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Walter Shewring - Gina Thompson Colby Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS233
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of 15 letters, 13 of which were written by Walter Shewring, sent to Gina Thompson (Colby) between 1986 and 1990. The collection is contained in 15 folders and 1 box which is 0.25 linear feet in size. As an American student studying at Oxford University, Gina Thompson met and befriended the classics scholar Shewring in 1986. At the time, Shewring was doing private research in the Bodleian, and Thompson was taking a cultural course from Oxford with a group of students...
Dates:
1986 - 1990
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
That particular collection includes an autograph manuscript of Shewring's well-renowned translation of Homer's "Odyssey," published in 1980 by the Oxford University Press, along with correspondence by noted individuals, such as Eric Gill and David Jones.
ABBREVIATIONS: ACS - Autograph Card Signed ALS - Autograph Letter Singed
ABBREVIATIONS: ACS - Autograph Card Signed ALS - Autograph Letter Singed
Harman Grisewood papers 3
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS338
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection comprises the third accession of the papers of Harman Grisewood (1906-1997), and contains primarily correspondence from family members. Of particular interest is the series of letters from Grisewood's father, Lt. Col. Harman Grisewood, written from 1936 through 1946, from Nicosia, Cyprus, where the family owned a farm in the mid- to late 1920s until the end of the Second World War. Grisewood recalls life with his family in Cyprus during the earlier of these years in chapter 3...
Dates:
1898-1991; Majority of material found within 1936-1981
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
See also the autobiography by Harman Grisewood, "One Thing at a Time," (1968), which covers the period from early childhood through 1956, with reminiscences of early years in Oxfordshire, student days at Oxford University, life in Cyprus in the mid to late 1920s, and friendships with David Jones and others including Charles and Tom Burns, Rupert Hart-Davis, and Wilfred Rooke Ley.
Gary Wasserman Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS441
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Gary Wasserman Papers consist of the research materials amassed by Gary Wasserman for his book entitled, "Politics of Decolonization: Kenya Europeans and the Land Issue, 1960-1965" (London: Cambridge University Press, 1976). This collection contains a small amount of Wasserman's correspondence with individuals, such as John W. Harbeson, Michael Blundell, and N.S. Carey-Jones. Also included is a series of Wasserman's notebooks covering various topics about Kenya. In addition, there are a...
Dates:
1949 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1976
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Harbeson, Michael Blundell, and N.S. Carey-Jones. Also included is a series of Wasserman's notebooks covering various topics about Kenya.
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:
Roles in opera, oratorio, or musicals include Carmen, Carmen Jones, Harlem Nocturne, Jelly’s Last Jam, Verdi’s Requiem Mass, Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Bach’s St.
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
St. John the Evangelist Church (Yorkshire) Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-870825
Scope and contents note
The archives of the Church of St. John the Evangelist consist of .5 linear feet of material, including correspondence, manuscripts, documents and related printed ephemera, regarding its founding and construction in the township of Clifton. The papers, dating from 1856 to 1862 and arranged in chronological order, constitute the earliest records of this parish church, located near Mirfield, Yorkshire.Before 1856, the inhabitants of the township of Clifton worshipped in a church in...
Dates:
1856 - 1862
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
This collection constitutes the files of Joseph Rayner, a solicitor from the firm Fenton, Jones, and Rayner, and treasurer for the building committee.
Michael Richey Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS321
Scope and Contents
The Michael Richey papers 2, consists of original correspondence from personal friends and members of the Richey family; as well as printed material including clippings, journals, and magazines featuring articles by and about Michael Richey. A portion of the correspondence is from the notable circle of artists who congregated at the home of English sculptor Eric Gill, (1882-1940), on Pigotts Farm in Buckinghamshire. These include Gill, Anthony Foster, and Rene Hague. Additional...
Dates:
1897 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1940 - 2000
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The group included Rene Hague (married to Gill's daughter Joan), David Jones, Walter Shewring, and Denis Tegetmeier (married to Gill's daughter Petra).
Mark Fax Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20170822
Scope and Contents
Music manuscripts of the composer Mark Fax, including choral arrangements and vocal solos, chamber music, piano and organ pieces, operas, orchestral works, studies and sketches. Fax composed music in many genres, classical, popular, and sacred; all are represented in the collection. Of note are Fax's regular collaborations with poet Owen Dodson and composer Hall Johnson. A small file containing miscellaneous papers related to his music (copyright filings and posthumous notes by his wife,...
Dates:
1932 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1972
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Stephen S. Remak Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS268
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
Written between the years of 1859-1861, the Stephen S. Remak Papers consist of one bound letter book containing the official outgoing correspondence of Remak during his term as United States Consul at Trieste, an Italian port city on the Adriatic. Perhaps of the most value for researchers in this collection is the extensive research Remak carried out on the contemporary state and history of Austrian currency, which he included in his correspondence to officials at the United...
Dates:
1859 - 1861
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Minister Resident Borne, Switzerland 1853-1861 Francovich, Louis Consular Agent Fiume, Austria 1862-1866 Fuller, Bartholomew 5th Auditor of the Treasury Department Washington, DC Hildreth, Richard Consul Trieste 1861-1864 Jones, Jehu Glancy Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary Vienna, Austria 1858-1861 Leese, Robert H.
Philip Barry Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS128
Scope and Contents
The Philip Barry Papers consist of correspondence from friends and associates to Philip and Ellen Barry. Some well known individuals include, Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet; Katherine Bregy (Catholic author); William C. Bullitt (US ambassador); writers Henry W. Clune, Edsel Ford, Brendan Gill, Morris Hadley, John O'Hara, Joseph Verner Reed, Robert Sherwood; actresses Lillian Gish and Katherine Hepburn; producers/directors Joseph Mankiewicz and Robert Sinclair.
The collection...
Dates:
1921 - 1984
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The next three plays represent Barry's response to the Second World War: 'Liberty Jones' (1941), 'Without Love' (1942), and 'Foolish Notion' (1945).
Stephen and Susan Decatur papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS245
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
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:
Moreover, the letters and resolutions honor other U.S. naval figures, such as William Henry Allen, William Bainbridge, James Biddle, Isaac Hull, Jacob Jones, and Charles Morris, and make reference to numerous vessels, such as the U.S.S.
Anthony Cave Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-930701
Scope and Contents
The Anthony Cave Brown papers comprise the extensive research files of historian and author Anthony Cave Brown used for his numerous books about U.S. and British military intelligence. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, photocopied documents, internet printouts, printed matter, manuscripts of some of his books, audio cassettes, and some photographs. Documents pertaining to various figures in the intelligence field; including William Donovan, H. St. John B. Philby, and Kim...
Dates:
1930 - 2006
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
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:
There are also numerous letters between Arnold Lunn and Dora M. Jones, Henry Lunn's secretary, with long intellectual discussions.
A Ballad of Life Manuscript
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: GTM-20100113
Jones vs Jones
File — Box 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Cases. Alphabetical arrangement from A to Miscellaneous.
Dates:
1890 - 1964