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O'Faoláin (Seán) Papers
BANC MSS 74/111 z
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Seán O'Faoláin (Sean O'Faolain) papers
creator:
O’Faoláin, Seán
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 74/111 z
Physical Description:
6 Linear Feet
3 cartons, 5 boxes, 1 oversize folder
Date (inclusive): 1927-1987
Abstract: A collection of Irish writer Seán O'Faoláin's correspondence and manuscript writings.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English.
Collection is open for research.
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. The copyright for unpublished
manuscript material in this collection is held by the donor. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Seán O'Faoláin papers are of varied provenance. Parts of the collection were purchased from Seán O'Faoláin between 1973
and 1984. The letters to Neil Middleton were purchased from David J. Holmes in 1987. The letters to James D. Hart were gifted
to the Bancroft Library by Seán O'Faoláin in 1984. Provenance is often indicated on collection folders.
Electronic finding aid created in 2015 (based, in part, on an earlier analog container list). Five smaller accessions of Seán
O'Faoláin papers (BANC MSS 85/172 z; BANC MSS 85/58 z; 88/155 z; BANC MSS 88/163 z; and BANC MSS 99/16 z) were merged into
BANC MSS 74/111 z by Lara Michels in 2015.
[Identification of item], Seán O'Faoláin papers, BANC MSS 74/111 z, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Seán O'Faoláin (1900-1991) was born John Francis Whelan in Cork City, Ireland. He is well known for his short stories, but
also authored four novels, a memoir, and other non-fiction. His work (and his name change) was shaped by the renewed interest
in Irish culture sparked by the Irish literary renaissance of the early twentieth century. O'Faoláin's first collection of
stores was
Midsummer Night Madness and Other Stories (1932) and his first novel was
A Nest of Simple Folk (1933). O'Faoláin's
Collected Stories were published in 1983.
The collection consists of some correspondence, mostly incoming, dating from approximately 1927 to 1987. Correspondence, dating
from 1972, concerns a petition about detention without trial in Northern Ireland. Much of the collection consists of manuscripts
of O'Faoláin's writings, including revised typescripts for many of his stories, as well as manuscripts for his novel
And Again? and his memoir,
Vive Moi!.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
O’Faoláin, Seán--Archives
O’Faoláin, Seán
Hart, James D. (James David)
O'Connor, Frank
Authors, Irish -- 20th century
Detention of persons -- Great Britain
Manuscripts for publication