Synergies Across Collections

Marguerite Elizabeth Kumm
(American, 1902 – 1992)
20th century
Ink with gouache on illustration board
1992.2.661

This mid-century illustration of a trio of angels singing from a hymnal is a design for a Christmas card. The Minnesota born artist Marguerite Kumm studied art at the Corcoran in Washington, DC and had a career as an illustrator and designer for magazine articles and advertisements. Georgetown holds the largest institutional collection of Kumm’s work along with her personal papers.

2002
Sophy Burnham Papers
GTM-GAMMS129

Sophy Burnham
New York: Random House Audiobooks, 1994
Sophy Burnham Papers
GTM-GAMMS129

Sophy Burnham
New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2011
Sophy Burnham Papers
GTM-GAMMS129

Woodstock College Seminarians
1905
Woodstock College Archives
WTL-19761101

Jesuits have been interested in the arts since their founding. Featured is a collection of multilingual poetry written by Jesuit seminarians and faculty members at Woodstock College in celebration of the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

Leopoldo Duran
London: Harper Collins, 1994
Rare Books Collection

1981
Graham Greene Papers
GTM-851001

Greene, Graham
Toronto : Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1982
Rare Books Collection
Greene 1070

1850-1854
GTM-0052

1977
Leopoldo Duran Papers
GTM-110727

1851-1856
GTM-131213

Commonplace books are handwritten volumes filled with various quotes, notes, letters, poems, short stories, recipes, and drawings. They were especially popular from the 17th to 19th centuries. These examples include a book that belonged to a young woman from New England named Lillie, the English writer Graham Greene, and an anonymous 19th century author (likely from England).

Joseph W. Reed (American, 1932 – 2019)
Undated
Etching on paper
1111.1.6264

Many of artist Joseph Reed’s etchings depict historical figures such as the First Ladies of the United States, authors, and performers. He was also fond of alphabetic designs. This unusual abecedary is inspired by Franz Kafka’s famous novela The Metamorphoses (1915).  It is inscribed in pencil to the late Georgetown University Archivist Jon Reynolds, thanking him for sharing a “Jesuit Alphabet.” This may refer to the Latin-Chinese alphabet devised by Jesuit missionaries for representing the Japanese language in the late 16th century.

Revised by John J. Cassidy
1951
Hoya File
GTA-000634

The first edition of this book was created in 1937 by Charles J. Cole for Hoya staffers and “heelers,” candidates for positions on the newspaper.

Bervin, Jen
New York, New York : Granary Books, 2023
Rare Books Collection
N7433.4.B47 C66 2023

“No” was left out of the A Concordance of the Poetry of Emily Dickinson, 1964,  for being “nonsignificant” despite appearing 395 times. Bervin indexes all of Dickinson’s “no’s” in this artists’ book.

Lavater, Warja
Paris : Adrien Maeght Éditeur, 1974
Rare Books Collection
N7433.4.H66 B5 1974

Not all published books are written with words. In this abstract version of Snow White, Warja Lavater uses symbols and shapes to tell the story. Snow White is represented by a dot with a pink nucleus, the evil queen by an acid green dot with a black nucleus, the dwarves by red diamonds, the prince by a blue dot, and the apple by concentric circles of green, yellow and red around a black nucleus.

Lynd Ward (American, 1905 – 1985)
(New York: Cape and Smith, 1929)
Gift of Ingrid Rose in Memory of Milton M. Rose
2019.28.3

Lynd Ward (American, 1905 – 1985)
1929
Boxwood printing block
Gift of Robin Ward Savage and Nanda Weedon Ward, 1985
1985.2.298

Lynd Ward (American, 1905 – 1985)
1929
Wood engraving on paper
Gift of Robin Ward Savage and Nanda Weedon Ward, 1981
1981.1.967

Lynd Ward was a prolific and award-winning mid-century book illustrator best-known for his six wordless novels published between 1929 and 1937. The first was Gods’ Man, a faustian story about an artist who sells his soul to the devil. The Library owns all of the wood engraved blocks used in printing this ground-breaking work which inaugurated the genre of the graphic novel in the United States.

Twain, Mark
Hartford, Conn. : American Pub. Co., 1876
Rare Books Collection
PS1306 .A1 1876b

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in three unique formats: manuscript, facsimile, and published. The manuscript of Tom Sawyer is written and signed by Mark Twain and includes corrections and edits. The manuscript was donated by Genevieve Garvan Brady in 1934. The facsimile was created in 1983 to facilitate access to the manuscript while protecting and preserving the original. The published version of Tom Sawyer, in blue book cloth, is a first edition.

1962-1965
Woodstock College Archives
WTL-19761101

John Courtney Murray, S.J., a twentieth-century theologian, used this typewriter while in Rome for one of the most important councils in Catholic Church history–Vatican II. His influence guided the council’s declaration on religious liberty  known as Dignitatis Humane.

Carol Wax
(American, b. 1953)
1986
Mezzotint on paper
Fairchild Endowment Fund purchase, 2011
2011.28.1

circa 1948
Graham Greene - Catherine Walston Collection
GTM-GAMMS168

Benedict Sestini, S.J.
1971
Woodstock College Archives
WTL-19761101

The Jesuits of Woodstock College had a traditional printing press for publishing their theological and scientific textbooks, but they also incorporated illustrations using lithography. This particular lithographic stone depicts geometric figures.

Morris Henry Hobbs (American, 1892 – 1967), designer
ca. 1936
Gift of Reed Isbell in memory of William J. Hobbs, 2014
2014.42.53

The Permo Etching Press was designed by artist Morris Henry Hobbs and made in Chicago. This press was donated to Georgetown by the estate of the artist. 

John E. Sheridan
(American, 1880 – 1948)
1900
Lithograph on paper
1111.1.6573

John Sheridan was a student at Georgetown College at the turn of the 20th century. A talented artist and designer, he contributed illustrations to Ye Domesday Booke as well as posters advertising college athletic events. This poster announces an indoor track meet at the Convention Hall, on Feb. 17, 1900 with a prototypical image of a youthful runner wearing a collegiate sweater.

1902
Woodstock College Archives
WTL-19761101

While studying for ordination, Woodstock College seminarians also enjoyed recreational activities like baseball. The games were competitive but also fun, showcased by team names such as “The Never Hits” and “The Always Outs.” 

1894-1908
Woodstock College Archives
WTL-19761101

The Woodstock Walking Club was an idyllic recreation for the seminarians of Woodstock. The scrapbook contains colorful posters advertising upcoming walks (including the flowers in bloom), and a songbook, with hymns dedicated to the glories of the club.

Open to the game between the Quicksteps and the Stonewalls, October 26, 1869
Sports Files: Baseball, box 1 
GTA-000241

Team sports did not emerge on campus until after the Civil War. By 1869 the College had two baseball clubs, the Stonewalls and the Quicksteps, who played on the field which we know as Copley Lawn. Georgetown played its first intercollegiate game against Columbian College (now George Washington University) in 1870.

Diana Thorne
(American, 1895 – 1963)
ca. 1940
Etching with drypoint on paper
Art Collection purchase, 1995
1995.13.6

Dempsey was defending the World Heavyweight title he’d held since 1919. Firpo was the first Latin American boxer to challenge for the title. 

Savigny, Laurence de.
Paris : Didier, 18??
Rare Books Collection
GV1201 .S26 1800z

En Garde! This schoolchildren’s collection of games, sports, and other recreational activities includes helpful instructions for learning how to fence.

Batchelor, Denzil
London : Collins, 1948
Rare Books Collection
GV1123 .B38 1948

Miles, Henry Downes
London: Weldon, 1880-1881
Rare Books Collection
GV1123 .M64

A collection of the greatest British boxers, with 100 wood engraved portraits of British champions.

date unknown
Athletic Memorabilia, Box 3
GTA-000759, box 3  

Fencing lessons were first offered on campus in 1798 when two fencing masters, who also taught dancing, were hired. Stamps on the blade of these foils indicate they were made by Coulaux, a French company which operated from the early 1800s until 1962.

William Auth
April 7, 1984 
Sports Photographs: Basketball, Box 3

Pictured left to right: Fred Brown; Coach John Thompson; President Ronald Reagan; Gene Smith; Ralph Dalton (at the back); manager George Jackson; and Reggie Williams

On April 2, 1984, the Georgetown basketball team won the NCAA Championship, beating Houston 84-75. April 7, 1984 was officially designated Georgetown Hoya Championship day in D.C. The day began with a Presidential audience in the Rose Garden, followed by a ceremony on the steps of the District Building during which Mayor Marion Barry presented Coach Thompson with the key to the city.

Coca-Cola Company, Philip Morris
1984
Georgetown Basketball Soda Bottles
GTA-000758 

Flip Schulke
(American, b. 1930)
1960
Gelatin silver print [facsimile]
Gift of Jeffrey Perry, 2016
2016.2.19

1960
Gelatin silver contact sheet [facsimile]
Gift of Jeffrey Perry, 2017
2017.20.61

1943-1943
Esther Neira de Calvo Papers
GTM-071217

Esther Neira de Calvo (1890-1978) was a Panamanian educator, politician, diplomat, and women's rights advocate. In 1938, she founded the Lyceum, a university preparatory school for women that she directed until 1945. This scrapbook documents a visit from a Nicaraguan sports delegation to the Lyceum in the early 1940s.

Leonard Baskin
(American, 1922 – 2000)
1960
Woodcut on paper
Gift of Jay Finkel, 2014
2014.10.15

Leonard Baskin was a prolific woodcut artist, sculptor and illustrator. During his studies at Yale University in the 1940s he founded one of the earliest fine art presses which he named the Gehenna Press, inspired by a quote from Paradise Lost. This dynamic image of a football player was created when his career in Boston was gaining momentum following his first solo exhibition in 1956. The body of the athlete is rendered in energetic, fluid lines that vary in thickness to suggest the contours of the player’s football uniform.

1941
Sports File: Football, Box 1 / Sports Photographs: Football, Box 1

During the 1938, 1939 and 1940 seasons the Hoya football team compiled a remarkable record of 23-1-2. On January 1st, 1941, Georgetown faced Mississippi State in the Orange Bowl. Depleted by injuries, the Hoyas lost 14-7. 

November 3, 1928
Athletic Memorabilia, Box 3
GTA-000759

The game, won by Georgetown 7-2, was played at Yankee Stadium in front of 50,000 fans.

ca. 1920 
Athletic Memorabilia, Box 3
GTA-000759

Murad Cigarettes
ca. 1906 
Gift of Eric Wind, F’2009

American tobacco companies began including promotional fabric swatches in their packaging between 1906 and 1910. Although these swatches were often made from satin, they became known as tobacco or cigarette “silks.” Companies encouraged women to make them into household items such as aprons or pillows—in fact, the inclusion of silks may have been a marketing strategy to encourage women to smoke. 

O’Brien
(American)
1992
Screenprint/serigraph on paper
Fairchild Endowment Fund purchase, 2012
2012.6.1

This poster promoting the third Schweppes International Regatta on the Potomac in April 1992, features a tranquil scene of rowers near Key Bridge. The spires and skyline of campus buildings may be seen in the distance. Sixteen colleges including Cambridge and Oxford from the U.K., and eight high schools competed in the regatta. According to accounts in The Hoya and the local papers, Cornell beat Cambridge to win the men’s varsity 8 race final. The Georgetown men’s team, which competed in the 9th through 11th seeds final, captured third place with a time of 5:44.22. 

Worn by team members from April 1961-Spring 1966
Gift of Ed Witman, C’1967 
Crew Alumni Collection
GTA-150429

Essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay.

New-York : Printed and sold by J. and A. M'Lean, 1788

Rare Books Collection
JK154 1788

A series of 85 essays, the Federalist Papers were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to encourage New York citizens to support the Constitution. The essays were originally published in The New York Packet and The Independent Journal. This collected bound edition was printed by J. and A. McLean and includes revisions and corrections by Hamilton.  

1814
Presidential Autographs Collection
GTM-140212

20th century
Eugene G. Boss Collection of Lincolniana
GTM-560901

Lincoln, Abraham and Stephen A. Douglas

Columbus, Follett, Foster and Co., 1860

Rare Books Collection
90A73

Illinois Senatorial Candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas engaged in a series of seven debates leading up to the 1858 election. Lincoln used the text of both candidates' speeches to publish a text of Lincoln-Douglas debates. The success of the publication helped Lincoln to earn the 1860 Republican party Presidential nomination. 

Winslow Homer
(American, 1836 – 1910), copy after
March 16, 1861
Wood engraving with hand coloring on paper
Gift of Jeanette Studley and Wesley Pickard, 2005
2005.9.5

The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln took place on the east front of the Capitol, whereas contemporary inaugurations happen on the west front. The president elect was heavily guarded due to death threats from southern secessionists. The dignitaries on the platform that day included Lincoln’s political adversaries Senator Stephen A. Douglas, outgoing President James Buchanan, and Chief Justice Roger Taney, who administered the oath of office.

1863
Presidential Autographs Collection
GTM-140212

From the inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President John N. Garner, March 4th, 1933 
U.S. Presidents Inaugural Ephemera, Box 1
GTA-GAMMS256

As was customary, the President of Georgetown (in 1933 that was Father W. Coleman Nevils, S.J.) was a member of the Distinguished Visitors’ Committee for the first inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1936
Woodstock College Archives
WTL-19761101

Jesuits were hotly divided on the run up to the 1936 presidential election. This House Diary for Woodstock College reports the sentiment of the Jesuit community as they awaited the results.

1946
Robert F. Wagner Papers
GTM-491023

Leonard Freed
(American, 1929 – 2006)
1954 – 1955
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Jeffrey Perry, 2016
2016.1.14

Although Maggie Truman often campaigned with her father Harry Truman during his presidency, in this photo she is shown campaigning for W. Averell Harriman, who ran successfully for Governor of New York. 

1953
U.S. Presidents Inaugural Ephemera, Box 1
GTA-GAMMS256

On January 20, 1953, two inaugural balls were held for President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon. One was held at the D.C. Armory on East Capitol Street, S.E., the other on Georgetown’s campus in McDonough Gymnasium.

Handlin, Oscar
Boston, Massachusetts : Little, Brown, 1958
Rare Books Collection
78A224

Al Smith served four terms as the Governor of New York and was the first Roman Catholic Presidential candidate nominated by a major party. Smith was the 1928 Democratic nominee but lost the election to Hebert Hoover in a landslide defeat. 

Courier [Foreign Service School newsletter]
December 1963

1963
Gene Basset Collection of Political Photographs
GTM-770301

November 22, 1963
University Archives Photographic Collection (Oversize)

Friday, November 22, 1963, began with students anticipating a football game the next day against Frostburg State. This game was especially meaningful as it was to mark a return to intercollegiate play for the Hoyas after football had been eliminated as a varsity sport in 1951. The game and all other weekend activities were canceled, as were classes the following Monday for the President’s funeral.

H. Kofi Bailey 
(American, 1931 – 1981), artist
Voter Education Project 
(American, 1962 – 1992), sponsor
1970
Commercial/offset printing on paper
Gift of Stephanie Hughes, 2023
2023.26.1

Artist Kofi Bailey, a committed civil rights activist, was commissioned to create this poster by the Voter Education Project (VEP), which at the time was headed by Congressman and former SNCC Chairman John Lewis. The VEP added almost 4 million minority voters to the rolls under Lewis’s directorship.

Ernie Barnes
(American, 1938 – 2009)
ca. 1975
Oil on canvas
1111.1.1045

Ernie Barnes was born in Durham, North Carolina, and attended the North Carolina Central University on a full athletic scholarship. For six years he played professional football with the Baltimore Colts, the San Diego Chargers, and the Denver Broncos until a broken ankle ended his career. He then devoted his energies to art, and in 1966 he had his first New York exhibition at the Grand Central Art Gallery. Barnes is known for paintings of athletes as well as genre scenes like this whimsical view of feet beneath the curtain at a voting booth. 

Godden, Jean H
Cincinnati, Ohio : Mosaic Press, 1980
Rare Books Collection
E873 .G6 1980

circa 1980
Gene Basset Collection of Political Photographs
GTM-770301

Trimble, Vance H.
Cincinnati, Ohio : Mosaic Press, 1980
Rare Books Collection
E877 .T75 1980

Miniature biographies of President Jimmy Carter and President Ronald Regan.

Hall, Gus
New York, N.Y. : Communist Party USA
Rare Books Collection
06A919

Text of Presidential Candidate Gus Hall’s speech on the 1984 United States Presidential Election. Hall discusses the election of Ronald Reagan and examines how the Communist Party fared in the election. 
 

Unknown (Unknown)
1960 – 1999
Gift of Kenneth G. Robinson
2006.7.1

Mike Milkovitch
January 18, 1993
Photographs: U.S. Presidents and their Families at Georgetown
GTA000121

Bill Clinton launched his bid for the presidency on October 3, 1991, in Little Rock, Arkansas. President-elect Clinton visited campus in January 1993 as part of his pre-inaugural activities.

Courier [Foreign Service School newsletter]
December 1964

Bill Clinton (F’1968) is pictured to the right in the fall of his freshman year. The opposite page includes a photograph of Gloria Macapagal, later Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who like Clinton would become a head of state. She served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 until 2010.
 

Giovanni Riccioli
Bononiae: Haeredis Victorij Benatij, 1651
Woodstock Theological Library Collection
Vault QB41.R4 1651

Giovanni Riccioli, S.J., beautifully illustrates this work of astronomy with a highly symbolic frontispiece that depicts the weighing of the Copernicus’ heliocentric model and Tycho Brahe’s geocentric model on the scale of truth. 

Juan Bautista Villalpando
(Spanish, 1552 – 1608)
1722
Engraving on paper
Gift of Deena Barlev in memory of her father, Samuel Halperin, 2015
2015.14.35

This imaginary map of ancient Jerusalem relies on the work of architect and Jesuit Villalpando, who interpreted the writings of Hebrew prophet Ezekiel to visually reconstruct buildings in the Bible. The Spanish Inquisition investigated his work as possibly heretical misinterpretations of scripture; he was subsequently found innocent.

Secchi, Angelo
Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1870
Rare Books Collection
QB521 .S44 1870

As an early astrophysicist, Secchi was the first to apply spectroscopy to the study of stars, creating the field of astronomical spectroscopy. In this work, Secchi examines the elemental makeup of the Sun and classifies it as a star. The chromolithograph illustrates the spectroscopic analysis of the Sun.

Edme de Boulonois
(Flemish, active ca. 1682)
Académie des Sciences et des Arts, Contenant les Vies, & les Eloges Historiques des Hommes Illustres. Isaac Bullart. Amsterdam: Elzevier, 1682
Engraving on paper
Gift of James C. and Mary G. Holland, 2010
2010.20.247

Clavius (German, 1538 – 1612) worked successfully for the adoption of rigorous mathematical curricula in Jesuit colleges, at a time when the importance of mathematics was widely underappreciated.

Christophorus Clavius, S.J. 
Rome: Franciscum Zanettum, 1681
Woodstock Theological Library Collection
Cube QB215 .C57 1581

This work by Cristoph Clavius, S.J., demonstrates the geometrical theory behind the use and construction of sundials.

Hugo Brehme
(German, 1882 – 1954)
20th century
Gelatin silver print [facsimile]
Gift of Jeffrey Perry, 2010
2010.3.21

The Parícutin volcano appeared suddenly in 1943, and was active for nine years. Its eruption gave scientists their first opportunity to document the full life cycle of a volcano using modern scientific methods. 

Athanasius Kircher, S.J.
Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium, 1665
Woodstock Theological Library
Vault Folios ; Q155 .K6 1665

A noted polymath, Athanasius Kircher, S.J., was a key figure in the history of early modern science. His curiosity was legendary, and he once had himself lowered into an active volcano. Mundus Subterraneus develops his theories on the interior of the earth from his own observations.

Wenceslaus Hollar
(Bohemian, 1607 – 1677)
17th century
Etching on paper
1989.9.5

Jesuit scholar Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) was one of the founding Jesuit missionaries in China. He began his work in the Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1582, where some of the Chinese people had converted to Christianity. There he became one of the first Europeans to master classical Chinese (spoken and written) and became known for his knowledge of mathematics, cartography and astronomy. As a result of these attainments he was invited to the Imperial Court at the Forbidden City 1601. A year later he published an influential world map known as the Kunyu Wanguo.  

This etching depicting Ricci at left with Xu Guangqi, a Catholic convert known as Paul Hsü, was published in Athanasius Kircher's China Illustrata in 1667. Hsü studied with Ricci and helped translate Western volumes on mathematics, hydraulics, and geography into Chinese. Their translation of Euclid’s Elements was highly influential on Chinese mathematics.

1894
Woodstock College Archives Photograph Collection
WTL-0010

The observatory at Woodstock College was constructed by Fr. John T. Hedrick (1853-1923) near the school’s greenhouse in 1889. Previous faculty had been making daily weather observations for the US Weather Bureau since 1870.

ca. 1940
Woodstock College Archives Photograph Collection
WTL-0010

Fr. Bernard Doucette (1895-1974) utilizing the telescope at the Padre Faura St. observatory in Manila. He was the Chief of the Meteorological Division there beginning in 1933.

Georgetown College Observatory
Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 1901
Rare Books Collection
QB841 .G34 1901

Built in 1844 under the direction of Fr. James Curley, the Georgetown College Observatory observed the night sky until it closed in 1971. This chart records observations of the 1901 Nova Persei, which was the brightest nova event observed at the time.

ca. 1930
Woodstock College Archives Photograph Collection
WTL-0010

Two views of the Manila Observatory astronomical building on Padre Faura St. The telescope had received a new shutter system in the early 1930s. The structure was one of those destroyed by bombing in 1945.

ca. 1900
Woodstock College Archives Photograph Collection
WTL-0010

Two views of the Padre Faura St. observatory grounds in Manila. After the grounds were destroyed during World War II, a new observatory was constructed in 1951 at Mirador, Baguio.

Georgetown College Observatory
Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 1903
Rare Books Collection
QB4 .G35 1903

This 1903 chart records observations of a nova star, Nova Geminorum, in the Gemini constellation.

Unknown (American)
1844-1854
Lithograph on paper
1111.1.6606

Edward Dunigan & Brother: New York, 1852
GTA-000461

Proposed by Fr. James Curley, S.J., the Observatory was built between 1843 and 1844. One of the first fixed astronomical observatories in the U.S., it was used for teaching and research until the University’s Astronomy Department closed in 1971.

Benedict J. Sestini, S.J.
Washington : C. Alexander, printer, 1853
Observatory Files
GTA-000193

In September, October and November 1850, Fr. Sestini conducted a series of observations of sunspots. When these were published in 1853, they were immediately recognized as an authoritative study of the subject.

Henry McLoughlin
1890
University Archives Photographic Collection 
GTA-000109

Father Sestini was born in Italy in 1816. An astronomer and mathematician, he came to Georgetown in 1848 and became assistant director of the fledgling Georgetown Observatory. He also taught mathematics at Georgetown College, Woodstock College, and Boston College.

circa 1911
University Archives Photographic Collection 
GTA-000109

Georgetown’s Seismological Observatory was founded in 1910 by Francis A. Tondorf, S.J. Equipped with a horizontal and a vertical Wiechert seismograph, it was the most complete station of its kind in the U.S. The seismographs were first housed at the base of Healy Hall’s south tower. But, after it became apparent that the sway of the 212 foot tower in the wind would impact readings, the instruments were moved to a subterranean vault under the Quadrangle. 

Secchi, Angelo
Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1867
Rare Books Collection
QC876 .S44 1867

In addition to being an astronomer, Angelo Secchi, S.J. was a meteorologist and inventor. This catalog contains meteorological tools displayed at the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris, France. Secchi brought an instrument he developed himself, although it did not work according to his design.

ca. 1929
University Archives Photographic Collection 
GTA-000109

A succession of Jesuits directed the work of the Seismological Observatory. After the first director Father Tondorf died in 1929 he was succeeded by Father Frederick W. Sohon. Later Father Edward Powers, followed by Father Francis Heyden, assumed responsibility for the instruments.

November 1940
Seismological Observatory Files
GTA-000365

The Seismological Despatches were compiled excerpts from earthquake reports received at Georgetown. The November 1940 issue mentions what would become known as the Vrancea or Bucharest earthquake, which occurred on November 10. At a magnitude of 7.7, it was the strongest earthquake recorded in twentieth-century Romania. Its effects were felt as far north as Leningrad and as far south as Greece.

James Curley, SJ
1870-1899
James Curley, SJ Papers
GTM-GAMMS42

The journal of the Georgetown College greenhouse and garden, written by Fr. James Curley (1796-1889), including sketches and illustrations of various flora. He was instrumental in establishing the school’s greenhouse and observatory in the 1840s.

1915-1918
Woodstock College Archives 
WTL-19761101

In addition to their training for ordination, the Jesuit seminarians at Woodstock College were also active in scientific research. For decades they collected and submitted daily weather reports for the U.S. Weather Bureau.