Visitors' book for the home of Senator James G. Douglas and his wife, containing letters regarding Irish politics,
1914-1954.
Visitors' book for the home of Senator Douglas and his wife which includes an important collection of letters from prominent correspondents. Signatures include L.Hollingsworth Wood, Richard Mulcahy, Sean McBride, Lord Monteagle, W.B. Yeats, George Russell, W.T. Cosgrave, Alice Stopford Green, Maud Gonne McBride, Henry Nevinson, Kathleen Lynn, Darrell Figgis, J.A. Costello, Kevin O'Higgins, Sean Lester, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, Sybil Le Brocquy and many others.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Physical description: 1 volume (178 pages). |
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Visitors' book for the home of Senator James G. Douglas and his wife, containing letters regarding Irish politics,
1914-1954.
| In Collection: | Senator James Green Douglas Papers. |
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| Description: | Visitors' book for the home of Senator Douglas and his wife which includes an important collection of letters from prominent correspondents. Signatures include L.Hollingsworth Wood, Richard Mulcahy, Sean McBride, Lord Monteagle, W.B. Yeats, George Russell, W.T. Cosgrave, Alice Stopford Green, Maud Gonne McBride, Henry Nevinson, Kathleen Lynn, Darrell Figgis, J.A. Costello, Kevin O'Higgins, Sean Lester, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, Sybil Le Brocquy and many others. Visitor's book also contains ca. 50 letters about various topics including the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Seanad, divorce bills, Irish White Cross and the Irish Free State Consitution. Contains several letters from Michael Collins about the consitutional committee, postal commission and Irish White Cross including one about the seizure of the association's offices in Belfast; a letter from Arthur Griffith about narratives of the Young Ireland rebellion of 1848; a letter from Patrick Hogan about the importation of potatoes from the United States to the Irish Free State; several letters from John Harty, the Archbishop of Cashel about the Irish White Cross and divorce bills in the Seanad; a letter from Cardinal Logue about the Irish White Cross; a letter from Mrs. Erskine Childers containing an extract from her husband's last letter before his execution; a letter from Hugh Kennedy about differences between the British Empire, crown colonies and the dominions; a letter from Constance Markievicz asking Douglas to be available as an arbitrator in Labour disputes; a letter from Hugh Martin about his literary activities and the political situation in Ireland; a letter from Fridtjof Nansen thanking him for an invitation to come to Ireland; a letter from M.J. O'Brien about the invitation of the National Horse Show Association of America to the government of the Irish Free State; a letter from Kevin O'Higgins arranging a meeting with Douglas; a letter from William Walshe, the archbishop of Dublin about Irish White Cross funds; a letter from W.B. Yeats about the Inter Parliamentary group; a letter from Eamon de Valera about Douglas' negotiations to bring about peace in 1923 and a letter from Alfred Zimmern about consitutional questions. Other correpsondents include Maurice Moore, George Russell, Henri Bourassa, John A. Costello, Bryan Cooper, Lord Glenavy, Alice Stopford Green; Horace Plunkett, Phillip Snowden, Mary Spring Rice, R. Hutchinson, Douglas Hyde, A. Berriedale Keith, James McNeill and William Wheeler. |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 volume (178 pages). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 49,581/74/1
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland |