Sophie O'Brien Descriptive List (Ref. PR25)

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B: Correspondence

7 5 April 1938 Letter, from Sophie O’Brien, Eplessier par Paix, near Amiens, Somme, France, to ‘My Dear Captain Lucy’. Encloses Mr. Macdonagh’s letter. Congratulates him on being in the Literary Supplement of The Times. Glad to know he is friendly with Terence O’Hanlon. She may go to London, but her plans depend on the health of Miss Mattie Murphy. Mentions a friend from Cork, Eowen O’Mahony. 3pp 8 27 May 1938 Letter, from Sophie O’Brien, Eplessier par Paix, Somme, France, to ‘My Dear Friend’. Agrees to the proposal ‘with a deep emotion to find such affection and understanding and sympathy…The book as it stands will bring no money- if you make it…a popular book it will be [a] joy to me…’. Fernande and herself will look out for photographs. Mentions book in Dublin University on Jewish customs, her material in Cork University, and suggests reading Mr. MacDonagh’s book about William O'Brien. 3pp 9 1 June 1938 Letter from Sophie O’Brien, Eplessier par Paix, Somme, France, to ‘My Dear Friend’. ‘As things strike me I jot them down…’. She has gathered all the photos. and newspaper cuttings and one of her husband’s note books and will give these over. Mentions the ‘Mulruenny forgery’. She will reply to the best of her ability to any questions. Enclosed are notes ‘On Jewish ways’ (2pp). 3pp 10 5 June 1938