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John C. Fitzpatrick papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-810909
Collection level scope and contents note
The John C. Fitzpatrick Papers consist mainly of the correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and sketches of John Clement Fitzpatrick (1876 - 1940) together with genealogical material about the Fitzpatrick and Combs families, including clippings, family journals, and a large number of photographs. The genealogical portion of the collection was put together in part by Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Gerrety, the only child of John C. Fitzpatrick. Included in the collection are also sets of her...
Dates:
1804-1980
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Fitzpatrick also edited and compiled many collections held by the Lirbary of Congress for their publication including Washington's Expenses as Commander in Chief, Calendars of Washington Manuscripts, Correspondence with the Continental Congress, Correspondence with the Military, List of Early Washington Papers, Franklin Manuscripts, Vernon-Wagner Navy Papers, Autobiography of Martin Van Buren (1920), and the Diaries of George Washington (1925).
Cynthia P. Schneider Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-011221
Scope and Contents
A professor and scholar of seventeenth-century Dutch art, Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider was appointed by President Clinton in 1998 as the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, where she served until 2001. The papers consist of correspondence, daily schedules, notebooks, printed items, and subject files, recording in detail her posting there. It includes letters from Jozias van Aartsen, Jimmy Carter, Wesley K. Clark, her father Anthony L. Perrin, Thomas R. Pickering, and Strobe Talbot, among others....
Dates:
1998 - 2001
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
It includes letters from Jozias van Aartsen, Jimmy Carter, Wesley K. Clark, her father Anthony L.
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 Leo O'Donovan (1934-) consist of his published and unpublished writings; teaching materials for classes at Fordham University, Union Theological Seminary, Weston School of Theology, and Woodstock College; and papers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.
Fulton Oursler Memorial Collection
File
Identifier: GTM-820330
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts by Fulton Oursler, Grace Perkins Oursler, and others; correspondence to/from the Ourslers; other related manuscript and printed items, and rolls of photographic negatives taken by/of Fulton Oursler. Of major interest are correspondence and other files relating to Fulton Oursler's editorial work for Liberty and The Reader's Digest. Correspondents include: Franklin D. Roosevelt (long series); Soong Mei-ling, or Madame Chiang Kai-shek (long series); H.L. Mencken (long series); and...
Dates:
1881-1954; Majority of material found within 1925-1950
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He also published under the pseudonym, Anthony Abbot, while writing for his Thatcher Colt detective stories, a character which combined the attributes of Gardner's Perry Mason and S.S. Van Dine's Philo Vance.
Fulton Oursler was married twice: (1) in Baltimore, Md., in 1911 to Rose Karger whom he divorced, (2) in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, in 1925 to Grace Perkins of New York City.
Paul Hume Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS228
Scope and Contents
The personal papers of music critic Paul Hume comprise this collection. Highlights include correspondence from luminaries of the music world such as Marian Anderson, Pearl Bailey, Leonard Bernstein, Rudolph Bing, Nadia Boulanger, Antal Dorati, Alberto Ginastera, Serge Koussevitsky, John La Montaine, Lotte Lehmann, John Mauceri, Gian Carlo Menotti, Eugene Ormandy, Rosa Ponselle, Ned Rorem, Mstislav Rostropovich, Bidu Sayao, Beverly Sills, Gerard Souzay, George Szell, Virgil Thomson, Alan...
Dates:
1871 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The collection includes an impressive series of remarkable black-and-white publicity stills, with photographs of many of the foregoing, as well as Samuel Barber, Daniel Barenboim, Maria Callas, Pablo Casals, Van Cliburn, Vladimir Horowitz, Charles Ives, Riccardo Muti, Itzhak Perlman, Andre Previn, Leontyne Price, Rosa Raissa, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Artur Rubinstein and Arnold Schoenberg.
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.
Harry Sylvester Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS220
Scope and Contents
The major portions of the Harry Sylvester Papers consist of correspondence and manuscripts for his published novel, “Moon Gaffney”; and an unpublished work, “A Watch in the Night.” Notable correspondents include writers, publishers, scholars, political and religious leaders, such as Harry L. Binsse, Paul Beecher Blanshard, Harvey Breit, Dorothy Day, William A.S. Dollard, Waldo Frank, John Farrar, Brendan Gill, Matthew Hoehn, Nathan I. Hentoff, Stanley J. Kunitz, Eugene J. and...
Dates:
1930 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1970
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Foreign Service officer, initially entitled, “De Gloria,” and later, “A Watch in the Night.”
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.
Bernard and Barbara Wall Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS332
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Bernard and Barbara Wall Papers: Part 2 contain correspondence and manuscripts of Bernard and Barbara Wall, two English Catholic intellectuals who had contact with the Pigotts Circle. Correspondents of the Walls include Tom Burns, Graham Greene, Vivien Greene, Harman Grisewood, Rene Hague, and Michael Richey. A manuscript by Bernard Wall entitled, "Aspects of Italian Civilisation" and manuscripts by Barbara Wall, such as her wartime diary dated 1940, her memoir of Rene Hague, and a draft...
Dates:
1556 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1989
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In addition, an English translation of a 1915-1916 journal by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is retained. The Bernard and Barbara Wall Papers comprise 1 linear foot of materials, and they are arranged in two archival boxes.
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.
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
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.