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A Ballad of Life Manuscript
Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 39020031848677]
Identifier: GTM-20100113
Scope and Contents
A bound manuscript on paper containing a copy of Swinburne's "A Ballad of Life" written and bound by British artist Allan Gwynne-Jones in September of 1909. The text is written in black ink a faux-medieval calligraphic style with the opening words of each stanza in gold. The binding is of stiff vellum with green silk ties, now somewhat faded and damaged. 8 leaves plus some blanks.
Dates:
September 1909
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Purchased from William Reese Co. in 2010
Lancicius collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS32
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection contains three early nineteenth-century MS English translations by Novice M. Magan of Lancicius' (1574-1652) Latin treatise 'On the Duties of Lay Brothers.' One was from Georgetown, 1808, another(incomplete) belonged to William F. Felix, 1836, while the third, undated,belonged to the Brothers at Georgetown.
Dates:
1808-1834
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
One was from Georgetown, 1808, another(incomplete) belonged to William F. Felix, 1836, while the third, undated,belonged to the Brothers at Georgetown.
Hmong Youth Conference
Collection
Identifier: GTA-GAMMS252
Scope and Contents
Contains printed material relating to the Hmong Youth Conference held at Georgetown, April 4-6, 1996. Includes workshop descriptions. Also includes cassette tape of speech given by fomer CIA Director William E. Colby at the Hmong Youth Conference held at Georgetown, April 5, 1996.
Dates:
1996
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Also includes cassette tape of speech given by fomer CIA Director William E. Colby at the Hmong Youth Conference held at Georgetown, April 5, 1996.
Franklin B. Sanborn papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS229
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This is a collection of some 250 letters written to Franklin B. Sanborn from friends and relatives during his years as a student first at the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, and then at Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts (circa 1852-55). Primarily containing domestic and social news about other family members and mutual friends, the letters include references to contemporary election politics of the 1850s with mention of numerous statesmen including John Bell, James...
Dates:
1850-1902; Majority of material found within 1850-1856
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Related to the politics of the day was the slavery issue with letters referring to affairs of the Kansas Free State and to the Kansas-Nebraska Bill of 1854, as well as to prominent abolitionists and reformers such as William H. Furness, William Lloyd Garrison, Amos A.
Leon Biles, Jr. Military Service Photographs
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20210429
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one photograph album and loose photographic prints which belonged to Leon Biles, Jr. Biles was an African American U.S. Army soldier and the photographs document his military service from 1944 to 1947. The album consists of photographs taken or collected by Biles while serving stateside during World War II.The photographs are extensively captioned and include images of Biles' family in Minnesota, friends, fellow soldiers and sailors (some of whom are...
Dates:
1944 - 1947
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Purchased from William Reese Company, 2021.
Eugene W. Hancock Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20230803
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of music manuscripts of compositions by Eugene W. Hancock. It also includes biographies of Hancock and other Black composers, a letter from Robert J. Batastini (G.I.A. Publications), "Spiritual Lullaby" by William B. Cooper, "Funf Stucke fur Orchester" by Anton Webern, and the 1990-1991 choral music schedule for West End Presbyterian Church.
Dates:
1970 - 1994
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
See also the Mickey Thomas Terry Papers and the William B. Cooper Papers.
Alfred Earle (Bishop of Marlborough) papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-860131
Collection-level Scope and Contents note
The papers of Rt. Rev. Alfred Earle (1827-1918), consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs and related printed ephemera, regarding Earle's remarkable career. The papers include material from his early days as a student in Oxford, to his appointments first as Bishop of Marlborough ( 1888-1900) and later as Dean of Exeter (1900-1918). The collection comprises 1.5 linear feet of material, and it is organized chronologically in three boxes with a total of thirty-six folders....
Dates:
1840-1920
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
She was the daughter of William Roope Ilbert of Bowringsleigh (1805-?). There are several letters from her brothers William Roope Ilbert (1833-1902) and Sommerville Peter Ilbert (1845-1901) as well as her children William Henry Earle (1868-1889) and Lt.
Alvin J. Cottrell Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-840611
Scope and Contents
Papers of Middle East scholar Dr. Alvin J. Cottrell (1924-1983), consisting of correspondence from U.S. and Iranian officials, including Alexander Haig, Henry Kissinger, J. William Middendorf, Ronald Reagan, Assadollah Alam, and Ardeshir Zahedi. Other correspondents include C. Edmund Bosworth, Keith McLachlan, Roger Savory, and Malcolm Yapp. Contains files relating to publication of Cottrell's edited work "The Persian Gulf States: A General Survey" (1978).
Dates:
1968-1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Cottrell (1924-1983), consisting of correspondence from U.S. and Iranian officials, including Alexander Haig, Henry Kissinger, J. William Middendorf, Ronald Reagan, Assadollah Alam, and Ardeshir Zahedi.
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:
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.
Scrapbook: Georgetown University Hospital, 1953-1960
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000074-DS
Scope and Contents
Contains clippings and photographs relating to the Georgetown University Hospital. Among topics covered: opening of the muscular dystrophy clinic; cancer research; the deaths of John J. Toohey, S.J., James M. Duff, S.J., William Boyd-Carpenter, and Paul A. McNally, S.J.; the appointment of the first African American doctors to the Hospital staff, Drs. Edward C. Mazique and Frank Jones; ground breaking and construction of Mary’s Hall; artificial heart valves and kidneys; the naming of Edmund...
Dates:
ca. 1950-1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
., James M. Duff, S.J., William Boyd-Carpenter, and Paul A. McNally, S.J.; the appointment of the first African American doctors to the Hospital staff, Drs.
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:
Sophie Anne McHarg;
William Neil McHarg;
Rufus King McHarg;
Charles King McHarg.
William Neil McHarg;
Rufus King McHarg;
Charles King McHarg.
Alexander Hill Everett Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS246
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
Diplomat, author, political insider and brother of Edward Everett, Alexander Hill Everett (1790-1847) shaped American politics both abroad and at home. The Alexander Hill Everett Collection provides documentation of four important and diverse topics: life as charge d'affaires to The Hague in 1822 and 1823, analysis of the U.S. presidential election of 1824 before the final result was formalized, discussion of population theories, and expenses of the U.S. minister to Spain between 1825 and...
Dates:
1822 - 1829
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In addition, Alexander mentions Lord Byron, foreign dignitaries, and King William I of the Netherlands, among others. Moreover, Alexander writes at length about his own theory of population, which challenges the views held by Thomas Robert Malthus and William Godwin.
Hamilton King Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-730905
Scope and Contents
The Hamilton King papers comprise the personal papers of Hamilton King, the U.S. minister resident and consul general (1898-1903) and envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary (1903-1912) to Thailand (then Siam). The collection includes much correspondence relating to diplomatic matters. An important supplement is the lengthy series of diaries kept by King's wife from 1898 to 1915, which provide a detailed view of diplomatic life in Siam at the time.The Hamilton King...
Dates:
1883 - 1931
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Gift of Cora Lee King Rose and Anne Lee Stewart via William Strobridge, 1973.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection [170101]
Collection
Identifier: GTM-170101
Causten Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS201
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection contains the letters written by members of the Causten family over the period 1805-1820.
Dates:
1805 - 1820
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Preble's Boys: Commodore Preble and the Birth of American Sea Power (New York: William Sloane Associates, 1950). Smith, Myron J., Jr.
Huie, Reid and Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS226
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Huie, Reid and Company Collection consists of two series as described below: Series 1. Order Requests - Alphabetical (Folders 1-47) Consisting of 47 folders, this series contains 53 order requests received by Huie, Reid and Company from various individuals, including some members of prominent Virginia families. The orders are arranged alphabetically by customer. The individuals requested a relatively wide variety of goods, such as tobacco, sugar, salt, shoes, and linen. Series 2. Leaves...
Dates:
1787 - 1789
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Huie, Reid, and Company conducted business in Prince William County and nearby counties, including Fauquier County, Virginia.
Timothy S. Healy, S.J.: Oversize Photographs
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000396-DS
Scope and Contents
Mounted reproductions, apparently created for a display after Fr. Healy's death. Includes photographs with Margaret Thatcher and Mother Teresa and Fr. Healy's obituary. Also photographs from Fr. Healy's inauguration as Georgetown University President in Gaston Hall, 1977. Includes images of: Royden B. Davis, S.J.; Robert Lado receiving honorary degree; Joseph Sebes, S.J.; Matthew McNulty; Rober Coffey; Estelle Ramey; David McCarthy; Daniel Altobello and William Catherwood;...
Dates:
1977-1993
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
.; Matthew McNulty; Rober Coffey; Estelle Ramey; David McCarthy; Daniel Altobello and William Catherwood; Vice Chancellor Tehrani of Ferdowsi University, Iran; Ambassador Armin Meyer and Robert J.
Chauncey Brewster Chapman, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-801217
Scope and Contents
The Chauncey Brewster Chapman, Jr. Papers are divided into two separate series: the Law Practice Series (1949 - 1959), and the Department of Interior Series (1959 - 1980), corresponding, respectively, to Chauncey Brewster Chapman, Jr.'s early career as an attorney engaged in private practice, and his extended career in the Interior Department. Judicial and legal matters relative to territories, wildlife, and claims, which later became general legal services, form the major part of the...
Dates:
1949-1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Chapman graduated from Williams College in 1942. During World War II, he served in the 4th Marine Division in the South Pacific theater.
Valerie Lynn Playbill Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-161026
Content Description
Playbills and performing arts programs collected by Valerie and Kenneth S. Lynn. Primarily from New York and Washington, D.C., especially Kennedy Center.
Dates:
1950 - 2009
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Kenneth Schuyler Lynn (c. 1923 – June 24, 2001) was a historian and biographer of Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin, Ernest Hemingway, Theodore Dreiser, William Dean Howells, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. He was a faculty member of Johns Hopkins University for 20 years.
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
Found in Notes:
Documents pertaining to various figures in the intelligence field; including William Donovan, H. St. John B. Philby, and Kim Philby; are found among these papers.