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Sheet music for a collection of songs 'Irish Airs' composed by John F. Larchet signed by the composer 'To my old friend Arthur Shields from J. H. Larchet'; includes compositions 'Emer's Farewell', 'The Wheelwright', 'Little Brother to My Heart', 'Hornpipe' and two reels, includes several copies of each piece.

Publicity leaflet announcing The Abbey tour of North America in 1931-1932. The leaflet announces the tour as the 'First American Tour in Seventeen Years' and features photographs of several of the Abbey actors, including Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Shields, F.J. McCormick and Eileen Crowe; the leaflet also lists some of the plays in the company's repertoire, this list includes St. John Ervine's 'John Ferguson', Sean O'Casey's 'The Plough and the Stars' and Lennox Robinson's 'The Far-Off Hills' (3 copies)

The Philadelphia Forum Magazine, a publication issued by the Forum Theatre Philadelphia. Includes article about the Abbey Theatre Company, featuring photographs of Arthur Shields and Barry Fitzgerald.

Material relating to customs and transport of scenery during the 1931-1932 tour. Includes customs form dated 13 October 1931 issued to Lennox Robinson for 75 pieces of theatrical scenery and 21 packages of theatrical effects which arrived on the S.S. Laconia. Also includes customs forms for the transfer of scenery between the United States and Canada. Also includes Bill of Lading dated 1 May 1932 for the return transport of the scenery to Ireland on the British Vessel Scythia.

Letters from Jack Quigley tour manager for the Abbey Theatre Company addressed to Arthur Shields, also includes a 'tentative itinerary' covering the period 19 October 1931 - 13 February 1932. Quigley was travelling ahead to the tour party organising transport, venues and accommodation; also organised engagements for members of the company for example on 25 November 1931 he writes from Toronto, Ontario 'Tuesday afternoon at 12.30 pm the Heliconian Club has invited five or six of the company luncheon. It is up to you to name the five or six...' Also letter from the Inter-Maritime Forwarding Co. Inc., Customs Brokers, Foreign Freight Forwarders, 44 Whitehall Street, New York City addressed Jack Quigley, Players Club, 15 Gramercy Park, New York City. The Inter-Maritime Forwarding Company representative advises Quigley that if he wants to avoid paying duties on the scenery he should ship it to Halifax in Canada before the next Abbey tour which was planned to begin in October 1932.

Travelling Stage Employees' Contract

Parties: Abbey Theatre Company of the first part and H.J. Leeg member of the Local 5, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada of the second part.

Terms: The party of the second party is engaged as an Electrician with The Abbey Theatre Players company at $100 per week, commencing October 18 1931

Weekly accounts for the 1931-1932 Abbey tour. Each folio is divided in to debit and credit, with fields for date, details and amount. Most credit entries come from payments from the Alber Wickes Bureau. Typical debit entries include salaries, taxi fares, wires and laundry.

Route book, each folio which represents a calendar month contains the following fields 'Day of the week' 'Day of the month' , 'Hold', 'Booked' 'Contract', 'Terms'. The 'Day of the week' and 'Day of the month' fields are printed, for example 'Mon.','5'. Each entry (which appear to ignore the field headings) is composed of a city location, a performance time and an abbreviated play title, for some days two performances are included, For example Wednesday 6 January 1932 'Minneapolis Minn', 'Matt. W.H.B., Eve F.O.H.' Plays listed include 'W.H.B.' ('The Whiteheaded Boy'), 'F.O.H.' ('The Far-Off Hills') both by Lennox Robinson, 'J.F.' ('John Ferguson') by St. John Ervine 'Juno' ('Juno and The Paycock') by Sean O'Casey and 'Play' ('Playboy of the Western World') by J.M. Synge. Cities visited include Chicago, Boston, Vancouver, Tallahassee, Buffalo.

Check made out to Arthur Shields from The Alber Bureau for the sum of $1500. The check is from The Standard Trust Bank of Cleveland Ohio; attached is a note dated 21 December 1931 stating that 'The Standard Trust Bank, Cleveland Ohio reported closed and in the hands of State Banking Department.'