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Porter, Horace, Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS249
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Horace Porter Collection consists of 13.0 linear feet of photographs, manuscripts, letters, clippings, prints, and printed ephemera, together with a large assortment of valuable artifacts connected with General Porter's career. Porter, best known for his role as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was a noted soldier, railroad executive, diplomat, and son of Governor David Rittenhouse Porter (1788-1867) of Pennsylvania. The collection includes a variety of...
Dates:
1855 - 1921
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The majority of correspondence is to and from Porter's grandson, Horace Porter Mende of Switzerland.
Found in Finding Aid Title:
Horace Porter Collection
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:
Porter, Horace, Collection
Porter, Horace - Osborn, Mrs., 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:
The Horace Porter - Mrs. Osborn Collection consists of correspondence written by Horace Porter to a Mrs.
Found in Finding Aid Title:
Horace Porter - Mrs. Osborn Collection
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:
Porter, Horace - Osborn, Mrs., Collection
The Pirate Playscript
File — Box GTM Shared Box 16: [Barcode: 39020030723756], Folder: 3
Identifier: GTM-20180414
Scope and Contents
One playscript copy of Cole Porter's "The Pirate," produced posthumously by the Cole Porter Trusts around 1968. The script includes songs that were omitted from the 1948 film.
Dates:
circa 1968
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Creators:
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964
Found in Notes:
One playscript copy of Cole Porter's "The Pirate," produced posthumously by the Cole Porter Trusts around 1968.
McHarg Family Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS266
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The McHarg Family Papers: Part 2 contain a small number of documents related to U.S. Civil War officer Horace Porter, financier and railroad president Henry K. McHarg, and Civil War assistant quartermaster of volunteers John McHarg. Porter married into the McHarg family during the Civil War. The McHarg Family Papers: Part 2 further document the history of the Porter and McHarg families and supplement the McHarg Family Papers: Part 1 already preserved in the Georgetown University Library...
Dates:
1856 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1856 - 1928
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
See also: Mende, Elsie Porter. "An American Soldier and Diplomat." New York: Stokes, 1927; Porter, Horace.
McHarg Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS248
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The McHarg Family Papers (1 box, 0.5 linear feet) contain some fifty substantial Civil War letters, dated 1861 to 1864, including a few penned by Union officer Horace Porter, exchanged among members of the McHarg family, in addition to five remarkable baseball letters, dated 1864, with lengthy discussion and even three detailed box scores concerning an amateur baseball club in Albany, New York. A small number of manuscripts, printed matter, and letters written after the Civil War rounds out...
Dates:
1861 - 1922; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
See also: Mende, Elsie Porter. "An American Soldier and Diplomat." New York: Stokes, 1927
Porter, Horace.
Porter, Horace.
Panama Hattie Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-171129
Scope and Contents Note
The Panama Hattie Collection contains a screenplay for the film "Panama Hattie" and a typescript of the play by that same name. The music and lyrics to Panama Hattie were authored by Cole Porter; the book was authored by Herbert Fields and B.G. De Sylva.
Dated July 10, 1941, the screenplay was actor Dan Dailey's personal copy. The screenplay is 117 pages long. Deriving from State Fair Musicals in 1954, the typescript includes several pencil sketches among the pages.
Dates:
Creation: 1941 - 1954
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Creators:
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964
Found in Notes:
See also The Pirate Playscript, which also features songs by Cole Porter (GTM-20180414).
Byington family papers 3
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS408
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection includes 8 letters to and from Aaron Homer Byington from 1844 to 1899. The majority of these are typed letters signed by John Addison Porter to Byington. The letters cover a broad range of topics including Washington Cabinet appointments, Connecticut Senatorial races, consular salaries, significant newspapers, the Republican Party, the Spanish-American War, and Byington's son, George. Also included in the collection is an autograph signed letter from Aaron Homer Byington to...
Dates:
1844-1899
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
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John Addison Porter was born in New Haven, CT, April 17, 1856, to Professor John Addison Porter and Josephine Earl Sheffield.
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John Addison Porter was born in New Haven, CT, April 17, 1856, to Professor John Addison Porter and Josephine Earl Sheffield.
Riley Hughes papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-830622
Content Description
Papers of Riley Hughes (1914-1981), writer and educator, includes letters from Saul Bellow, William Blatty, John Dos Passos, John S. Mayfield, Eugene McCarthy, Larry McMurtry, Katherine Anne Porter, J.B. Priestley, C.P. Snow, and Robert Penn Warren, among others. Other material includes files relating to the Georgetown University Writers Conference, founded by Hughes in 1960; course preparation as associate professor of English for the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; as...
Dates:
1936-1981; Majority of material found within 1960-1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Mayfield, Eugene McCarthy, Larry McMurtry, Katherine Anne Porter, J.B. Priestley, C.P. Snow, and Robert Penn Warren, among others.
Green Gate: Georgetown Visitation Convent Junior College and College Preparatory Department Yearbook, June 1942
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000553
Scope and Contents
Junior College with entries for Ruth Eleanor Archamault, Margarita M. Bolivar, Mary Josephine Cassidy, Marilee de Bonrepos Chadeayne, Margaret Mary Clark, Marie Angelique de Golian, Mary Patricia Griffin, Mary Kathryn Hagerman, Marie Rose Howard, Margaret Hester Jenkins, Mary Catherine Johansen, Joan Catherine Kelly, Moira Kennedy, Cornelia Malone, Ellen Elizabth McDonnell, Patricia Rose McGue, Maria Jane McHugh, Raquel Mercade, Marilynn Elizabeth Mercer, Norma R. Mujica, Kathleen Joan...
Dates:
1942
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Mujica, Kathleen Joan Murphy, Doris Irene O'Leary, Mary Norris Porter, Eleanor Jane Robinson, Eloise Canals Rowan, Louisa Bowen Sargeant, Eleanor Mary Schrup, Jane Louise Simpson, Yolande B. de Wankowicz, and Rosemary Hoffman (post graduate).
Cynthia Helms Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS426
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Cynthia Helms Papers consist of letters, manuscripts, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed materials documenting the life of Cynthia Helms, author, Middle East expert, and wife of Richard M. Helms, who served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1966 to 1973 and U.S. Ambassador to Iran from 1973 to 1976. Mrs. Helms' personal papers include a number of book reviews written by her concerning books on the Middle East in the 1980s and 1990s. In addition, a limited amount of...
Dates:
1935 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1999
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Notable correspondents include Barbara Bush, Porter J. Goss, William Hood, Lady Bird Johnson, Farah Pahlavi, Thomas Powers, Ronald Reagan, S.
Charles Lacey Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS242
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Charles Lacey Papers consist of seven letters dated between 1809 and 1814 received by Charles Lacey, an American naval officer during the War of 1812. Lacey's cash book dating to 1809-1810, which he used as a midshipman on board the U.S.S. "John Adams," is also preserved in this collection. Although they comprise but eight folders, the Charles Lacey Papers document some interesting incidents during the War of 1812, especially its naval aspects. The correspondence in the Lacey Papers...
Dates:
1809 - 1814
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
News of the exploits of David Porter (1780-1843) and other sailors are reported to Lacey.
John L. Brown Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS167
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The John L. Brown Papers 1, consist of 99 folders of correspondence from literary and artistic luminaries, including writers Sylvia Beach, John Dos Passos, Anne Fremantle, Katherine Anne Porter, Alice B. Toklas; philosopher Jacques Maritain; photographer Brassai; poets Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, and Giuseppe Ungaretti, and many more. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically.
Dates:
1933 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Brown Papers 1, consist of 99 folders of correspondence from literary and artistic luminaries, including writers Sylvia Beach, John Dos Passos, Anne Fremantle, Katherine Anne Porter, Alice B. Toklas; philosopher Jacques Maritain; photographer Brassai; poets Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, and Giuseppe Ungaretti, and many more.
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 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 Maritain, Carson McCullers, Darius Milhaud, Katherine Anne Porter, Ezra Pound, Edmee Duchesse de La Rochefoucauld, Theodore Roethke, Wallace Stegner, Gerald Sykes, Allen Tate, Virgil Thompson, Richard Wright, and 'Zev' (Daniel A.
Katherine Biddle Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS250
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The papers of Katherine Biddle are organized into nine series: 1. Individuals - Correspondence with notable individuals, including composers, musicians, poets and writers (see biographical note below for a list of names). 2. Alphabetical correspondence - Frequent correspondents, arranged by name. 3. Chronological correspondence - Arranged alphabetically by year. 4. Literary associations, publications and publishers - Related correspondence files. Of particular note are files relating to the...
Dates:
1855 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1969
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
., Clinch Calkins), Mary Owings Miller, Marianne Moore, Gabriela Mistral, Victoria Ocampo, Iris Origo, Katherine Anne Porter, Kathleen Raine, Isidore Lawrence Salomon, Delmore Schwartz, William Jay Smith, Stephen Spender, Herbert Steiner, Genevieve Taggard, Allen Tate, Mark Van Doren, Harold Vinal, Robert Penn Warren, John Hall Wheelock, Reed Whittemore, Thornton Wilder, Oscar Williams, William Carlos Williams, Edmund Wilson, Anne Winslow, Owen Wister, and William Zorach.
William F. Claire Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS409
Scope and Contents
The William F. Claire Papers consist of 12 autograph signed letters and 3 typed signed letters to and from William Claire. Of them, a majority discuss his writing on and analysis of the work of poet and writer Katherine Garrison Chapin Biddle, entitled "The Unpredictable Bloom." The collection contains correspondence from the Academy of American Poets, as well as the "Southern Review", the quarterly literary magazine fo the Louisiana State University, in reference to Claire's publication...
Dates:
1959 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1966-1968
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
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
Porter.
File — Box 2: Series 1106, Folder: 72
Identifier: 69846
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
The E. E. Libbey Papers are comprised of 3.0 linear feet of materials, including correspondence, receipts, and order forms documenting business conducted by E. E. Libbey, a dealer in pulpwood, cedar posts, white birch, and hemlock bark in Pittsfield, Maine. These records, spanning the years 1900 to 1912, provide a glimpse into Maine's bustling turn-of-the century timber and pulpwood industries. Libbey bought and sold various types of wood. His correspondents included individuals from all...
Dates:
07/08/1904-11/22/1907
Found in Notes:
PORTER, H. C. - CORRESPONDENCE TO LIBBEY, E. E. (1904): Autographed Letter
PORTER, L.
PORTER, L.
Porter, Bruce.
File — Box 3: Series 427, Folder: 51
Identifier: 37966
Series-level Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Correspondence received by JPJM mainly in response to requests by JPJM for autographs and photographs of notable artists, writers and composers of the 1930's, 40's and 50's.
Dates:
01/20/1945-01/20/1945
Found in Notes:
1 ALS from Bruce Porter to JPJM regarding a photograph of Porter.
Porter, Quincy.
File — Box 3: Series 427, Folder: 52
Identifier: 37967
Series-level Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Correspondence received by JPJM mainly in response to requests by JPJM for autographs and photographs of notable artists, writers and composers of the 1930's, 40's and 50's.
Dates:
04/15/1938-04/15/1938
Found in Notes:
1 TLS from Quincy Porter to JPJM regarding a photograph of Porter.