This collection consists largely of letters from Roger Casement to Captain Hans Boehm, during Casement's stay in Germany in 1915, as well as some associated material (photographs, medals) relating to his first contact with the German authorities in November and December 1914 and the formation of the Irish Brigade in 1915.
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The Constantine Curran/Helen Laird Collection in UCD Library Special Collections contains correspondence, including letters from James Joyce to Curran, photographs, postcards, literary manuscripts, gramophone records and a large collections of printed books, pamphlets and ephemera. This collection reflects Curran and Laird's interests and networks. The following subseries of the collection are now available on the UCD Digital Library: Constantine Curran / Helen Laird Correspondence Part 1 : Letters from and related to James Joyce: a collection of 133 items including letters and cards from James Joyce to Curran ; Curran Collection - Photographs: The photograph collection contains photographs compiled by Constantine Curran and Helen Laird from 1880-1972, including photographs of James Joyce and his family ; 1916 Rising Postcards: the postcards are part of the printed book and ephemeral collection and were published in 1916 in the immediate aftermath of the Insurrection. The remainder of the collection can be accessed by appointment in UCD Library Special Collections.
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Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (The Oratory, Edgbaston, Birmingham) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to his students; a previous letter regarding 'The Lady with the Camellias'; writers and morality; a photograph of 'one of Ghiberti's bronze gate panels from the Florence duomo'; and books he has read.
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Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (University College, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to [John] Hannah and the Rectory of Brighton; a photograph that Baillie sent; a book on epigraphy; a decision made by Pope [Leo XIII]; rural and town living; poverty and populations; an incident at the Battle of Majuba Hill, South Africa; and Gladstone.
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