Blog Posts from the Booth Family Center for Special Collections
Walking Tour: An Interview with Kathleen Oakley
Student volunteer Kathleen Oakley reflects on her project this summer in the Booth Family Center for Special Collections.
American Archives Month: An Interview with Sophie Bennett
October is American Archives Month. To celebrate, we interviewed Georgetown undergraduate student Sophie Bennett about her experience working with the University Art Collection this summer.
American Archives Month: An Amateur Baseball Box Score from 1864
We're celebrating #AmericanArchivesMonth this October with reflections on the subject from some of our archivists here at the Library.
American Archives Month: An Interview with University Archivist Lynn Conway
October is American Archives Month. To celebrate, University Archivist Lynn Conway sat down with Cassandra Berman to talk about archives at Georgetown.
Cornelius Van Engert Books a Ticket on the Lusitania
In 1912, at the outset of his career, American diplomat Cornelius Van Engert booked a ticket on the famous British ocean liner Lusitania.
Oral Tradition and the John Carroll Statue
The University Archivist pursues the evidence for an oral tradition regarding the statue of Georgetown's founder.
Archival values as illustrated by the financial account of Georgetown’s first student
The tuition ledger for Georgetown student Billy Gaston gives the University Archivist an opportunity to reflect on archival values.
Women on the Margin in the Maryland Province Archives
A surprising glimpse into the lives of women on the cusp of motherhood and on the margins of society is found in the Maryland Province Archives.
The Home Baseball Game
The Booth Family Center for Special Collections owns a board game called the “Home Baseball Game,” made by McLoughlin Brothers in 1900.
“Strike for better grub”: Poetic Complaints about campus food after the Civil War
A poem written by a student from Louisiana named Warren Chism during the 1867-1868 academic year speaks to the quality of food on campus.
“Transing of Theology”
Librarian, Amy Phillips, describes the library's recent acquisition of materials in the area of theology and trans studies with a grant from the Gladys Brooks Foundation.
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