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Irish Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Dennis Clark Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: CRK
Scope and Content

Photocopy of Clark's diaries, 1948-1989; manuscripts of essays, bibliographies, articles, book reviews, proposals, clippings, and offprints; concerning Irish studies, urban history, labor, public housing, desegregation, and Catholic Action; with a few letters and memoranda, a register of the Clark Papers in the Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies, a television script, and an interview with Clark (1976).

Dates: 1948-[ongoing]

Peter T. King Papers

 Collection
Identifier: PKG
Abstract Peter Thomas King (ND Law ‘68) is an American former politician and novelist. A member of the Republican Party, he represented New York's 3rd and then 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 until his retirement in 2021. This collection contains material in various formats documenting King’s 28 years of service in the U.S. Congress. Included are extensive files on his election campaigns, federal budget appropriations, and committee and legislation work. The...
Dates: 1967-2020

Letter, Aindrias Ó Muineacháin to J.J. O'Kelly, 1935 October 17, 1938 November 21

 File — Box 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSE/IR1030-20
Scope and Contents

Contains one typescript letter from Aindrias Ó Muimhneacháin, Irish teacher and member of Conradh na Gaeilge's Coiste Gnótha, to J.J. O'Kelly. Additionally included as part of Ó Muimhneacháin's letter is a letter from a Pádraig Uí Éigeartaigh of Springfield, Massachusetts, to Ó Muimhneacháin.

Dates: 1935 October 17, 1938 November 21

Letters relating to Cumann na Poblachta, 1924 July, 1926 July

 File — Box 1, Folder: 38
Identifier: MSE/IR1030-38
Scope and Contents Contains five letters relating to the activities of Cumann na Poblachta, including: a letter from J.J. O'Kelly to the poet Pádraig Ó hÉigeartaigh of Springfield, Massachusetts; a letter from Pádraig Ó hÉigeartaigh to Airt uasal Ua Connchubhair (Art O'Connor), titular president of the Republic; one general letter to members of the American Association for Recognition of the Irish Republic (A.A.R.I.R) from Father Michael O'Flanagan concerning the consolidation of A.A.R.I.R offices in New York...
Dates: 1924 July, 1926 July

Letters, Various Expatriate and Diasporan Nationalists to J.J. O'Kelly, 1923 November, 1924 July, 1926 October, 1930 December, 1931 October, 1936 November, 1937 July, 1938 March

 File — Box 1, Folder: 39
Identifier: MSE/IR1030-39
Scope and Contents

Contains nine letters from various expatriate and diasporan nationalists writing from various locations such as Springfield, Massachusetts, New York, New York, Lexington, Kentucky, Perth, Australia, and Paris, France, to J.J. O'Kelly.

Dates: 1923 November, 1924 July, 1926 October, 1930 December, 1931 October, 1936 November, 1937 July, 1938 March

Manuscript, "Atlantic Pacific" by J.J. O'Kelly, undated

 File — Box 1, Folder: 52
Identifier: MSE/IR1030-52
Scope and Contents Contains a notebook with a manuscript draft concerning O'Kelly's voyage to the US. The first section focuses on his sea voyage from Southampton, England; the second on his time on the Eastern seaboard beginning in New York; the third covers the "Wonders of Midwestern America;" the fourth with the wild prairies, the fifth his trek through the Rocky Mountains; the sixth covers Beverley, Seattle, and San Francisco; the seventh deals with two travels in the Western US; the eighth with...
Dates: undated

Manuscript, "The Irish Riddle," by J.J. O'Kelly, undated

 File — Box 1, Folder: 74
Identifier: MSE/IR1030-74
Scope and Contents

Contains a manuscript draft titled "The Irish Riddle" by J.J. O'Kelly. Focuses on a brief history of the Wild Geese and Irish diaspora, particularly in the United States, before examining the state of Irish language newspapers, and non-Anglophonic press generally, in the US.

Dates: undated