Letters and email to John McGahern from American writer and critic, Michael Wreszin. The letters begin in 1971 with Wreszin writing to McGahern looking for information for his visit to Ireland. Later letters (some from Queen's University in New York headed paper, with comments on McGahern's books, including "The Leavetaking", "By The Lake" and "Memoir".

Letters from Robert Woof to John McGahern, along with copy of The Messenger newsletter of the Wordsworth Trust.

Typed postcard from American author, John Updike to John McGahern, in response to McGahern and following Updike having written a review of The Pornographer. Updike offers comments and praise on the book and on McGahern's writing.

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Photostat copy of court documents from Supreme Court of the State of New York, with details of name change applied for to change name from Madeline Gron to Green.

Typed testimony written by John McGahern regarding his account of Niels Gron, father of Madeline and regarding their relationship.
Also includes a later tped version of a letter dates 16 Feb 1970, from John McGahern, Paris, to Patrick (Paddy Swift?), with a written account on Niels Gron and further details of family history and connections.

File of letters and notes regarding taxes and artists/ tax and pensions for John McGahern. Letters from Revenue Commissioners, Dublin Castle re. tax status. Also letters re. motor tax.

Email and ms letter from McGahern with details of a planning objection regarding the blocking of access/views at his homeplace to the neighbouring lake by a neighbouring dwelling house.

Files of letters with details referring to academic appointments and literary grants and prizes awarded to John McGahern. Letters include from John O' Donoghue, T.D. Minister for Arts Sports and Tourism (14 Aug 2003) with official confirmation of the appointment of John McGahern to the Arts Council of Ireland; Letter from O'Donoghue giving notice of McGahern's appointment to the Arts Council of Ireland [ ] Aug 2003; Letter to John McGahern from Mervyn Wall, Secretary, Arts Council of Ireland, informing McGahern that he has been awarded the Macauley Fellowship in Prose Fiction for 1964 (30 Jan 1964).
Letter from Robert W. Daniel, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, to McGahern, discussing the possibility of an academic posting for McGahern (6 May 1966); Letter from George Astley, the Phoenix Trust, London, awarding McGahern a grant £400 towards completion of current work (21 Oct 1968); Letter from [Julia Jones], Secretary, The Society of Authors, awarding McGahern the 1974 Travelling Scholarship Fund Award of £500 for 1974 (16 Dec 1974); Letter of contract from the Universities of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and Durham (Northern Arts) regarding the detail and terms of McGahern's Northern Arts Literary Fellowship (5 Mar 1974); Letter from the Arts Council of Great Britain with details of award of grant of £500 (21 June 1968); Letter from the Arts Council of Great Britain with news of grant to McGahern of £3,000 (6 Dec 1977); Letter from Cyril Clemens, Editor, Mark Twain Journal, with notice of election of McGahern as an honorary member of the Mark Twain Society in recognition of his writing in "The Leavetaking" (4 Dec 1975); Letter from John S. Morris, Provost, Dean of Faculty, Colgate University, New York, inviting McGahern to be the holder of the O'Connor Chair in Literature for academic year 1978-79, with terms of appointment (Note: for more on Colgate University, see files of correspondence to McGahern in Series 13 from colleagues at Colgate University); Text of [citation] on the award of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, made to McGahern by Colgate University (16 May 2004); Letter from David Marcus, Irish Press, accepting the story "Parachutes" for publication (27 Jan 1983); Letter from William V. Shannon, with news of American Irish Foundation Literary Award made to McGahern for 1985 (30 Apr 1985); Letter form John Nolan, Registrar, The National University of Ireland, Dublin, with news of award of Doctor of Literature by the NUI to McGahern (18 Nov 2003); Letter from Jean-Marie Planes to McGahern with news of award of the 1994 Squirrel prize for foreign literature, awarded during the Bordeaux Book Fair (16 Aug 1994); Letter from Marcel Ropert, Cultural Counsellor, French Embassy in Ireland, with notice of award of decoration of "Arts et Lettres" to McGahern (17 Jan 1991); Letter from Alexandre Defay, Cultural Counsellor discussion the award of "Chevalier des Arts et Lettres" awarded to McGahern in 1989 (14 June 1993); Letter from Arthur Flynn, Irish Pen, with news of award of Lifetime Achievement Award from Irish Pen to McGahern (8 Jun 2002); Letter from Clare Hogan, the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award, with news of nomination of "That They May Face The Rising Sun" for the IMPAC Award (20 Mar 1993); Letter from Matt Cain with news of nomination of "That They May Face The Rising Sun" for the South Bank Show Award for Literature (11 Dec 2002); Programme and seating plan from the honorary conferring of McGahern at Dublin City University; Letters from the Lannan Foundation updating McGahern that he has been awarded the Lannan Literary Award (Oct 2003); Letter from the Irish Academy of Letters, confirming McGahern's appointment as a member (22 Jan 1985); Letter from Liam Foran, inviting the McGaherns to attend the Leitrim People's Association Annual Dinner Dance (3 Jan 2006).

Files of assorted ephemera including printed invitations to the launch of "Memoir" at the Long Room, Trinity College Dublin (n.d.); Printed invitation to the launch of "Love of the World", introduced by Claire Keegan, held at Newman House, Stephen's Green, Dublin. (Nov 2009) and attached is typescript page of unlabelled text, possibly that by Keegan; Proof of book jacket for Faber first edition of "Amongst Women"; unused headed paper from the Vanderbilt Hotel, London; photocopy of letters between Georges Sand and Flaubert, copy belonging to John McGahern and with annotation/markings by McGahern; Printed poster of Clann na Poblachta with side profile black and white photograph of "Vote 1 - Reilly, A"; printed race card from Leopardstown Club November Meeting (20 Nov 1965), with lists, times, and details of all horse races and with some runners circled on the card.
Printed menu from Bloomsday Celebration 2001 at St. Stephen's Green, attended by John and Madeline McGahern.

File 2 includes photocopy of Memorandum of Association of The Yeats Society (Sligo) Incorporated (28 July 1964); Printed booklet from Fenagh National School 1898 -1965 Centenary celebration, and also booklet from the centenary mass included. (1998).
Bound file of photocopy press cuttings from French media on the occasion of John McGahern winning the 1994 Ecureuil Savings Bank Literature Prize for Foreign Authors at the Book Fair of Bordeaux, 1994.
Photocopy of manuscript by Sean McGahern (John), 57 Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin, Dec 1951. Opens with "Dear Tony ...".

File 3 includes an original copy of 'The Leitrim Observer' newspaper, 8 June 1929; original artwork used as an illustration to accompany an interview with John McGahern in Country Living magazine. The artist's name is Jeanette Dunne (1990). Assorted business cards (Henri Jean Lebeau, Richard Phelan, Maggie Doyle, Georges Belmont, Michel Braudeau.
Nilands Trade Market card issued to McGahern (Jul 1977); Plane ticket for flight to Helsinki with SAS Airlines [1960s]; Memorial card for Murray Mindlin; programme of lectures at University of London-Université de Paris, 1979, with a lecture on the Irish novel and McGahern by Mark Mortimer; Booklet from the Fête du Livre Lieux Écrits book festival in Aix-en-Provence, France, Oct 1987.
Publication catalogue from Steidl Press, Germany, 1992, including a German language edition of McGahern's novel, "Der Pornograph". Folder of information and brochures from Université de Poitiers, with photocopy letter inside to John and Madeline McGahern, Nov 2000, from [ ].
Printed booklet from Presentation Brothers College, Carrick-on-Shannon memorial mass for John McGahern, 2006.