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Francis X. Talbot Correspondence "G" (1939)., 01/27/1939-12/19/1939

 File — Box 5: Series 178, Folder: 20
Identifier: 21085
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

This series is comprised of the papers [e.g., correspondence] of Francis Xavier Talbot, S.J., Editor of America Magazine (1936-1944). There are some folders, however, which contain items from his tenure as America Magazine Literary Editor.

Dates: 01/27/1939-12/19/1939
Found in Notes:  ., the Committee for the Establishment of Christian Social Order] as well as attitudes at the close of the Spanish Civil War; letter (June 6) from a Jewish man points out the dangers of ignoring fascism; brown envelope (June 20) contains materials relating to the Jocist Movement.

Wray, Fay, October 1929-May '39

 File — Box 210: [Barcode: 39020030749504]
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is comprised of photographs that were used in Quigley Publications, active under various titles since 1915 in motion picture industry trade publishing (Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily, and others). It is primarily an assemblage of publicity photographs that feature individuals associated with the motion picture industry: producers, directors, animators, and their colleagues. Actors and actresses figure less prominently, but are also represented among the...
Dates: October 1929-May '39
Found in Notes:  Dick Barthelmess choses a new leading lady: Fay Wray, who was picked by the First National star to play the role of a newspaper sob sister in his forthcoming picture, "The Finger Points." RKO Radio Pictures Player

Printed Materials Regarding Panama Canal., 1936 - 1978.

 File — Box 104
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Miles P. DuVal, Jr. Papers comprise the personal papers of Miles P. DuVal (1896-1989), an American naval officer who was an expert on the Panama Canal. The bulk of the collection consists of files maintained by DuVal about the Panama Canal, including correspondence, subject files, and manuscripts. Many of the manuscripts were written by DuVal while some were written by other individuals. Some attention is given to DuVal's navy career. DuVal's journals are also present. The...
Dates: 1936 - 1978.
Found in Notes:  "Panama Canal Treaties: Texts and Points of Contention." American Security Council and Council for Inter-American Security.

St. Thomas Manor (2 of 39), 1649 - 1905

 File — Box 59: [Barcode: 39020030758786], Folder: 10
Identifier: 119_27_15.1
Scope and Contents Land records: Resurvey (1685) of Nanjemoy; Extract from 1649 patent granted to Thomas Matthews giving bounds of St. Thomas Manor; Document (1727) sets boundaries of St. Thomas Manor; Extract from records of Peter Attwood, S.J., regarding the northern boundary of Cedar Point Neck (1726); Deposition of Rich Chapman (1728) concerns boundaries of Cedar Point Neck; Land office records of Thomas Copley assignment to Thomas Matthews of land due (1649), Matthews warrant for surveyor to...
Dates: 1649 - 1905
Found in Notes:  ., regarding the northern boundary of Cedar Point Neck (1726); Deposition of Rich Chapman (1728) concerns boundaries of Cedar Point Neck; Land office records of Thomas Copley assignment to Thomas Matthews of land due (1649), Matthews warrant for surveyor to lay out land near Port Tobacco (1649) and lay out of St.

St. Thomas Manor (19 of 39), 1749 - 1826

 File — Box 60: [Barcode: 39020030758802], Folder: 11
Identifier: 119_15_17
Scope and Contents Land records and legal records related to Chapel Point and agreement with John Butler, free black man, to take care of windmill at St. Thomas Manor:Certificate of Satisfaction (1749) for property buildings rendered by Richard Molyneux, S.J., for proprietor Thomas Reeves; Receipt/promissory note (1753) of George Hunter, S.J.; Agreement (1760) between George Hunt, S.J., and William Hill, a Black bricklayer; Agreement (1761) between George Hunt, S.J., and Richard Boulton, joiner and...
Dates: 1749 - 1826
Found in Notes:  Land records and legal records related to Chapel Point and agreement with John Butler, free black man, to take care of windmill at St.

St. Thomas Manor (27 of 39), 1792 - 1907

 File — Box 61: [Barcode: 39020030758794], Folder: 4
Identifier: 119_15_18.2
Scope and Contents Papers related to St. Thomas Manor at Chapel Point:Copy of map indicating residence of William Hunter, S.J., at Deep Point; Excerpts from ledger; Two lists of the dead buried in the Jesuit cemetery of St. Thomas Manor (South side of Church); Fragment (1906) concerning tunnel in St. Thomas Manor burial ground; Note (1907) concerns history of Jesuit cemetery after the Civil War; Letter (Mar. 1839) from Aloysius Mudd, S.J. to Fr. Sanders at Newtown concerns construction of new...
Dates: 1792 - 1907
Found in Notes:  Thomas Manor at Chapel Point:

Copy of map indicating residence of William Hunter, S.J., at Deep Point; Excerpts from ledger; Two lists of the dead buried in the Jesuit cemetery of St.

Ord, John Stephen to James Placidus Ord., 09/26/1850-07/12/1852

 File — Box 3: Series 636, Folder: 45
Identifier: 46044
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

[Folders 1:1 - 3:55] Contains correspondence by various members of the Ord and Andre families; arranged chronologically by author. Note that female married names are cross-referenced with maiden names. Researchers are advised to look under both. The Ord men are indexed by their full given names, e.g., 'James Placidus Ord,' not 'Placidus Ord;' and 'William Marcellus Ord,' not 'William Ord.'

Dates: 09/26/1850-07/12/1852
Found in Notes:  . @ Letter dated 6/3/1851 from Georgetown College: "Dear Brother - I have not received a letter from you in almost a century...Pa is at present with Sissy at Old Point [Comfort, Va.] recruiting her health which has been poorly since she has been here.

Sarah Cram., 01/16/1853-01/16/1853

 File — Box 2: Series 1052, Folder: 24
Identifier: 67967
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Please note that correspondents often mention acquaintances or other individuals but will not provide their complete names. When known, the full name is given in parentheses. Also, in the case of the Clarke family, one A.K. Clark signs her name without the 'e' although it is likely that she is a member of the Clarke family. She also cites (her husband?) inconsistently as 'Mr. Clark' or 'Mr. Clarke.' Descriptions for each letter will use the spelling that the correspondent has used.

Dates: 01/16/1853-01/16/1853
Found in Notes:  References include: receiving a letter from Ariana Walker; progress of both Sarah Cram and Ariana Walker in their German studies: "...Ever since I was twenty-one I have made a point of studying some German everyday - but sometimes it is only for a few minutes, sometimes an hour or two - yet even in this little time I think if I am spared, so long and if I persevere, until I am twenty-two I may be able to read something beside Adler's Reader

Crocker Land Expedition: Donald MacMillan Journal Extract., 05/04/1914-05/04/1914

 File — Box 2: Series 563, Folder: 7
Identifier: 42482
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The Fitzhugh Green, Sr., Papers consist of Green's correspondence; diaries and notebooks; manuscripts (autograph and typed) to articles and prospective books; reprints of articles/papers; clippings from newspapers and magazines; and photographs including many negatives of family and a notable set of glass slides showing scenes from his Arctic travels. Most prominent are the series consisting of correspondence, scrapbooks, articles, notebooks and journals belonging to Green about the Crocker...
Dates: 05/04/1914-05/04/1914
Found in Notes:  Starting out in the direction of his pointed arm I ordered him to follow closely behind me.

Jennie Churchill - Correspondence from Shane Leslie., 11/27/1915-01/29/1918

 File — Box 3: Series 714, Folder: 7
Identifier: 49269
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: This collection essentially comprises the life and letters of Sir Shane Leslie whose boundless energy and wide-ranging interests took him all over Britain, the United States and Canada, bringing him in touch with people in many fields including the arts, economics, education, literature, politics and religion. Sir Shane's personal papers also reflect his deep concern and interest in Irish culture and politics, particularly the question of Irish independence through Home Rule. The...
Dates: 11/27/1915-01/29/1918
Found in Notes:  The blame lies on the ministers and the ministers' Irish advisors who played the game as badly as it could be played from the American point of view. Sinn Fein cannot be suppressed but must be channelled..."

DOCUMENTI ILLUSTRANTI I DIVERSI DIALOGHI FRA LA CHIESA CATTOLICA E LE CHIESE ORIENTALI ORTODOSSE ( PRECALCEDONESI ), 1994

 Item — Box 60, Folder: 7
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Photocopied collection of texts from 1970-1994 presenting the main points of ecumenical dialogue with the Oriental (Non-Chalcedonian) Churches. 2 copies.

Dates: 1994
Found in Notes:  Photocopied collection of texts from 1970-1994 presenting the main points of ecumenical dialogue with the Oriental (Non-Chalcedonian) Churches. 2 copies.

Volume 1 and loose signatures, 1800

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030725215]
Scope and Contents The first of two volumes of Irish manuscripts is a collection of historical, literary, or linguistic texts in a rustic wrap-around binding of tanned hide, with pages numbered on the recto. Additional writing, similar to the contents of the manuscript, can be seen under the hide binding on leaves making up the boards of the covers. It begins with a work of prose and verse titled "Uisneach" in Irish script on 11 of 12 leaves, with the first leaf missing. The volume is almost entirely written...
Dates: 1800
Found in Notes:  It is accompanied by a typed note headed "GAELIC MANUSCRIPT", asserting (incorrectly) that the volume "probably belonged to John Gilmary Shea" and suggesting a provenance from Ireland by way of Shea's father and grandfather. The note also points out an apparent date of 1777 in the text and an inserted slip of paper with a note in ink regarding the genealogies of the two wives of James II, and compares the writing on the slip to another example of Shea's handwriting.

Shane Leslie - Corres. to Leonie Blanche Leslie., 08/09/1917-12/21/1917

 File — Box 20: Series 714, Folder: 4
Identifier: 49929
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: This collection essentially comprises the life and letters of Sir Shane Leslie whose boundless energy and wide-ranging interests took him all over Britain, the United States and Canada, bringing him in touch with people in many fields including the arts, economics, education, literature, politics and religion. Sir Shane's personal papers also reflect his deep concern and interest in Irish culture and politics, particularly the question of Irish independence through Home Rule. The...
Dates: 08/09/1917-12/21/1917
Found in Notes:  This would mean two months away but I am not anxious to go, as I am not an American citizen. it appears they want somebody who had known Tolstoi (sic) personally and could not be traduced as a Capitalist and a Czarist! The point of the mission is to distribute enormous supplies and stores as a sort of pourboire to the Russians to go on fighting.

Spiritual dialogues, circa 1740

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030734746], Folder: 2
Identifier: 19172
Scope and Contents

A set of spiritual dialogues: "on the principal points of Christian perfection"; "of a recollected heart"; on virtue; and "of sensible consolations."

Dates: circa 1740
Found in Notes:  A set of spiritual dialogues: "on the principal points of Christian perfection"; "of a recollected heart"; on virtue; and "of sensible consolations."

OVERSIZED Estates, 1910

 File — Box OS1: [Barcode: 39020030758521], Folder: 6
Identifier: 119_OS5_12
Scope and Contents

Map of Cedar Point Neck derived from 1792 map found in Sewall's Account Book and annotated by Joseph Zwinge to show succession of tenants

**Formering finding aid location: 119_OS5_12; 99Z1**

Dates: 1910
Found in Notes:  Map of Cedar Point Neck derived from 1792 map found in Sewall's Account Book and annotated by Joseph Zwinge to show succession of tenants

**Formering finding aid location: 119_OS5_12; 99Z1**

St. James Church, Diary (2 of 3), 1900 - 1901

 File — Box 126: [Barcode: 39020030759669], Folder: 5
Identifier: 119_110_4
Scope and Contents

St. James Church, Point of Rocks

**Former finding aid locations: 119_110_4; 573:18**

Dates: 1900 - 1901
Found in Notes:  St. James Church, Point of Rocks

**Former finding aid locations: 119_110_4; 573:18**

St. James Church, Diary (3 of 3), 1901 - 1902

 File — Box 126: [Barcode: 39020030759669], Folder: 6
Identifier: 119_110_4
Scope and Contents

St. James Church, Point of Rocks

**Former finding aid locations: 119_110_4; 573:19**

Dates: 1901 - 1902
Found in Notes:  St. James Church, Point of Rocks

**Former finding aid locations: 119_110_4; 573:19**

Publications and Ephemera, 1897 - 1926

 File — Box 134: [Barcode: 39020030759818], Folder: 2
Identifier: 119_103.1_1
Scope and Contents

Contains PRN flyer for Hotel Belleview, Chapel Point 1897; TMs "Notes on the Ownership of St. Thomas Manor" Jul 1, 1926

**Former finding aid locations: 119_103.1_1; 552CD-552E**

Dates: 1897 - 1926
Found in Notes:  Contains PRN flyer for Hotel Belleview, Chapel Point 1897; TMs "Notes on the Ownership of St. Thomas Manor" Jul 1, 1926

**Former finding aid locations: 119_103.1_1; 552CD-552E**

Newsclippings (2 of 2), 1906 - 1911

 File — Box 143: [Barcode: 39020030732435], Folder: 7
Identifier: 119_15_7
Scope and Contents

"Rosecroft Burned," 1906; "Cedar Point Sold," Sun, June 17, 1911

**Former finding aid locations: 119_15_7; 50Z10**

Dates: 1906 - 1911
Found in Notes:  "Rosecroft Burned," 1906; "Cedar Point Sold," Sun, June 17, 1911

**Former finding aid locations: 119_15_7; 50Z10**

All Other University & School Library Materials, 1913 - 1989

 File — Box 17, Folder: 2-5
Scope and Contents Various small publications by school and university libraries, and their adjacent societies and friend groups, including exhibition catalogs. Materials from both the United States and the United Kingdom are present, dated between 1913 and 1989. Occasional manuscript material such as letters, leaflets, or other small pieces of ephemera are present along with individual pamphlets. The materials included, along with the affiliated academic institutions, are as follows:...
Dates: 1913 - 1989
Found in Notes:  ., The Task of the Editor, UCLA, 1969

The University of Rochester Library Bulletin, Volume 24 Numbers 2 and 3, University of Rochester, 1969

Charles Ryskamp, Wilde and the Nineties: An Essay and an Exhibition, Princeton University, 1966

Octavo, Number 1, Brandeis University, 1971

The Faulkner Collection at West Point and the Faulkner Concordances, United States Naval Academy, 1974

First Books by American Authors, Williams College, 1977

Century I, Lehigh University, 1977

The One Millionth Volume of the Gelman Library, The George Washington University, 1984

Whittier and the Opening of Bryn Mawr College in 1885, Bryn Mawr College, 1985

A Guide to Special Collections at the Libraries of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont Colleges, 1988

Italian Humanists in Ten Manuscripts from the Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1989

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