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Thomas Antisell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS137
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of 3 letters by or about Thomas Antisell all addressed to Presidents of Georgetown University. The collection also includes some notes, manuscripts and tracings by Antisell mainly concerning geology in California and copies of addresses given by Antisell at the graduation of the Medical Department of Georgetown University.

Dates: 1860-1895; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1895

John E. Dooley, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS49
Scope and Contents

The John Dooley, SJ Papers contain reminiscences written between 1865 and 1873 detailing his service as a Confederate soldier in the First Virginia Infantry Regiment (1862-1863) and subsequent imprisonment at Fort McHenry and Johnson’s Island (1863-1865). Also includes an essay he wrote on secession (circa 1861), poetry (1870-1873), and a few pieces of correspondence (1860-1909). Materials are arranged in a rough chronological order except for the bound reminiscences in folder 8.

Dates: 1861 - 1909

Randall, James Ryder Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-190722
Content Description Papers of the American poet James Ryder Randall (1839-1908), who is best remembered for his poem "Maryland, My Maryland". The collection includes autograph letters to/from Randall, poetry manuscripts, photographs of the poet, newspaper clippings and printed ephemera.Folder 4 contains a fair copy autograph manuscript signed by the author of "Maryland, My Maryland." Autograph note by Edward Devitt, S.J., on verso of page 2: "Presented by the author to his former school-mate at G.T....
Dates: 1846 - 1909

E. H. Swaim Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830601
Scope and Contents Note The E.H. Swaim Collection is comprised of correspondence, documents, manuscripts, photographs and newspaper clippings. The collection was assembled in its present state by E.H. Swaim, an attorney in Eden, Texas, who has a strong interest in the Lincoln assassination and John Wilkes Booth. The collection, which consists in part of the papers of Finis L. Bates, W.P. Campbell, and Clarence True Wilson, concerns the events surrounding Lincoln's assassinaiton and Booth's flight from Washington....
Dates: 1865 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1930

Woman's 19th Century Scrapbook: "Cherished Memories"

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-170130
Content Description

Woman's scrapbook containing autograph transcriptions of poetry; sketches, printed engravings.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1820 - 1849

Loughborough Family Papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS274
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Loughborough Family Papers: Part 2 document the history of the Loughboroughs, a prominent nineteenth century family with connections to the neighborhood of Georgetown and Georgetown University. Of note are documents by and about early U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury Nathan Loughborough, U.S. Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke, Hamilton Loughborough, Confederate officer James Henry Loughborough, artist Margaret M. Loughborough, and others. Representing a large bulk of the family's...
Dates: 1796 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1800 - 1880

George McNamara Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-140722.2
Scope and Contents note

This collection includes correspondence, audio tapes, articles, and research files pertaining to the case of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd in the context of the Lincoln assassination, Dr. Mudd's imprisonment for his alleged involement therein, and the campaign by the Mudd family and George McNamara to clear the name and rehabilitate the reputation of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd.

Dates: 1865 - 2005

Ives Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS72
Collection-level scope and contents note The Ives family papers comprise correspondence by relatives of Rev. Levi Silliman Ives. In addition, the collection includes correspondence by Joseph Moss Ives, the brother of the renowned composer, Charles Edward Ives, and by the former's son, Walter Bigelow Ives. Levi Silliman Ives and Joseph Moss Ives were both descendants of William Ives who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, from London in 1635, and was one of the original settlers of Quinnipiac (New Haven), Connecticut, in...
Dates: 1874-1953

Byington Family Papers 1

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS209
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The collection consists of material relating to at least four generations of the Byington family, and includes correspondence, property deeds, biographical information and newspaper clippings organized into the following series:Series 1. Aaron Homer Byington (1826-1910): Correspondence Series 2. Aaron Homer Byington: Manuscripts Series 3. Aaron Homer Byington: Related Material Series 4. Homer Morrison Byington I (1879-1966): Correspondence Series 5. Homer Morrison Byington I, II...
Dates: 1835 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1960

Horace Porter - Mrs. Osborn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS348
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

The Horace Porter - Mrs. Osborn Collection consists of correspondence written by Horace Porter to a Mrs. Osborn between the years 1906 and 1917. In addition to the ten letters, the collection contains the New York Times obituary of Horace Porter.

Dates: 1906 - 1917

Alfred Isacsson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS428
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Alfred Isacsson Papers represent the research files of Alfred Isacsson, a scholar of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The collection includes extensive correspondence between Isacsson and other Civil War historians and Lincoln assassination experts, including Margaret K. Bearden, John C. Brennan, Helen J. Campbell, Otto Eisenschiml, Frederick Hatch, Richard D. Mudd, Floyd E. Risvold, and Richard Sloan. Subject files regarding John Surratt and the Surratt Society are also...
Dates: 1940 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1989

Rogers Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-890501
Scope and Contents note

The Rogers Family Papers consist of fifteen series, the first being on the Rogers & Clarke families in general, and the remainder focusing on the papers of individuals such as James Webb Rogers I, J. Harris Rogers, James Charles Rogers, Cora Rogers Clarke, Phillips H. Clarke Jr., Mae Harris Clarke and George E. Sullivan. The final series contains objects and oversize materials of varying types.

Extent: 30 linear feet Number of Boxes: 19, with 11 oversize containers

Dates: 1817 - 1988

James A. Ward, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS007

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection 7

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-120701
Scope and Contents Note

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collections consist 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: 1750 - 2005

David Mitchell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS284
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The David Mitchell Papers consist of research files generated by writer David Mitchell for his 1980 book "The Jesuits: A History." There are notes on Mitchell's interviews with Jesuit and non-Jesuit sources, notes on published secondary sources, and a fine set of photographs. The Mitchell Papers are of use to scholars studying the history of the Jesuits. The collection is contained in two archival boxes (3.0 linear feet). Jesuit history is one of the principal collecting areas of the...
Dates: 1962 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1981

Margaret K. Bearden papers 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS204
Introduction The Margaret Bearden Papers contain correspondence and audio tapes relating to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, including 3 boxes, encompassing 4.5 linear feet: 1 box of correspondence and 2 boxes of tapes. The correspondence is between Mrs. Bearden and a variety of fellow Lincoln assassination researchers and writers, including Otto Eisenschiml, David Rankin Barbee, Colonel Julian E. Raymond, Dr. Richard Mudd, et alia. The tapes are, for the most part, recordings of lectures...
Dates: 1944-1983

Guy Seely Langstroth Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-170310
Scope and Content note The Guy Seely Langstroth Collection consists of a photograph album and an autobiographical manuscript journal of a noted American engineer and aviator who worked in Central America in the 1920s. The extensive photograph album covers Langstroth's time in Honduras in 1924 and preserves images of life and culture in that nation during that era. The photographs include scenes of people, places, equipment, and engineering sites. The thorough journal describes Langstroth's experiences in Honduras...
Dates: 1924 - 1925

Edward P. Gazur papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS352
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Edward P. Gazur Papers (1 Box, 1.5 linear feet) consist of a typed manuscript by Edward P. Gazur entitled, "Me and the KGB General: The Secret Odyssey of KGB Master Spy Alexander Orlov." The manuscript is divided into 27 chapters, and also includes introductory material, a prologue, a postcript, and what Gazur calls a "Basic Intelligence Primer," containing a brief history of Russian intelligence operations and common terms used by agents. The manuscript was written between 1999 and...
Dates: 1999-2001

Richard D. Mudd Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS285
Scope and Contents The Richard D. Mudd Papers contain the extensive research files of Richard D. Mudd, whose grandfather, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, set the leg of Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth as Booth attempted to escape the scene of the crime through southern Maryland. Samuel A. Mudd went to prison for setting Booth's leg, but Richard D. Mudd decades later contended that his grandfather was simply doing his duty as a medical doctor. Although he was released from prison by President Andrew Johnson,...
Dates: 1822 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990

Daniel S. Lamson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS109
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

The Colonel Daniel S. Lamson Papers comprise .25 linear feet of correspondence, clippings and other materials of Colonel Daniel S. Lamson. They are arranged in 21 folders in one box.

Dates: 1855 - 1904

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