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- 1957-1963 (Creation)
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136pp
Context area
Archival history
Frank McAdam donated the original letters to E.R.R. Green, future collaborator of Kerby A. Miller, in September 1963. Green later provided the letters to Miller.
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Scope and content
[This series contains outdated attitudes or language that does not reflect the current views or positions of the University of Galway Library. Reader discretion is advised.]
Materials pertaining to the Jimmie Ireland letters, a set of 14 letters written by Jimmie Ireland from England, Ontario, Canada and Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York, to his friend, Frank MacAdam in Dublin and Belfast from 1957-1959. Jimmie Ireland was from Brianstown, County Longford and emigrated to North America in 1957 after also having lived in Stafford, England.
The series contains: typed abstracts of the letters; photocopies of the original letters; biographical information and research; and photocopied correspondence between MacAdam and letter collector/historian E.R.R. Green.