Series II. General and Administrative Files, 1950-2018, inclusive

This series includes correspondence and other materials on grants, the Annual Dinner, and guests of honor; notices of meetings and meeting minutes; photographs; files on the Institute's building at 326 West 48th Street in Manhattan; a history by Paul O'Dwyer; information on board members; and corporate documents. The 2016 accretion includes correspondence and financial documents from 1991 to 2006 documenting fundraising efforts and grants awarded by the Institute.

Material in the 2018 accretion contains files maintained by James A. Lombard as president of the Institute between 2008 and 2018, and by James Cuggy as the vice president during the same time period. The material dates between 1978 and 2018, and consists of correspondence, financial documents, membership forms, minutes, photographs, a history of the organization, and copies of its constitution and by-laws. The bulk of the material dates between 2010 and 2015. Both Lombard and Cuggy's files document grants made by the Institute in support of Irish and Irish American cultural programs, in particular New York University's Glucksman Ireland House. Lombard's files contain bank statements, tax documents, and correspondence regarding the Institute's funds. His files also document award and installation of officers ceremonies through correspondence, planning documents, and photographs. Cuggy's files contain a small amount of material regarding Dorothy Hayden Cudahy's involvement in the Irish Institute, as well as the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians and the United Irish Counties Association. This material dates from 1987 to 2010 and consists of correspondence, newsletters, membership lists, and a dues card.