Poems, songs, verse, stories, historical notes, mainly concerning Ireland and of Irish origin.
Standish Hayes O'Grady: Papers
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- ReferenceGB 12 MS Add.6472-6568
- Dates of Creation1701-1900 (Circa)
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- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description8 archive box(es) 8 boxes30 volume(s) 30 volumes5 notebook(s) 5 notebooks1 envelope(s) 1 envelope
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Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
MSS.Add.6472-6476, 6494, 6496-6514, 6516, 6517, 6520-6524, 6526, 6527, 6529, 6530, 6532-6537, 6539, 6542-6545, 6548-6552, and 6554 were presented by Sir Alan Moore, Bt, 1923-1924; MSS.Add.6477-6488, 6490-6493, 6495, 6553, and 6555-6568 were presented by Lady Moore, 1923-1924; MS.Add.6489 was presented by the family of Sir Norman Moore.
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Bibliography
Pádraig De Brún and Máire Herbert's Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in Cambridge libraries (Cambridge University Press, 1986), pp. 47-102, contain further information about MSS.Add.6472-6477, 6485, 6489, 6514, 6516, 6526, 6527, 6530, 6532, 6537, 6556-6559, and 6561-6568. The incident discussed in MS.Add.6553 is referred to in the Journal of education, January 1896, p. 48 (a paragraph of the Irish correspondence).