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Pieter H. G. Verhoog Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS186
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection is oriented around Commodore Verhoog's special interest in Christopher Columbus, specifically, the latter's first landfall in the Caribbean Islands in 1492. Of interest, regarding the subject, is correspondence between Comm. Verhoog and Columbus scholars and naval historians such as K.W.L. Bezemer, Ludovic Kennedy, Carlos Sanz, E.M. Shilstone, P.V.H. Weems, and geologist Clifford Kaye. Also included are offprints of papers written by the foregoing about the Columbus landfall....
Dates:
1543 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1953
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
On graduation from the Kweekschool voor de Zeevaart (naval training academy) in Amsterdam, Comm.
Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-821201
Scope and Contents
The Rev. Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers are comprised of files kept by Father McKenna at the time of his death. Consequently, they date primarily from the 1960's and 1970's and concern his activities as assistant pastor of St. Aloysius Church and his involvement in numerous projects. Father McKenna was a major force in the adoption of innovative social action programs to combat problems encountered in the inner-city. The papers contain files on his work with the St. Vincent De Paul Society, as...
Dates:
1899 - 2001
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Aloysius became a hub of social outreach, housing the St. Vincent de Paul Society--where community members could seek assistance--and hosting McKenna’s informal Sunday afternoon "coffee klatsch."
John L. Brown Papers 3
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS253
Scope and Contents
The John L. Brown Papers 3, consists of correspondence with 20th century artists, scholars, and writers. Notables include artists Huseyin Halit, Loren McIver and her husband, poet Lloyd Frankenberg, Lilian Mckendrick, Irene Rice Pereira and Antoinette Schulte; art critic and historian Roger Avermaete; historian Henry Steele Commager; and writers Jacqueline Bernard, Faith Berry, Elizabeth Borton de Trevino, Lewis Galantiere, Elsa Gress, poet James Laughlin, Boris Schreiber, Pierre Seghers,...
Dates:
1946 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1986
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Brown include Decorated Commander, Chevaliers du Tastevin (Burgundy, France), 1953; Grand Prix de la Critique from Syndicat des Critiques, 1954, for “Panorama de la Littérature Contemporaine aux Etats Unis”; and Le Grand Ordre des Coteaux (Champagne), 1973.
French Military Treatise
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS451
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
Dating to the period of the French Revolution and handwritten in French, this military treatise on French battle tactics is contained in 32 folders in one 0.25 linear-foot box. The text covers a wide variety of topics, such as encampment, mountain warfare, artillery, military reconnaissance, and attack and defensive tactics. The material includes references to Buonaparte, the Italian Campaign of 1796, the Cairo Campaign, Louis XVII, Le Duc de Castries, and Lord Camelford. This treatise is a...
Dates:
1786 - 1799
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Folder 1 suggests that this treatise, or at least part of it, was dedicated to Le Duc de Castries. A page in folder 32 bears the name of Lord Camelford.
Old Archives: Paintings in Georgetown Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000655
Scope and Contents
Old Archives numbers: 241-1, 241-2, 241-3, 241-4, 241-5, 241-6, 241-7. 259-1, 259-2, 259-3, 259-4, 259-5, 296A-1, 296A-2, 296A-3, 296A-4, 296A-5, 296A-6, 296A-7. Contains correspondence, clippings and photographs. Includes information about: "Calling of St. Matthew" by Luca Giordano (241-1); Van Dyke's "The Jesuit" (241-2); paintings of Mr. and Mrs. William Brent (241-3); mosaics, portraits of Cardinals, portrait of Elizabeth Dahlgren, portrait of William Duggan by James B. Murrin, "Descent...
Dates:
1889-1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Francis Xavier and others (296A-2);and Decatur/Madonna of Fr. De Smet/Loughborough Portrait/Stella Carpenter (296A-3).
Gozos Devotional Broadsides Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-140708
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of gozos (also known as gosos or goigs) and other religious devotional printed pieces from the Catalan region of Spain, dating from 1776 to 1982. Many of the gozos relate to Mary, mother of Jesus.It includes:Single folio volume, bound in contemporary tree calf (scuffed) with “Collecion/de/Gozos” stamped on cover. This volume contains 310 separately printed single-sided illustrated broadsides, each with a woodcut (and usually some other...
Dates:
Creation: 1776 - 1982
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
It includes:
Single folio volume, bound in contemporary tree calf (scuffed) with “Collecion/de/Gozos” stamped on cover. This volume contains 310 separately printed single-sided illustrated broadsides, each with a woodcut (and usually some other decorative elements) as well as text.
Single folio volume, bound in contemporary tree calf (scuffed) with “Collecion/de/Gozos” stamped on cover. This volume contains 310 separately printed single-sided illustrated broadsides, each with a woodcut (and usually some other decorative elements) as well as text.
American Song Sheet collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS240
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...
Dates:
1850-1865; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1865
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
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.
Leonard Z. Lawrence Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS350
Scope and Contents
The Leonard Z. Lawrence Papers contain items related to the construction of the Panama Canal. Included is a lengthy report written by Leonard Z. Lawrence, dated December 1911 to January 1912, regarding issues relating to the dynamite used in construction of the canal, along with photographs of discussed areas and topics. Two letters to Leonard Z. Lawrence from the E.I. DuPont de Nemours Powder Company, dated 1912, are also included. Also contained in this collection is a menu and list of...
Dates:
1911 - 1924; Majority of material found within 1911 - 1912
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Lawrence from the E.I. DuPont de Nemours Powder Company, dated 1912, are also included.
John L. Brown Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS205
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The John L. Brown Papers 2, consists of 271 folders of alphabetically arranged correspondence with prominent twentieth-century graphic and performing artists, composers, publishers and writers including Josephine Baker, George Braziller, John Cage, Albert Camus, Marc Chagall, Carlos Chavez, Henry Steele Commager, George Dillon, John Dos Passos, Angna Enters, Paul Flamand, Gaston Gallimard, Julien Green, Alfred and Blanche Knopf, Claude Levi-Strauss, Jose Limon, Andre Malraux, Jacques...
Dates:
1940 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1970
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Brown include Decorated Commander, Chevaliers du Tastevin (Burgundy, France), 1953; Grand Prix de la Critique from Syndicat des Critiques, 1954, for “Panorama de la Littérature Contemporaine aux Etats Unis”; and Le Grand Ordre des Coteaux (Champagne), 1973.
Ernest A. Keller Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-860903
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the career of Ernest A. Keller as a journalist, editor, and as a U.S. government official working for the United States Information Agency in the mid-20th century.
Materials related to the Alliance for Progress Cartoon Book Program in Latin America have been digitized and are available online via DigitalGeorgetown.
Dates:
1939 - 1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Subjects:
La Marcha de la Alianza para el Progreso
John F. Parr - D. Harrison Smith collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS103
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Parr-Smith Collection consists primarily of correspondence, clippings, medals and photographs collected by D. Harrison Smith and John F. Parr, most relating to their friendship with Edmund S. Walsh, S.J. and their connections with Georgetown University. The collection consists of 1 linear foot of material arranged in 24 folders in 2 boxes. The Smith-Parr Archives contain correspondence relating to John F. Parr's tenure at Georgetown University. Manuscripts by Parr and Smith are also in...
Dates:
1940-1981
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Harrison Smith then moved to the Villa de la Grangette in Lens-Lestang, France. Donald Harrison Smith was also born in 1917 and began attending Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in 1935 with John F.
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:
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul which Julius had helped found, met with the Georgetown College Philodemic Society and resolved, in January 1863 to erect a monument over his tomb at Mt.
Horace Porter - Mrs. Osborn Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS348
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Horace Porter - Mrs. Osborn Collection consists of correspondence written by Horace Porter to a Mrs. Osborn between the years 1906 and 1917. In addition to the ten letters, the collection contains the New York Times obituary of Horace Porter.
Dates:
1906 - 1917
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
A year later, he was appointed aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant and held the position for the rest of the war.
Barnes Publishing Company Photographic Archives
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS63
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Barnes Collection is the photographic morgue file of the Barnes Company, which specialized in the production of albums reproducing the faces and giving capsule biographies of members of Congress during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The collection includes 501 imperial carte de visite photographs, principally of members of Congress from 1872 to 1876, many of the photographs being embellished by added signatures trimmed from letters or other documents.
Dates:
1875 - 1880; Majority of material found in 1875 - 1875
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The collection includes 501 imperial carte de visite photographs, principally of members of Congress from 1872 to 1876, many of the photographs being embellished by added signatures trimmed from letters or other documents.
Lucile Swan Photograph Album
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030734779]
Identifier: GTM-090102
Scope and Contents
A photograph album from Lucile Swan's life in China (1930-1939), including pictures of her sculpting, Chinese cultural events, the landscape of Beijing, and her friend John Carter Vincent (a Foreign Service Officer) and his wife Elizabeth ("Betty").
Dates:
1930 - 1939
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
During Swan's time there (1929-1941) she created the portrait bust of Teilhard de Chardin, now at the Museum of Natural History in Paris; and a reconstruction (nicknamed "Nelly" by Teilhard) of one of the skulls of sinanthropus, the "Peking Man," under the supervision of Franz Weidenreich, German anatomist and paleoanthropologist.
Dave Barbor Collection on Alfred Hitchcock
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030756137]
Identifier: GTM-0040
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to Alfred Hitchcock that were collected by Dave Barbor. It includes the following:One letter written by Alfred Hitchcock to his assistant director, Herbert Coleman (1955). One letter written by Francois Truffaut to Alfred Hitchcock (circa 1966).Six letters from Patricia Hitchcock to Peter Halliday regarding "Strangers on a Train" and other matters, 1950-1956, 1983.Eight photographs, including three...
Dates:
1949 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1983
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
J’avais vécu plus de quatre ans avec et comme il s’agit de vos propos et de vos Idées sur le cinéma, je peux dire qu’il s’agit la, pour moi, du meilleur livre de cinéma avec les écrits d’Eisenstein.”
Joyce Kilmer Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS83
Scope and Contents
The Joyce Kilmer papers consist of three categories of material: correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material (news clippings, photographs, and scores for music set to poems by Joyce and Aline Kilmer). Letters include those from Joyce Kilmer to Aline Kilmer (total 44), to his young son Kenton (total 4), and to friends such as Rev. James J. Daly, S.J., and to Rev. Charles O'Donnell, C.S.C. Other correspondence is that of Joyce Kilmer's mother, Annie Kilburn Kilmer to friends William L....
Dates:
1907 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1941
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Arthemise Dalton, O.P. and Sister Roberta Marie Sherry, S.N.D. de N., provide biographical information on Aline Kilmer.
Roger Bensky Collection of Samuel Beckett Letters
Collection
Identifier: GTM-181024
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of three letters from Samuel Beckett to Roger Bensky (20 February, 22 April, and 5 November 1969); one letter from Geneviève Serreau to Bensky (26 June 1969), and copies of two articles written by Bensky (1969, 1974). The correspondence from Beckett resulted from Bensky's efforts to find publication for his article "La symbolique du mime dans le théâtre de Samuel Beckett." Having been rejected by two academic journals, Bensky decided to write to Beckett...
Dates:
1969 - 1974
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Born in 1937 in Perth, Western Australia where he was raised and educated, Roger Daniel Bensky completed his M.A. in French at the University of West Australia and subsequently his Doctorat de l'Universite from the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris under the aegis of world-known authority on French drama Jacques Scherer.
Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers 3
Collection
Identifier: GTM-840301
Scope and Contents
The Horace B. McKenna, S.J. Papers 3 include correspondence with Jesuit Fathers Provincial, St. Aloysius Church, and the Archdiocese of Washington. Material about Dorothy Day (two notes) and John LaFarge is also preseved in this collection. Some printed materials and photographs are retained as well.
Dates:
1930 - 1974
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Aloysius became a hub of social outreach, housing the St. Vincent de Paul Society--where community members could seek assistance--and hosting McKenna’s informal Sunday afternoon "coffee klatsch."
William W. Wright Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS178
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of the four folios of General Wright's scrapbook which contains primarily news items relating to the proposed construction of the Panama Canal. Some letters, notes, and sketches by Wright are included, along with printed maps showing the different interoceanic routes that were considered. In addition, the scrapbook includes a letter from John A. Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, and several broadsides in Spanish citing Ferdinand de Lesseps and the canal...
Dates:
1857 - 1883; Majority of material found within 1879 - 1882
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In 1879 to 1880, Wright was invited to join the International Technical Commission formed by Ferdinand de Lesseps in Panama to investigate an interoceanic route across the isthmus.