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Typescript draft of a laudatory address on John Boyle O'Reilly, with manuscript corrections.

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Abstract

This collection documents the Irish perspective on the visit of American President John F. Kennedy to the Republic of Ireland in June of 1963 through Irish national security memoranda, a contemporary newspaper special issue, and publications from the 45th and 50th anniversary of the visit.

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Collection is open for research. The DVD is not available for playback due to format impermanence and has not been reformatted.

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Three gouache paintings, done in preparation for a stained glass window triptych. Center painting depicts Jesus Christ holding a lamb, with Saint Joseph and Saint Patrick to each side.

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Scope and Contents Wartime diary and scrapbook, apparently maintained by Irishman Stephen O'Farrell (Stiofan O Fearghail), based on cards and envelopes addressed to him. Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, drawings and over 150 pages of manuscript diary entries covering the period 1942-1946. Includes details of the compiler's service with Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil (Local Defense Force, or LDF), an account of events in Dublin on May 8, 1945 (the date of German capitulation), Irish elections and...

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Open for research.