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Invitation to Harry W. French from John Boyle O'Reilly and others, not after 1887 : manuscript

 Collection — Shared box: 1012
Scope and Contents Invitation to Harry W. French from five prominent Boston Irish Americans, written in ink on a single sheet of lined paper. Signed by John Boyle O'Reilly, Hugh O'Brien, Patrick A. Collins, T.J. Dacey, and Dominick Fay. Full text reads "Harry W. French Esq. Dear Sir, we cordially invite you to give your lectures on Ireland in this city, confident that your knowledge of the subject and splendid illustrations of it will interest and entertain all classes of our fellow citizens." Likely written...
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Open for research.

Dates: between 1880-1887

The Death of Ivan Ilyitch: a drama adapted from Leo Tolstoy's novelette, typescript

 Collection — Shared box: 1012
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Collection is open for research.



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Open for research.

Dates: 1958

The Abbey Players in Flann O'Brien's comic masterpiece At swim two birds, adapted for the stage by Audrey Welsh

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Scope and Contents

Program for the 1981 Abbey Players production of At Swim Two Birds, adapted for the stage by Audrey Welsh and directed by Eamon Morrissey. Includes historical note by Niall Sheridan.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1981

Union Army signal station, Carrollton, Louisiana: photograph

 Collection — Shared box: 1012
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View of a Union Army signal station, built in a tree, with a flag-carrying soldier standing on top and other men standing near the base of the tree. A sailing ship and city skyline appear in the background. This image appears in The Signal Corps, U.S.A. in the War of the Rebellion (1896), by J. Willard Brown. Attributed to Jay Dearborn Edwards.

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Open for research.

Dates: Not before March 1863

Seymour Rutkin correspondence with Jane Jacobs

 Collection — Shared box: 1012
Abstract

One exchange of letters between architect and affordable housing activist Seymour Rutkin to urbanologist and architectural critic Jane Jacobs regarding her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities.

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Open for research.

Dates: 1962 March10-April 2

"Cruiskeen Lawn" 1940-1966: A Selected Edition, unpublished typescript edited by Steven C. Young

 Collection — Shared box: 1012
Abstract

This unpublished transcription of the Flann O'Brien "Cruiskeen Lawn" columns that are not represented in published compilations was prepared by drama scholar Steven C. Young. It is thought to be the only extant copy of this work.

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Open for research.

Dates: approximately 1990

Padraic Colum typescripts and letter

 Collection — Shared box: 1012
Scope and Contents The collection includes two typescripts and a single letter by Padraic Colum. The letter was written in 1927 to M.J. Fitzsimons, SJ, of Boston College. The typescripts are of Colum's plays: Timbuktu (1953) and Kilmore (1966). Timbuktu includes additions and deletions in Colum's own hand. It is a three-act comedy about the fabled African city of Timbuktu; also adapted by Colum under the titles: The Desert; The Vizier; and Mogu the Wanderer. Kilmore is a first draft of an unpublished, one-act...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1927 - 1966

Letter, 1798 June 8

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Open for research; digital version also available.

Dates: 1798 June 8

Alexander McAuslan legal complaint to Edmund Quincy, 1784-10-2

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Open for research.

Dates: 1784-10-2

Self-portrait

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Abstract From the Collection:

Collage on paper, consisting of a type-written list of food and drink eaten by the artist on May 31, 1977, with clippings and bottle cap from corresponding food packaging attached.

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Open for research.

Dates: 1977

Lines written relative to the murder of Marcus Lyon who was murdered in Wilbreham [i.e., Wilbraham] Nov. 9th 1805

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Abstract From the Collection: Anonymous and unfinished manuscript copy or draft of a ballad about the 1805 murder of Marcus Lyon in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Written on a folded leaf of stationery with watermark "Joynson 1859" and lithographed image of a woman waving a United States flag above the caption "True to the Stars and Stripes." The 15 extant stanzas relate the discovery of Lyon's body, but conclude without mention of the subsequent arrest, trial, and execution of Dominic Daley and James Halligan. According to...
Dates: not before 1859

Johannes Lydius text on Matthew 5:16: manuscript., 1700 - 1710

 Item — Shared box: 1012
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Draft or notes for an unidentified text, possibly a sermon. Caption title reads "Matts. 5:16," which is followed by three lines in Greek and the corresponding Dutch translation of Matthew 5:16: Laat u ligt alzoo schijnen voor de menshen, dat zij uw goede werken mogen zien, ende uwen Vader, die in de hemelen is, verheerlijken. With numerous marginal notes and emendations. Signed on page 16: Dom. Lydius.

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Open for research.

Dates: 1700 - 1710

Group of Black people in a covered wagon, American Civil War : stereograph, probably between 1890 and 1900

 Item — Shared box: 1012
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

View of Black men, women, and children seated before, and riding in, a covered wagon. A mounted soldier is visible in the background, presumably a Union soldier based on the cap and dark uniform.

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Open for research.

Dates: probably between 1890 and 1900

Black people in front of a log cabin, Petersburg, Virginia : stereograph, probably between 1869 and 1872

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

View of five Black people (two men, a woman, and two children), in front of a cabin.

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Open for research.

Dates: probably between 1869 and 1872

Studio portrait of Black youths dressed as chimney sweeps: stereograph, probably between 1870 and 1890

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

View of five Black children posing with chimney sweeps' tools.

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Open for research.

Dates: probably between 1870 and 1890

Black man driving a cart of hay : stereograph, 1871

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Open for research.

Dates: 1871

Bryan MacMahon letters to Jack O'Reilly, 1949 March 22

 File — Shared box: 1012, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Letters from MacMahon to collector Jack O'Reilly regarding MacMahon's writing, literature in Ireland, and politics. MacMahon reflects on the conflicting time demands of his short stories, novels, and theatrical productions, as well as his work teaching. The two men share news of their families, remininscences of O'Reilly's forebears in Ireland, and thoughts on the perceptions of Irish politics at home and abroad.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1949 March 22

Bryan MacMahon letters to Jack O'Reilly, 1949 June 25

 File — Shared box: 1012, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Letters from MacMahon to collector Jack O'Reilly regarding MacMahon's writing, literature in Ireland, and politics. MacMahon reflects on the conflicting time demands of his short stories, novels, and theatrical productions, as well as his work teaching. The two men share news of their families, remininscences of O'Reilly's forebears in Ireland, and thoughts on the perceptions of Irish politics at home and abroad.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1949 June 25

Bryan MacMahon letters to Jack O'Reilly, 1950 March 10

 File — Shared box: 1012, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Letters from MacMahon to collector Jack O'Reilly regarding MacMahon's writing, literature in Ireland, and politics. MacMahon reflects on the conflicting time demands of his short stories, novels, and theatrical productions, as well as his work teaching. The two men share news of their families, remininscences of O'Reilly's forebears in Ireland, and thoughts on the perceptions of Irish politics at home and abroad.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1950 March 10

Bryan MacMahon letters to Jack O'Reilly, 1950 April 26

 File — Shared box: 1012, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Letters from MacMahon to collector Jack O'Reilly regarding MacMahon's writing, literature in Ireland, and politics. MacMahon reflects on the conflicting time demands of his short stories, novels, and theatrical productions, as well as his work teaching. The two men share news of their families, remininscences of O'Reilly's forebears in Ireland, and thoughts on the perceptions of Irish politics at home and abroad.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1950 April 26

Bryan MacMahon letters to Jack O'Reilly, 1950 December 14

 File — Shared box: 1012, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Letters from MacMahon to collector Jack O'Reilly regarding MacMahon's writing, literature in Ireland, and politics. MacMahon reflects on the conflicting time demands of his short stories, novels, and theatrical productions, as well as his work teaching. The two men share news of their families, remininscences of O'Reilly's forebears in Ireland, and thoughts on the perceptions of Irish politics at home and abroad.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1950 December 14

Bryan MacMahon letters to Jack O'Reilly, 1950 December 15

 File — Shared box: 1012, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Letters from MacMahon to collector Jack O'Reilly regarding MacMahon's writing, literature in Ireland, and politics. MacMahon reflects on the conflicting time demands of his short stories, novels, and theatrical productions, as well as his work teaching. The two men share news of their families, remininscences of O'Reilly's forebears in Ireland, and thoughts on the perceptions of Irish politics at home and abroad.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1950 December 15

Bryan MacMahon letters to Jack O'Reilly, 1951 May 5

 File — Shared box: 1012, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Letters from MacMahon to collector Jack O'Reilly regarding MacMahon's writing, literature in Ireland, and politics. MacMahon reflects on the conflicting time demands of his short stories, novels, and theatrical productions, as well as his work teaching. The two men share news of their families, remininscences of O'Reilly's forebears in Ireland, and thoughts on the perceptions of Irish politics at home and abroad.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1951 May 5

Bryan MacMahon letters to Jack O'Reilly, 1951 September 15

 File — Shared box: 1012, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Letters from MacMahon to collector Jack O'Reilly regarding MacMahon's writing, literature in Ireland, and politics. MacMahon reflects on the conflicting time demands of his short stories, novels, and theatrical productions, as well as his work teaching. The two men share news of their families, remininscences of O'Reilly's forebears in Ireland, and thoughts on the perceptions of Irish politics at home and abroad.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1951 September 15

Bryan MacMahon letters to Jack O'Reilly, 1951 December 13

 File — Shared box: 1012, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Letters from MacMahon to collector Jack O'Reilly regarding MacMahon's writing, literature in Ireland, and politics. MacMahon reflects on the conflicting time demands of his short stories, novels, and theatrical productions, as well as his work teaching. The two men share news of their families, remininscences of O'Reilly's forebears in Ireland, and thoughts on the perceptions of Irish politics at home and abroad.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1951 December 13