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Sterling Cup., 10/31/1896-10/31/1896

 File — Box 12: Series 1169, Folder: 7
Identifier: 71850
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

One series only.

Dates: 10/31/1896-10/31/1896
Found in Notes:  PORTER, HORACE - CUP (1896): Object

9/16/1865., 09/16/1865-09/16/1865

 File — Box 1: Series 1156; Series 1157; Series 1158, Folder: 33
Identifier: 71473
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Correspondence and military orders of Jackson McElmell. Arranged alphabetcially.

Dates: 09/16/1865-09/16/1865
Found in Notes:  Jenkins (1811-1873) to Jackson McElmell, ordering him to report to Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter (1813-1891) for duty as an assistant to Chief Engineer W.

Allen Tate., 01/13/1962-01/13/1962

 File — Box 22: Series 1170, Folder: 24
Identifier: 72724
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: 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: 01/13/1962-01/13/1962
Found in Notes:  Reference to a recent review of Alexis Leger by Biddle; to Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer"; to Katherine Anne Porter; Archibald MacLeish; Iris Origo; and Matthew Josephson's "Life Among the Surrealists."

2009, 2009, bulk: 2009 - 2009

 File — Box 3, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

The playbill collection, donated by Valerie Lynn, is comprised of playbills and other theatre ephemera, pamphlets from various art exhibitions, and programs from musical performances and ballets collected over her lifetime. The collection spans seven decades, from 1946 to 2009, and includes playbills from at least five different countries.

Dates: 2009; Majority of material found in 2009 - 2009
Found in Notes:  (contains scoresheet with handwritten responses)

So In Love: an Evening of Cole Porter. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2009.

George Braziller., 12/18/1964-12/27/1964

 File — Box 1: Series 868, Folder: 61
Identifier: 59099
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: 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: 12/18/1964-12/27/1964
Found in Notes:  References from Brown to Katherine Anne Porter, Sylvia Beach and Elizabeth Mann.

Allen Tate., 12/04/1963-12/04/1963

 File — Box 22: Series 1170, Folder: 45
Identifier: 72745
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: 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: 12/04/1963-12/04/1963
Found in Notes:  ; Herbert Read; and Katherine Anne Porter.

John William McHarg to Henry McHarg., 04/26/1862-04/26/1862

 File — Box 1: Series 1168, Folder: 21
Identifier: 71713
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

This collection consists of one series. The documents are arranged in chronological order.

Dates: 04/26/1862-04/26/1862
Found in Notes:  Discussion of the taking of prisoners. Reference to Horace Porter and to the taking of Fort Pulaski, Georgia [4/10-11/1862].

Sheet Music I - Well Known Favorites, 1899 - 1953

 File — Box 4, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The George H. O'Connor Papers contain correspondence, photographs, programs, songs, music and cartoons, accumulated by O'Connor throughout his life. The correspondence includes letters from William H. Taft, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, J. Edgar Hoover, Cordell Hull, and Edward Stettinius. The most interesting letters are two written by O'Connor himself to his wife Blanche, while O'Connor was staying at Warm Springs with President Roosevelt.Perhaps the most...
Dates: 1899 - 1953
Found in Notes:  "Allez-Vous-en,Go Away," Words and Music by Cole Porter, from Can-Can, Copyright 1953 by Cole Porter, published by Buxton Hill Music Corporation.

Condolence Letters: Gi-Go., 01/01/2002-12/31/2002

 File — Box 12: Series GAMMS422.4, Folder: 30
Identifier: GAMMS422.4.1187
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Condolence Letters. Written upon the death of Richard M. Helms, arranged alphabetically.

Dates: 01/01/2002-12/31/2002
Found in Notes:  Gilliland, P.H. and Nancy Gordon, and Porter and Mariel Goss.

1985 Correspondence Pl-Po., 01/01/1985-05/31/1985

 File — Box 1: Series 653, Folder: 68
Identifier: 47397
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

(Box 1, Folders 1-85; Box 2, Folders 1-33) This series consists of chronologically arranged correspondence received by Ambassador Wilson. Letters for each year are in alphabetical order. Most include copies of replies from the ambassador. @ Note: All correspondents are listed in the description sections of this finding aid. However, only those names that have been asterisked appear in the index.

Dates: 01/01/1985-05/31/1985
Found in Notes:  .* @ Salvatore Porcari Li Destri, Italian ambassador - resume attached.* @ John Edward Porter, US House of Representatives.* @ Trevor Povah* @ Tom L.

undated., 01/01/1854-12/31/1906

 File — Box 1: Series 1156; Series 1157; Series 1158, Folder: 64
Identifier: 71504
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Correspondence and military orders of Jackson McElmell. Arranged alphabetcially.

Dates: 01/01/1854-12/31/1906
Found in Notes:  STEAMER - REFERENCE (UNDATED): Other Types

PORTER, DAVID DIXON - REFERENCE (UNDATED): Other Types

John McHarg to Rufus McHarg., 08/24/1862-08/24/1862

 File — Box 1: Series 1168, Folder: 27
Identifier: 71719
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

This collection consists of one series. The documents are arranged in chronological order.

Dates: 08/24/1862-08/24/1862
Found in Notes:  Burnside, Alexandria (Virginia), Harrison's Landing, and Fitz-John Porter. Sent from Aquia Creek.

Tape #21. "Surgeon in Charge.", 28 March 1978.

 Item — Box 40
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Richard D. Mudd Papers contain the extensive research files of Richard D. Mudd, whose grandfather, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, set the leg of Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth as Booth attempted to escape the scene of the crime through southern Maryland. Samuel A. Mudd went to prison for setting Booth's leg, but Richard D. Mudd decades later contended that his grandfather was simply doing his duty as a medical doctor. Although he was released from prison by President Andrew Johnson,...
Dates: 28 March 1978.
Found in Notes:  Excerpts from "Surgeon in Charge" (Dr. George Loring Porter) by his daughter-in-law.

Typescript: "Panama Hattie", 1954

 File — Box GTM Shared Box 16: [Barcode: 39020030723756], Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Front label: "State Fair Musicals, 1954." Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Book by Herbert Fields and B.G. DeSylva. Some pencil sketches among the pages.

Dates: 1954
Found in Notes:  Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Book by Herbert Fields and B.G. DeSylva.

Reports, 1839 - 1914., 11/20/1834-10/01/1914

 File — Box 1: Series 746, Folder: 34
Identifier: 53471
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Correspondence, reports and printed materials relating to CVHE's diplomatic service in Turkey and the Hague from 1915 to 1920. A second series with similar materials can be found at the end of the collection (donated at a later date than this set).

Dates: 11/20/1834-10/01/1914
Found in Notes:  Includes 1 copy report from David Porter to Sec. of State John Forsyth regarding U.S.

Scrapbook fragments., 01/01/1908-12/31/1951

 File — Box 58: Series 1176; Series 1177, Folder: 5
Identifier: 74182
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: 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: 01/01/1908-12/31/1951
Found in Notes:  Other items include newspaper clipping announcing marriage of George Biddle to Jane Belo (1925); invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Porter Patterson (U.S. Secretary of War, (1940-45).

Correspondence, O - P., 12/12/1883-01/29/1896

 File — Box 1: Series 405, Folder: 15
Identifier: 35733
Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

The Colonel Daniel S. Lamson Papers comprise .25 linear feet of correspondence, clippings and other materials of Colonel Daniel S. Lamson. They are arranged in 21 folders in one box.

Dates: 12/12/1883-01/29/1896
Found in Notes:  ., the Frederick Novitiate and Lamson's children; and 1 ALS from Edward G. Porter regarding a biography of Mrs. Walter Baker.

Album., 05/03/1897-05/03/1897

 File — Box 12: Series 1169, Folder: 9
Identifier: 71852
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

One series only.

Dates: 05/03/1897-05/03/1897
Found in Notes:  PORTER, HORACE - ALBUM (1897): Manuscript

MCKINLEY, WILLIAM - SIGNATURE (1897): Other Types

SHERMAN, JOHN - SIGNATURE (1897): Other Types

ROOT, ELIHU - SIGNATURE (1897): Other Types

NAST, THOMAS - SIGNATURE (1897): Other Types

GRANT, U.S., JR. - SIGNATURE (1897): Other Types

REID, WHITELAW - SIGNATURE (1897): Other Types

Appomattox Table - Photo., 04/09/1865-04/09/1865

 File — Box 9: Series 1169 [Barcode: 39020030737905], Folder: 6
Identifier: 71864
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

One series only.

Dates: 04/09/1865-04/09/1865
Found in Notes:  FROM SHERIDAN, PHILIP (1865): Other Types

MENDE, HORACE PORTER - CORRESP. (1962) RE: APPOMATTOX TABLE: Typed Letter Signed

John McHarg to Rufus McHarg., 12/20/1861-12/20/1861

 File — Box 1: Series 1168, Folder: 7
Identifier: 71699
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

This collection consists of one series. The documents are arranged in chronological order.

Dates: 12/20/1861-12/20/1861
Found in Notes:  Reference to Wasson & Company, Albany New York; someone they know being killed by the Confederates; the soldiers' desire for action; activity in the Union camps; the 2nd Maine having been at Bull Run; Georgetown Hospital; the experience of a Union soldier captured at Bull Run and sent to Charleston, S.C. and Fortress Monore; and Horace Porter. Sent from Halls Hill, Virginia.