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.
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 Leo O'Donovan (1934-) consist of his published and unpublished writings; teaching materials for classes at Fordham University, Union Theological Seminary, Weston School of Theology, and Woodstock College; and papers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.
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.
This collection contains over two decades of correspondence between writer Anthony Powell and his American friend John S. Monagan as well as various magazine and newspaper articles relating to Powell as collected by Monagan. Also within the collection are numerous photographs of Anthony and Violet Powell at their home, the Chantry in Somerset, England, mostly taken by Monagan during visits made with his wife Rosemary in 1981, 1987, and 1988.
This collection contains correspondence between John Monagan and the Powell Family and correspondence between Monagan and others regarding Powell. Further, it includes manuscripts/articles on Powell written by Monagan and others; papers related to the Anthony Powell Society; photographs of the Powell family and related subjects; and materials from the Georgetown University Library exhibition and symposium celebrating the Anthony Powell centennial in 2005.
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.
This collection contains photographs of Jesuit sites, groups, and individuals in a variety of forms such as cabinet cards, cartes de visite, glass plate negatives, prints, etc.
Note that only the Individual Jesuits series (boxes 25-32) of this collection is currently processed and access to the remainder of the materials may be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.
A set of bound notes on general geography and astronomy--derived from an unknown scholarly source--written down by Fr. James Beadnall, likely while pursuing studies at St. Omer in the 1730s and 1740s.
