Emerald Isle Books (Firm)
General Context
Vendor. Operating out of Ireland.
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Accounts of the established Church of Ireland fund for the temporal relief of the suffering poor of Ireland: ledger
Ledger recording the relief activities of Church of Ireland as recorded by the treasurer from January through May 1847.
Open for research.
Boston College collection of Belfast and Ulster theater and arts
This collection documents cultural life in Belfast and Ulster throughout the 20th century with ephemera created by educational, theatrical, and community groups, as well as fraternal organizations.
Collection is open for research.
George A. Birmingham papers
Includes original manuscripts of two works: A Sea Battle(published 1948), and Laura's Bishop(published 1949). Also includes correspondence to Alfred Perceval Graves.
Collection is open for research.
Kathleen Daly Clarke papers and collection of Thomas Clarke and Irish political materials
The collection contains the personal and professional papers of Kathleen Daly Clarke (1878-1972), a founding member of Cumann na mBan and an Irish politician, as well as her collection of materials about her husband Thomas Clarke and Irish politics in the first half of the twentieth century. Materials include correspondence, photographs, artwork, clippings, and publications and ephemera circulated by Irish political groups, including Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail.
Collection is open for research.
Samuel Cunningham scrapbook
Scrapbook consists of annotated clippings from the Northern Whig, a paper in Belfast of which Samuel Cunningham was chairman for a time. The clippings in this volume are by pseudonymous authors including “Asmodeus,” ‘Merlin, and “Old Fogey,” possibly Cunningham himself. Topics discussed range from Home Rule, World War I, the Titanic, suffragists, elections, unions, Churchill, and the political situation in Ulster, to coupons, waiters, and margarine.
Scrapbook is open for research. Materials are fragile; please use with care.
Boston College collection of Dolmen Press
The Boston College collection of Dolmen Press contains advertisements, broadsides, catalogs, correspondence, dummy books, ephemera, and manuscripts documenting the administration of the Dolmen Press, an Irish fine print publisher that was in operation from 1951-1987.
Collection is open for research.
F. L. Green papers
These papers include typescripts and carbon copy drafts of several of twentieth-century author F. L. Green’s literary works, including Odd Man Out. They also contain literary fragments, correspondence, contracts, and other financial records.
Collection is open for research.
Index locorum to the Irish patents and grants of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I : manuscript
Alphabetical index to the Patent Books held by the office of the auditor general of Great Britain, in which are recorded records of Irish patents and grants.
Open for research; also available digitally.
Index locorum to the Irish patents and grants of King James I and Charles I : manuscript
Alphabetical index to the records of Irish patents and grants of James I and Charles I held by the office of the auditor general of Great Britain.
Open for research; also available digitally.
Lyric Players Theatre collection
Collection of programs and playbills from the Lyric Players Theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Collection is open for research.
Eva McKee art works
This collection documents the work of the early 20th century Belfast artist Eva McKee through examples of her Celtic Revival-influenced Irish Arts and Crafts designs. Materials include her printmaking and jewelry designs, as well as a few samples of her works on ceramic, leather, metal, and wood.
Collection is open for research.
William F. Stout collection on Northern Ireland politics
The collection documents the career of William F. Stout, a civil servant in twentieth-century Northern Ireland. It includes materials on the Irish Civil War, the internment campaigns of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the Bloody Sunday Inquiry (Saville Report). Materials include correspondence, clippings, handbooks, organizational charts, legal documents, pamphlets, photographs, and reports.
Collection is open for research. Some materials with confidentiality concerns have been closed for 75 years.
Boston College collection of photographs and postcards of Ireland
Collection is open for research.
Questions on agriculture: manuscripts
Two notebooks with entries from an agriculture course or textbook from 1843. One notebook written by George Smith and the other by John Chisom. George Smith's notebook also has Questions on mensuration in it.
Open for research.
Graeme Roberts and Cicely Mathews papers
Collection documenting the work of twentieth-century writer Graeme Roberts and radio broadcaster Cicely Mathews produced for BBC Northern Ireland in Belfast. Contains typescripts and manuscripts of plays, short stories, and poems, as well as a scrapbook.
Collection is open for research.
Patrick Rogers collection of Irish history
Collected by Irish Catholic priest, ecclesiastical historian, author, and educationalist Patrick Rogers, these records document Irish educational, political, and religious history through circulars, correspondence, ephemera, lectures, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of Yeats family papers
The Boston College collection of Yeats family papers includes artwork, correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, and photographs by and about siblings W. B., Elizabeth Corbet, Lily, and Jack B. Yeats; their father, John Butler Yeats; and the wife of W. B., Georgie Yeats. It also documents the running of Cuala Press, a Yeats family business.
Collection is open for research; a portion is available digitally.