Descriptive List of the Personal Archive of Diarmaid L. Fawsitt
PR81/1/7 Diarmaid Fawsitt’s Pocket, Daily, and Weekly Diaries (1920 - 1925, 1927 – 1966)
Reference: PR81/1/7/01
Date: 1 January 1920 - 31 December 1920
Reference: PR81/1/7/02
Date: 1 January 1921 - 4 January 1922 (21 January 1922)
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Diarmaid Fawsitt’s Pocket Diary
Diarmaid Fawsitt’s Pocket Diary
Extent: 1 volume (c.100 pages)
Extent: 1 volume (c.100 pages)
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Scope and Content: Diary includes: 8 February 1920, New York Bay ‘came ashore 3.20pm, stayed Waldorf Astoria’ 22 February 1920, Washington ‘lunched with president’s mother’
Scope and Content: Diary includes: 1 January 1921, ‘Mrs Muriel McSwiney (Muriel MacSwiney) & K. O’Connell (Kathleen O’Connell) sailed for Ireland’ 4 January 1921, ‘Lord Mayor O’Callaghan (Donal O’Callaghan) Cork arrived as stowaway at Newport News’ 11-12 January 1921, ‘Washington, with Lord Mayor preparing testimony’, ‘Lord Mayor testifies before Commission on Conditions in Ireland’ 15 February 1921, ‘Washington, ways & means com. hearing re. tariff on salt fish’ 8 March 1921, trip to Lakewood New Jersey ‘at the de Veleras’ (family of Eamon de Valera). 31 March 1921, Baltimore ‘mass funeral of H.E. Cardinal Gibbons (James Gibbons)’ 3 May 1921, ‘11pm with mayor O’Neill (Lord Mayor of Dublin, Laurence O’Neill ) at Waldorf’ 4 May 1921, ‘James O’Mara resigned’ 26 May 1921, ‘Relief Committee $100 Dinner at Hotel Astor’ 31 August 1921, ‘arrived Dublin... at Mansion House, met Lord Mayor, met Griffith (Arthur Griffith), Cosgrave, Duffy...’ 9 September 1921, ‘Dublin. Land Bank with Smith Gordon. At Mansion House with Lord Mayor’ 14 September 1921, ‘Dublin. Breakfasted with Bishop McRory (Joseph MacRory, R.C. Bishop of Down and Connor). Dail meeting 11am. With E.B. (Ernest Blythe) asked to act as sec to Trade Advisory Com. - declined’. 3 October 1921, ‘Dublin. 3pm, Mansion House with R. Barton T.D. (Robert Barton). Appointed Tech. Sec. to do (ditto)’. 19 November 1921, ‘3 pm meeting of Economic Relations Committee. 8pm Tadg Barry’s remains (Tadhg Barry) arrived in Dublin’ 4 December 1921, ‘London. Delegates returned - conference resumes & broken down’ 6 December 1921, ‘2.20am. Treaty signed between Ireland, Gr. Britain (Anglo-Irish Treaty)’ 7 December 1921, ‘8.40pm train Euston, delegates & self left for Ireland’ 13 December 1921, ‘6.45am to Belfast. Negotiations’.
25 & 26 February 1920, Washington, meetings with Board of Agriculture and Board of Commerce 29 February 1920, ‘conferred with chief (Eamon de Valera) & O’Mara in re. investment in proposed Irish-American continental steamship co. O’M (James O’Mara) would not agree, chief referred matter home’ 5 April 1920, New York, ‘8pm - Protestant Friends of I. Freedom (Protestant Friends of Irish Freedom), Carnegie Hall’ 9 April 1920, ‘inspected mackerel at Pier 60...another cable from Rochelle (New Rochelle) authorising me to act as arbiter’ 6 May 1920, Cumann na mBan Committee Meeting 15 May 1920, ‘8.15. Brian Boru Club’ 28 May 1920, ‘1pm lunched with chief at Waldorf - commissioned me to proceed... to receive archbishop Mannix’ 28 July 1920, ‘met Mr Laurence Ginnell T.D.’ 15 August 1920, ‘5pm train to Philadelphia. Spoke at protest meeting there’ 21 August 1920, ‘wireless received from de Roiste (Liam de Roiste) re. Terry MacS (Terence MacSwiney) condition’ 12 September 1920, ‘De Valera Boston mtg. mechanics building & parade’ 5 November 1920, ‘7am. McSweeney (Terence MacSwiney) mass. St Paul’s’ 3 December 1920, ‘Mrs MacSwiney (Muriel MacSwiney) arrived on Celtic’ 17 December 1920, ‘opening of new store for Irish Industries depot’ 31 December 1920, ‘Mrs McSweeney (Muriel MacSwiney) received freedom of New York City. 10pm met Mary McSwiney (Mary MacSwiney)’ Note. Front of diary includes short list of addresses and telephone contacts, for example 411 Fifth Ave - Vanderbilt 9660, O’Mara 9661. Rear of diary includes Cash Accounts of expenditure, for example, February: 14/2/20 suit of clothes 65.00, pair of shoes 24.30, collar 1.00, tie 2.0 . Cash Account June: Chicago ticket 43.24, shirts etc 9.00.
Note , appointments for 1 to 4 January 1922 and 21 January 1922 recorded in rear of 1921 diary.
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