling, especially to Ireland. Much of their correspondence from friends and acquaintances refers to their trips to Ireland or to their hospitality and cordiality when guests visited them in Washington.The papers...
Dates:
1914 - 1973
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
After graduating, he joined the American Ordnance Association, the "only civilian-military society in our country dedicated to industrial preparedness." [Henry J. Wallace, President of the American Ordnance Association].
Washington Irving Letterbook
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS247
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Washington Irving Letterbook (1 box, 0.25 linear feet) consists of one bound letterbook containing handwritten copies of outgoing letters dated from 1842 to 1844 written by Irving (1783-1859) while he served as U.S. Minister to Spain (1842-1846). Although most of these letters were copied in the hand of Irving's secretary, a number of them seem to have been copied by Irving himself in his own hand. Irving's richly descriptive writing style shines through in these letters as he analyzes...
Dates:
1842 - 1844
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
After entering the law office of Henry Masterson in 1798, Irving was admitted to the New York bar.
Thomas Aspinwall papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS127
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
A collection of 10 autograph letters, dating between 1822 and 1848, addressed to the longtime American consul in London, Col. Thomas Aspinwall. They are from several prominent Americans and Englishmen seeking Aspinwall's assistance in a variety of matters.
Dates:
1822-1848; Majority of material found within 1842 - 1845
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
They had seven children, two of whom were living at the time of their father's death; a daughter who married William Henry Dornville of Lincoln's Inn, London; and William Aspinwall of Brookline.
John T. Appleby Papers
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTM-760201
Scope and Contents
The collection contains manuscripts of a number of Appleby's works on English medieval history and other subjects, some related correspondence, and photographs of Suffolk locales (some copies of 19th century prints). It also includes photographic copies of medieval manuscripts.
See the External Documents section below for the collection's inventory.
Dates:
1926 - 1969
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In 1959, the year of publication of this first history, John, King of England, Appleby became membership secretary of the American Historical Association; he soon began to work primarily on the American Historical Review (AHR), the association’s journal, and served in its Washington DC office as its associate editor until his death, while continuing his own scholarly writing with books about the reigns of Stephen, Henry II, and Richard I.
Appleby died of leukemia on December 19, 1974, in Washington.
Appleby died of leukemia on December 19, 1974, in Washington.