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- 1849-2018 (Creation)
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167pp
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-Kerby A. Miller’s abstracts of eight of Richard O’Gorman’s letters to William Smith O’Brien, 1849-1861;
-Miller’s complete transcripts of three of O’Gorman’s letters (written 1852, 1857, 1861);
-a photocopy of Helen F. Mulvey (1953), ‘New York City in 1859: A Letter from Richard O'Gorman to William Smith O'Brien’, New York History 34, no. 1, pp. 85-90;
-2018 email correspondence between Miller and writer Allison Manuel regarding O’Gorman;
-articles provided by Willie Nolan to Miller in 2015 on O’Gorman’s escape from Limerick following the rising of 1848;
-Nolan’s 2015 email correspondence with Miller regarding O’Gorman;
-Nolan’s transcript of O’Gorman account of his role in the events of 1848;
-correspondence received by Miller from readers of his book Out of Ireland (1994) regarding O’Gorman, including correspondence from O’Gorman family members;
-the text of Miller’s chapter on O’Gorman from Out of Ireland;
-Miller’s research notes on O’Gorman and Michael Doheny.