Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/21/4
Title
Maun(e) and O'Callaghan diaries
Date(s)
- 1820-2014 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
108pp
Context area
Archival history
Thomas H. Morsch provided transcripts of the Maune and O'Callaghan diaries to Kerby A. Miller via letter of 3 November 2017.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Maune and O'Callaghan diaries are a series of 4 diaries and memoirs written by members of the Maun/Maune/O'Callaghan family. John Maune (later Maun) and his wife Ellen O'Callaghan Maune were married in Knockaderry, County Limerick in 1847 and emigrated to New York in 1849. The family progressively moved west, ultimately establishing themselves in Nebraska by 1858.