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Armagh Public Library was founded in 1771 by Archbishop Richard Robinson, first Baron Rokeby of Armagh. It was later added to by Archbishop Beresford in the 1830s. The nucleus of the collection is Archbishop Robinson's personal library which contains 17th and 18th century books on theology, philosop... |
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Estate, family and political papers of the Hamilton family, Dukes of Abercorn, of Baronscourt, Co. Tyrone, c 1219-1963. Containing approx. 30,000 documents, the Abercorn papers are amongst one of the most important landed estate collections held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. It co... |
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c.650 documents, c.75 photographs and 2 volumes, 1606-1928, deriving from the Adair family of Loughanmore, Donegore, Co. Antrim and from the related families of Clements of Clements Hill, Straid, Co. Antrim, Ellis of Prospect, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, and Crymble of Ballygallagh, Ballyclare, Co. A... |
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Business archive of John Andrews & Co., Ltd, Flax Spinners, Comber, Co.Down, 1863-1987. The collection consists of technical, adminstrative and financial records of the Company dating from its establishment in 1863, including comprehensive series of letter books, 1863-1955 (incomplete), cash books a... |
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Substantial collection of archival material consisting of approx. 12,700 documents and 50 volumes relating to the Anglesey estate in Counties Louth and Down, c 1660-1858, and the political career of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1828-29 and 18... |
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One volume of family papers compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel J.B. Archdale, of Castle Archdale, County Fermanagh, comprising one volume of extracts etc relating to the Archdale family, 1537-1909. The earliest reference to the Archdale family relates to Sir Edward Archdale of Norsom, Norfolk, and Maccl... |
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Records of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners, 1660-1977. Containing a wide range of documents, volumes, correspondence, maps, plans and drawings etc, the collection comprises the extant business archive of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners, charting the history and development of the Port of Belfast... |
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Records of the Belfast Ropeworks Company Ltd, 1834-1983. Incorporated in 1876 in response to the enormous expansion of the shipbuilding industry in Belfast, the Belfast Ropeworks Company was an important industrial success for the city of Belfast, becoming at one point, the world’s largest manufactu... |
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Estate, personal and political papers of the Lowry-Corry family of Castle Coole, Co. Fermanagh, Barons, Viscounts and Earls Belmore (fl. 1665-fl. 1950), 1612-1949. Consisting of 36,400 documents and 278 volumes, the collection relates mainly to the acquisition, management and dispersal of the family... |
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Personal papers of George Benn (1801-1882), historian of Belfast, and his brother, Edward Benn (1798-1874), antiquarian, philanthropist and founder of 3 Belfast hospitals, 1819-1918. Comprising correspondence, notes, essays and other papers, the collection reflects the lives and interests of these t... |
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Records of the (Du Bordieu/Dubourdieu) Best family of Aghagallon, Co. Antrim, 1779-1943. Of Huguenot descent, the Best Family were substantial tenant farmers living and working in the parish of Aghagallon, Co. Antrim. Comprising chiefly estate papers, the collection contains title deeds, 1779-1896,... |
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Estate, family and political papers of the Brooke Family of Colebrooke, Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh, baronets and (from 1952) Viscounts Brookeborough, c 1575-c 1975, concerning the development and administration of the family lands in Ulster and the political and/or personal interests and careers o... |
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Personal papers of James Craig (1871-1940), 1st Viscount Craigavon, statesman and Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, and of his wife, Lady Craigavon (1880-1953), 1884-1940. Comprising some 300 documents, volumes, photographs and newspaper cuttings, the collection provides an interesting insight int... |
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Political correspondence of Sir James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, statesman and first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1871-1940), 1907-1953. James Craig trained as a stockbroker in Belfast and fought in the Boer War before he entered politics becoming Unionist MP for East Down in 1906. Althou... |
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Papers of Charlotte Despard, née French (1844-1939), suffragette, pacifist, Irish republican and socialist, c. 1900-1935. An active, if at times, extreme exponent of the causes she adopted, Charlotte Despard is a significant figure in the history of early 20th century Britain and Ireland, renowned... |
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c.160 letters, petitions, notebooks, diaries, pamphlets and other documents, c.1568-1917, principally of Arthur Dobbs (1689-1765), governor of North Carolina, 1754-1765, and well-known eighteenth century Irish author and statesman. Dobbs was high sheriff of Antrim in 1720 and in 1727 was returned fo... |
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Collection of papers, 1585-c. 1850, relating mainly to the administration of the See of Derry and to the management of diocesan lands from the Plantation of Ulster onwards, being particularly detailed for the period, c. 1603-c. 1720. Some of the earlier documents exist as late seventeenth century or... |
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Papers of Professor Charles Ryle Fay (1884-1961), Reader in Economic History at Cambridge University and formerly of the University of Toronto, Ontario. Comprising mainly correspondence, transcripts, research and other working notes, the collection bears witness to Professor Fay’s academic interests... |
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Personal diary of John Galt (1767-1837), general merchant and missionary, of Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, covering the period 1796 to 1837. His diary is written in five quarto books bound together into one volume, but there is a gap between the years 1803 and 1817. The entries are usually made at int... |
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Correspondence of the Greer family of Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, 1717-1896. Operating from New Hamborough in Dungannon, where the family owned a bleach green, the Greers’ were an important and influential linen family in the North of Ireland during the 18th and 19th centuries. Written mainly to the thre... |
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c. 20,000 copies of genealogical working papers and abstracts of miscellaneous documents, c.1650-1920, compiled and copied by Tenison E. Groves, a professional genealogist and antiquarian who worked at the Public Record Office of Ireland in Dublin from around 1900 until after the Four Courts Fire of... |
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Personal, legal and literary papers etc of the Ulster Poet and Critic, John Hewitt (1907-87), and that of his wife, Roberta (1904-75), 1904-1987. A fairly substantial collection, the archive contains a broad range of material reflecting the life, career and interests of one of Ulster’s most prolific... |
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c.200 volumes and files and c.1,500 documents, 1871-1970, comprising the business records of Inglis & Co. Ltd., bakers, confectioners and flour millers, Eliza St, Belfast, and the subsidiary bakery companies of Bloomfield Bakery Ltd, Belfast (acquired 1933), Patterson Ltd, Belfast (acquired 1936), W... |
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Records of the Irish Encumbered Estates, 1849-1858. The Encumbered Estates Acts of 1848 and 1849 allowed the sale of Irish estates which had been mortgaged and whose owners, because of the savage effects of the Great Famine, were unable to meet their obligations. It was intended that English investo... |
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Personal and political papers of William Johnston, M.P. (1829-1902), the prominent Orangeman of Ballykilbeg, Co. Down, and also of several members of his family, 1847- 1902. Born in 1829 and educated at Trinity College Dublin, William Johnston was the eldest son of John Brett Johnston and his wife T... |
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c.50 volumes, 8 files and c.800 documents comprising the records of W.H. Kane & Co., founders and engineers, Larne, Co. Antrim, 1917-79, relating to their three premises: Larne Foundry, Ballyloran Foundry or Inver Engineering Works, and the Rock Works, Larne. The archive documents in detail the hist... |
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Diary of the Young Irelander, John Martin (1812-1875) prior to transportation to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania), Oct-Nov.,1848 and containing a journal of his voyage from Ireland on the convict ship 'Mountstuart Elphinstone' to Australia,1849-1850. Born in Loughorne, near Newry, County Down, John Mart... |
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c.150 documents, 1689-1799, comprising the records of the McCance family, and, in particular, of Captain S. McCance of London, presumably for use in his "History of the Royal Muster Fusiliers" (1927). This body of original documents and transcripts has strong military associations relating mostly to... |
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Political and personal papers of the Ulster politician Harry Midgley (1892-1957), Minister of Public Security in the Northern Ireland Parliament, 1943-45, Minister of Labour, 1949, and Minister of Education, 1950-57. The collection includes much material reflecting Midgley’s career in the Northern I... |
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Collection of original papers relating to the Pinkerton family, tenant farmers from Seacon More, Co. Antrim, 1795-1921. One section of the collection deals largely with family and estate matters and includes: a 1795 lease 'to John Pinkerton, the elder, Secinmore'; various Pinkerton wills including t... |
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Estate and personal papers etc of the Plunket Family, Lords Plunket of Cos Cork and Monaghan, 1673-c. 1930. Containing approx. 1150 documents, the Plunket Papers are a significant collection of patents, title deeds, leases, rentals, maps, correspondence, Irish Land Commission sale papers etc concern... |
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c.150 volumes, 13 files and c.750 documents comprising the records of the Qua Iboe Mission in Nigeria and Belfast, 1887-1963. In 1887 Samuel Alexander Bill, a 23 year-old Belfast builder, responded to a call from chiefs of the Ibuna tribe in the Qua Iboe region of Southern Nigeria for a Christian te... |
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2,477 microfilm reels comprising the records of the Irish Registry of Deeds,1708-1929. The Irish Registry of Deeds was founded in 1708 in Dublin, and was responsible 'for the Public Registering of all Deeds, Conveyances and Wills, that shall be made of any Honours, Manors, Lands, Tenements or Heredi... |
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Records of the Royal Downshire Militia, 1793-1855, comprising a Courts Martial Book, October 1793-September 1796, three correspondence and order books, October 1799-September 1812, and some loose army circulars and memoranda, 1855. The Courts Martial Book contains summaries of the evidence, etc., at... |
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Personal and political papers of Professor Sir Douglas Lloyd Savory (1878-1969), c.1900-1969. Professor of French Language and Romance Philology at Queen's University, Belfast, 1909-40 and, later, Unionist MP for Queen's University and Antrim, 1940-55, these papers reflect Savory’s broad range of in... |
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Estate and political papers of the Crawford, Sharman and Sharman-Crawford families of Co. Down, c.1717-1920. Of particular significance are the papers of William Sharman-Crawford (1781-1861), MP for Dundalk, 1835-1837, and Rochdale, 1841-1852. Consisting of correspondence and memoranda, 1830-61, thi... |
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Personal and political papers of Sir Wilfred Spender (1876-1960), Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, 1926-1944. Comprising correspondence, memoranda, diaries, press cuttings, and other documents, the Spender Papers are an essential resource in documenting the emergence and development of No... |
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Personal and political correspondence of Sir Charles Chetwynd Talbot (1777-1849), second Earl Talbot of Hensol, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1817-1821, and William Gregory (1762-1840), Under-Secretary in Dublin Castle, 1812-1831. Talbot, the great-grandson of Charles Talbot, a former Lord Chancello... |
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Estate papers of the Upton Family, Lords Templetown, concerning lands in Templepatrick, Co. Antrim and in Co. Monaghan, 1838-90. Comprising approx. 200 documents and title deeds etc, these papers chart the development and management of the estate in Antrim and Monaghan during the 19th century. Altho... |
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The tithe system, which originally earmarked one-tenth of the produce of the land (and subsequently one-tenth of income in cash) for the upkeep of the anglican clergy, was introduced into Ireland under English law. The system was unpopular and regarded as unfair and unjust as the majority of the pop... |
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Records of the Vaughan Charity Charter School, Tubrid, near Kesh, Co. Fermanagh, 1776-1934. Founded under the will of George Vaughan (d. 1763) of Buncrana, Co. Donegal, the Vaughan Charity Charter School first opened in November 1787 with 30 boys; girls were later admitted in 1828. The school was ma... |
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Collection of papers relating to the Waring family of Waringstown and Donaghcloney. Co. Down, 1641-1803, and to the linen industry in Ireland from c. 1680 to the mid 18th Century. Comprising mainly letters and accounts, the collection traces the development and management of the Waring family’s esta... |
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Estate and personal papers of the Young family of Culdaff, Co. Donegal, c.1600-1970. The Young Papers are a rich source containing a substantial amount of original and copy title deeds, leases and testamentary papers (including c.40 pre-1858 wills), 1658-1949, pertaining mainly to the Young family... |
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Records of Joshua E. Peel & Son, Solicitors, Armagh, Co. Armagh, 1611-1938, relating largely to Co. Armagh estates, properties and families including title deeds (up to 1876), testamentary papers (chiefly 19th century), printed rentals, maps and particulars of sale of estates in Counties Armagh, Mon... |
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Photographs and business records of the photographic firm, Allison & Co., Armagh, 1889-1953. Trading initially as Allison and Allison, the firm of Allison & Co. was originally established in Belfast in 1881 by a Bradford man, Herbert Thackwray Allison with his brother as partner. They had two off... |
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The records and papers of the Rev. J.B. Armour, Presbyterian Minister and Home Ruler, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, 1841-1928. Consisting of a range of correspondence, press cuttings and other documents, the Armour Papers comprise an interesting collection bearing on religious, political and educational m... |
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Legal, political and family papers and documents comprising the records of the eminent Irish academic, lawyer and politician, Richard Robert Cherry (1859-1923), Attorney General for Ireland 1905-1909, Lord Justice of Appeal 1909-1914, and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland 1914-1916. He is best known for... |
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Records of the Southwell Charity, later known as the Southwell Charity and Parochial Schools (and also called the Bluecoat Schools), Downpatrick, Co. Down, 1733-1972. The Southwell Charity was founded in 1733 by the Rt Hon. Edward Southwell (1705-1755), MP for the Borough of Downpatrick in the Iris... |
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Papers and correspondence of Colonel Robert Hugh Wallace (1860-1929), head of the firm of Messrs Hugh Wallace and Co., Solicitors, Belfast and Downpatrick. The archive comprises: political correspondence, 1893-1923, with leading Unionists such as Sir Edward Carson, James Craig and Walter H. Long; di... |
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Estate, family and political papers of the Whyte family, Loughbrickland, Co. Down, 1622-1950. This collection is of considerable significance partly because the Whytes are by Irish standards a very old-established family, their ancestors having come to Ireland with Strongbow in 1170, and partly beca... |
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Legal papers and accounts, etc, of Wilson and Simms, Solicitors, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, 1645-1964. As the firm acted for a number of local authority bodies in Counties Donegal and Tyrone, there are correspondence and accounts for Strabane Town Commissioners and Strabane Rural District Council, c.1870... |
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Papers of the Board of Guardian, 1839-1951, bodies elected by ratepayers to levy a poor rate and manage the administration of relief to the poor after the enactment of the 1838 Poor Law in the 27 Poor Law Unions in Northern Ireland. The collection deals not only with the administration of the workh... |
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Religious, political and family papers of Lord John George de la Poer Beresford (1773-1862), Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, 1822-1862. Comprising a range of doumentary material, this collection reflects all areas of concern to Beresford and charts his career and a... |
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Business Archive of the Belfast shipbuilders, Harland & Wolff, 1861-c 1987. The collection includes extensive runs of administrative, financial, and technical records charting the evolution and development of the Company from its formal establishment in 1862. Remembered principally as the builders o... |
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Personal, family and estate papers of the Moorhead family; papers relating to the Power family; and estate papers relating to Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan. The Moorhead family archive includes: papers, 1804-59, relating to the medical career of Professor John Moorhead who bought Annaghmakerrig in 18... |
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Estate, family and political papers of the Annesley Family, Viscounts Glerawly and Earls Annesley, of Castlewellan, Co. Down, 1560-1565, c. 1620-1916. Containing approx. 1500 items, the collection provides important and unique documentation relating to the family, its lands and place in society. ... |
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Estate and personal papers of the MacDonnell family, the Earls of Antrim, comprising the administrative records dating from 1603 of an estate which at one time included the four northern baronies of Co. Antrim. The collection includes: personal papers of the 17th and 18th century Earls; a geneal... |
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The Armagh Diocesan Registry Archive comprises documents relating to the Church of Ireland primacy, province and Archdiocese of Armagh, 1240, 1291 and 1360-1977. They include: archbishops' registers, 1360-1543, 1678-1719, and 1878-1943; historical compilations, 1360-1774, which include rent rolls re... |
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Biographical, genealogical and official papers and diaries of the Armstrong family of Deans Hill, Armagh, 1823-1960. The family is known for public, military and political appointments and service at home and abroad. The collection includes: a small quantity of estate material comprising rentals... |
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Personal, family and estate papers of the Armstrong family of Lisgoole, Co. Fermanagh. The papers relate primarily to the careers of members of the family who served in the British Army and contain correspondence and papers of outstanding interest. Of particular note are the letters, memoranda and p... |
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Papers of Robert F. Blake (1867-1944), scientific researcher (chemistry) and analyst. Born in York in 1867, Blake first came to Northern Ireland in 1887 to work as a chemistry demonstrator at Queen's College Belfast. He went on to become a teacher of chemistry at Belfast Royal Academy and Methodist ... |
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With some exceptions, these papers can be described as an estate archive, documenting the history and management of the Brownlow estate from the arrival in Ireland from Nottingham of John Brownlow in 1610 to the sale of the property in 1893. The estate consisted of land in the manors of Brownlowsder... |
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Political, literary and personal papers of Nationalist politician, Cahir Healy (1877-1970), Westminster MP for Fermanagh and Tyrone, 1922-1924, 1931-1935, for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, 1950-1955, and Stormont MP for Fermanagh and Tyrone, 1925-1929, and South Fermanagh, 1929-1965. The collectio... |
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The Caledon Papers are divided into three categories: the Caledon East India Company Papers; the Caledon Cape Papers; and the Caledon Estate Papers. The Indian papers consist of 33 volumes of copy out-letter books, 1760-1772, ledgers, journals and cash account books, 1759-1775, and c.40 loose le... |
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The Carson papers comprise c. 3,000 documents, 1861-1947, mainly deriving from Irish Unionist, Sir Edward Carson (1854-1935), Lord Carson of Duncairn. A learned and reputable politician and barrister rising to First Lord of the Admiralty in 1917 and Lord of Appeal from 1921-29, Edward Carson led the... |
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Personal, family and political papers, 1798-1822 (including some earlier and some later documents), of Robert Stewart (1769-1822), Viscount Castlereagh, later 2nd Marquess of Londonderry. Elected first to the Irish Parliament in 1790 to represent Co Down and subsequently in the English Parliament fr... |
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Estate and family papers of the Cooper and O'Hara Family of Coopershill, Collooney, Co. Sligo, c. 1676-1974. The collection includes a range of family and estate papers documenting the development of family lands and the careers and/or interests of principal family members. Papers concerning the... |
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Estate, family and political papers of the Blackwood family of Clandeboye, Bangor, Co. Down, Lords Dufferin and Marquesses of Dufferin and Ava. The collection focuses mainly on the records of Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-19... |
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Records of Eason & Son Ltd, Belfast, wholesale and retail newsagents, stationers and booksellers, 1825-1977, relating largely to the Belfast operations of the firm. The collection comprises: articles of association, 1924; minute books, 1924-1956; ledgers, 1870-1961; journals, 1920-1956; cash boo... |
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Political, literary and personal correspondence of Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1st Bt (1804-69), of Belfast and Tempo Manor, Co. Fermanagh, MP for Belfast, 1832-45, promoter of the Copyright & Designs Act, 1842, Joint Secretary of the Board of Control of India, 1841-5, Colonial Secretary in Ceylon, 1... |
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Legal and business records of Falls & Hanna, solicitors, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, 1613-1950. A huge collection of some 50,000 documents, the Falls & Hanna Papers are a significant resource for the Fermanagh area containing material of relevance to its major families, businesses and local politics... |
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Collection of deeds, 1639-1841, rich in both historical content and geographical variety and relating, in part, to the Hamilton Family of Hamilton's Bawn, Armagh, and their local area. The subject matter of the collection is, however, very varied, and reference will be found to various parts of Irel... |
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Personal papers of the Hume family of New South Wales, Australia, Liverpool and Castlerock, Co. Antrim. Comprising correspondence, accounts, notebooks and other papers, the collection documents the activities, interests and history of successive generations of the family from the late 17th century o... |
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Records of the Lagan Navigation and associated companies, 1783-1954. Comprising papers relating to the Lagan Navigation, the Ulster Canal, the Tyrone Navigation or Coleraine Canal and the Upper Bann Navigation, these records provide a valuable insight into the development of the inland waterway syst... |
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Estate and personal papers of the Montgomery family of Blessingbourne, Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone, c.1650-1924, and, in particular, those of Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery (1844-1924), a senator of the Northern Ireland Parliament from 1922-24. The estate papers relate to lands in Counties Tyrone and... |
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Personal, literary and political papers of the barrister, historian and Unionist politician, Harford Montgomery Hyde (1907-1989), comprising correspondence, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, press cuttings, typescript and manuscript notes, genealogical papers, articles, etc., 1795-1991. Reflect... |
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Political and personal papers of Anthony J. Mulvey MP (1882-1957), Nationalist MP for Fermanagh-Tyrone, 1935-50 and Mid-Tyrone, 1950-51. Dating from 1941 to 1955 this collection is particularly comprehensive for the period between 1945 and 1947 and contains mainly material of relevance to Mulvey’s p... |
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Seven manuscript volumes and one typescript copy of a volume, 1775-1863, comprising the records of Mr. Aynsworth Pilson of Downpatrick. One of the volumes is merely an account book recording transactions, 1826-62, and another is entitled ''Memoirs of notable inhabitants of Downpatrick''. It provides... |
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This archive incorporates the papers of the Hon. Sir Schomberg MacDonnell, Louisa Countess of Antrim, Sir John Stuart and the Stuart family of Dalness, Argyllshire. It brings together a range of interesting and important personalities from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and provid... |
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Diary, July-September, 1760, with enclosed copy correspondence, July-August, 1759, relating to the British campaign in Canada during the Seven Years' War. The writer of the diary was probably an officer on the staff of Brigadier General James Murray, and, as he appears to have had an intimate knowle... |
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Personal, family and estate papers, 1721-1903, of the Tighe family of Woodstock, Inistiogue, Co. Kilkenny and of Rossana, Ashford, Co. Wicklow. A prominent and long-established family in the area dating back to the 17th century, the collection includes many interesting papers reflecting the personal... |
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Personal, political and financial papers of the Tipping family of Bellurgan Park, Ballymascanlan, Co Louth, and their estates in Counties Louth, Armagh, Down and Westmeath. The collection includes many wills, probates and letters of administration of the Tipping and other families, but the bulk ... |
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Records of the Ulster Gift Fund, 1938-1947. Formed in September 1939, the Ulster Gift Fund was established by the women of Ulster in an attempt to help ease the suffering of local men engaged in the Second World War. Providing clothing and bandages to military hospitals and woollen comforts to servi... |
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Records of the Ulster Women's Unionist Council and its various branches and associations, 1892-1975. Officially established on 23 January 1911, the formation of the Ulster Women's Unionist Council was a significant event in the history of women's political activism in Ireland. Initiated as the f... |
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Official and private correspondence etc of Sir Hiram Shaw Wilkinson (1840-1936), leading judge and diplomat. Born in 1840, son of John Wilkinson of Belfast and Annabella Shaw of Waringstown, Co. Down, Wilkinson led a distinguished legal and diplomatic career in the Far East during the late 19th and ... |
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Business records and other papers of Young & Mackenzie, Architects, Donegall Square West, Belfast, 1825-1937. Established in 1854, the firm of Young & Mackenzie was originally set up in Belfast by the Rt Hon. Robert Young (1822-1917), who had previously articled with the renowned architect, Charles ... |
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The archive relates to the Co. Tyrone estates of the Earls Castle Stewart, their genealogy and peerage claims, the building and re-building of their houses mainly at Stuart Hall, Stewartstown, Forward, Coalisland, Orritor, Dungannon and Castlegore, Castlederg (and the plans of Drum Manor, Cookstown,... |
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Papers concerning the Barony of De Ros relating principally to Thomas Coningsby, Earl Coningsby (1655-1729), a de Ross ancestor, and the family and descendants of Lord Henry Fitzgerald (1761-1829), and his wife, Charlotte Boyle (1769-1831), 21st Baroness de Ros. The papers comprise c. 1,100 original... |
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Family, political and general correspondence, 1707-1868, and estate correspondence, legal and financial records, 1523-c.1953, relating to all the Irish estates and some of the English estates of the Downshire family which were managed from the Irish seat and estate office at Hillsborough Castle, Co.... |
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Estate papers of the Drapers’ Company, one of the London Companies invited by James I to enter into his scheme for the Plantation of Ulster in 1610. This collection provides detailed coverage of the history of the Drapers' Company in Ulster and their settlement in Co. Londonderry, from the early 160... |
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The Enniskillen Papers, 1611-1997, derive from the Cole family of Florence Court, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Barons Mount Florence (from 1760), Viscounts Enniskillen (from 1776) and Earls of Enniskillen (from 1789), in the peerage of Ireland, and Barons Grinstead (a corruption of Grimstead) in the ... |
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The Erne papers comprise material, 1611-1981, relating to the family and personal affairs of the Creighton family of Crom Castle, Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, Earls Erne, most of which relate to the administration of their various estates: at Crom, Callowhill, Derrylin, Killynick, Lisnaskea, Knockb... |
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The Gosford Papers relate mainly to the estates (in Counties Armagh and Cavan) and financial affairs of the Acheson family of Markethill, Co. Armagh, successively baronets of Nova Scotia (1628), Barons, Viscounts and Earls of Gosford in the peerage of Ireland (1776, 1785 and 1806 respectively) and B... |
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Dr James Graham, his three sons, William Stuart Graham, James Graham and Thomas Chadwick Graham, and his nephew Col. James Graham, of the Graham family of Lisnastrain, near Lisburn, saw military and medical service in India 1819-1879. As typical representatives of Anglo-Indian society during its gre... |
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Estate, family and military papers of the Hart family of Ballynagard, Londonderry, 1607-1987. The Hart family have lived on the Londonderry/Donegal border since the late sixteenth century. The great bulk of the documentation in the collection - apart from the estate material - relates to comparative... |
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The Hervey/Bruce papers comprise original and copied documents, ca. 1750-1950 relating mainly to Frederick Augustus Hervey 1730-1803), 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, 1768-1803, known as the Earl-Bishop, and to his cousins and successors in his Co. Londonderry estate, the Bruce family, Bar... |
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Papers of the Hill Family of Brook Hall (Baronets) Londonderry, and related families of Rowley of Culmore, Co. Londonderry, Beresford of Coleraine and Walworth, Co. Londonderry, and Curraghmore, Co. Waterford, Spence of Strabane, Co. Tyrone, and Rea of St Columb's, Londonderry city, into which the H... |
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Family papers and correspondence of the Ker family of Portavoe, Co. Down, merchants and landowners, c. 1720-c. 1850, charting the emergence and development of the family from the early 18th century onwards. Descended from David Kerr, a merchant of Ballymena, Co. Antrim, the family fortunes were ... |
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Papers, 1702, 1727, 1741-1959 and 1996-1997, relating to the King (Earls of Kingston), Harman and King-Harman families of King House, Dun Laoghaire, Rockingham, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Mitchelstown Castle, Co. Cork, and (in the case of the Harman family) Newcastle, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, and to est... |
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Diaries of Lady Lillian Spender (b. 1880) covering the years 1899-1966, recording social events and daily occurrences, people, social functions, dogs, music, houses and in particular great gardens, and were written primarily for circulation within her family. Her husband, Sir Wilfred, was administra... |
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Papers deriving from the Fitzgerald family of Maynooth Castle and Carton, Co. Kildare, Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster, 1250-1949, and relating to the province of Leinster in general and to Co. Kildare in particular, with some material concerning the family's Co. Down estate which at one time... |
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Papers, 1630-1953, relating to the Lenox family of Londonderry City, the Conyngham, later Lenox-Conyngham, family of Springhill, Moneymore, Co. Londonderry, the Butle family of Belfast and elsewhere in Co. Antrim (a merchant family whose heir inherited Springhill in 1721 and changed his name to Cony... |
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Papers of the Gore-Booth Family of Lissadell, Co. Sligo, Salford and Manchester, c.1628/c.1993. The Gore-Booths descend from a late Elizabethan soldier of fortune, Sir Paul Gore, who was granted substantial estates in the north-west and was created a baronet in 1622. In 1789, Sir Booth Gore, 2nd Bt,... |
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Papers of the Londonderry Estate Office, Newtownards, Co. Down, 1629-1940. Relating to lands held by the Marquesses of Londonderry in Counties Donegal, Down and Londonderry, this collection comprises a comprehensive range of extant estate papers, correspondence and other papers pertaining to the adm... |
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Political and personal papers of Charles S.H. Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878-1949) and of his wife Edith Helen, 1880-1950. The Londonderry Family were among the most influential political families in Britain from the 18th century onwards. The 7th Marquess carried on this... |
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Diaries, scrapbooks, letters etc, 1772-1921, mainly of Theresa, Marchioness of Londonderry (1856-1919), wife of the 6th Marquess, but including some papers of the 6th Marquess himself, 1878-1921, of and about his mother, Mary Cornelia, widow of the 5th Marquess, c. 1866-1906, and of his brothers Lor... |
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Papers of the Murray family of Broughton, Wigtownshire, and Cally, Gatehouse-of-Fleet, Kircudbright, c. 1625-1918. Receiving a Plantation grant of land in 1610, the Murray family were important landowners in south-west Donegal holding in excess of 40,000 acres by the late 18th century. As such, thei... |
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Papers of the Mussenden family of Belfast and later of Larchfield, Annahilt, Co. Down whose origins are uncertain but who were active in business from the early 18th century. Daniel Mussenden (d. 1763), some time member of the Belfast Corporation, was one of Belfast's principal merchants from 1720, ... |
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The archive of the Nugent family of Farren Connell, Co. Cavan, comprises a fairly complete record of this major Ulster family, their estates in Cos Cavan and Westmeath, and their careers, mainly in the army between the 15th and 20th Centuries, and principally that of General Major Sir Oliver Nugent ... |
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The Redhall Papers (from Redhall, Ballycarry, Co. Antrim) consist of 21 volumes of a diary kept by Henry McClintock, Collector of the Revenue at Dundalk, over the period 1805-1843 (with a continuation by his widow up to 1848); and bundles of loose letters and papers of members of the Torrens family,... |
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Estate papers of the Salters’ Company, one of the London Companies invited by James I to enter into his scheme for the Plantation of Ulster in 1610. This collection provides detailed coverage of the history of the Salters' Company’s Irish estate, the Manor of Sal, from 1610 to 1964. The collecti... |
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Papers of the Tyrcallen branch of the Stewarts of Killymoon, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone: in particular, those of Henry Stewart (1743-1840) of Tyrcallen, Stranorlar, Co. Donegal, younger brother of James Stewart (1741-1821) of Killymoon, MP for Co. Tyrone, 1768-1812. Henry Stewart was a land agent who... |
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Papers of the Ulster Unionist Council, 1886-1986. Formally established in 1905, the Ulster Unionist Council was set up to advance and defend the interests of Ulster Unionists. Since 1905, the Council has played a leading role in representing the Unionist population of Ulster, directing the policy of... |
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Papers of the Weir family of Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone, 1746-1854, including an exceptionally good group of emigrant letters sent to members of the Weir family in Stewartstown from relations and friends in and around Philadelphia, New York and Alabama in North America, May 1771-January 1854. In some ... |
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Estate, political and military papers of the Wynne family of Hazelwood, Co. Sligo and Lurganboy, Co. Leitrim, 1612-1910. The archive charts the lineage of the family from the arrival in Ireland of Owen Wynne I (d. 1670) in 1658 from Bala in Merionethshire, Wales, to its extinction in 1910. Prosperou... |
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Two volumes containing the reports of the Special Constables appointed in 1812 to patrol the streets of Belfast at night. The earlier volume, which is dealt with by George Benn in his 'History of Belfast' (pp. 504-6), covers the period 12 May to 27 November 1812, and 19 February to 15 May 1816; the ... |
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The Foster/Massereene papers comprise over 26,000 documents and volumes, 1590-1935, deriving from the Clotworthy and Skeffington families, Viscounts Massereene, and the Foster family, Viscounts Ferrard of Collon, Co. Louth. The papers relate to the family estates, mainly in Counties Antrim and Louth... |
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Antrim Presbytery Papers... |
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Various Northern Ireland government publications, including Northern Ireland Parliamentary papers, Northern Ireland Assembly papers, Northern Ireland Departmental publications and Non-Departmental publications (1889-present) ... |
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Significant collection of personal and literary papers of Edith Somerville (1858-1949) and Violet Martin (1862-1915) alias “Somerville and Ross,” one of Ireland's most celebrated literary partnerships. An important and unique collection reflecting the lives, interests and work of the two authors, th... |
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Institutional archive of Queen's University Belfast. |
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General collection of 18th century books and pamphlets. The collection relates to a wide variety of subject areas representative of the interests and pre-occupations of writers of this period and the collecting concerns of QUB library. History, politics, religion, language and literature are all wel... |
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Collection of 18th century pamphlets, magazines and reports etc compiled by John Foster, Baron Oriel (1740-1828), last Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. An important and unique assemblage of materials, the collection was compiled by Foster during his years of high political office in both the I... |
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The Hibernica Collection, or Henry Collection as it was previously known, is a substantial collection of monographs, periodicals and pamphlets of general Irish interest and/or origin, being strongest in history and literature, and also including works of Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Breton. Officially... |
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Significant collection of early monographs, pamphlets, bound letters etc pertaining to Ireland by foreign authors and/or by Irishmen printed abroad. Dating mainly from before 1701, the Simms collection contains many rare and important items that have been gathered together by a local book collector ... |
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Collection of correspondence, working notes and papers of Robert Mitchell Henry (1873-1950), Professor of Latin at Queen’s University Belfast (1907-38) and later Professor of Humanities at the University of St. Andrews, Edinburgh (1939-47) and honorary chair of Classical Literature at Trinity Colleg... |
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Established in 1849, the Library of Queen's University Belfast comprises one of the largest collections of books, periodicals and pamphlets held in Northern Ireland. One of the Library's great strengths lies in its department of Special Collections & Archives, containing approximately 100,000 volume... |
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Distinguished library of early medical works and medical history belonging to Dr Samuel Simms (d. 1967) of Belfast. Once described as one of the most selective and extensive of collections in private hands, the Simms Medical collection is an outstanding assemblage of works concerning the practice of... |
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Substantial collection of personal and official papers of Sir Robert Hart (1835-1911), Inspector General of the Imperial Customs, Peking, 1863-1908. The collection contains a range of interesting and insightful material relating to Hart’s official duties and experiences in Peking during his long car... |
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Papers and books of Dr. Stanley Fowler Wright (1873-1953), Commissioner of Customs and Personal Secretary to the Inspector General, the Chinese Maritime Customs. In addition to manuscripts, there are books in Chinese, books and pamphlets on China and on the Chinese Customs, many official printed pap... |
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General collection of valuable, limited, fine or rare material from the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection relates to a disparate range of subject areas with items selected for their evidential and/or bibliographic value. Included can be found modern reproductions of some of the world’s most tr... |
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Collection of private papers of Théophile Piry (fl. 1880-1915), Commissioner of Customs and first Postmaster General of the Imperial Postal Service, China, 1911-1915. This collection contains a range of material bearing on Piry’s later career in the Chinese administration including drafts, notes, co... |
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Papers of the Ulster writer and scholar, Helen Waddell (1889-1965). The collection consists of notes, translations, holograph and typescript manuscripts of published and unpublished works by Waddell, c.1909-47, and an extensive series of correspondence with the critic and historian George Saintsbury... |
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Collection of 133 manuscript and typescript letters from 34 correspondents to Otto Kyllmann (d. 1958), senior partner of the publishing firm, Constable & Co., with typescript copies of 16 of his letters to various correspondents, and one note in his hand; the whole collection spanning the period 190... |
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Papers of the Irish writer, Shan F. Bullock (1865-1935). The collection consists of holograph and typescript manuscripts of both published and unpublished works by Bullock featuring examples of his poetry, fictional writing and dramatic works. The collection also includes items of personal interest ... |
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Relatively small, general collection of monographs etc from the surviving personal library of the 18th century philosopher and economic theorist, Adam Smith (1723-90). The majority of titles relate principally to Greek and Latin classics and date mostly from the 18th century. The collection does, ho... |
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Collection of works of early economic theory and philosophy dating from the 17th to the late 19th centuries. A relatively small assemblage of some 234 items, the collection includes a comprehensive range of material by many of the major economists of the period covered, in particular for the late 18... |
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Collection of scientific papers and notebooks, memoranda, lectures, correspondence etc of James Thomson (1822-1892), Professor of Engineering at Queen’s College, Belfast, 1857-1873. Various topics are highlighted in the collection reflecting Professor Thomson’s wide range of research interests. Thes... |
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Collection of monographs, periodicals and facsimilies, etc., on or relating to a variety of Hebrew and Jewish subjects and studies. Included are Hebrew texts relating to the interpretation, analysis and commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Qumran community, alongside works of Hebrew literature... |
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Papers of the Belfast born author and poet, Herbert Moore Pim (1883-?). A relatively small batch of materials, this collection consists mainly of literary manuscripts concerning a number of published and unpublished works by Pim, including typewritten drafts of the novel, ‘The Pessimist’, 1904-10 (p... |
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The almost intact 18th century library of the author and antiquarian, Thomas Percy (1729-1811), Bishop of Dromore, Co. Down. Described at one time as the finest library in private hands in Ireland, the collection contains monographs, bound volumes of pamphlets and some manuscripts relating principal... |
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Collection of literary manuscripts of the Victorian poet, Arthur O’Shaughnessy (1844-81) comprising chiefly of some 21 annotated notebooks of poems, prose and verse composed by him, c 1860-70, and appearing in his published works, ‘An Epic of Women’ (1870), ‘Lays of France’ (1872), ‘Music and Moonli... |
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Collection of Irish manuscripts and printed books annotated by the distinguished Celtic Scholar, T.F. O’Rahilly (1883-1953). A relatively small assemblage of material, the books are extensively annotated by O'Rahilly and include a range of titles on Irish dialect, grammar and Irish Literature, datin... |
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Collection of letters and other papers relating to the public and private affairs of Sir John Newport (1756-1843), Irish Politician and Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, banker and landowner. The bulk of the collection consists of some 250 letters, c 1765-c 1862, addressed to, and received from, so... |
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Special collection of books etc, by, or relating to, the Irish poet, satirist, composer, and musician, Thomas Moore (1779-1852). Born in Dublin to Roman Catholic parents in 1779, Thomas Moore went on to become one of Ireland's most popular writers, regarded at the time, as Ireland's national lyricis... |
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Extant manuscript for an English-Irish Dictionary of Ulster Irish compiled for and in association with the Belfast born industrialist and Gaelic Scholar, Robert Shipboy MacAdam (1808-95). The manuscript consists of some 23 folios arranged alphabetically and containing the completed results of MacAda... |
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Collection of holograph papers and working notes of Professor Charles MacDouall (1813-83), Professor of Latin and subsequently of Greek at Queen’s College, Belfast, (1849-78). The collection consists of finished essays, reference aids, lectures, emendations and miscellaneous notes prepared and used ... |
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Collection of general literature, Sanskrit and comparative philology from the personal library of Charles MacDouall (1818-1883), first Professor of Latin at Queen's College, Belfast (1849-50) and second Professor of Greek (1850-78). The collection includes material relating to Classical, Eastern and... |
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Collection of holograph manuscripts of the composer and conductor, Sir Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) featuring full and part scores to a range of orchestral and choral pieces composed or arranged by Harty, c 1900-1939. Included in the collection are arrangements of Handel and Berlioz, whose performance... |
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Collection of research materials collected by Godfrey W. Ferguson (d. c 1939/40) of Belfast, President of the Belfast Literary Society (1922-23, 1934-35), concerning Anne Isabella Milbanke, Lady Byron (1792-1860), wife of the Romantic Poet, Lord George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), and, in particular, t... |
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Collection of 16th and 17th century books and pamphlets, including facsimilies. An extensive collection of early works, it contains in excess of 3,700 items, including 20 incunabula (i.e. printed before 1500), 267 STC and 1,430 Wing items, relating to a wide range of subject areas reflecting the int... |
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Collection of 44 original manuscript letters from the Irish poet, William Allingham (1824-89), to Henry Septimus Sutton (1825-1901). An important collection of letters from one poet to another, the letters provide a unique insight and commentary on the emergence of Allingham as a published author fr... |
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Major collection of Irish musical manuscripts, notebooks and correspondence etc concerning the work of the Irish Music Collector and Musician, Edward Bunting (1773-1843) arising out of the Belfast Harpers Festival of 1792 and published in ‘A General Collection of Ancient Irish Music’ in 1796 (revise... |
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This collection consists of a selection of scientific papers and correspondence by and addressed to Chemist and Physicist, Thomas Andrews (1813-85), chiefly written in his own hand or copied by his daughters, Elizabeth Andrews and Mary K. Andrews, and forming part of the documents used in the prepar... |
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Small collection of papers and photographic material presented to the University Library by the Biblical Scholar, R.H. Charles, Archdeacon of Westminster (1855-1931) consisting mainly of photographs (positive and negative) of original Aramaic, Greek and Ethiopic biblical manuscripts dating from the ... |
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Personal, literary and collected papers of and/or relating to Thomas Carnduff (1886-1956), the Belfast essayist, playwright and poet. An important figure in cultural circles during the early 20th century, Thomas Carnduff, the so-called 'Shipyard Poet,' was a profilic writer and acute observer of Bel... |
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Small collection of miscellaneous papers and documents deposited by the Belfast solicitor, Sir Charles Brett (1839-1926). The collection consists of a variety of material, mainly of antiquarian interest, including books, extracts, manuscripts, and other documents relating principally to early Englis... |
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Collection of theological, philosophical and literary works ranging from the 16th to 18th Centuries, maintained and accumulated by the Presbyterian congregations in Belfast and Antrim, 1765-1873, for the purposes of local intellectuals and Presbyterian ministers. In addition to items on theology, ph... |
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The music collection at Queen’s University Belfast is an open access collection which is primarily focused towards the needs of students and academic staff. The collection is located at The McClay Library at Queen’s and consists of over 15,000 books on music and printed editions of music (dating fro... |
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The Gilbert Collection comprises draft autograph and typescript manuscripts of novels and short stories, proof copies and quires, correspondence, notes, synopses, draft speeches, draft poems, juvenilia, school reports, photographs, scrapbooks, and postcards. The correspondence includes letters wr... |
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The official publications collection at Queen's University includes Parliamentary Papers held from the beginning of the 19th Century onwards, a Northern Ireland Official Publications Archive and a European Documentation Centre archive of EU materials. |
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This collection comprises copies of files held in the Russian Archive for Social and Political History (RGASPI), Moscow. The files pertain to the Irish labour movement and the history of Communism in Ireland, comprising documents from the departments and standing committees of the Executive Commi... |
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The general music materials are focused on supporting academic requirements of students and staff of the Academy. These include books and periodicals on music, reference works and bibliographies, including online databases. Printed music comprises performing editions, full and study scores, and a su... |
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Choral part-sets, orchestral sets and partbooks in both printed and MS form belonging to the Sons of Handel (1810 - ) and its successor, the Antient Concerts Society (1834 – 1863), both amateur choral societies based in Dublin. ... |
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Orchestral sets and partbooks in both printed and MS form belonging to the Anacreontic Society (c. 1740 – 1865), an amateur orchestral society based in Dublin. ... |
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A collection of music mostly for solo guitar, guitar with voice and guitar with ensemble. Collected by Josiah Andrew Hudelston, mainly while working in Madras, (1817 – 1856), but also when he settled in Ireland.... |
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Laws and statutes from the UK and Northern Ireland and a range of official publications. ... |
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Laws and statutes from the UK and Northern Ireland and a range of official publications. ... |
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Youth Link: NI is the inter-church youth service for Northern Ireland. It was established in 1991 by ... |
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Scores: a collection of scores consisting mainly of classical works |
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The Reference Library holds books and periodicals relating to the Chester Beatty Library collections.... |
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Formerly the private library of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968)... |
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