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Desmond Egan Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS81
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection is the second accession of the papers of the notable Irish poet, Desmond Egan (1936 - ). A portion consists of correspondence from international scholars, writers, several Irish ministers and various foreign ambassadors to Ireland. Among the well-known writers are Samuel Beckett, Robert Creeley, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Ian Jack, Desmond Guiness, James Laughlin, Peter Kavanagh (brother of poet Patrick Kavanagh), Peter Luke, Sean MacBride and James McKenna. ...
Dates:
1979 - 1990
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Among the well-known writers are Samuel Beckett, Robert Creeley, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Ian Jack, Desmond Guiness, James Laughlin, Peter Kavanagh (brother of poet Patrick Kavanagh), Peter Luke, Sean MacBride and James McKenna.
Donald T. Powell Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-090108
Scope and Contents note
The Donald Powell Papers 2 represent a portion of the personal papers of Catholic intellectual Donald Powell. Of principal interest is a long run of letters from well renown American painter and teacher Carl Schmitt to Powell, regarding their long friendship, their writings, philosophy, Catholic issues, world events, politics, and mutual aquaintances. A manuscript of Powell's "Bennett Mather" is preserved in tact in this part of his papers. Likewise, many short typed manuscripts by Powell...
Dates:
1932 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1985
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
"Who Was Who in American Art." Ed. Peter Hastings Falk. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1999.
Lady Bronwen Astor papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS323
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of materials regarding Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the associations that formed to continue his legacy. The papers were collected by Lady Bronwen Astor, a long-standing council member of The Teilhard Association of Great Britain and Ireland. Consisting of original correspondence, meeting agendas, minutes, reports, announcements, conference information, and a few manuscripts, the papers have been left in their original chronological order so that the history of the...
Dates:
1966-1984; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1984
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
[Biographical Sources: Stanford, Peter. Bronwen Astor: Her Life and Times (London, 2000); "The Guardian" obituary, January 1, 2018.]
Frederick and Maria Shrady Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS175
Scope and Contents
The Frederick and Maria Shrady Papers consist primarily of correspondence to the Shradys from a variety of friends.The Frederick and Maria Shrady Papers primarily consists of correspondence from notable religious and literary ficgures. Central to the collection are 391 letters from Martin C. D'Arcy, S.J. to Frederick and Maria Shrady, all of which exhibit the closeness of their friendship with one another and give great insight into the day to day life and thoughts of D'Arcy from...
Dates:
1955 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1976
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Shrady is perhaps best known for his religiously inspired sculpture, including Peter the Fisherman at Fordham University and several pieces at the Vatican.
Sykes, Christopher, Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-020228
Content Description
Photocopies of correspondence between Christopher Simon Sykes and his brother Richard Sykes (dated 1930-1978). Includes letters to the former's uncle, British writer Christopher Sykes (born 1907-1986) from Patrick Balfour, Cyril Connell, Harman Grisewood, Rupert Hart-Davis, Roy Howard, Joan Hoare, and Serena James (photocopies).
Dates:
1928 - 1978
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Arthur Ransome Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS230
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Arthur Ransome Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and printed matter related to the life and writings of Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), the English journalist, critic, and renowned children's author best known for his series of books, "Swallows and Amazons." The collection comprises 5 boxes (1.25 l.f.) of materials and is divided into five series. Nineteen letters, most handwritten or typed by Ransome, are retained in the collection, including correspondence from...
Dates:
1913 - 2011
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
While in Russia, Ransome reported on the Revolution of 1917 and compiled stories published as "Old Peter's Russian Tales," a collection of 21 folktales.
Albert A. Beckwith, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20241126
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to Fr. Albert A. Beckwith, SJ, while he was a theological student at Woodstock College (Maryland) between 1937 and 1941. Senders include his cousin Nellie M. Morgan of Wilcox, Pennsylvania; his godmother May Barry of Warwick, New York; his nephew Albert C. Beckwith of Goshen, Pennsylvania; and his sister Marie Beckwith of Jersey City, New Jersey. They primarily contain family updates and reference personal matters.
Dates:
1937 - 1941
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
From 1974 to 1979 he continued working at St. Peter’s Preparatory School and from 1980 to 1983 he was stationed in North Miami under the New Orleans Province.
Bill of Sale of Enslaved Man Joseph Egiton from George W. Lowe to Hanson Dines
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 2 (Legal): Series GAMMS472.4 [Barcode: 39020030726445], Folder: 19
Identifier: GTM-20230629
Scope and Contents
1840 Bill of Sale of an enslaved man named Joseph Egiton. Egiton was sold from George W. Lowe (of South Carolina) to Hanson Dines (of Washington, DC) for $150. The transaction was witnessed by Thomas and Edward Mattingly, District of Columbia, Washington County. Materials on Slavery Please note: Our objective is to make collection material related to slavery and enslaved people as accessible as possible to researchers. Researchers may,...
Dates:
1840
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The item was sold by Peter Oppenheizer to A. Everett Southerland in 1992.
Martyn Goff Papers
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 5 (Letter): [Barcode: 39020030726437], Folder: 1-2
Identifier: GTM-20221006
Abstract
Collection primarily consists of correspondence between Martyn Goff (administrator of the Booker Prize from 1973-2006) and Ian Norrie (a longtime friend and member of the Booker Prize management committee). It includes approximately 125 letters between the two dating from the 1970s to the early 1990s.Martyn Goff (7 June 1923 – 25 March 2015) was a British literary administrator, author, and bookseller. He made a significant contribution to the organization and popularity of the...
Dates:
1973 - 1991
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
There are mentions of various literary and publishing figures, such as Christina Foyle, Graham Greene, Melvyn Bragg, Michael Holroyd, Matthew Evans, Louis Baum, Frank Delaney, Sir Stanley Unwin, Frank Muir, Alan Hill, Simon Hornby, Clifford Simmons, Charles Hammick, Peter Stockham, Hunter Davies, Richard Adams, Ivor Courtney, Margaret Drabble, Carme Callil, Anthony Burgess, Michael Caine, Jack Morpurgo, David Whitaker, Norah Smallwood, and Ian Parsons.
James H. Bailey papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS402
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The papers of James H. Bailey comprise this collection. The first series is made up of alphabetically listed correspondence between Bailey and a number of scholars, associates, friends, and publishers. In particular there are numerous letters between Bailey and author Charles C. Tansill. He also corresponds with Peter Ireton, the Bishop of Richmond, and Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Many of the letters discuss Bailey's dissertation work or job positions...
Dates:
1945-1989; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1989
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
There are numerous articles related to St. Peter's Church as well as writings by Bailey regarding Virginian history.
Julius P. Garesche papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS71
Scope and Contents
The material in this collection relates to Julius P. Garesche, a Georgetown University alumnus and chief of staff to William S. Rosecrans, a general during the Civil War. It includes manuscripts by Julius Garesche; correspondence about his death by fellow officers, including General Rosecrans; printed information about Garesche and some members of his family; and photographs of Garesche and the family tomb at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC.
Dates:
1836 - 1908; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1870
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Julius Peter Garesche du Rocher was born in Cuba on April 26, 1821.
Belloc, Hilaire - Chesterton, G.K., collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-190528
Content Description
Letters, manuscripts, printed source material and photographs relating to Hilaire Belloc and G.K. Chesterton.
Dates:
1919-1984; Majority of material found in 1920-1930
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Communications Office: Protocol and Events
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030720794]
Identifier: GTA-130506
Scope and Contents
Tickets from talks by: U.S. President Bill Clinton, Gaston Hall, October 28, 2011; U.S. President Bill Clinton, Gaston Hall, April 30, 2013; and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on "U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security", December 19, 2011. Programs from: Changeless Faith for a Changing World: A Lecture by His All holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Gaston Hall, November 3, 2009; Turkish Foreign Policy and Turkish U.S. Partnership in the 21st Century:...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2009 - 2013
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
, and Blu-ray disc of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist: Extended Director's Cut and Original Theatrical Version.
Arthur Ransome - Bertrand Jerram Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS289
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Arthur Ransome - Sir Bertram Jerram Collection consists of nine letters and one postcard written by the noted author of children's books Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) to Jerram. One of the letters, which are preserved in chronological order, dates to 1929, but the others date from 1952 to 1953. Some of the correspondence focuses on Jerram's uncle, E.F. Knight (1852-1925), the famous yachtsman, whom Ransome greatly admired. Knight, war correspondent, barrister, and author, commanded the...
Dates:
1929 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1953
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
[Source: "The Oxford Companion to Ships & the Sea." ed. Peter Kemp. London: Oxford University Press, 1976.]
Edward P. O'Connell, SJ Oral History
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 14 (Compact discs/DVDs): [Barcode: 39020030723483], disk: 39020030755519
Identifier: GTM-0045
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an oral history interview conducted by John P. Williams with Edward P. O'Connell, SJ. In the three-hour interview, Fr. O'Connell took Williams on a tour of southern Maryland and spoke on the original Jesuit missions there and the foundations of US Catholicism.
Dates:
2008
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Ignatius (1980-1983, Chapel Point), Holy Trinity (1984-1985, Georgetown), and Saints Peter and Paul (1986-1992, Pittsburgh). After the Diocese of Pittsburgh was reorganized in 1992, Fr.
Ernest P. Uiberall-Nuremberg Trials Collection
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 51: [Barcode: 39020031368999], Folder: 8-11
Identifier: GTM-0095
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photographs documenting the Nuremberg Trials, as well as caricatures of the following individuals: Francis Biddle, Hjalmar Schacht, Rudolf Hess, Walther Funk, Fritz Sauckel, Karl Dönitz, Wilhelm Keitel, and others. Two of the drawings appear to be signed by someone named "Sperber" (possibly Karel Sperber).
Some of the photographs were produced by the Associated Press and the U.S. Army--others are unattributed.
Dates:
1945 - 1947
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Ernest Peter Uiberall was an Austrian-born U.S. Army Lieutenant colonel who was an interpreter at the Nuremberg war crimes trials and active during the early stages of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Charles J. Hennessy, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS30
Scope and Contents
The papers of Charles J. Hennessy, SJ contain two diaries kept intermittently throughout his Jesuit formation at Frederick, Woodstock, and Georgetown College between 1896 and 1907.
Dates:
1896 - 1907
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
After graduating from St. Peter's College there, he entered the Society of Jesus at Frederick (1895-1900).
F. Don Nidiffer collection of Washington, D.C. legal documents
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS96
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Nidiffer Collection consists of 741 documents, about 600 of which are deeds, all concerning transactions in Washington City and County and Georgetown, all in the District of Columbia between 1817 and 1886. The documents are arranged chronologically one to a folder in 8 boxes.* * * * * * *The Nidiffer Collection contains an interesting documentary account of personal and family business transactions in the District of Columbia in the nineteenth century. About 600...
Dates:
1817 - 1886
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Cox, Nicholas Callan, Thomas J. Fisher, Mayor Peter Force, David A. Hall, the Marbury family, William Redin, Ferdinand Risque, Levi Sheriff, William B.
Hilaire Belloc - Emma Pescatore Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS404
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
Correspondence between Hilaire Belloc and Emma Pescatore.
Dates:
1905 - 1931
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Unfortunately, Belloc's grief over Elodie was extended when his eldest son, Louis, an airman, was reported missing in action during WWI, and was later confirmed as dead; a further blow was the death of his friend Cecil Chesterton in December 1918 from an illness contracted on active service. His son Peter was killed in WWII. In his final years Belloc was a public figure with many friends and admirers, in the Catholic world and outside it; in his personal life, though, he was lonely, and increasingly wearied by having to turn out books for money.
Martin J. Bergin, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-151120
Scope and Contents
The Martin J. Bergin, Jr. papers consist of research materials generated by Martin J. Bergin, Jr. about the life and career of Alexis de Tocqueville.The Martin J. Bergin, Jr. papers are arranged into 4 series:Series 1: Research Files. Materials generated by Martin J. Bergin, Jr. Includes xeroxed secondary sources, xeroxed primary sources, and transcripts by and about Alexis de Tocqueville. Concerns political and economic aspects of Tocqueville's career and writing....
Dates:
1831 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1985
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In 1939, he graduated from St. Peter's College. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.