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Items collected by Gerard O'Brien relating to American Catholic and Jesuit notables of the 17th and 19th century.

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Contains articles relating to training and competitions. Also included are the team budget for 1961 and the program from the 1962 Athletic Award Banquet, signed by Coach Don Cadle and all the crew team members who received "G" certificates (David Casey, Patrick D. Doyle, Carl Haeger, John G. Hoeschler, James Mietus, Michael J. Mullin, Martin J. O'Brien, Paul T. Ritter, Peter W. Reyburn, and Frederic Volbrecht.)

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Letters of appreciation on the 75th and 90th anniversaries of the Ladies Board. Authors include Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Medical Center Chancellor Matthew F. NcNulty, President Timothy S. Healy, S.J., Bill Clinton, Hospital Administrator Charles M. O'Brien, Executive Vice President for Health Sciences Sam W. Wiesel, Chief Executive Officer Kenneth D. Bloem and Hospital Chief Executive Sharon Flynn-Hollander, and President Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J.

Scope and Contents Includes clippings on: deaths of John O’Brien, Roy J. Glezen, Phillip Stein, Jesse C. Atkins, Dennis R. Bilbrey, Francis B. Hargadon, S.J., John J. Toohey, S.J., James A.V. Buckley, S.J., Judge Harold Stephens, Helen Rock, W. Coleman Nevils, S.J., John J. Kehoe, S.J., and Paul A. McNally, S.J.; dedication of statues of St. Luke and St. Apollonia in the Medical-Dental Building Chapel; award of honorary degrees to Thomas J. Tudor, Clare Booth Luce, and Michael X. Sullivan; speech by Secretary...

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Print copies of "Shakespeare" from 1996-2003. Includes volumes 1-7.

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The Corita Papers, dated 1961-1976, include correspondence, business records, and printed materials relating to Corita's art. The collection amounts to one box of material (0.5 linear feet). It includes reproductions of Carita's highly celebrated serigraphs, which involve innovative use of color and quotations. Carita's correspondence with her Florida dealer, Murray Lebwohl, provides insight into an artist's business dealings.

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The American Song Sheet Collection comprises a relatively cohesive group of 234 song sheets published in the United States (and principally in New York, by de Marsan) in the 1850's and during the early years of the Civil War. There are songs of African American interest, a few relating to events in the Civil War, and at least one exploiting a German accented singer. But of principal note are the fairly large number of songs dealing with the immigrant Irish or their native land, from "The...

Content Description Personal papers of James Laver (1899-1975), author and Keeper of Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. Correspondence to Laver and wife, actress Veronica Turleigh (1903-1971), provide a valuable source on English and Irish literary circles. Writers include Enid, Bagnold, John Betjeman, Violet Clifton, Martin d'Arcy, Graham Greene, Kate O'Brien, Iris Origo, Ronald Knox, Desmond MacCarthy, Rose...

Scope and Contents Two boxes:Box 1. Contains prints and negatives. Includes photographs of discussion panels. Among those pictured: (Folder 1) Matthew Warren; Leo Dostert; Francis O. Wilcox; John H. McDonough; Pyo Wook Han; James M. Hunter; Charles Schertenleib; John B. Fisher; Eric McDermott, S.J.; Verbon E. Kemp; Mathias Kieman, O.F.M.; Joseph Beirne; Joseph H. Freehill; Julius Brenner; Peter S.H. Tang; Robert H. Estabrook; O. Glenn Stahl; Edmund D. Campbell; William N. Lightsey; Joel T....

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Contains material reflective of student life at Georgetown from 1969-1973. Includes Georgetown publications and flyers and other ephemera. Much relates to student activism, particularly protests against the Vietnam War. One folder relates to Professor Carroll Quigley and contains examinations, lecture outlines, and a cassette tape of lecture by Quigley in Gaston Hall.

Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of correspondence received by William Claire from Robert Lax, Thomas Merton, and Mark Van Doren. Other materials relate to the special double issue of "Voyages" magazine (Volume 2, Numbers 1 and 2, September 1968) focussing on Robert Lax, with an introduction by Claire, a brief biography on and writings by Lax. The collection also includes, typescripts and correspondence pertaining to "The Essays of Mark Van Doren (1942-1972)" edited by Claire (Conn.: Greenwood...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Rev. Wilfrid Parsons, S.J. Papers: Part 2 consist primarily of letters sent to Rev. Wilfrid Parsons, S.J., an editor for "America" Magazine, from Annie Christitch. More than 100 letters from Christitch to Fr. Parsons are retained in this collection. Christitch's letters to Fr. Parsons document in detail the role of Catholicism in Yugoslavia during the 1920s and 1930s. Her letters also touch on the subject of Catholicism in Czechoslovakia during that same period. In her correspondence,...

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The Stephen X. Winters, SJ Papers includes correspondence, school notes, articles he published in the Messenger of the Sacred Heart, and photographs.

Scope and Contents note The Brien McMahon Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, legal papers, newspaper clippings, honors and awards, photographs, and personal ephemera concerning the life of the late Senator and his family from circa 1930 to 1953. While the majority of the papers concern McMahon's career with the U.S. Department of Justice, there is also some material regarding his two Senate terms, his marriage to Rosemary Turner, his Presidential campaign in 1952, and his death.The collection...

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The John F. Stevens Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, news clippings, books, photographs, blueprints and maps collected by John F. Stevens. The Papers are arranged in 8 Series according to subject and material type, in 11 boxes and 1 map case drawer.

Scope and Contents The major portions of the Harry Sylvester Papers consist of correspondence and manuscripts for his published novel, “Moon Gaffney”; and an unpublished work, “A Watch in the Night.” Notable correspondents include writers, publishers, scholars, political and religious leaders, such as Harry L. Binsse, Paul Beecher Blanshard, Harvey Breit, Dorothy Day, William A.S. Dollard, Waldo Frank, John Farrar, Brendan Gill, Matthew Hoehn, Nathan I. Hentoff, Stanley J. Kunitz, Eugene J. and...

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Contains the transcripts for the interviews conducted by Colin Campbell with officials from the Carter Administration.