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- 1918-2020 (Creation)
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4 sub-series
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The Peter McCullagh letters were originally collected in the field by the Irish Folklore Commission in the early 1960s and provided to Dr. E.R.R. Green, future collaborator of Kerby A. Miller who later provided his copies to Miller. J. McCullagh, brother of Peter McCullagh, also provided original copies of his brother's letters to Miller for duplication and publishing via his letter of 14 March 1991.
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Materials pertaining to the Peter McCullagh/O'Hara family letters.
Per Kerby A. Miller: 'Murphy-McCullagh, and O'Hara Letters, 1920s and 1950s. Written from the New York City, Brooklyn, Long Island, and Jersey City area, by emigrants from Galway and Tyrone. In E.R.R. Green Collection, sent to him via the Irish Folklore Commission, collected in the field in the early 1960s, especially by Michael Murphy.'
Peter McCullagh emigrated from near Plumbridge, County Tyrone to Long Island, New York in 1923. Before emigrating, he was imprisoned on the Argenta in 1922 as a member of the IRA. In New York, he worked in real estate and in the taxation department of the Town of North Hampstead and was an active member and former president of the Irish-American Society of Nassau-Suffolk & Queens. He died in a car accident in New York in 1957.
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Sub-series 4 is physically housed in Box 56 due to space limitations.