Diarmaid L. Fawsitt Archive Section 1 Desc. List.

Descriptive List of the Personal Archive of Diarmaid L. Fawsitt

PR81/1/5 Industrial Development and Trade (1920s-1930s)

Reference: PR81/1/5/A/03/130

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Reference: PR81/1/5/A/03/136

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12 March 1930

13 August 1930

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Letter from Lalor to Fawsitt

Letter from John O’Neill, Car Dealer, Pleasants Street, Dublin, to JL Fawsitt

Extent: 1p

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Scope and Content: Letter from Lalor to Fawsitt, confirming that he hasstamped each individual hurley as made in Ireland.

Scope and Content: Letter from John O’Neill, Car Dealer, Pleasants Street, Dublin, to JL Fawsitt, stating that he has spoken with O’Rourke [of Belleek China]. who has promised to look into the matter and to arrange to meet with Fawsitt to discuss thereafter.

Reference: PR81/1/5/A/03/131

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13 March 1930

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Ms Copy letter from Fawsitt to Lalor

Extent: 1p

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Scope and Content: Ms Copy letter from Fawsitt to Lalor thanking him for assurance regarding stamping of hurleys and forwarding a cheque for £36 stg in payment, which he asks Lalor to receipt.

Reference: PR81/1/5/A/03/137

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15 January 1931

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Ts letter from Mary M Slattery to Mr and Mrs Fawsitt

Extent: 2pp

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Scope and Content: Ts letter from Mary M Slattery to Mr and Mrs Fawsitt. She thanks them for their letter and card at Christmas and passes on new. She refers to her difficulties in finding an address at which Dr McCartan may be contacted. She met him finally at an event at the Hall of the Amer-Irish Historical Society for two former mayors of Cork, noting ‘Mr Egan made quite a good impression on the crowd down there, Mr French not so good’. Referring to the Depression, she notes the ‘most pitiable sight’ of bread lines ‘and unfortunately so many Irish young men’. She thinks this will have the effect of discouraging those earning three to four pounds a week in Ireland from emigrating. She states that she wrote a long letter to Belleek china but has received no reply. She warns that the case if left unchallenged could go against any future cases: ‘cant they pick up any old piece of lace that is made here and call it Limerick or Carrickmacross lace as the case might be’. She wonders how an Ohio congressman [where the rival china is made] got this decision, adding ‘where on Heavens is the Irish influence gone?’. She notes ‘we have felt the depression very much in this store’, and refers to the destabilising impact of the Bank of the United States going under.

Reference: PR81/1/5/A/03/132

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18 March 1930

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Letter from Lalor to Fawsitt

Extent: 1p

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Scope and Content: Letter from Lalor to Fawsitt acknowledging receipt of cheque.

Reference: PR81/1/5/A/03/133

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9 April 1930

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Letter from Slattery to Fawsitt

Extent: 1p

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Scope and Content: Letter from Slattery to Fawsitt stating that the hurleys arrived on 6 April and are ‘the best sticks he has sent so far’. She thanks Fawsitt for attending to this for her.

Reference: PR81/1/5/A/03/134

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11 April 1930

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Letter from [Timothy] Shanley to Fawsitt

Extent: 1p

Reference: PR81/1/5/A/03/138

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Undated [20 October 1931]

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Scope and Content: Ms letter from [Timothy] Shanley, St Benedict’s Priory, 320 West 53rd Street, New York City, to ‘Dear Diarmaid’ thanking him for his congratulations ‘on my promotion to the Pastorship of St Benedict’s’. He expresses sadness at ‘very hard times’, with ‘so many young Irishmen out of work’. He sends Mrs Slattery’s regards.

Note from Mary Slattery (to Fawsitt)

Extent: 1p

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Scope and Content: Note from Mary Slattery (to Fawsitt), asking him to pay an enclosed account [not present]. She reports that Mrs Kirby has been in hospital. Note [by Fawsitt] in corner records receipt and acknowledgement.

Reference: PR81/1/5/A/03/135

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31 July 1930

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Reference: PR81/1/5/A/03/139

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Undated [27 October 1931]

Ts letter from (Slattery) to Fawsitt

Extent: 2pp

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Note from Maire Ni Slacarra [Mary Slattery] [to Fawsitt]

Scope and Content: Ts letter from (Slattery) to Fawsitt, forwarding the decision of the Federal Trade Commission relative to Belleek China [decision not present]. She states her view that ‘this was lost by the indifference of the Irish group here’. She thinks the Belleek company should be represented by an attorney at the hearing, and asks Fawsitt to bring this to the attention of Mr O’Rourke, president of the Belleek Company.

Extent: 1p

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Scope and Content: Note from Maire Ni Slacarra [Mary Slattery] [to Fawsitt] asking that the enclosed [not present] be sent to its destination.

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