Item 3 - Figures from the Past: Studies on Figurative art in Christian Ireland (Essays in Honour of Helen M. Roe)

4 files, c. 250 pp

Files relating to the publication of a festschrift in honour of Helen M. Roe, edited by Etienne Rynne and published by the Glendale Press for the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in 1987.

File 1: Includes offprints of chapter by Etienne Rynne included in the volume entitled "A Pagan Celtic Background for Sheela-Na-Gigs"; Press cutting of interview with Helen M. Roe by Elgy Gillespie on the occasion of Roe's 90th (1985); MS notes by Rynne notes to be for the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) for the press following Roe's election to the RIA; List of those recommended for election to the RIA, Mar 1984;Letter from RIA to Rynne acknowledging Roe's nomination for election to the RIA by Rynne (Nov 1983); Review of "Images from the Past"; Correspondence between Rynne and Glendale Press discussing the publication process for the volume; Correspondence between Rynne and contributors to the volume, including Sir John Galvin; and others including Brendáin Ó Ríardáin, Director, National Museum of Ireland; Dr. Colm Ó hEocha, President, University College Galway; Prof. John O'Scanlan.

File 2: Includes correspondence between Etienne Rynne and Helen M. Roe, Ellen [Nell] Prendergast, National Museum of Ireland,, Invitation to the launch of the volume at the Royal Irish Academy, Oct 1987; printed flyer with contents details for the volume; black and white photograph of Etienne Rynne presenting Helen M. Roe with a bouquet of flowers on the occasion of the book launch at the RIA, Oct 1987. Later letters from Prendergast to Rynne outline her plans to undertake a report chronicling the history of the National Museum of Ireland. Also additional material from 1999 includes a press cutting of an obituary for Prendergast, from the Irish Times, May 1999.

File 3: Includes correspondence between Etienne Rynne and Glendale press regarding publication of the volume; Joe Marron, National Museum of Ireland; Aidan Duggan, RIA, regarding the election of Helen M. Roe; Cormac Bourke, London; Ellen [Nell] Prendergast, National Museum of Ireland; Dr. Colm Hourihane; Breandáin Ó Riárdáin; J.P. MacHale, UCD.

File 4: Letters between Etienne Rynne and contributors to the book, including Anthony Weir, Co. Down; Elisabeth Munksgaard, National Museum of Denmark; Charlotte [Blindheim], University Museum of National Antiquities, Oslo, Norway; Dr. Ann Hamlin, Dept. of Environment, Northern Ireland.

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