Kilmainham Jail Museum., 06/13/1972-07/21/1973
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection essentially comprises the life and letters of Sir Shane Leslie whose boundless energy and wide-ranging interests took him all over Britain, the United States and Canada, bringing him in touch with people in many fields including the arts, economics, education, literature, politics and religion. Sir Shane's personal papers also reflect his deep concern and interest in Irish culture and politics, particularly the question of Irish independence through Home Rule.
The correspondence series of the collection reads like a who's who particularly from 1900 through 1971. Famous names include Angela Antrim, Margot Asquith, Nancy Astor, William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Hilaire Belloc, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, J.E.C. Bodley, Brendan Bracken, G.K. Chesterton, Winston Churchill (cousin), Sydney Cockerell, Bourke Cockran, George Curzon, Charles Dilke, Alfred Douglas, Mrs. Fitzherbert, Francois Aidan Gasquet, Rupert Hart-Davis, Vyvyan Holland, John Maynard Keynes, William Somerset Maugham, Alice, Francis and Viola Meynell, Horace Plunkett, George Bernard Shaw, Clare Sheridan (wife of Wilfrid Sheridan, great-great grandson of Richard Brinsley Sheridan), Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, Mark Sykes, Evelyn Waugh, William Butler Yeats.
The collection includes a signed black and white photograph inscribed by Leo Tolstoy to Shane Leslie, during the latter's visit to the great Russian author in Moscow in 1907. Sir Shane's manuscripts are also included in great abundance in the collection, including those for his autobiography, “Long Shadows.” The typescripts and drafts of a biography planned by Iris Leslie are also included in this series. Other notable series include Sir Shane's journals and appointment books; scrapbooks, particularly those concerning his visit to the U.S. 1957-1958; and editions of Sir Shane's own works that include tipped-in items such as correspondence relating to the work, notes by Sir Shane, and press cuttings.
Dates
- 06/13/1972-07/21/1973
Collection-level Access Restrictions
Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.
Extent
From the Collection: 40.25 Linear Feet (80 boxes and 1 oversized folder )
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
Contains correspondence to Iris Leslie re the donation of items associated with Charles Stewart Parnell from the Leslie estate to Kilmainham Jail Museum. Correspondents as follows - @ Patrick Donegan, ALS 6/18/73, TLS 6/19/73. @ A.T. Lucas, TLS 6/7/1973. @ John V. Maunsell, ALS 7/21/1973. @ Donal O'Sullivan, Irish ambassador, London, 6 TLS w/ list of the donated items, 1972-73. Includes printed booklet about Kilmainham, with postcard of leaders of the 1916 proclamation of the Irish Republic. Also includes newsclipping about the Leslie family donation.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART - MUNIMENTS AT KILMAINHAM JAIL - CORRES.: Typed Letter Signed
KILMAINHAM JAIL MUSEUM - PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART MUNIMENTS - CORRES.: Typed Letter Signed
LESLIE FAMILY - PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART MUNIMENTS TO KILMAINHAM: Typed Letter Signed
KILMAINHAM JAIL - BOOKLET: Typed Letter Signed
IRELAND - PROCLAMATION 1916, LEADERS - POSTCARD: Printed Item
DONEGAN, PATRICK - CORRES. TO IRIS LESLIE 1973: Typed Letter Signed
LESLIE, IRIS C. - CORRES. FROM DONEGAN, PATRICK 1973: Typed Letter Signed
LUCAS, A.T. - CORRES. TO IRIS LESLIE 1973: Typed Letter Signed
LESLIE, IRIS C. - CORRES. FROM LUCAS, A.T. 1973: Typed Letter Signed
MAUNSELL, JOHN - CORRES. TO IRIS LESLIE 1973: Autographed Letter
LESLIE, IRIS C. - CORRES. FROM MAUNSELL, JOHN V. 1973: Autographed Letter
O'SULLIVAN, DONAL - CORRES. TO IRIS LESLIE 1972-3: Typed Letter Signed
LESLIE, IRIS C. - CORRES. FROM O'SULLIVAN, DONAL 1972-3: Typed Letter Signed
Creator
- From the Collection: Leslie, Shane, 1885-1971 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
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