Materials related to the Anderson-Waters letters. This series of letters is based primarily on typed transcripts and photostat copies of six letters written by siblings George Anderson in New York City, John Anderson in Cincinnati, and Anne Jane Anderson Waters in Pittsburgh, to their brothers and sisters near Coagh town, in east County Tyrone, between 1833 and 1848. The series includes: photostat copies of the original letters; various typed transcripts of the letters; Kerby A. Miller's correspondence with his collaborator Professor Arnold Schrier, and with the Cincinnati Historical Society; copies of Arnold Schrier's research notes; census research; photocopied parts of secondary research sources; and Miller's research notes.
Copy of speech by Maurice Hayes, ‘Reflections on Management’.
Refill pad with unfinished reworked draft by Thomas Kilroy of his play The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre, based on the printed text (Methuen, 1991) and on a typescript draft: parts of both these were combined, and connected with new handwritten dialogue and stage directions. Changing little in Scene 1, then providing alternative dialogue most extensively in Scenes 2, 3 and 4. For instance, changing scene of dredging of the lake (Scene 4) and the following conversation between "Madame" and "Jo".
Refill pad with handwritten notes by Thomas Kilroy for [his play The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre ], regarding Part 2. Sketching scheme of scenes four to six; some draft dialogue including a passage entitled "Rabe's return". Also including two pages of draft article about the creation of Ghosts . [Draft article appeared later in Abbey Theatre programme for Ghosts .]
Refill pad with handwritten notes and research material from Thomas Kilroy for his play The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre, including a draft monologue for "Madame MacAdam" (later used both in entrance monologue and further on), and dialogue between "Lyle" and "Rabe" about the theatre, and acting. Enclosing press cutting from The Irish Times , with an excerpt from Robert Fisk's In time of war: Ireland, Ulster and the price of neutrality 1939-1945 , entitled "Invasion that never came".
Refill pad with handwritten draft dialogue by Thomas Kilroy, for his adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull; containing cast list and stage directions, and comprising most of Act 1. [Partially paginated, 1-21.]
Refill pad with handwritten draft dialogue by Thomas Kilroy for his play Christ Deliver Us! Including a list of the three acts and respective scenes in Wedekind's original play, and (halfway through the pad) two drafts of headings for the new play. Containing dialogue from both acts. (Cover title "Abbey 1999".)
Refill pad mostly with handwritten draft dialogue by Thomas Kilroy for his play Christ Deliver Us! Containing dialogue eventually used in Acts 1 and 2; enclosing one loose page.
Refill pad containing handwritten draft of part of 'The Rockingham Shoot' beginning '...he is using it as a reading and spelling text for the slow children.' Paginated pp 5 -27. Also contains a handwritten draft of a screenplay set near Cleggan beginning 'Omey is a tidal island outside Cleggan.' Paginated pp 1-35.
Refill pad containing a handwritten draft of 'The Creamery Manager' beginning 'Though he had been suspended from all duties for some days and was about to be dismissed and arrested he still came into the creamery.' Also contains several handwritten drafts of 'The White Boat' one of which begins 'The pleasure boats had long gone and the riverboats had been pulled from the river and lay keel upwards.... ' Also two handwritten drafts of a short story entitled 'Kelly' (An early prose version of The Rockingham Shoot ) one of which begins 'He came from the training college to Crossna School between the lower slopes of Arigna and the waste of Gloria bog when it had less than thirty pupils....' Also contains handwritten draft of a short story entitled 'The Transfer' which also resembles The Rockingham Shoot , begins 'When she came as Miss O'Regan to Lafoil school she was slim and pretty and clever.' ; also includes handwritten draft of a critical essay on 'An tOileanach' (The Islandman) by Tomas Ó Criomhthain, beginning ' When I first was interested in an tOileanach I was always puzzled by the differences between the original and Robin Flower's translation.'