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James H. Bailey papers

Collection

Identifier: GTM-GAMMS402

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The papers of James H. Bailey comprise this collection. The first series is made up of alphabetically listed correspondence between Bailey and a number of scholars, associates, friends, and publishers. In particular there are numerous letters between Bailey and author Charles C. Tansill. He also corresponds with Peter Ireton, the Bishop of Richmond, and Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Many of the letters discuss Bailey's dissertation work or job positions...

Dates: 1945-1989; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1989

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / James H. Bailey papers

Taraknath Das papers

Collection

Identifier: GTM-801201

Collection-level scope and contents note

The Taraknath Das Papers are contained in the John J. Meng Papers. Other papers from the Taraknath Das Foundation, as well as correspondence between Meng and Das, are also located in the Meng papers. Material in this collection span the years 1932 to 1940 and relate to Das' work "Indien in der Weltpolitick." Manuscripts for articles and papers by Das are included.

Dates: 1932-1940

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Taraknath Das papers

James P. J. Murphy Papers

Collection

Identifier: GTM-GAMMS118

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The James P. J. Murphy Papers primarily consist of correspondence and signed photographs of well-known artists, musicians, authors and stage figures of the 1930's and 1940's. The papers are arranged in 845 folders in 9 boxes. James P. J. Murphy had a good eye for art and chose materials wisely, and at a meager cost, he amassed an enormous autograph collection. He began in the early 1930's, mainly trying to get signed photographs of musicians and stage personalities, including...

Dates: 1930 - 1965

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / James P. J. Murphy Papers

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 / Anthony Cave Brown Papers

Robert Woods Bliss collection

Collection

Identifier: GTM-761028

Scope and Contents note

Pamphlets, printed documents, transcripts, maps, and newspaper clippings assembled by Robert Woods Bliss. The material pertains chiefly to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, with a number of the documents dealing specifically with Russia. Bliss (1875-1962), career diplomat, was stationed at the American embassy in Paris as secretary and counselor from 1912-1920.

Note: Click on "External Documents" below for a link to the finding aid for the collection.

Dates: 1914-1921

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Robert Woods Bliss collection

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 / Breedin family papers

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 / Francis B. Biddle Papers

Records of the Committee to Investigate Assassinations

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: GTM-711101

Scope and Contents Records of the Committee to Investigate Assassinations (CTIA), an unofficial, private organization founded in 1968 to investigate facts surrounding American political assassinations, most specifically those of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Robert Kennedy. The papers, consisting of clippings, manuscripts, and sundry publications, relate to the Committee’s work in producing "American Political Assassinations: Bibliography of Works Published, 1963-1970".According to...

Dates: 1963-1973

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Records of the Committee to Investigate Assassinations

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 / Richard X. Evans collection 1

Susan Decatur letter

Item

Identifier: GTM-140117

Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed to Stephen Van Rensselaer. Georgetown [District of Columbia]: 21 February 1828, small 4to, 2 pp.

Dates: 1828

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Susan Decatur letter

Seumas MacManus Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: GTM-130118

Scope and Contents Note The Seumas MacManus Family Collection contains letters and manuscripts by and about Seumas MacManus (1869-1960), a prominent Irish author of folktales who lectured extensively throughout the United States and published widely. These materials document fascinating aspects of MacManus' writing career, and they provide primary source materials about his family.The collection includes a small number of letters from notables to Seumas MacManus, including Theodore Dreiser, Maud Gonne,...

Dates: 1855 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1960

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Seumas MacManus Family Collection

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 / Katherine Biddle Papers

Stephens, John L. - Chauncey, Henry Collection

Collection

Identifier: GTM-850621

Content Description John L. Stephens (1805 - 1852), with Henry Chauncey and William H. Aspinwall, played a crucial role in the planning, financing and promotion of the Panama Railroad, the first commercial link between the Atlantic and Pacific that traversed the Isthmus of Panama. An attorney by profession, Stephens tired of his legal career and, using health as an excuse, began a two-year voyage in 1834 to Europe and the Mediterranean. Beginning in 1837, Stephens published accounts of his travels:...

Dates: 1848 - 1851

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Stephens, John L. - Chauncey, Henry Collection

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection 4

Collection

Identifier: GTM-090701

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection 4 consists of letters and documents by and about notable individuals in history, literature, religion, government, and other fields. The items in these collections are gifts and purchases.

Dates: 1700 - 1988

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection 4

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 / John C. Fitzpatrick papers

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 / Cynthia P. Schneider Papers

Ayse binti Hasan's Greco-Turkish Settlement Document

Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 40, Folder: 23

Identifier: GTM-20250519

Scope and Contents A settlement document of a Turkish female emigre who settled in Turkey from Gumulcine (Komotini) in 1930.Description below provided by Khalkedon Rare Books at the time of purchase:Neuvieme Sous-Commission Mixte Pour l'Echange: Certificat d'Etabli de Non-Echangeabilite, Komotini, 1930.Original manuscript document which is partly printed bilingual titles in Greek & French “Neuvieme Sous-Commission Mixte Pour l'Echange: Certificat d'Etabli de...

Dates: 1930

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Ayse binti Hasan's Greco-Turkish Settlement Document

Jan Philip Roothaan, SJ Archive

Collection

Identifier: GTM-GAMMS170

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Jan Philip Roothaan, S.J. Archive consists of correspondence, mainly from Jan Philip Roothaan, S.J. to his family in Amsterdam. The letters are arranged in 170 folders contained in three boxes. The letters contained in the Jan Philip Roothaan, S.J. Archive are of great interest to those investigating the personal and family life of the General of the Society of Jesus. A vast majority of the letters are from Jan Philip to his father, Mathias, and his brother, Albert, half in...

Dates: 1804 - 1852

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Jan Philip Roothaan, SJ Archive

Ned O'Gorman Papers 2

Collection

Identifier: GTM-GAMMS328

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Ned O'Gorman Papers 2 consist primarily of correspondence, manuscripts, notes and diaries. In addition to personal correspondence and manuscripts, the collection contains material from three projects that O'Gorman undertook. The organization of the papers reflects this, as each of the projects is a separate series. In 1965, O'Gorman returned from a tour in South America and began work on a book for Random House that would be titled "Prophetic Voices: Ideas and Words on...

Dates: 1920 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2000

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / Ned O'Gorman Papers 2

David Rankin Barbee Papers

Collection

Identifier: GTM-GAMMS145

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The bulk of the Barbee Papers concerns his research, accomplished primarily between the years 1928-1958. The Papers are organized according to provenance into seven series, out-lining his historical interests. The series are: I. Abraham Lincoln; II. Death of Lincoln; III. Lincoln and Booth; IV. John Wilkes Booth; V. Conspirators; VI. Rose O'Neil Greenhow; and VII. American History. Because the collection is largely subject-oriented, due to the inter-relatedness of topics the same subject...

Dates: 1886 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1956

Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / David Rankin Barbee Papers

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James H. Bailey papers

Taraknath Das papers

James P. J. Murphy Papers

Anthony Cave Brown Papers

Robert Woods Bliss collection

Breedin family papers

Francis B. Biddle Papers

Records of the Committee to Investigate Assassinations

Richard X. Evans collection 1

Susan Decatur letter

Seumas MacManus Family Collection

Katherine Biddle Papers

Stephens, John L. - Chauncey, Henry Collection

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection 4

John C. Fitzpatrick papers

Cynthia P. Schneider Papers

Ayse binti Hasan's Greco-Turkish Settlement Document

Jan Philip Roothaan, SJ Archive

Ned O'Gorman Papers 2

David Rankin Barbee Papers

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