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.
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.
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.
The Patrick J. Cormican, SJ Papers consist of poetry as well as materials related to Jeannie Gourley Struthers, an actor performing in Ford's Theater when President Lincoln was assassinated.
This collection contains papers related to Fr. John J. Toohey's personal and spiritual life; his work at Georgetown University; and written works both published and unpublished.
The collection contains typed manuscripts and galley proofs for novels and screenplays by William P. Blatty. It also contains research materials related to the Exorcist, including letters from Father William S. Bowdern (1968-1975).
