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Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann National Library of Ireland Collection List No. 82 Sheehy Skeffington Papers (Additional) (MSS 40,460–40,563; 41,176-41,245) Correspondence, articles and political papers of Frank, Hanna and Owen Sheehy Skeffington NOTE: THIS LIST IS NOT COMPLETE; WORK ON ARRANGING AND DESCRIBING THE PAPERS OF ANDRÉE SHEEHY SKEFFINGTON IS IN PROGRESS AND WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THIS LIST WHEN COMPLETED Compiled by Dr. Diarmuid Whelan and Ellen Murphy CONTENTS Introduction..................................................................................................................5 I. Papers of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington....................................................................6 I.i. Correspondence ....................................................................................................6 I.i.1. To Hanna Sheehy Skeffington.......................................................................6 I.i.2. From Hanna Sheehy Skeffington ..................................................................8 I.i.3. Other family correspondence ......................................................................10 I.i.4. Individual correspondents. ..........................................................................10 I.i.5. Other correspondence..................................................................................11 I.ii. Writings of Frank Sheehy Skeffington..............................................................15 I.ii.1. Books and pamphlets..................................................................................15 I.ii.2. Articles .......................................................................................................16 I.ii.3. Poetry..........................................................................................................24 I.ii.4. Notes and diaries ........................................................................................25 I.ii.5. Political and social ephemera.....................................................................25 I.ii.6. Domestic and personal papers....................................................................26 II. Papers of Hannah Sheehy Skeffington................................................................27 II.i. Correspondence.................................................................................................27 II.i.1. Family members.........................................................................................27 II.i.2. Individual correspondents ..........................................................................29 II.i.3. Chronological sequence .............................................................................36 II.i.4. Greeting cards ..........................................................................................101 II.i.5. Letters re Irish Women’s Franchise League ............................................101 II.i.6. Letters re journalistic work ......................................................................106 II.i.7. Letters of condolence on Hanna Sheehy Skeffington death ....................107 II.ii. Writings of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington .........................................................108 II.ii.1. Notebooks, diaries, etc............................................................................108 II.ii.2 Letters to editors.......................................................................................111 II.ii.3. Irish World telegram books.....................................................................111 II.ii.4. Articles published in newspapers, journals, etc. .....................................113 II.ii.5. Articles published in Irish Travel ...........................................................114 II.ii.6. Pamphlets................................................................................................114 II.ii.7. Book and drama reviews.........................................................................115 II.ii.8. Radio broadcasts .....................................................................................116 II.ii.9. Autobiographical.....................................................................................117 II.ii.9.A. Dublin Memories ............................................................................117 II.ii.9.B. Other autobiographical writings......................................................118 II.ii.10. Addresses, lectures, etc. ........................................................................118 II.ii.11. Miscellaneous writings .........................................................................121 II.iii. Political papers..............................................................................................123 II.iii.1. National and Republican politics...........................................................123 II.iii.1.A. General papers................................................................................123 II.iii.1.B. Sinn Féin ........................................................................................125 II.iii.1.C. Political prisoners...........................................................................126 II.iii.1.D. Cumann na mBan...........................................................................128 II.iii.1.E. Miscellaneous published material ..................................................129 II.iii.1.F. White Cross ....................................................................................130 2 II.iii.2. Dublin Corporation and Dublin County Council...................................131 II.iii.3. Suffrage and feminist organizations ......................................................134 II.iii.3.A. Feminist organizations (general)....................................................134 II.iii.3.B. Irish feminist organizations............................................................135 II.iii.4. Peace organizations and pacifism ..........................................................138 II.iii.4.A. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom................138 II.iii.4.B. Other peace organizations ..............................................................139 II.iii.5. Spanish Civil War..................................................................................140 II.iii.6. Miscellaneous political material ............................................................141 II.iv. Education.......................................................................................................143 II.v. Financial and personal papers ........................................................................147 II.vi. Dispute with New Catholic Press Ltd. ..........................................................148 II.vii. Enquiry into shooting of Francis Sheehy Skeffington.................................149 II.viii. Writings by others.......................................................................................150 II.viii.1. Countess Markieviecz..........................................................................150 II.viii.2. By others ..............................................................................................150 II.ix. Printed material .............................................................................................151 II.ix.1. News cuttings.........................................................................................151 II.ix.1.A. In scrapbooks..................................................................................151 II.ix.1.B. Loose newscuttings ........................................................................152 II.ix.2. Pamphlets, handbills, etc........................................................................155 III. Papers of Owen Sheehy Skeffington................................................................161 III.i. Correspondence .............................................................................................161 III.i.1. With Hanna Sheehy Skeffington ............................................................161 III.i.1.A. To Hanna Sheehy Skeffington........................................................161 III.i.1.B. From Hanna Sheehy Skeffington....................................................162 III.i.2. With Andrée Sheehy Skeffington...........................................................162 III.i.2.A. From Andrée Sheehy Skeffington ..................................................162 III.i.2.B. To Andrée Sheehy Skeffington.......................................................163 III.i.3. With Conor Cruise O’Brien....................................................................164 III.i.4. Other family correspondence..................................................................164 III.i.5. Individual correspondents.......................................................................165 III.i.6. General correspondence..........................................................................168 III.i.7. ‘Letters to the Editor’..............................................................................189 III.ii. Writings of Owen Sheehy Skeffington.........................................................190 III.iii. Addresses, lectures, etc................................................................................193 III.iv. Political papers.............................................................................................195 III.iv.1 Labour Party ..........................................................................................195
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