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Dunne, Father Cuthbert, Collection on Oscar Wilde
MS.1973.016  
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Father Cuthbert Dunne Papers Series 1

Scope and Contents

Manuscripts, letters, and other material written and collected by Father Cuthbert Dunne.
box 1, Folder 2

Draft letter to the Catholic Truth Society of Ireland on "The Pure of Heart" 1945

box 1, Folder 3

Death of Oscar Wilde. Letters [envelope]

Scope and Contents

Envelope labeled by Fr. Dunne with list of contents. Letters are now removed and described individually in folders 4-10.
box 1, Folder 4

Calling cards, hotel card, and letters from Robert Ross 1900

Scope and Contents

3 Robert Ross calling cards, one with a handwritten request on the back for a priest to visit Wilde's sickbed (the others blank); Card of the Hotel d'Alsace with "Sebastian Melmoth" in Dunne's hand on the verso; Letter and postcard from Ross to Dunne on Wilde's death and funeral.
box 1, Folder 5

Letters from Father Brown, Rector of Stonyhurst College 1900

box 1, Folder 6

Letter from Vyvyan Holland 1900 December 14

box 1, Folder 7

Letters to Father Dunne by D. Oswald Hunter-Blair 1905

box 1, Folder 8

Letter from Robert Ross 1901 January 25

box 1, Folder 9

Letter from Daniel A. Lord on "The Pure of Heart" 1945 June 23

box 1, Folder 10

Letters from F. O'Reilly, Catholic Truth Society of Ireland 1945-1946

box 1, Folder 11

Draft of letter to Daniel A. Lord 1945

box 1, Folder 12

Letters to Abbe Bernard Thorpe from Franciscans of Rouen on Oscar Wilde 1945-1946

Scope and Contents

Includes envelope annotated by Fr. Dunne.
box 1, Folder 13

"Oscar Wilde and the Franciscans" manuscript note

Scope and Contents

1 page manuscript by Fr. Dunne.
box 1, Folder 14

Letters from Fr. Dunne to Fr. Burke 1945-1950

Scope and Contents

Includes letters discussing his handing over his collection of Wilde papers to Burke. Also includes typewritten extracts from Baptismal Register of St. Joseph's Church, Paris, that relate to Wilde's death.
box 1, Folder 15

Extracts and manuscript notes referring to Wilde, in Fr. Dunne's hand

box 1, Folder 16

Typescript of letter to Wilde from H. Sebastian Bowden, London Oratory 1898

Scope and Contents

No information given about original letter, or the transcriber of this copy.
box 1, Folder 17

Manuscript notes by Fr. Dunne with letter from Vera Coyle 1950

box 1, Folder 18

Death of Oscar Wilde: Press Cuttings and Extracts

Scope and Contents

Manuscript transcriptions by Fr. Dunne from articles about Wilde's death.
box 1, Folder 19

Drafts of unsent letters to Daniel A. Lord regarding "The Pure of Heart" 1945

 

Father Edmund Burke Papers Series 2

Scope and Contents

Letters and other material collected by Father Edmund Burke after the death of Father Dunne.
box 1, Folder 20

Letters from Fr. Burke to Fr. Dunne 1950

box 1, Folder 21

Letters from Gabriel Fallon 1957

box 1, Folder 22

Letters from Eoin Mahony 1955

box 1, Folder 23

Letters from Vyvyan Holland 1955

box 1, Folder 24

Letter from H. Montgomery Hyde 1955 February 24