Guide to James Healy's The literary renaissance and politics of Ireland : ephemera, ca. 1890-1975

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Guide to James Healy's The literary renaissance and politics of Ireland : ephemera, ca. 1890-1975

Collection number: M1138

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, California

Contact Information

  • Department of Special Collections
  • Green Library
  • Stanford University Libraries
  • Stanford, CA 94305-6004
  • Phone: (650) 725-1022
  • Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
  • URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/
Processed by:
Special Collections staff
Date Completed:
ca. 1975
Encoded by:
Steven Mandeville-Gamble
© 2002 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Healy, James Augustine, 1891-1955, collector. The literary renaissance and politics of Ireland : ephemera,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1890-1975
Collection number: M1138
Collector: Healy, James Augustine, 1891-1955, collector.
Extent: 2.5 linear ft.
Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Correspondence relating to the building of his book and manuscript collection, subject files, articles, publications, photographs, etc.
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Acquisition Information

Gift of James A. Healy in memory of his wife Josephine, 1975.

Preferred Citation

James Healy's The literary renaissance and politics of Ireland : ephemera. M1138. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biography

James Augustine Healy was a stockbroker and bibliophile who collected books, letters and manuscripts in the area of Irish literature and politics. He collected from the 1930s until the time of his death in 1975.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Correspondence relating to the building of his book and manuscript collection, subject files, articles, publications, photographs, etc.

Access Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Book collecting.
English literature--Irish authors.
Irish literature--20th century.
Ireland--History--20th century.
Ireland--Intellectual life.
Ireland--Politics and government--20th century.
Authors, Irish--19th century.
Authors, Irish--20th century.

Related Collections

Creator:
Healy, James A. (James Augustine), d.1975.
Title: James A. Healy Collection of Irish literature,
Date (inclusive): 1870-1976
Identifier/Call Number: M0273
An online guide to James A. Healy Collection of Irish Literature is available as an XML document at: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/xml/m0273.xml  and as an HTML document at: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/ead/stanford/mss/m0273/ 

 

Series 1. Letters and Manuscripts

Box 1, Folder 1

Letter laid in Peter Golden's The Voice of Ireland, 1912

Box 1, Folder 2

Letter laid in Eire Today edited by Henry Coleman1948

Box 1, Folder 3

Letters & Article laid in F.P. Crozier's Ireland For Ever 1943

Box 1, Folder 4

Censored Letter Cover to F.A. King at the Literary Digest[1942?]

Box 1, Folder 5

Letters from Evans Horrock, Liam Dunn, & James Healy1939 - 1958

Box 1, Folder 6

Letter laid in Arnold Sidney's Irish Literature and Its Influence. A Lecture. 1955

Box 1, Folder 7

American Shakespeare Festival Letters1960

Box 1, Folder 8

Article from the Irish Press and manuscript concerning Jacqueline Kennedy1966

Box 1, Folder 9

Photocopy of ALS from Seaumus O'Kelly to Ernest Boyd1915

Box 1, Folder 10

Letters from Eduard L.Smith of Dutton & Co., & John Jerome Rooney1938 & 1946

Box 1, Folder 11

Letter from Isaac Butt to "My Dear Alderman"[1938]

Box 1, Folder 12

Letter from Alan Michael Buck to Mr. James Healyn.d.

Box 1, Folder 13

Letter from Alan M. Buck to Mr. J. Healy1945

Box 1, Folder 14

Letter from F.H. Boland (Rep. To U.N.) to James Healy1958

Box 1, Folder 15

Letter from James Healy to Mrs. Ala Story1943

 

Series 2. Monographs

Box 1, Folder 16

A Russian Honeymoon (A Play) by Eugene Scribe1890

Box 1, Folder 17

The Babelot (Printed for Thomas B. Mosher)1903

Box 1, Folder 18

"Salute to Roger Casement" from Wolfe tone Annual1959

Box 1, Folder 19

Souvenir of the Golden Jubilee of Fianna Elreann ed. By Cathal O'Shannon 1959

Box 1, Folder 20

"The Arbitration Treaties" (Speech by James A. Hamill of N.J. House of Rep.) 1911

Box 1, Folder 21

Kuno Meyer. "Message to the Irish People" during WWIn.d.

Box 1, Folder 22

Constance de Markievicz. "What Irish Republicans Stand For" n.d.

Box 1, Folder 23

"Report of Envoy to I.R.B." by William Crossann.d.

Box 1, Folder 24

"The Foundation of the Republic of Ireland - in the Vote of the People!" by Eamon de Valera1918

Box 1, Folder 25

"Memorandum to U.S. Secretary of State" from Patrick McCartan1918

Box 1, Folder 26

The Re-Conquest of America, by A. Gordon Brown[1919]

Box 1, Folder 27

"A Summons to Service - From the Women and Children of Ireland" Amer. Comm. For Relief in Ireland[1920]

Box 1, Folder 28

"Two Patriot Priests of Ireland, 1916-1925"nd

Box 1, Folder 29

Various Articles by Oliver St. John Gogarty1936 - 1940

Box 1, Folder 30

"What the Irish Did With the Puritans" by Benedict Fitzgerald1940

Box 1, Folder 31

"Hands Off Ireland" lecture by Liam O'Flaherty1941

Box 1, Folder 32

"Leabra arna b'Foillsiu" Celtic book list?1945

Box 1, Folder 33

Activities of the Advisory Comm. On Cultural Relations1950 - 1951

Box 1, Folder 34

Sir Horace Plunkett Centenary Handbook1954

Box 1, Folder 35

"Friends of the Library of Trinity College" Annual Bulletins 1955-1956

Box 2, Folder 1

Proposal - New Theatre for the Lyric Players of Belfast1951-1959

Box 2, Folder 2

"Occasional Papers" - Cornell University Library Associates re Healy Collection, p. 171961-1963

Box 2, Folder 3

"Houses of the Oireachtas - Joint Sitting" (Visit of President J. F. Kennedy)

Box 2, Folder 4

Poetry Ireland #5 ed. John Jordan

Box 2, Folder 5

American Book Collector vol.XV no.10

Box 2, Folder 6

"A Summons to Service" (extra copies)

Box 2, Folder 7

Dolmen Press Books

Box 2, Folder 8

Cuala Press book announcement

Box 2, Folder 9

"Irish Craftmanship"

Box 2, Folder 10

"The Language of the Outlaw"

Box 2, Folder 11

"Larkin's Scathing Indictment of Dublin Sweatersn.d.

 

Series 3. Subject Files

Box 1, Folder 36

List re American Irish FEIS Instituten.d.

Box 1, Folder 37

Report from American Committee for Irish Studies1974

Box 1, Folder 38

8 illustrations for the "The Lily Field"n.d.

Box 1, Folder 39

Lawrence, T.E. - Auction matters1940

Box 1, Folder 40

"A Portfolio of Designs forElectra" by James Reynolds n.d.

Box 1, Folder 41

Felton-Healy, Tile portrait of W.B. Yeatsn.d.

 

Series 4. Journal articles

Box 2, Folder 12

General Cluseret. "My Connection with Fenianism" Fraser's Magazine vol.VI no.31n.d.

Box 2, Folder 13

Poets and Poetry of Young Ireland," North British Review1861

Box 2, Folder 14

Dowden, Edward. "Dublin City." The Century Magazine1884

Box 2, Folder 15

MacDonagh, Michael. "In the Bye ways of Rural Ireland"1900

Box 2, Folder 16

McGill, Anna Blanche. "Concerning a Few Anglo-Celtic Poets." Catholic World1902

Box 2, Folder 17

"Of Lionel Johnson." Atlantic Monthly1902

Box 2, Folder 18

Blunt, Wilfred Scawen. "The Great Irish Epic"1902

Box 2, Folder 19

Gwynn, Stephen. "A Century of Irish Humor" Celtic Review1902

Box 2, Folder 20

5 Articles by Fiona MacLeod in Fortnightly Review1902-1905

Box 2, Folder 21

Moore, Paul. "The Epic of Ireland"1904

Box 2, Folder 22

Scudder, Vida. "The Irish Literary Drama"1905

Box 2, Folder 23

McCarter, Henry. "Scenes from the Early History of Ireland." Scribner's. 1906

Box 2, Folder 24

Ford, Mary. "Is the Celtic Revival Really Irish?" Celtic Review1906

Box 2, Folder 25

Roosevelt, Theodore. "The Ancient Irish Sagas" The Century Magazine1907

Box 2, Folder 26

Weygandt, Cornelius. "Literary Workers in Ireland Today"1907

Box 2, Folder 27

Gwynn, Stephen. "The Celtic Revival." Celtic Review1907

Box 2, Folder 28

Hyde, Douglas. "The New National University in Ireland..." Celtic Review1909

Box 2, Folder 29

E.M.D. "The Writings of Mr. W.B. Yeats" Fortnightly Review1909

Box 2, Folder 30

"Some Writers of the Celtic Renaissance"1911

Box 2, Folder 31

Tennyson, Charles. "Irish Plays and Playwrights"1911

Box 2, Folder 32

Hoare, John Edward. "Ireland's National Drama." Celtic Review

Box 3, Folder 1

Graves, Archibald. "Celtic Nature Poetry" Celtic Review1912 Mar.

Box 3, Folder 2

Hamilton, Clayton. "The Irish National Theatre" Celtic Review1912 Jan.

Box 3, Folder 3

"The Celtic Nationality of Ireland"1913 Oct.

Box 3, Folder 4

Ervine, St. John. "The Irish Dramatist and the Irish People." Celtic Review1914 Jun.

Box 3, Folder 5

Index to Journal of American Irish Historical Society vol.XVI1918 Jan.

Box 3, Folder 6

Newsletter of the Irish National Bureau no.111919 Sept.

Box 3, Folder 7

Newsletter of the Irish National Bureau no.281920 Jan.

Box 3, Folder 8

Newsletter Vol.II, no.311921 Jan.

Box 3, Folder 9

Toksvia, Signe. "A Visit to Lady Gregory"1921

Box 3, Folder 10

Yeats, W.B. "Talk and Talkers" North American Review1921 Apr.

Box 3, Folder 11

Various Volumes of The London Mercury

Box 3, Folder 12

Malone, Andrew. "The Plays of Lady Gregory"1925 Apr.

Box 3, Folder 13

Celtic Digest1938 Oct. - Nov.

Box 3, Folder 14

Howe, Joseph. "W.B. Yeats." Journal of English and German Philosophy1943 Oct.

Box 3, Folder 15

Review of "W.B. Yeats by Joseph Howe" by Kathleen Coyle in Tomorrow1943 May

Box 3, Folder 16

Northwestern Univ. The Reviewing Stand1944 Apr.

Box 3, Folder 17

Newspaper Articles about Jim Connolly1952

Box 3, Folder 18

Address by John F. Kennedy1963 June 28

Box 3, Folder 19

"Eire/Ireland" Bulletin of Dept. of External Affairs1955 - 1956

Box 3, Folder 20

The Dubliner no.11961 Nov. - Dec.

Box 3, Folder 21

Bulletin of the Eire Society of Boston vol. 22, No. 4-61964

Box 3, Folder 22

"That Old Triangle - A Memory of Brendan Behan" in The Holling Critic vol. II no. 11965 Feb.

Box 3, Folder 23

The Holy Cross Alumnus vol. XL no. 11965 Aug.

Box 3, Folder 24

The Holling Critic vol. III no. 21966 Apr.

Box 3, Folder 25

The Critic 1965 Dec. - 1966 Jan

Box 3, Folder 26

The Shakespeare Oxford Society Newsletter1976 - 1977

Box 3, Folder 27

The Passing Show (Newsletter of the Shubert Archive) vol. 1 No. 11977

Box 3, Folder 28

The Passing Show (Newsletter of the Shubert Archive) vol. 1 no. 11977

Box 3, Folder 29

The Society for Theatre Research Bulletin no. 51977

Box 3, Folder 30

News Front (article about James Joyce)1967

Box 3, Folder 31

"Irish Folklore" by G.M. O'Reillyn.d.

Box 3, Folder 32

"The Neo-Celtic Drama in America" by Lawrence Gilmann.d.

Box 3, Folder 33

"The Play that Never Was" (an article in The Irish Times) 1966

Box 3, Folder 34

Clippings and Reviews of Joseph Hone's biography of W.B. Yeatsn.d.

Box 3, Folder 35

Misc. Articlesn.d.

 

Series 5. Programs

Box 3, Folder 36

The Playbill for "The Playboy of the Western World" by J.M. Synge1937

Box 3, Folder 37

Invitation to Dinner Honoring Paul Vincent Carrol and Dudley Diggsn.d.

Box 3, Folder 38

Irish Arts and Artistsn.d.

Box 3, Folder 39

Ambassador Theatre Playbill for "Juno and the Paycock" by Sean O'Casey1937

Box 3, Folder 40

Program for Oliver St. John Gogarty Photographs

 

Series 6. Photographs

Box 3, Folder 41

Miscellaneous Photographs1952

Box 3, Folder 42

One Postcardn.d.

 

Series 7. Clippings

Box 4, Folder 1

A : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 2

B : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 3

C : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 4

D : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 5

E : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 6

F : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 7

G : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 8

H : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 9

I : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 10

J : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 11

K : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 12

L : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 13

M : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 14

N : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 15

O : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 16

P : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 17

Q : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 18

R : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 19

S : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 20

T : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 21

U : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 22

V : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 23

W : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 24

X : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 25

Y : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 26

Z : Miscellaneous

Physical Description: newsclippings
Box 4, Folder 27

More Misc.

 

Series 8. Oversize

Box 5, Folder 1

A Broadsheet no. 13-241903 Jan. - Dec.

Box 5, Folder 2

Limelight edited by James B. Conolly vol.1 no.101934 Feb 7

Box 5, Folder 3

"Irish Speech Helps Production of Abbey Theatre"1938 May 8

Box 5, Folder 4

The Leader vol.XCI no.19-21 & vol. XVIV, no.221945 & 1949

Box 5, Folder 5

Eire-Ireland no. 209, 280, 4411953

Box 5, Folder 6

Booklet Outlining a Literature Course1955

Box 5, Folder 7

Photocopy of Partial Script for "A Portrait of Oliver Gogarty"1961

Box 5, Folder 8

The Masters no.40 (Jack Yeats)1966

Box 5, Folder 9

Eire/Ireland no.625 (President Kennedy Visits Ireland) 1963

Box 5, Folder 10

Eire/Ireland no.674 (Death of Sean O'Casey)1964

Box 5, Folder 11

Eire/Ireland no.706 (W.B. Yeats Centenary)1965

Box 5, Folder 12

The American Irish Historical Society1938 & 1967

Box 5, Folder 13

Exhibition Catalog for Oliver Gogarty and W.B. Yeats Collection in the Ellen Clarke Bucknell Library1968

Box 5, Folder 14

Miscellaneous Articles and Letters

Oversize 5, Folder 15

Assorted Photocopies and Newspaper Clippings