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Earl of Normanton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-860102
Scope and Contents note The archives of James Charles Welbore Ellis Agar (1818 - 1896), 3rd Earl of Normanton, consisting of 3.0 linear feet of material, including correspondence, drawings, legal documents, and related printed items. This collection is of importance to art historians as well as to historians of English history and culture. It would be invaluable for any studies of the Agar family; 19th century London (especially the Victoria and Albert Museum and Kensingtron Park areas); English legal history; and...
Dates: 1840 - 1908

Theodore Maynard - Robert F. McNamara Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS346
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Theodore Maynard - Robert F. McNamara Collection consists of personal correspondence between Theodore Maynard and Robert F. McNamara. The collection also includes a few letters of correspondence between Robert F. McNamara and Kathleen Sheehan. A few newspaper and magazine clippings and one printed pamphlet are also contained in the collection. Mentioned in the letters of Maynard and McNamara are Maynard's numerous publications, including "Apostle of Charity: The Life of Saint Vincent...
Dates: 1932 - 1956

Graham Greene - Yvonne Cloetta Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS347
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Yvonne Cloetta — Graham Greene Papers consist of correspondence written by Greene to Cloetta between the years 1963 and 1987. In addition to the 121 letters and postcards, the collection contains a typed manuscript for the book An Impossible Woman: The Memories of Dottoressa Moor of Capri, edited and adapted by Greene and later given with an inscription to Cloetta. The manuscript includes extensive autograph additions and corrections by Greene. Along with the correspondence, there are a...
Dates: 1963 - 1987

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

Julian Hawthorne - Francis Bennoch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS336
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Hawthorne - Bennoch Collection (1 box, 0.5 linear feet) comprises more than 100 letters sent from American author Julian Hawthorne to his English benefactor Francis Bennoch from 1872-1889, written mostly during his residence in England from 1874-1881. There are also more than a dozen letters supplementing the series from Hawthorne to his publishers and others, as well as letters regarding Hawthorne written to Bennoch from other parties. The letters shed light on the early career of...
Dates: 1872-1889

Donald T. Powell Papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-090108
Scope and Contents note The Donald Powell Papers 2 represent a portion of the personal papers of Catholic intellectual Donald Powell. Of principal interest is a long run of letters from well renown American painter and teacher Carl Schmitt to Powell, regarding their long friendship, their writings, philosophy, Catholic issues, world events, politics, and mutual aquaintances. A manuscript of Powell's "Bennett Mather" is preserved in tact in this part of his papers. Likewise, many short typed manuscripts by Powell...
Dates: 1932 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1985

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

John Erwin papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-801216

Seumas MacManus Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-130118
Scope and Contents Note The Seumas MacManus Family Collection contains letters and manuscripts by and about Seumas MacManus (1869-1960), a prominent Irish author of folktales who lectured extensively throughout the United States and published widely. These materials document fascinating aspects of MacManus' writing career, and they provide primary source materials about his family.The collection includes a small number of letters from notables to Seumas MacManus, including Theodore Dreiser, Maud Gonne,...
Dates: 1855 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1960

H. L. Mencken - Ernest A. and Madeleine E. Boyd Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS174
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

The Mencken-Boyd Collection consists of 19 letters from H.L. Mencken to Ernest A. and Madeleine E. Boyd. The letters are arranged in 19 folders and contained in 1 box.

Dates: 1923 - 1951

Graham Greene - Anthony Bischoff, SJ Collection

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS327
Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection of letters and presentation editions from British novelist Graham Greene to Rev. Anthony D. Bischoff, S.J. is evidence of their friendship which spanned forty years. The correspondence contains mostly personal greetings, but also touches on literary and political issues. The first of the nine letters in the collection was written in 1950, a year after the two met. The last was written in 1984, seven years before Greene's death. The five presentation editions were given to Fr....
Dates: 1950 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1984

Harald S. Frederiksen papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS450
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

The collection is composed of several short typed manuscripts by Frederiksen discussing his personal history and involvement in the OSS, as well as a variety of recommendations and reports on Frederiksen from colleagues, and one of his jailers. Additional documents include application and reference forms prepared by Frederiksen for the U.S. government, and some correspondence relating to his employment plans after leaving Vienna.

Dates: 1945-1952

Dave Barbor Collection on Vladimir Nabokov

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-0041
Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials related to Vladimir Nabokov that were collected by Dave Barbor. It includes letters written by Nabokov (1906, 1932, 1946-1964), letters written by Véra Nabokov to Irving P. Lazar (1971), a letter from Véra Nabokov to Dave Barbor (1986), and a letter written from Dmitri Nabokov to Dave Barbor (1986). It also includes newsclippings (1929-1973), a typescript of a musical version of Lolita by Alan Jay Lerner and John Barry (1970), a typescript by Nabokov in...
Dates: 1907 - 1986

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

Alan Gabriel Barnsley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS76
Scope and Contents

The Alan G. Barnsley Papers consist of eight letters from such prominent writers as Ian Fleming, C.S. Lewis, Muriel Spark and Stephen Spender.

Abbreviations used in this register include: ALS (autograph letter signed); TLS (typed letter signed).

Dates: 1954-1959; Majority of material found within 1954 - 1959

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

Goetz A. Briefs papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-841103
Content Description

Gift of Henry W. Briefs, November 1984.

Dates: 1934-1973

Leon Keyserling Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS219
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

The collection includes that part of Keyserling's papers which relate to his long tenure as legislative aide to Senator Robert F. Wagner. Besides correspondence from Wagner, it contains numerous drafts of bills written by Keyserling, such as the Housing Act of 1937 and the Wagner National Labor Relations Act (present in eight separate drafts), files of campaign speeches, and related material.

Extent: 4.5 linear feet Date Span: 1928 - 1982, bulk 1934 - 1956

Dates: 1928 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1956

Parker T. Hart Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS238
Scope and Contents The Parker T. Hart Papers highlight the career of a long-time American foreign service officer who served as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1961-1965) and Turkey (1965-1968). The collection consists of 7 boxes (10.75 linear feet) of material. The bulk of the records date between 1950 and 1980. The correspondence files in the Hart Papers include letters to and from Hart while he was U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Turkey. One typed letter (carbon) from Hart to Saudi Arabian King Faisal,...
Dates: 1935 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1980

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

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