Poems, songs, verse, stories, historical notes, mainly concerning Ireland and of Irish origin.
Standish Hayes O'Grady: Papers
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.6472-6568
- Dates of Creation
- 1701-1900 (Circa)
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 8 archive box(es) 8 boxes30 volume(s) 30 volumes5 notebook(s) 5 notebooks1 envelope(s) 1 envelope
Scope and Content
Access Information
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.
Other Finding Aids
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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).