Helen Landreth Papers, 1924-1983 (bulk 1948-1978).

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Helen Landreth Papers, 1924-1983 (bulk 1948-1978).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46387799

Composed primarily of materials related to Landreth's research on Wolfe Tone, Robert Emmet, John Keogh, Mary Childers and other subjects in Irish history. Prominent correspondents include Erskine Childers Jr., Richard Cardinal Cushing, and Eamonn De Velara.

ca. 9 linear ft. (22 boxes)

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7564431

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Childers, Erskine Hamilton, 1905-1974

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Tone, Theobald Wolfe, 1763-1798

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Keogh, John, 1740-1817

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Landreth, Helen.

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Librarian and historian. Landreth was born in 1892 in Nashville, Tennessee. After visiting Ireland in 1925, she abandoned a career in journalism and decided to devote her life to the study of Irish history. To further her research, Landreth moved to Ireland in 1938 and formed close ties many individuals prominent in Irish politics. In 1946, she returned to the United States and became the first curator of the Boston College Library's Irish Collection. Landreth worked for...