Arab-American Literature

Scope and Contents The collection documents the career of a American author and editor Gregory Orfalea. It includes manuscripts and research files for many of Orfalea’s books, including “Wrapping the Grapeleaves: A Sheaf of Contemporary Arab-American Poetry” (1982), “Before the Flames: A Quest for the History of Arab-Americans” (1988), “Messengers of the Lost Battalion: The Heroic 551st and the Turning of the Tide at the Battle of the Bulge” (1997), "Journey to the Sun: Junipero Serra's Dream and the Founding...

Scope and Contents Collection of materials related to author William Peter Blatty, including photographs (from his time as a student at Georgetown University and during the filming of the Exorcist on campus), clippings from The Hoya, and a letter written by Emory A. Ross, SJ, regarding Blatty and other Georgetown University students kidnapping the mascot of Villanova University in 1947. It also includes one issue of the Saturday Evening Post (March 29, 1958) featuring an article by William Peter Blatty titled...