Patrick A. Collins Papers 1858-1947 (Bulk 1880-1905) MS.1986.038
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Patrick A. Collins Papers 1858-1947 (bulk 1880-1905) MS.1986.038 http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS1986-038 Archives and Manuscripts Department John J. Burns Library Boston College 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill 02467 library.bc.edu/burns/contact URL: http://www.bc.edu/burns Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 4 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Biographical note ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Scope and Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Arrangement ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 7 I: Correspondence ........................................................................................................................................ 7 II: Graphic materials ................................................................................................................................. 10 III: Manuscripts ......................................................................................................................................... 10 IV: Official documents .............................................................................................................................. 11 V: Printed materials ................................................................................................................................... 11 Patrick A. Collins Papers MS.1986.038 - Page 2 - Summary Information Creator: Collins, Patrick A. (Patrick Andrew), 1844-1905 Creator: Land League (Ireland) Title: Patrick A. Collins papers Collection Identifier: MS.1986.038 Date [inclusive]: 1858-1947, undated Date [bulk]: 1880-1905 Physical Description 4.25 Linear Feet (4 boxes) Language of the English Material: Abstract: These papers document the work of Irish immigrant Patrick A. Collins (1884-1905), a lawyer, politician, and activist for Irish independence, through his correspondence, certificates, photographs, manuscripts, and printed materials. Preferred Citation Identification of item, Box number, Folder number, Patrick A. Collins papers, MS.1986.038, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Patrick A. Collins Papers MS.1986.038 - Page 3 - Administrative Information Publication Information Processed by Annalisa Moretti in March 2019. This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace. Restrictions on access Collection is open for research. Provenance Because the current accessioning system was not used until January 1986, it is not possible to know exactly the dates of acquisition of materials received before that time. Restrictions on use These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials. Related Materials Related Materials Boston College collection of John Boyle O'Reilly, MS.2004.093, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. George D. Cahill papers, MS.1993.041, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Mary Boyle O'Reilly papers, MS.2003.045, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Patrick Cahill Collection of Belloc and Chesterton Materials, MS.1986.138, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Patrick A. Collins Papers MS.1986.038 - Page 4 - Biographical note Patrick A. Collins was born on March 12, 1844, in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland. After the death of his father he and his family immigrated to the United States in 1848 and settled in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Despite limited formal education, he worked his way up in the upholstery trade, became involved in union activities and began to study the law. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1871. In 1873, he married Mary E. Carey, and they had three children, Paul, Marie, and Alice. Collins also entered politics starting first as a Massachusetts State Representative in 1868 and then a State Senator in 1870. He served as a Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts from 1883-1889 and then was appointed Consul General to London by President Grover Cleveland from 1893-1897. He was also heavily involved in Irish politics, becoming president of the American Land League in 1880, a branch of the Land League (Ireland), an organization which fought to abolish landlordism in Ireland. In 1901 Collins was elected mayor of Boston and served in that position until his death on September 14, 1905. Sources: "Collins, Patrick Andrew, (1844-1905)." Biographical Directory of United States Congress. http:// bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000641 Kennedy, Lawrence. "Young Patrick A. Collins and Boston Politics after the Civil War." Historical Journal of Massachusetts, vol. 38 no. 1, Spring 2010. "Mayor-Elect of Boston: Interesting Life History of Gen. Patrick A. Collins." New York Times, December 15, 1901. "Patrick A. Collins." Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on- line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Scope and Contents The Patrick A. Collins papers include correspondence, certificates, photographs, manuscripts, and printed materials related to his life and work as a lawyer, politician, and activist for Irish independence. Much of the correspondence is concerned with the operations of the American branch of the Land League (Ireland), of which Collins was president. It also documents Boston and American political life in the late nineteenth century. Notable correspondents include Mark Twain, Grover Cleveland, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and John Boyle O'Reilly. Patrick A. Collins Papers MS.1986.038 - Page 5 - Arrangement The collection is arranged into five series: I. Correspondence; II. Graphic materials; III. Manuscripts; IV. Official documents, and V. Printed materials. Series I is arranged into three subseries: A. Patrick A. Collins; B. Family; and C. Other. Series IV is arranged into two subseries: A. Of Patrick A. Collins; and B. Collected by Collins. Patrick A. Collins Papers MS.1986.038 - Page 6 - Collection Inventory Series I: Correspondence, 1858-1947, undated Subseries A: Patrick A. Collins, 1878-1904, undated Arrangement Alphabetical. Adams, H. J. W., Ferdinand J. Hole, Harry W. Hunter, Herbert box 1 folder 1 L. Jameson, and Alfred Nutting, 1897 June 4 Adams, John Quincy, II, 1885 box 1 folder 2 Baignol, Camille, announcement of daughter's marriage, 1903 box 1 folder 3 April 2 Bailly-Blanchard, Arthur, 1902 December 1 box 1 folder 4 Bayan, F. F., 1894 April 14-July 2 box 1 folder 5 Bayard, Thomas F., 1884 December 26, 1893 October 27 box 1 folder 6 Boland, Michael, 1882 March 19 box 1 folder 7 Boutwell, George S., 1900 February 17, 1902 February 12 box 1 folder 8 Brennan, Thomas, 1881 March 31-May 19 box 1 folder 9 Brown, Andrew F., 1882 January 10-19 box 1 folder 10 Burton, Henry M., 1881 July 25 box 1 folder 11 Butler, Benjamin F., 1883 February 16 box 1 folder 12 Cambon, Jules, 1902 August 1-November 28, undated box 1 folder 13 Chandler, R., 1887 January 31 box 1 folder 14 City of Boston, reference for Samuel M. Child, 1903 July 28 box 1 folder 15 Clement, Edward H., 1904 June box 1 folder 16 Cleveland, Grover, 1885 October 29-1903 August 22 box 1 folder 17 Conaty, Thomas J., 1881 February 26 box 1 folder 18 Courtelyou, George B., 1902 June 21 box 1 folder 19 Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1883 February 19, 1884 September 10, box 1 folder 20 undated Crane, William, 1902 August 18-August 19 box 1 folder 21 Curtin, Jeremiah, 1896 December 5 box 1 folder 22 Patrick A. Collins Papers MS.1986.038 - Page 7 - Davitt, Michael, 1880 May-June 7 box 1 folder 23 Delcassé, Théophile, 1902 July 22 box 1 folder 24 De Normandie, James, 1901 December 11 box 1 folder 25 Develin, J. E., 1880 February 7-April 27 box 1 folder 26 Dillon-Eagan, Francis, 1881 August 11 box 1 folder 27 Dillon, John, 1880 February 5-1881 April 12 box 1 folder 28 Douglas, William Lewis, 1901 November 11 box 1 folder 29 Egan, Patrick, 1881 February 7-1882 November 29, undated box 1 folder 30-31 Estes, Dana, 1902 July 22 box 1 folder 32 Eustis, James B., 1895 May 26 box 1 folder 33 Fehley, Admiral, 1902 February 22-March 8 box 1 folder 34 Finerty, John F., 1881 December 4 box 1 folder 35 Ford, Patrick, 1882 January 7-10 box 1 folder 36 Fuller, Samuel Richard, 1898 December 21 box 1 folder 37 Fuller, William, 1888 May 11 box 1 folder 38 Gallagher, Christopher A., 1881 March 17 box 1 folder 39 Gill, L. P., undated box 1 folder 40 Harmon, Lawrence, 1880 November 26 box 1 folder 41 Hayashi, Gonsuke, 1897 May 12 box 1 folder 42 Higginson, T. W., 1878