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Standish Hayes O'Grady: Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6472-6568

Scope and Contents

Poems, songs, verse, stories, historical notes, mainly concerning Ireland and of Irish origin.

Dates

  • Creation: 1701-1900 (Circa)

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

8 archive box(es) (8 boxes)

30 volume(s) (30 volumes)

5 notebook(s) (5 notebooks)

1 envelope(s) (1 envelope)

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

There are more details to some of the collections available in descriptions box in Manuscripts Reading Room.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

MSS.Add.6472-6476, 6494, 6496-6514, 6516, 6517, 6520-6524, 6526, 6527, 6529, 6530, 6532-6537, 6539, 6542-6545, 6548-6552, and 6554 were presented by Sir Alan Moore, Bt, 1923-1924; MSS.Add.6477-6488, 6490-6493, 6495, 6553, and 6555-6568 were presented by Lady Moore, 1923-1924; MS.Add.6489 was presented by the family of Sir Norman Moore.

Bibliography

Pádraig De Brún and Máire Herbert's Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in Cambridge libraries (Cambridge University Press, 1986), pp. 47-102, contain further information about MSS.Add.6472-6477, 6485, 6489, 6514, 6516, 6526, 6527, 6530, 6532, 6537, 6556-6559, and 6561-6568. The incident discussed in MS.Add.6553 is referred to in the Journal of education, January 1896, p. 48 (a paragraph of the Irish correspondence).
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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