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Francis B. Biddle Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS251
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of the personal papers of former U.S. attorney general Francis Biddle. It is one of three portions comprising the larger collection of the Biddle Family papers that include the papers of his wife, Katherine Biddle and a series of family correspondence (see separate finding aids). Of interest are lengthy correspondence files relating to Biddle's appointments as judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1939); U.S. attorney general...
Dates:
1912 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1966
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Notable correspondents include, among many others, Dean Acheson, Conrad Aiken, Thurman Arnold, Bernard Berenson, Henry Beston, Norman Birkett, Alain Bosquet, Van Wyck Brooks, Stimson Bullitt, Roy Basler, William Rose Benet, Richard Crowder, Agnes de Mille, Gertrude Ely, T.S.
Scrapbook: Reverend Frank L. Fadner, S.J.
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000084-DS
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs, letters, and articles relating to Frank L. Fadner, S.J. Many of the photographs are of Fr. Fadner meeting with foreign dignitaries. Among those photographed: Foreign Service School Regent Edmund A. Walsh, S.J.; University President Edward B. Bunn, S.J.; Joseph F. Cohalan, S.J.; Hunter Gutherie, S.J.; John Parr; Joaquim Coutinho; Domingo Caino; Leon Dostert; J. Raymond Trainor; Georgetown students John Batato and Carl A. Sonnen; Abba Eban of Israel; Indonesian Minister...
Dates:
1932, 1951-1964
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Fadner drawn by students; and a photograph captioned, "His Royal Highness Prince Juan Carlos [of Spain] speaking to Georgetown Students of the Junior Year at the University of Madrid under the direction of Prof. J. de S. Coutinho in April 1961."
Shusaku Endo - Peter Owen collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-850102
Collection level scope and contents note
The collection consists of letters and manuscripts related to the English translation and publication in Britain by Peter Owen Limited, of two works by the Japanese Catholic author Shusaku Endo: "The Samurai," and "Stained Glass Elegies." The first series relating to "The Samurai" includes correspondence between Endo's English translator Van C. Gessel and editor Dan Franklin, as well as publisher Peter Owen. The second series includes correspondence by Gessel and Antonia Owen....
Dates:
1981-1992; Majority of material found within 1981-1984
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The first series relating to "The Samurai" includes correspondence between Endo's English translator Van C. Gessel and editor Dan Franklin, as well as publisher Peter Owen.
Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-941229
Scope and Contents
Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor...
Dates:
1804-1950
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Donated in 1994, the Leon Robbin Collection of Music Manuscripts and Letters of Composers consists of over 800 autograph music manuscripts and letters by composers, musicians, and conductors, several dozen signed musical quotations, and a small amount of ephemera including portraits and cartes de visite. Collection highlights include autograph manuscripts by many of the most important Romantic era composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s sketches for his Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata," a previously unknown work for solo piano by Franz Liszt, a full set of handwritten parts for Robert Schumann’s String Quartet in A minor op. 41 no. 1 (heavily edited by the composer, the first edition of the work was printed from this set), and unpublished works by Ignaz Moscheles.
Hoyt Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS343
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Hoyt Family Papers are comprised of the extensive correspondence of artist Margaret Howard Yeaton Hoyt (1885-1943) and her family. The highlight of the collection is a group of more than 170 letters to Margaret from fellow artist Gabrielle De Veaux Clements. Moreover, several letters sent from artists Theresa Bernstein Meyerowitz and William Meyerowitz are retained. This collection provides ample documentation on the circle of artists who were active in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Other...
Dates:
1895 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1950
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Hoyt worked closely with Gabrielle De Veaux Clements and Theresa Bernstein Meyerowitz.
Elizabeth Iddesleigh - Susan Lowndes Marques collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-800101
Content Description
Correspondence of Elizabeth, Countess of Iddesleigh and sister Susan Lowndes, the daughters of writer Marie Belloc Lowndes. Includes letters from English Catholic writers Isabel Clarke; Martin d'Arcy, SJ; Arnold Lunn; Archbishop David Mathew; as well as more than 130 letters by C.C. Martindale, SJ, many written during internment in Denmark during World War II.
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Dates:
1928-1973
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Horace Porter Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS249
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Horace Porter Collection consists of 13.0 linear feet of photographs, manuscripts, letters, clippings, prints, and printed ephemera, together with a large assortment of valuable artifacts connected with General Porter's career. Porter, best known for his role as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was a noted soldier, railroad executive, diplomat, and son of Governor David Rittenhouse Porter (1788-1867) of Pennsylvania. The collection includes a variety of...
Dates:
1855 - 1921
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Porter, best known for his role as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was a noted soldier, railroad executive, diplomat, and son of Governor David Rittenhouse Porter (1788-1867) of Pennsylvania.
Lorin Tate Collection of Early Modern Legal Records from Rouen
Collection — Box Shared Box 59: [Barcode: 39020031855995], Folder: 1-7
Identifier: GTM-20001129
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of records relating to a noble family in Rouen (Normandy, France), dating from the early 17th to mid-18th centuries. Some records relate to a man named Nicolas Francois Mare. Also of note is a letter regarding the inheritance and income of Francoise [de Four], widow of Pierre Paulmier, Seigneur of Bucaille and Le Thil in Normandy. It bears a "Sun King" (Louis XIV) stamp.
Dates:
17th-18th Centuries
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Also of note is a letter regarding the inheritance and income of Francoise [de Four], widow of Pierre Paulmier, Seigneur of Bucaille and Le Thil in Normandy.
Ord Family Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS267
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Ord Family Papers: Part 2 provide a wealth of documentary material on members of the distinguished Ord family, especially Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883) and Edward Otho Cresap Ord II (1858-1923). This collection fills in details about the career of American Civil War notable Edward Otho Cresap Ord and includes his letters from California in 1848 touching on the Mexican War and the gold rush; his correspondence to his brother Doctor James Lycurgus Ord between 1848 and 1873; some...
Dates:
1848 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1848 - 1923
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
A good source for brief biographical information about Mexican military figure Geronimo Trevino, who married Edward Otho Cresap Ord's daughter Roberta Augusta Ord in 1880, is the following: "Encyclopedia de Mexico." Tomo 13. Ciudad de Mexico: Enciclopedia de Mexico: Secretaria de Education Publica, 1987-1988, p. 7832-7833.
Robert Silvercruys Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-861231
Scope and contents note
The papers of Baron Robert Silvercruys consist of letters, manuscripts, pamphlets and clippings mainly concerning the careers of Frantz Silvercruys (1859 - 1936), President of the Court of Cassation of Belgium and created Baron Silvercruys in 1929, and of his son, Robert Silvercruys (1893 - 1971), who was a Belgian Ambassador to the United States (1946 - 1959). The papers comprise 3.5 linear feet of materials, arranged in 56 folders in 7 boxes. The papers are divided into two series, one...
Dates:
1896 - 1968
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In 1882 Silvercruys was accepted into the Barreau de Bruxelles, the equivalent to a bar association in the U.S.
Katherine Biddle Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS250
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The papers of Katherine Biddle are organized into nine series: 1. Individuals - Correspondence with notable individuals, including composers, musicians, poets and writers (see biographical note below for a list of names). 2. Alphabetical correspondence - Frequent correspondents, arranged by name. 3. Chronological correspondence - Arranged alphabetically by year. 4. Literary associations, publications and publishers - Related correspondence files. Of particular note are files relating to the...
Dates:
1855 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1969
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Auden, Roy Basler, William Rose Benet, Bernard Berenson, Elizabeth Bishop, Alain Bosquet, Anna Hempstead Branch; Cleanth Brooks, Struthers Burt, Witter Bynner, Paul and Nina Chachavadze, Padraic Colum, Rachel Crothers, Walter de la Mare, Max Eastman, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Hornsby Ferril, Robert Frost, Isabella Gardner, Robert Graves, Barbara Guest, Emmet Lavery, Alexis and Dorothy Leger, Robert Lowell, Archibald Macleish, Marion Merrell (a.k.a., Clinch Calkins), Mary Owings Miller, Marianne Moore, Gabriela Mistral, Victoria Ocampo, Iris Origo, Katherine Anne Porter, Kathleen Raine, Isidore Lawrence Salomon, Delmore Schwartz, William Jay Smith, Stephen Spender, Herbert Steiner, Genevieve Taggard, Allen Tate, Mark Van Doren, Harold Vinal, Robert Penn Warren, John Hall Wheelock, Reed Whittemore, Thornton Wilder, Oscar Williams, William Carlos Williams, Edmund Wilson, Anne Winslow, Owen Wister, and William Zorach.
Lady Bronwen Astor papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS323
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of materials regarding Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the associations that formed to continue his legacy. The papers were collected by Lady Bronwen Astor, a long-standing council member of The Teilhard Association of Great Britain and Ireland. Consisting of original correspondence, meeting agendas, minutes, reports, announcements, conference information, and a few manuscripts, the papers have been left in their original chronological order so that the history of the...
Dates:
1966-1984; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1984
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The collection consists of materials regarding Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the associations that formed to continue his legacy.
Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000339
Scope and Contents
Includes black-and-white and color postcards, most unsent. Box 1 consists of images of campus and building exteriors and interiors.Some sets are present. Included are: Exterior:
Aerial Shots (14);
Lateral View from Potomac (16);
Observatory Hill (3);
School of Nursing (St. Mary's) (1);
Medical Dental Building (1);
Old Medical School (10);
Front Gates (Old-5/First Remodel-5/New-3);
Georgetown University Hospital (New-3, Old-2);
Old North (6);
Dahlgren Chapel...
Dates:
ca. 1909-1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Peter’s Catholic Church;
Wheeling-Mount de Chantal Academy.
Wyoming: Wheatland-City Hall; Wheatland-Gilcrest Avenue.
Wyoming: Wheatland-City Hall; Wheatland-Gilcrest Avenue.
Mimika Farish Frith Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-19470101
Content Description
Collection of correspondence, journals, documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings concerning the family of Mimika Farish Frith. Included is correspondence (9 letters, 1779-1781) from Baron von Steuben to his aide-de-campe Pierre Etienne Du Ponceau and two letters (1781) from Du Ponceau to von Steuben. Also included is a bound journal kept by Du Ponceau from 1794-1820 which served as a family register, diary and account book. Also included is correspondence and documents from the...
Dates:
1779 - 1932; Majority of material found within 1794-1800s
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Included is correspondence (9 letters, 1779-1781) from Baron von Steuben to his aide-de-campe Pierre Etienne Du Ponceau and two letters (1781) from Du Ponceau to von Steuben.
Breedin family papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-800422
Scope and contents note
The Breedin Family Papers, which include letters, manuscripts, and photographs, are comprised mainly of correspondence between various members of the Breedin and Singleton families from the 1850s to the 1870s. The bulk of the correspondence is addressed to members of the family of Enoch C. Breedin (1797-1856) and Lucy Payne Singleton (1808-1860) of Winchester, Virginia. Lucy Singleton Breedin was the daughter of General James Singleton and Judith Throckmorton Ball (1776-1852) and the sister...
Dates:
1811-1976
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Also if interest is a long run of correspondence from Rosaline Van Wyck describing local events and people in Oakland, California (1859-1873).
Michel Chevalier papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS108
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The material in this collection reflects the consultation Michel Chevalier was requesting from a Minister, probably in Paris or a nearby capital, as to how he should approach Chamorro. This Minister was probably a Central American diplomat in Europe, possibly Peralta. The letter which Chevalier eventually sent to Chamorro is also in the collection. It seems clear that Chevalier's claims were so weak by the time of this correspondence that he would not receive his concession, which was...
Dates:
1863-1876
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In 1840 he was named 'Conseiller d'Etat' and Professeur of Political Economics at the College de France. After losing both posts in the revolution of 1848, he was reinstated by the Prince-President Louis-Napoleon in 1852.
Pieter H. G. Verhoog Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS186
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection is oriented around Commodore Verhoog's special interest in Christopher Columbus, specifically, the latter's first landfall in the Caribbean Islands in 1492. Of interest, regarding the subject, is correspondence between Comm. Verhoog and Columbus scholars and naval historians such as K.W.L. Bezemer, Ludovic Kennedy, Carlos Sanz, E.M. Shilstone, P.V.H. Weems, and geologist Clifford Kaye. Also included are offprints of papers written by the foregoing about the Columbus landfall....
Dates:
1543 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1953
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
On graduation from the Kweekschool voor de Zeevaart (naval training academy) in Amsterdam, Comm.
Davidson Black - William Diller Matthew collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-931227
Scope and Contents note
The Black-Matthew Collection consists of 19 transcribed letters between Davidson Black and William Diller Matthew, with 1 letter from Black to Herbert M. Evans regarding the above letters, from 1929 to 1932. The letters are arranged in 20 folders and contained in one box.Much of the correspondence between Black and Matthew regards contemporary theories surrounding Java Man, Sinanthropus, and Piltdown man, including Matthew's theores of how climate may have affected early man's...
Dates:
1929-31
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
References are made to many noted anthropologists of the day, including Roy Chapman Andrews, Birgir Bohlin, Ales Hrdlicka, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Rev. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., and Grafton Elliot Smith.
Joseph A. Mulry, SJ Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-851101
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence from Joseph A. Mulry, SJ to his nephew and niece as well as Advent conferences given while interned in Los Baños, Philippines. Also included are writings regarding his social action work in Manila and correspondence/reminiscences of Mulry after his death in 1945. Further, there are postcards of Philippine scenes collected by Mulry and several photographs of the priest.
Dates:
1918 - 1987
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He then spent the next two decades as a professor for the Ateneo de Manila (Philippines, 1924-1944), with a brief sabbatical back in the US in 1934.
John L. Brown Papers 3
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS253
Scope and Contents
The John L. Brown Papers 3, consists of correspondence with 20th century artists, scholars, and writers. Notables include artists Huseyin Halit, Loren McIver and her husband, poet Lloyd Frankenberg, Lilian Mckendrick, Irene Rice Pereira and Antoinette Schulte; art critic and historian Roger Avermaete; historian Henry Steele Commager; and writers Jacqueline Bernard, Faith Berry, Elizabeth Borton de Trevino, Lewis Galantiere, Elsa Gress, poet James Laughlin, Boris Schreiber, Pierre Seghers,...
Dates:
1946 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1986
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.