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Patrick Mahony Collection of Lord Dunsany Materials
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing Information
  • Collection Description
  • Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Patrick Mahony Collection of Lord Dunsany Materials
    Dates: 1948-1967
    Collection number: 006
    Collector: Mahony, Patrick, b. 1911
    Creator: Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957
    Collection Size: 1 archival document box (.5 linerar feet)
    Repository: Loyola Marymount University. Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90045-2659
    Abstract: This collection consists of the personal correspondence of the Anglo-Irish playwright and author Lord Dunsany to Patrick Mahony, periodical articles on Lord Dunsany, and programs. Patrick Mahony, himself an author, collected the materials.
    Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

    Access

    Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University.

    Publication Rights

    Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Series number, Box and Folder Number, Patrick Mahony Collection of Lord Dunsany Materials, 006, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Patrick Mahony, 1971. Accession number 1995.11.

    Processing Information

    Dr. Errol Stevens, then head of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, perhaps processed this collection circa 1995.

    Collection Description

    This collection is made up of materials that Patrick Mahony collected during his relationship with Lord Dunsany (1878-1957), an Anglo-Irish playwright and author notable for his contrubutions to the literary genres of horror and fantasy. Most improtant is the correspondence between himself and Lord Dunsany concerning a lawsuit over copyright infringement of one his plays ("The Jest of Hahalaba") and his lecture tour in the United States. For the correpsondencein folder 1 Mr. Mahony provied a typed summary of each letter's contents, which is attached to the letter. There are also periodical articles on Lord Dunsany, theater programs, and miscellaneous correspondence of Mr. Mahony.

    Arrangement

    The material in this series has been arranged by subject, eg, correspondence, in file folders in one letter-size archival document box.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Mahony, Patrick (b. 1911)
    Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957

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