Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- United Ireland Scrapbook
- Dates:
- 1884-1886
- Extent:
- 1.00 linear ft
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Identification of item, folder title, box number, United Ireland Scrapbook, Special Collections and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Ireland was officially merged with England in 1801 under the Act of Union 1800. The island was governed by the UK Parliament in London through its Dublin Castle administration in Ireland. Despite this union, Ireland faced considerable economic difficulties in the 19th century. Both liberal and conservative groups rose up in support of continued union with England and Home Rule. Supporters of Home Rule included Isaac Butt, who established the new moderate nationalist movement called the Home Rule League, as well as William Shaw and Charles Stewart Parnell, both of whome turned the moderate movement into the Irish Parliamentary Party, which campaigned for the right of Ireland to govern herself as a region within the United Kingdom. William Ewait Gladstone introduced the first Home Rule Bill in 1886, and its subsequent defeat was a primary cause of the Belfast Riots later that same year. Various riots and violent incidences related to this political issue broke out throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The United Ireland Scrapbook consists of 1 scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and political cartoons dated from 1884 to 1886. The colored cartoons, which make up the majority of the scrapbook content, are relative to the political conflict over the "Home Rule" movement, the Irish Parliamentary Party, the abolition of landlordism, and increasing tensions between Unionists, who supported continuing the union between Ireland and Great Britain, and Home Rule supporters, who supported an Irish legislation with responsibility for domestic affairs. There is one newspaper clipping from 1969 included and describes Patrick Pearse's execution address to be auctioned in London; Patrick Pearse was a political activist and one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Key politicians are depicted in the political cartoons, including Gladstone, Cobain, and Parnell, and many other politicians are depicted in handrawn portraits.
- Accruals:
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9999-183
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 2019-09-24
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was encoded in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on September 24th, 2019 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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These materials are in the public domain. However, the nature of historical archival and manuscript collections means that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
- Preferred citation:
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Identification of item, folder title, box number, United Ireland Scrapbook, Special Collections and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
- Location of this collection:
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Library and Information Access5500 Campanile DriveSan Diego, CA 92182-8050, US
- Contact:
- (619) 594-6791