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- 1838-2018 (Creation)
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Life History of Hugh O'Daly manuscript provided to Kerby A. Miller by Rev. Patrick Daly of Saint Macartan's College, Monaghan, April 1978.
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Materials pertaining to Professor Kerby A. Miller's research on Life History of Hugh O'Daly, the memoir of Hugh O Daly [Daly]. O'Daly, a native of Bocks Upper townland near Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, emigrated to Anaconda, Montana in 1888 and became a prominent hotelier, real estate speculator and mortuary operator, crossing paths with many prominent figures throughout his life. This collection includes extensive research files compiled by Professor Miller related to Daly's life and his many connections, the history of Irish emigration to Montana, California and the American West, research on Daly's family and birthplace in Co. Monaghan, Daly's politics and relationship to Clan na Gael and Irish-American nationalism more generally in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, along with Miller's correspondence about, and a number of annotated bibliographies on various pertinent topics.
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The final two folders/sub-series belonging to this series (P155/7/1/13 and P155/7/1/14) are housed in Box 8 rather than Box 7.