Timothy O'Keeffe papers, 1949-1971, undated.

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Timothy O'Keeffe papers, 1949-1971, undated.

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The papers contain correspondence between Irish editor Timothy O'Keefe and seven Irish authors: Brendan Behan, J.P. Donleavey, Michael Farrell, John Montague, Sean O'Casey, James Plunkett and Francis Stuart. Most of the letters discuss the work of the individual writers. Also included are short manuscripts by Behan, Farrell and Plunkett.

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Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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O'Keeffe, Timothy

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Irish editor. O'Keeffe was born 1926, in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, studied at Oxford, and served in the National Service. In the 1950s, he started his career in publishing at Hutchinson, Ltd., and, in 1959, went to work at MacGibbon and Kee in London. O'Keefe's publishing activity focused on Irish literature. In 1971, O'Keeffe formed the publishing firm of Martin, Brian and O'Keeffe; he continued to run this firm out of his London home until his death in 1994. ...

O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964

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Sean O'Casey was born John Casey on March 30, 1880 in Dublin, Ireland, to Michael and Susan (Archer) Casey, a lower-middle class Protestant family. His father died in 1886. As a child, O'Casey suffered from trachoma, which affected his sight and made it difficult for him to succeed scholastically. He worked periodically throughout his adolescence as a stock boy, a van driver, and railway laborer. During this time, he became interested in Irish working class culture, as well as socialism and labo...

Farrell, Michael, 1899-1962

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Behan, Brendan

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Irish playwright, author and poet. From the description of Brendan Behan letters, 1960-1961. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 50316521 ...

Plunkett, James, 1920-2003

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Stuart, Francis, 1902-2000

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Henry Francis Stuart was an Irish poet whose books were praised by William Butler Yeats and Poetry Magazine in Chicago. He lectured on modern English and Irish literature at Berlin University in the 1930's and in 1958 relocated to County Meath, Ireland. As a young man he served time for arms smuggling during the Irish civil war. The solitude and his conviction cementing his ambition to be an artist. The collector, Geoffrey Elborn, was born on February 27, 1950 in Scotland and had an extensive pr...

Donleavy, J.P. (James Patrick), 1926-

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U.S. novelist and playwright. From the description of Works, correspondence, and photographs 1955, nd. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122365916 ...

Montague, John Stanley

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Montague was a prominent member of the Carthage mob that would murder Joseph and Hyrum Smith in 1844, according to Sheriff Backenstos; see History of the Church VII: 144. From the description of John Montague (Carthage mob member) promissory note, 1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368052121 This fonds relates to The Dolmen Miscellany Of Irish Writing, originally to be entitled The Tower, which was proposed after a poetry reading in February 1961. The Irish Academy of Lett...