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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 include Decorated Commander, Chevaliers du Tastevin (Burgundy, France), 1953; Grand Prix de la Critique from Syndicat des Critiques, 1954, for “Panorama de la Littérature Contemporaine aux Etats Unis”; and Le Grand Ordre des Coteaux (Champagne), 1973.
Photographs: Nursing School
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000351
Leo J. O'Donovan, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20241101
Scope and Contents
The personal papers of former Georgetown University President Fr. Leo O'Donovan (1934-) consist of his published and unpublished writings; teaching materials for classes at Fordham University, Union Theological Seminary, Weston School of Theology, and Woodstock College; and papers related to Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner.
Dates:
1961 - 2017
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He then went on to study at Georgetown University, earning a degree in English and philosophy in 1956, and the L’Universite de Lyon, where he was a Fullbright scholar (1956-1957).
Gregory T.S. Walker Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20250227
Scope and Contents
The collection contains digital files, including photographs of Gregory T.S. Walker and his father George Walker. Additionally, the collection contains an copy of the Minstrels and Minimoogs: New Virtuosity at the University of Colorado phonograph EP (released by Walker Productions in 1988).
Dates:
1988, 2009-2024
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
His music has been performed by Poland's Filharmonia Sudecka, the Detroit Symphony, the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Colorado Symphony, and the Encuentro Musical de los Americas in Cuba, as well as at Great Britain’s Lake District Music Festival, the Lamia Conservatoire in Greece, and the Cork Orchestral Society Concert Series in Ireland, the London Song Festival, and at the Chetana International Music Festival in Kerala, India.
Joseph P. Orme Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS317
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection contains eight autograph letters written by Georgetown College alumni to fellow alumus, Joseph P. Orme, between the years 1856 and 1860. The content of the letters range from catching up on news of friends and family to serious political debate. The opinions written by these young men display the divided state of the nation on the brink of civil war. Of the seven friends, at least three went on to fight in the war, two for the Union and one for the Confederacy.
Dates:
1856 - 1860
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He joined the Federal Service and was a Colonel and Aide-de-camp on the staff of the Governor of Maryland.
Menc S. Szymczak Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-19740712
Scope and Contents
Papers of Menc S. Szmczak (1894-1978), relating to his long career on the Federal Reserve Board from 1933 to 1961. Included are manuscripts of speeches and articles, as well as press releases and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1931 - 1961
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He received multiple bachelor's, master's, and law degrees and taught at two of the schools he attended—St. Mary's College and De Paul University—between 1913 and 1933.
In 1925, Szymczak became organizer of the Ridgemoor Building and Loan Association.
In 1925, Szymczak became organizer of the Ridgemoor Building and Loan Association.
Washington Irving Letterbook
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS247
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Washington Irving Letterbook (1 box, 0.25 linear feet) consists of one bound letterbook containing handwritten copies of outgoing letters dated from 1842 to 1844 written by Irving (1783-1859) while he served as U.S. Minister to Spain (1842-1846). Although most of these letters were copied in the hand of Irving's secretary, a number of them seem to have been copied by Irving himself in his own hand. Irving's richly descriptive writing style shines through in these letters as he analyzes...
Dates:
1842 - 1844
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The inside front cover of this letterbook bears an original label: "Establecimiento de Papeles y Libros rayados E IMPRENTA. Calle del Arenal, numero 11.
Bailey K. Ashford Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-050102
Scope and Contents
The Bailey K. Ashford papers document the life and works of Bailey K. Ashford (1873-1934), an American medical official known for his work in combating hookworm and other tropical diseases in Puerto Rico. Some materials in the collection concern his family and early life. Other items relate to his experiences as a medical officer in the U.S. Army during World War I. The bulk of the collection covers his medical work in Puerto Rico. A few of Ashford's expeditions to other nations are also...
Dates:
1808 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1897 - 1934
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
[Source: "Ashford, Bailey K." Encyclopedia de Puerto Rico online].
Grant Richards Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-781016
Scope and Contents
The Grant Richards Papers consist of correspondence, (Boxes 1 to 3), manuscripts (Box 4 and throughout individual correspondence files), printed materials (Box 5), photos and clippings (Box 5 and 6), all relating to Richards and to the various authors he published. Of note is correspondence between Lady Gregory and himself regarding proposed biographies of Sir Hugh Lane, who died on the "Lusitania." The collection would be of interest in the study of any of the writers represented to the...
Dates:
1889 - 1962
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In 1915, he married Maria Magdalena de Csanady, author of "Three Little Adventurers," illustrated by the well known Ruth Cobb.
Colour of Music Festival Collection
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 35: [Barcode: 39020031367967], Folder: 1-2
Identifier: GTM-20240622
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of programs and promotional materials for the Colour of Music Festival dating from 2022 to 2024. These include performances at Carnegie Hall; Charleston, SC; and Sacramento, CA.
Dates:
2022 - 2024
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Few classical music enthusiasts are aware of the tremendous contributions of Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, an African-French composer whose opera and classical masterpieces equaled or far exceeded those of his 18th-century contemporaries.
Richard X. Evans collection 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-710101
Scope and contents note
The Richard X. Evans Collection consists of family papers of or relating to the Smith, Mills, Dimitry, and Evans families. The bulk of the earliest material deals with the professional and private life of Robert Mills (1781-1855), who was State Engineer and Architect of South Carolina (1820-1830), Architect of Public Buildings of the United States (1836-1851), and designer of many houses and monuments, among them the Washington monuments of Baltimore and the District of Columbia. Alexander...
Dates:
1752-1976
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Sometime around 1861, John Evans' son Richard Joseph married Marie Anais Denise de Lagarde, a granddaughter of Alexander and Mary Mills Dimitry.
Edward W. Bodnar, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-120731
Scope and Contents
Series I includes only works by Edward Bodnar, whether originally authored by Bodnar or translated by him. The series contains multiple drafts of many of these works, from first draft tentative "sense-translations" to final drafts. The card catalogs included in the series also contain photographs of manuscripts found in many of the archives listed. Series II includes not only copies of Ciriaco manuscripts, but also Bodnar's notes on them organized by archive, then by individual...
Dates:
1960 - 2010
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Gallery of Living Catholic Authors Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS472
Scope and Contents
The Gallery of Living Catholic Authors Collection was formed by the Gallery, founded in 1932 by Sister Mary Joseph, S.L. It was transferred in 1980 from its original home at Webster College in St. Louis to Georgetown. It consists of manuscripts, letters, and photographs by and about more than 600 British, American, European, and Asian Catholic authors of the twentieth century, including such writers as Hugh de Blacam, Roy Campbell, Wilfrid Rowland Childe, August Derleth, Julian Green, Mary...
Dates:
1890 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1961
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
It consists of manuscripts, letters, and photographs by and about more than 600 British, American, European, and Asian Catholic authors of the twentieth century, including such writers as Hugh de Blacam, Roy Campbell, Wilfrid Rowland Childe, August Derleth, Julian Green, Mary Lavin, Claude McKay, Alfred Noyes, Daniel Sargent, and Frank H.
Spanish Boundary Commission Report on Spanish and Portuguese Territory in South America and the Guarani War
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20131216
Scope and Contents
The report is a 454 page bound manuscript written in Spanish in scribal hand, dated to approximately 1760.This collection has been digitized and is available to view online in DigitalGeorgetown.
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Dates:
circa 1760
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The Spanish King nominated the Marquis de Valde-Lirios as his plenipotentiary. The party set out from Cadiz in November 1751, arriving at Montevideo in January 1752 proceeding later to Buenos Aires.
St. John the Evangelist Church (Yorkshire) Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-870825
Scope and contents note
The archives of the Church of St. John the Evangelist consist of .5 linear feet of material, including correspondence, manuscripts, documents and related printed ephemera, regarding its founding and construction in the township of Clifton. The papers, dating from 1856 to 1862 and arranged in chronological order, constitute the earliest records of this parish church, located near Mirfield, Yorkshire.Before 1856, the inhabitants of the township of Clifton worshipped in a church in...
Dates:
1856 - 1862
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
There are also letters from other donors and subscribers, including Lord de Saumarez, and from architects James Mallison and Thomas Healey.
Walter Shewring Papers
Item
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS190
Collection level scope and contents note
The Walter Shewring Papers is a small collection of letters, essays and manuscripts by Shewring. The most notable item is the full autograph manuscript of Shewring's translation of Homer's "Odyssey," published by the Oxford University Press (1980). The collection includes some correspondence and printed articles by such distinguished acquaintances as Walter de la Mare, Eric Gill, David Jones, and Arthur Waley.
Dates:
1930 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The collection includes some correspondence and printed articles by such distinguished acquaintances as Walter de la Mare, Eric Gill, David Jones, and Arthur Waley.
Leopoldo Duran Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-110727
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily contains correspondence from Graham Greene to Leopoldo Duran (1964-1990). It also includes correspondence from Vivien Greene, Hugh Greene (brother) and Elizabeth Dennys (sister). Of note is a common place book containing autograph entries by Greene dating from the late 1970s. This was a gift from Duran whose intention was for Greene to jot down notes about his readings and thoughts. Nicknamed "the Picasso" by Duran who conceived the idea after a visit to the Picasso...
Dates:
1960 - 2008
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Over a decade beginning in 1976, Duran and Greene embarked on a series of annual holidays through Spain ranging from retreats to Oseira Monastery, visits to the grave of Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (1864-1936), but primarily to vineyards where they sampled the wines.
Hildred Roach Collection on Pan African Composers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20230714
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials related to Pan African composers and musicians that was collected by Hildred Roach. It includes music scores from a variety of Black composers, Hildred Roach concert programs, and music recordings (phonograph records, compact discs, and open reel). The collection includes William Grant Still, Ulysses Kay, George Walker, and many others.
Please see the External Documents section below for preliminary inventories of the collection.
Dates:
1900 - 2023
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Leland B. Morris Papers
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 30: [Barcode: 39020030756301]
Identifier: GTM-150928
Scope and Contents
The Leland B. Morris Papers include correspondence, a State Department questionnaire, a receipt dating from 1941-1942, and a letter to Leland B. Morris' wife, Marie, dated 1952. Morris' correspondence primarily concerns Germany in 1941. Highlights include Morris' account of Joachim von Ribbentrop declaring a state of war between Germany and the United States on December 11th, 1941, and a copy of Ribbentrop's declaration. The collection also includes a long, completed questionnaire...
Dates:
1941 - 1952; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1942
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
By the time of the 1920 census, Morris was married to Marie (or Marika) de Jaba Morris (b. 1895). Marie was born in Turkey to a Polish-speaking father and an Italian-speaking mother.
Thomas Murray Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS111
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Thomas Murray Wilson Papers consist primarily of photographs and diaries by Wilson mainly during his travels around the world in the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's in the United States diplomatic corps. The collection is comprised of 5 linear feet of material, arranged in 40 folders in 4 boxes and 3 oversize containers. Thomas Murray Wilson was an avid traveler during his service as a diplomat, visiting all over Southern Asia, Africa and Europe in addition to the countries where...
Dates:
1920 - 1944
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
However, by 1937 he was back in the field again as Consul General to Australia, becoming 'de facto' American Ambassador there. From 1941 to 1942 he was American Commissioner to India with the rank of Minister.