Scope and Contents

Images include Julia Agnes Donovan's first communion (1893), ninth grade portrait (1908), and high school graduation from St. James School (1911).

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection primarily consists of original letters of the Donovan and McCarthy families, Irish immigrants who settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century. Topics consist of family affairs in both Ireland and Massachusetts, including community events and gossip, health updates, potato farming difficulties, and more. The donor, Patricia Trainor O'Malley, transcribed the letters and provided indexes with item-level dates and correspondents listed for each letter....

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection primarily consists of original letters of the Donovan and McCarthy families, Irish immigrants who settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century. Topics consist of family affairs in both Ireland and Massachusetts, including community events and gossip, health updates, potato farming difficulties, and more. The donor, Patricia Trainor O'Malley, transcribed the letters and provided indexes with item-level dates and correspondents listed for each letter....

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection primarily consists of original letters of the Donovan and McCarthy families, Irish immigrants who settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century. Topics consist of family affairs in both Ireland and Massachusetts, including community events and gossip, health updates, potato farming difficulties, and more. The donor, Patricia Trainor O'Malley, transcribed the letters and provided indexes with item-level dates and correspondents listed for each letter....

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents

3 photographs.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection primarily consists of original letters of the Donovan and McCarthy families, Irish immigrants who settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century. Topics consist of family affairs in both Ireland and Massachusetts, including community events and gossip, health updates, potato farming difficulties, and more. The donor, Patricia Trainor O'Malley, transcribed the letters and provided indexes with item-level dates and correspondents listed for each letter....

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection primarily consists of original letters of the Donovan and McCarthy families, Irish immigrants who settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century. Topics consist of family affairs in both Ireland and Massachusetts, including community events and gossip, health updates, potato farming difficulties, and more. The donor, Patricia Trainor O'Malley, transcribed the letters and provided indexes with item-level dates and correspondents listed for each letter....

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection primarily consists of original letters of the Donovan and McCarthy families, Irish immigrants who settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century. Topics consist of family affairs in both Ireland and Massachusetts, including community events and gossip, health updates, potato farming difficulties, and more. The donor, Patricia Trainor O'Malley, transcribed the letters and provided indexes with item-level dates and correspondents listed for each letter....

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents

The second woman in the photograph is most likely Ellen McCarthy.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection primarily consists of original letters of the Donovan and McCarthy families, Irish immigrants who settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century. Topics consist of family affairs in both Ireland and Massachusetts, including community events and gossip, health updates, potato farming difficulties, and more. The donor, Patricia Trainor O'Malley, transcribed the letters and provided indexes with item-level dates and correspondents listed for each letter....

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection primarily consists of original letters of the Donovan and McCarthy families, Irish immigrants who settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century. Topics consist of family affairs in both Ireland and Massachusetts, including community events and gossip, health updates, potato farming difficulties, and more. The donor, Patricia Trainor O'Malley, transcribed the letters and provided indexes with item-level dates and correspondents listed for each letter....

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection primarily consists of original letters of the Donovan and McCarthy families, Irish immigrants who settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century. Topics consist of family affairs in both Ireland and Massachusetts, including community events and gossip, health updates, potato farming difficulties, and more. The donor, Patricia Trainor O'Malley, transcribed the letters and provided indexes with item-level dates and correspondents listed for each letter....

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection primarily consists of original letters of the Donovan and McCarthy families, Irish immigrants who settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century. Topics consist of family affairs in both Ireland and Massachusetts, including community events and gossip, health updates, potato farming difficulties, and more. The donor, Patricia Trainor O'Malley, transcribed the letters and provided indexes with item-level dates and correspondents listed for each letter....

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection primarily consists of original letters of the Donovan and McCarthy families, Irish immigrants who settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century. Topics consist of family affairs in both Ireland and Massachusetts, including community events and gossip, health updates, potato farming difficulties, and more. The donor, Patricia Trainor O'Malley, transcribed the letters and provided indexes with item-level dates and correspondents listed for each letter....

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Letters in Shared box 1823 Folder 1 and Shared box 2524 Folder 1 are restricted due to fragility.