Seamus Fitzgerald Descriptive List (Ref. PR6)

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Copy letter from Fitzgerald to Alfred O'Rahilly (Register U.C.C.) requesting him to make a comment for publication on an article on the Senate. 1p

990

[n.d.] Printed copies Notes on University College Cork.

5pp

991

[n.d.] Copy synopsis of lecture "Newman's Catholic University and the Queen's College", by Professor Denis Gwynn. 6pp

Conferring of Honorary Degree 1949

992

16 March - 14 December 1949 Correspondence relating to bureaucratic arrangements for the conferring of a Honorary Degree on Fitzgerald. Includes 15 March 1949 letter from Fitzgerald enclosing a resume of his career and achievements. 5 items

993 28 April - 10 August 1949 Letters of congratulations received by Fitzgerald on his conferring with an Honorary Degree. Includes 28 April letter from Henry Wheldon, Massachusetts congratulating Fitzgerald and detailing American attitudes to the Irish "there are far less of the shillelaghs and shenanigans". Includes 14 July letter from Sean McCarthy, Lord Mayor of Cork. 5 items 994 19 July 1949 Programmes for the conferring and invitation to Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald to attend. 3 items

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