Scope and Contents Booklet includes text of honorary degree citation for Dorothy Quincy Thomas, text of address by Dorothy Quincy Thomas at commencement 1995, and recollections of Georgetown experiences and subsequent careers by Mary Averil Riley (Perkins), Susan M. Cardinal (Porreco), Jo Ann Tierney (Berretta), Colette K. Bohatch, Donnis J. de Camp, Joan Coughlin (Kane), Mary K. Connor (Nolan), Mary Anne Farrell, Joann C. Carpenter (Kaczmarek), Carol-Mae F. Campion (Sack), Margaret M. Crocco (Smith), Mary T....

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.

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The William Hood Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, and printed items comprising research materials for his collaboration with Richard M. Helms on Helms' memoirs "A Look Over My Shoulder: A Life in the Central Intelligence Agency," which was published in 2003. Documenting the history of the Central Intelligence Agency in general and Helms' career in particular, Hood's papers include notes from Helms to Hood concerning specific topics in the writing of Helms' memoirs. The William...

Scope and Contents The B.W. Butler Papers, in the University Archives prior to 1970, consist of a single item, the autobiography of George Bent, born in 1843 to a Cheyenne mother, Owl Woman, and a St. Louis fur-trader William Bent. While an account of Bent's remarkable life was eventually produced by one of the editors of this work, it remained unpublished for nearly 50 years (Life of George Bent: Written from his Letters. George E. Hyde, editor. University of Oklahoma Press, 1968) while this manuscript was...