Top of a letter from John F. Larchet, Professor Emeritus, University College, Dublin of 8 St. Mary's Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Not other information in the letter.
Christmas cards sent to Arthur and Laurie Shields
Postcard featuring a reproduction of Edgar Degas' 'Woman with Chrysanthemums'; handwritten text on reverse is so faded as to be illegible.
Letter Addressed to Arthur Shields, at C/O J.J. O'Leary, 2 Seafield Avenue, Monkstown, Dublin from David Maysles, asking Arthur Shields to sign 'the attached, no copy of the attachment. May be connected to Maysles 1965 production 'Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland' .
Letter from Clarence Hos. Rivers, Purcell High School, Hackberry Street, Cincinnati Six, Ohio addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shields, C/O Rosario Curletti, Santa Barbara, California thanking the Shields for making him welcome at their home.
Note on memo paper with the imprint 'Memo from Bunny Austin' addressed to 'The Shields' reads in its entirety 'We're coming back on the Toscanelli 25 Sept-28 Oct love to all B +[ W?]' This note was found inside the 'Juno and the Paycock' programme (129), may have been sent by Bunny Austin (1906 - 2000), British Tennis star and member of the Oxford Group.
Letter from Genevieve McNulty addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shields, 404 E Padre St., Santa Barbara, California. Genevieve McNulty was married to Willis McNulty who was presumably a relation of the writer John McNulty whose short stories were adapted to the screen for 'Easy Come, Easy Go' directed by John Farrow and starring Barry Fitzgerald and Arthur Shields. She writes of her own son Patrick 'He was very moved by the photograph of "Barry" at the cards from "Easy Come, Easy Go." The letter relates primarily to a visit paid to the Shields by Mrs. McNulty.
Letter from Jack (?), Beachfield addressed to Arthur and Laurie Shields; Jack describes how Christine Shields delivered a speech at the unveiling by then Taoiseach Sean Lemass of the plaque commemorating the Abbey players who took part in the 1916 rising. He writes that Christine 'had a smallish immediate audience in the foyer where the unveiling took place -- Lemass with a brace of his Ministers and wives, Fallon, Blythe and 30 or 40 more -- but her words were relayed into the theatre where a full house of the commonality was penned...Everyone was delighted by Christine.'
Letter from P.J.M. Cambridge C.S.S.P. c/o Rectory, 870 West Eighth Street, San Pedro, California addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shields. Cambridge thanks the Shields for making him welcome in their house.
Postcard from addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shields, 400 East Padre, Santa Barbara, California from their neighbours on holiday in Ireland.