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- 1877-1990 (Creation)
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129pp
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Archival history
Patrick Chamberlain of Mitchaelstown, County Cork donated the Chamberlain letters to Dr. Arnold Schrier on 24 February 1955. Schrier later donated the letters to his collaborator, Kerby A. Miller. A second set of Chamberlain letters were transcribed by Al Noonan of University College Cork, who donated these transcripts to Miller.
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Scope and content
Materials pertaining to Irish emigrant James O'Brien Chamberlain (d. 1910), a native of Mitchelstown, County Cork who wrote three letters to his family from South Boston, Massachusetts in 1889-1890. The series includes: Kerby A. Miller's abstracts and transcripts of the Chamberlain letters; 1990 correspondence between Miller and Chamberlain descendant Patrick Chamberlain; Al Noonan's transcripts of a second set of 36 Chamberlain letters written by James and brothers John and William between 1877 and 1897; Miller's correspondence with historical institutions and genealogists in Massachusetts seeking information on Chamberlain; and photocopies of secondary publications used for research context.