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Theodore Maynard Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS329
Scope and Contents
The Theodore Maynard Papers consist of the manuscripts of Theodore Maynard and his correspondence with publishers, family members, and numerous literary figures. The collection also includes the manuscripts of Sara Casey Maynard and the original artwork and manuscripts she gathered for a projected children's magazine. A few photographs, newspaper clippings and printed items are also contained in the collection. Included with the collection are over one hundred letters written by literary...
Dates:
1910 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1955
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Poetry Manuscripts
DESCRIPTION: Manuscripts and drafts of poems by Theodore Maynard.
SERIES: 7. Essays, Short Stories, Reviews, and Notes DESCRIPTION: Manuscripts for essays, short stories and reviews by Theodore Maynard.
SERIES: 7. Essays, Short Stories, Reviews, and Notes DESCRIPTION: Manuscripts for essays, short stories and reviews by Theodore Maynard.
John Cheever - George McLoone collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS259
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection comprises correspondence between George McLoone, university professor and alumnus of Georgetown University, and John Cheever, the American writer. All of the correspondence takes place between the years of 1966-1974. Although most of the letters are brief in length, the correspondence between Cheever and McLoone are significant because of the insight they provide into the personal life of John Cheever. Many of the letters contain comments about Cheever's acquaintences and on...
Dates:
1966-1974
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
His first collection of short stories, The Way Some People Live, was published in 1943.
Fulton Oursler Memorial Collection
File
Identifier: GTM-820330
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts by Fulton Oursler, Grace Perkins Oursler, and others; correspondence to/from the Ourslers; other related manuscript and printed items, and rolls of photographic negatives taken by/of Fulton Oursler. Of major interest are correspondence and other files relating to Fulton Oursler's editorial work for Liberty and The Reader's Digest. Correspondents include: Franklin D. Roosevelt (long series); Soong Mei-ling, or Madame Chiang Kai-shek (long series); H.L. Mencken (long series); and...
Dates:
1881-1954; Majority of material found within 1925-1950
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He was associated with the paper until 1918 when he supported himself by writing short stories. He moved to New York City in 1920 and held the position of managing editor of New York Music Trades.
Agustín de Iturbide Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS157
Scope and Contents
The Agustin de Iturbide Collection consists of financial and military documents, printed ephemera, and correspondence. The first seven items of the collection describe the military career, acsension to the throne, and some official proclamations of Agustin de Iturbide. Many of the remaining items deal with the grandchildren of Iturbide, Agustin Cosme and Savina; their relationship with Emperor Maximilian; and their financial and social stations in Mexico, Paris, and Philadelphia. Items of...
Dates:
1819 - 1867
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Agustin de Iturbide (1783-1824) was born in Valladolid (now Morelia), Mexico, the child of Spanish parents who had come to Mexico shortly before his birth. After the death of his father in 1798, Iturbide entered the military as a sub-lieutenant.
Shusaku Endo papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-841022
Scope and Content note
The Shusaku Endo papers include manuscript drafts of Endo's novels "The Samurai" and "Scandal," a short story draft, and an as-yet unidentified draft. Evident in the manuscripts are Endo's corrections and notations, the additions and revisions he occasionally taped to existing manuscripts, and the work of his secretary to transcribe a clean version of the draft for later review.
Dates:
1984-1985
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The Shusaku Endo papers include manuscript drafts of Endo's novels "The Samurai" and "Scandal," a short story draft, and an as-yet unidentified draft.
Frederick W. Rolfe, Baron Corvo Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-141102.1
Content Description
Secondary works relating to Baron Corvo, including correspondence from collectors such as Donald Weeks, manuscripts of papers about Corvo by various authors (some photocopied), printed ephemera, and photographs.
Dates:
1929 - 2013
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
A convert to Catholicism, Rolfe studied to be a priest, but was rejected. He wrote short stories for the "Yellow Book," and painted religious banners with boy-saint motifs.
W. J. West Collection on Graham Greene
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20000607
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typed manuscripts of works by author Graham Greene, as well as photographic stills of films and plays written by Greene. Also included is correspondence between Greene and bookseller David Low and related material for the published book of this correspondence titled "Dear David, Dear Graham." Topics discussed in the correspondence include rare books, Low's memoir, and Greene's travels.
Dates:
1950s-1991
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
George Horton Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-130911
Scope and contents note
The George Horton Papers consist of 34 boxes. The collection is arranged into eight series: Correspondence; Diaries, Memoirs, and Lectures; Manuscripts and Drafts; Photographs; Newspaper Clippings; Horton Family Scrapbooks and Schoolbooks; Miscellaneous Documents; and Nancy Horton Materials. The contents of these series range from circa-1870 to 1964, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1923-1940. The collection includes information on Horton's work for the U.S. Consular...
Dates:
1884 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1940
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Our collection includes drafts and manuscripts of unpublished short stories and novels written while Horton was in the consular service and after his retirement.
John Erwin Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-801216
Scope and Contents
The collection, dating from September 1862 to March 1863, consists mainly of 21 letters from John Erwin, of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to his family and a friend. There are also several documents regarding John's pay, a short diary, a letter and a telegraph message to his family regarding his health, and, finally, a receipt for the transportation of one corpse and an attendant.
The letters are quite touching and show a great deal of sensisitivity and intelligence on the part of...
Dates:
1862 - 1863
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
There are also several documents regarding John's pay, a short diary, a letter and a telegraph message to his family regarding his health, and, finally, a receipt for the transportation of one corpse and an attendant.
Nelson Algren Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-160405
Scope and Contents Note
The Nelson Algren Collection consists of some correspondence and two manuscripts of noted American writer Nelson Algren (1909-1981). Included is correspondence about Algren's books "The Man with the Golden Arm" and "Somebody in Boots." The primary correspondent is Ken McCormick, an editor with Doubleday and Company, Inc. Two typed manuscripts by Algren are also preserved in this collection: "The Door to Dingdong Daddyland" and "The Door to Pingpong Playboyland." A number of books that...
Dates:
1937 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1951
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
During the Great Depression, he worked as a door-to-door salesman, as a migrant worker, and for a short time as writer with the Works Progress Administration.
John Ihlder papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-000012
Content Description
Papers of John Ihlder (1876-1958), consisting of correspondence, reports, notebooks, and printed material pertaining to his work with the Committee on Evaluation of Public Housing of the National Capitol Housing Authority. Includes reports from the New Jersey Board of Tenement House Supervision (1916), a guide for the evaluation of public housing (1943), correspondence re the Hillside low-rent housing project in Washington, D.C. (1944), and postwar housing. Notes and printed material...
Dates:
1904-1944
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Prior to those positions, Ihlder was a reporter for the New York Evening Sun. He also served for a short time on the Municipal Affairs Committee of the Grand Rapids, Michigan Board of Trade.
19th Century American Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: GTM-190909
Scope and Contents
American 19th century commercial cartes de visites photograph album in tooled leather covers with ornate brass clasp. Contains 15 albumen print images, mostly cartes de visites of unidentified individual men and women. A few images show young children.
Dates:
circa 1870s
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Library copy available TR501.S537 2019
The history of American photograph albums begins in 1861 when cartes de visites photograph albums became patented; ending in 1888 shortly after the advent of the Kodak camera and the snapshot.
The history of American photograph albums begins in 1861 when cartes de visites photograph albums became patented; ending in 1888 shortly after the advent of the Kodak camera and the snapshot.
Kenneth W. Rendell Collection of Railroad Stock Certificates
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS117
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Kenneth W. Rendell Collection of Railroad Stock Certificates comprises 95 stock and bond certificates printed by railroad companies during the nineteenth century and 4 municipal bond certificates from the City of Philadelphia from the same era. The Collection is arranged in 99 folders in 2 boxes. The railroad companies represented in the Collection range from the obscure (e.g. the Swan Creek Railway Company) to the prominent (e.g. the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad...
Dates:
1840 - 1915
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Many of the companies were competing vehemently for the new markets in this region and were often short lived before neighboring, larger companies swallowed them up; most of them wound up as part of the great New York Central Railroad by the end of the century.
Byington Family Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS209
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of material relating to at least four generations of the Byington family, and includes correspondence, property deeds, biographical information and newspaper clippings organized into the
following series:Series 1. Aaron Homer Byington (1826-1910): Correspondence
Series 2. Aaron Homer Byington: Manuscripts
Series 3. Aaron Homer Byington: Related Material
Series 4. Homer Morrison Byington I (1879-1966): Correspondence
Series 5. Homer Morrison Byington I, II...
Dates:
1835 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
She died in Naples; he retired from the Foreign Service shortly after her death (1907). Byington died on December 29, 1910 in Flushing, Long Island, N.Y.
Fair Campaign Practices Committee Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-800313
Scope and Contents
The Fair Campaign Practices Committee collection consist of smear literature and complaints; codes signed by various candidates, including Richard M. Nixon; state chapter files; material concerning campaign reform and the Watergate era; FCP programs; project reports; material of the Freedom of Information Act; and material concerning the internal administration of the FCPC, including fund raising projects. The Committee was founded in 1954 to ensure "fair play" in politics. Note: Click on...
Dates:
1954 - 1977
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
To remedy this "public cynicism" it was recommended that a commission be set up to study campaign conduct, report the facts, and recommend standards of responsibility for election campaigns.
Shortly before the 1954 Congressional elections, a group of "eminent members of both parties" came together to constitute the Fair Campaign Practices Committee under the leadership of Anna Lord Strauss of New York who became president of the League of Women Voters in the mid-1960s.
Shortly before the 1954 Congressional elections, a group of "eminent members of both parties" came together to constitute the Fair Campaign Practices Committee under the leadership of Anna Lord Strauss of New York who became president of the League of Women Voters in the mid-1960s.
Otto L. Hein Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS214
Scope and Contents
Otto L. Hein papers include correspondence and photographs documenting the career of this soldier, military attache at European courts, commandant at West Point (1897-1901), and author of "Memories of Long Ago" (1925), an autobiography. Included in the collection is an account of Custer's actions at the Little Big Horn, written by an officer on the scene shortly before and after the battle, as well as letters from such notables as Theodore Roosevelt, Douglas MacArthur, and officer-author...
Dates:
1873 - 1930
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Included in the collection is an account of Custer's actions at the Little Big Horn, written by an officer on the scene shortly before and after the battle, as well as letters from such notables as Theodore Roosevelt, Douglas MacArthur, and officer-author Charles S.
John McElroy, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS23
Scope and Contents
The John McElroy, SJ Papers contain diaries, correspondence, Golden Jubilee materials, retreat notes, biographical information and other writings, and some business and financial records from McElroy’s tenure as Procurator of Georgetown College. McElroy’s diary (1813-1821) documents enslaved people at Georgetown College and at several Jesuit plantations in Maryland. Materials on Slavery Some folders in this collection contain references to...
Dates:
1803 - 1905
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
McElroy eventually assumed the role of Procurator, managing Georgetown's financial affairs, and in 1817 was ordained a priest. After a short period as assistant pastor at Holy Trinity Church, he was sent to Federick, where he remained from 1823 to 1845.
Joseph P. Mobberly, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS24
Scope and Contents
The Joseph P. Mobberly, SJ Papers (1815-1827) consist of the remembrances, observations, and expositions of a Jesuit who worked principally as manager of St. Inigoes, a house and plantation in St. Mary’s County, and who taught at Georgetown College. Brother Mobberly wrote on a wide variety of topics: agricultural management, focusing particularly on the economic viability of enslaved labor and strategies for maximizing the production of wheat, corn, and other alternatives to tobacco...
Dates:
1815 - 1827
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The other four memoranda books dated between 1824 and 1827 record some events shortly after their occurrence, but these entries are interspersed with short expositions on past events or his views on race, agricultural management, miracles, Protestants, and liberty.
Thomas Merton - John Pauker Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-890101
Scope and Contents note
The Merton-Pauker Collection consists mainly of correspondence between Merton and Pauker and between Pauker and those interested in buying Merton's prints. There are seven personal letters from Merton and three mimeographed letters which Merton sent out to friends at Lent, Easter, and Christmas, 1967. Many of the letters also discuss Pauker's work as a poet, especially "Excellency," a sequence of poems, published in 1967.
Dates:
1966 - 1972
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Pauker continued with "Excellency" in 1967 and has also contributed to a number of poetry and short story anthologies. He has had work published in such periodicals as "Paris Review," "The New Republic," "New English Weekly," "Voyages," and the Quarterly Review of Literature.
Nelson Bond Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-141117.2
Content Description
Correspondence to Nelson Bond from dealer Allen Ahearn and Roy Squires re collecting Ray Bradbury. Includes printed items re Bradbury (articles and ephemera); 2 photographs of Bradbury (dated 1939 and 1993). Also items relating to James Branch Caball.Includes one LP sound recording (in Italian). Title: "Cronache Marziane" ["The Martian Cronicles"]. Inscribed to Nelson and Betty Bond. Signed by Ray Bradbury (1979).Additional items relating to Nelson Bond, donated by...
Dates:
1971-2011
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
His published fiction is mainly short stories, most of which appeared in pulp magazines in the 1930s and 1940s.