Descriptive List of the Personal Archive of Diarmaid L. Fawsitt
PR81/1/4 Civil Service, Provisional Government, and Irish Free State (1922-1934)
Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/29
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Reference: PR81/1/4/C/3
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12 October 1922
30 December 1922 - 13 January 1923
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Correspondence between Diarmaid Fawsitt and others regarding the future status of the Irish Trade Commission, New York City
Typescript extract from statement by President W.T. Cosgrave at parliamentary debates, Dail Eireann, Dublin, confirming Cosgrave’s opposition to Diarmaid Fawsitt’s tactics for appointment to the post of Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Commerce
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Extent: 4 items
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Scope and Content: Items originally within plain file marked ‘Irish Industries Depot’ (scored out) and ‘New York City - Trade Commission’.
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Extent: 1 page (5 copies)
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Scope and Content: Typed extract of a statement by the President taken from an a publication titled Parliamentary Debates, Volume 1, page 1611. In the statement W.T. Cosgrave states that he would resign if ‘a particular civil servant’ thinks he can put himself in ‘a certain office’ by canvassing members of Dail Eireann and ‘using his position as a civil servant of having been in the movement for some time’.
Reference: PR81/1/4/C/3/01
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30 December 1922
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Copy typescript letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt to Professor T.A. Smiddy, M.A., Envoy Irish Free State, copy of Hotel St. Regis, New York City, United States of America
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Extent: 1 page
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Scope and Content: Letter from Fawsitt granting Professor Smiddy authority to surrender on his behalf lease of premises to the landlord, of the property Suite 1025-9, Temple Court Building, New York.
Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/30
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c.1922
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Business Card or Name Plate of J.L. Fawsitt (Diarmaid Fawsitt), Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Ministry of Industry and Commerce), Dublin
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Extent: 1 sheet
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Scope and Content: Small name plate or business card without address or telephone number, stating only ‘J.L. Fawsitt, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Dublin’ (Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Irish Provisional Government, Dublin).
Reference: PR81/1/4/C/3/02
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10 January 1923
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Telegram from Professor T.A. Smiddy, New York City, to Leo Fawsitt (Diarmaid Fawsitt), St Petroc, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
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Extent: 2 pages
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Scope and Content: Telegram from Professor Smiddy to Fawsitt received at 9.13am, and stamped ‘Leopardstown Blackrock’. Smiddy informs Fawsitt that ‘McGrath willing to hold trade commission if established separate from Consulate. Resignations forced owing Mellows execution’. With the dismissal of staff from the New York Consulate, Smiddy warns all of Fawsitt’s work ‘will go to pieces’ if the trade commission is lost.
Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/31
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3 January 1923
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Typescript circular from Joseph McGrath, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Irish Provisional Government to Diarmaid Fawsitt
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Extent: 1 page
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Reference: PR81/1/4/C/3/03
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Scope and Content: Official circular from J. McGrath requesting that Fawsitt sign the Declaration of Fidelity as required by Ministry of Finance circular of 11 August 1922. A manuscript note at the foot of the circular from Fawsitt requests a Mr Murray forward him ‘explanatory circulars covering the Declaration’.
13 January 1923
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Copy typescript letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt, Trade Branch, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Irish Provisional Government to Gordon Campbell, Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Irish Provisional Government
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Extent: 2 pages (2 copies)
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Scope and Content: Letter stating that the Minister of External Affairs has requested Fawsitt relinquish the lease in New York. Fawsitt requests update on the Minister of External Affairs position in regards to the New York Consulate. Reference is made by Fawsitt to the important work and trade connections made in New York.
Reference: PR81/1/4/C/2/32
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10 January 1923
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Letter from Joseph McGrath, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Irish Provisional Government, Lord Edward Street, Dublin to Gordon Campbell, Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Irish Provisional Government
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Extent: 1 page
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Reference: PR81/1/4/C/3/04
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Scope and Content: Letter requesting Campbell ask Fawsitt ‘to read carefully files sent him in future’. A note on the reverse of the letter ‘Mr Fawsitt to see G.C. (Gordon Campbell) 11/1’. In the letter McGrath refers to a minute of Fawsitt’s, evidently requesting explanatory circulars on the Declaration of Fidelity. McGrath views signing of the declaration as an order to Fawsitt from him as Minister.
13 January 1923
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Copy typescript letter from Diarmaid Fawsitt, St Petroc, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, to Mrs M. Slattery, Irish Industries Depot, 779 Lexington Avenue, New York City, United States of America
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Extent: 1 page (2 copies)
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Scope and Content: Letter regretting dismissal of staff at New York Consulate and requesting Mrs Slattery allow Mr McGrath (Daniel J. McGrath) to continue use of current residence in New York.
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