Papers, 1879-1971, 1916-1926 (bulk)

Ancient Order of Hibernians

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The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH; Irish: Ord Ársa na nÉireannach) is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization founded in the United States in 1836. Stemming from a long tradition of Irish societies organized to defend Gaelic values against British colonialism, its original purpose was to act as guards to shield Catholic churches from Nativist mobs and to assist newly arrived Irish Catholic immigrants to the United States, particularly those working in the coal mines. Members later directly o...

La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947

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Fiorello Henry La Guardia (born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia; December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945. Known for his irascible, energetic, and charismatic personality and diminutive stature, La Guardia is acclaimed as one of the greatest mayors in American history. Though a Republican, La Guardia was frequently cross-endorsed by other part...

Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971

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Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician. Raised in Owosso, Michigan, Dewey was a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. In 1944, he was the Republican Party's nominee for president, but lost the election to incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt in the closest of Roosevelt's four presidential elections. He was again the Republican presidential nominee in 1948, but lost to President Ha...

Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944

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Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928. Smith was the foremost urban leader of the Efficiency Movement in the United States and was noted for achieving a wide range of reforms as governor in the 1920s. The son of an Irish-American mother and a Civil War veteran father, he was raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bri...

Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948

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Charles Evans Hughes Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, Republican Party politician, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the 36th Governor of New York, the Republican nominee in the 1916 presidential election, and the 44th United States Secretary of State. Born to a Welsh immigrant preacher and his wife in Glens Falls, New York, Hughes pursued a legal career in New York City. After working in private practice for several ye...

Cockran, William Bourke, 1854-1923

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Lawyer and Congressman from New York. From the description of Letter to the S.S. McClure Company, 1899 October 27. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 62524017 Democratic Congressman from New York and famous orator. From the description of Papers, 1890-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155508334 William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923) was an Irish-born American lawyer, orator and politician who was elected to Congress from New York in 1886, 1890,...

O'Connell, Daniel Theodore, 1878-1964.

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Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940

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Lawyer and U.S. senator from Idaho. From the description of William Edgar Borah papers, 1905-1940 (bulk 1912-1940). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979901 U.S. senator from Idaho. From the description of Letter, 1929 Oct. 12, Washington D.C., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904148 Attorney in Boise, Idaho; United States senator from Idaho, 1907-1940. From the description of Correspondence, 1902-1932. (Idah...

Thomas Norman Mattoon, 1884-1968

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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968), was a leading American socialist, pacifist, author, and six-time presidential candidate on the Socialist Party of America ticket, between 1928 and 1948. Born in Marion, Ohio, he was a graduate of Princeton University, attended Union Theological Seminary, where he became a socialist, and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1911. Thomas opposed the United States' entry into the First World War, a position that earned him the disapproval of many in his soci...

Cosgrave, William T., 1880-1944.

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Cohalan, Daniel F., 1865-1946.

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New York State Supreme Court Justice. Cohalan was a leading figure in national, state, and city politics and in the Irish fight for freedom. From the description of Papers, 1879-1971, 1916-1926 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155508564 ...

Shields, John Knight, 1855-1934.

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Grace, John P. (John Patrick), 1874-1940

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Politician and journalist, of Charleston, S.C. From the description of John Patrick Grace papers, 1902-1940. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19592229 John P. Grace was born on "factory hill" in Charleston, S.C., in 1874. He attended the Christian Brothers' School, Charleston High School, and received his law degree in 1902 from Georgetown. In the course of his law career he was associated with the firms of Logan and Grace and Logan, Grace, and Cosgrove. He fou...

Reed, James A. (James Alexander), 1861-1944

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Cohalan, Hannah O'Leary, d. 1911.

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Crawford, Robert Lindsay, 1868-1945.

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Colby, Bainbridge, 1869-1950

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U.S. secretary of state, statesman, and lawyer. From the description of Bainbridge Colby papers, 1863-1950 (bulk 1912-1950). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83293480 Biographical Note 1869, Dec. 22 Born, St. Louis, Mo. 1890 A.B., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. ...

American Commission on Irish Independence

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Boland, Harry, 1887-1922

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McSweeney, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1864-

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De Valera, Éamon 1882-1975

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Prime minister of Ireland, 1937-1948, 1951-1954, and 1957-1959; president of Ireland, 1959-1973. From the description of Eamonn de Valera speech, 1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867571 President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State. From the description of Letter, March 3, 1932. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17732739 Irish statesman. De Valera participated in re...

McGarrity, Joseph.

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Lynch, Jeremiah, 1878-1950.

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United States. Congress

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Bills of the 96th Congress to provide for temporary increases in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. From the description of Public debt legislation, 96th Congress : legislative history of public debt legislation, 1979-1980. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243776779 Bill of the 96th Congress to impose a windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil, and for other purposes. From the description of Crude oil windfall profit tax act of 1980 ...

Schreiner, George Abel, 1875-....

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Gallagher, Michael James 1866-1937

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Irish Race Convention (1919 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924

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Composed 1884-85. First performance Stuttgart, 8 December 1885, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of 1st concerto for violoncello, op. 8 / by Victor Herbert. [1965?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50216538 Victor Herbert (1859-1924) cellist, co-founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), conductor and composer is best known as the composer of light operas such as Babes in Toyland...

Clan-na-Gael

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Friends of Irish Freedom

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The organization evolved from the Irish Race Convention held in New York City after the Easter Rebellion of 1916 in Ireland. The organization's objective was to secure the independence of Ireland from England through fund raising, dissemination of pro-Irish propaganda in the United States, and informing Congress on Irish affairs. The organization dissolved in 1935. From the description of Records, 1916-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155508663 ...

Devoy, John, 1842-1928

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Dalton, Richard

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Epithet: of Add MS 37835 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x00004f Epithet: of Add MS 35614 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x00004e Epithet: of Lincolnshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x000050 Epithet: of Stowe MS 17...

American-Irish Historical Society

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The Society was organized in 1897 in Boston to "better make known the Irish chapter in American history." Society maintains a library, issues an annual publication, and sponsors lectures, exhibits, special film series, and receptions. From the description of Records, 1897-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155508543 Collecting area: Materials pertaining to the American-Irish issue, and American-Irish politics, religion, legal questions, poetry, and prose. From ...