Thomas M. Truxes Microfilm Collection
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Abstract
The collection is comprised of rare research materials acquired by Thomas M. Truxes, an Irish American scholar of the Atlantic World. The content of the material examines the role played by overseas trading enterprises linking Ireland to the larger Atlantic economy and society. The impact of war on early-modern commerce and the role of Irish communities in London and pre-Revolutionary New York City are topics explored in his published work. This collection is primarily microfilmed copies of source materials that are difficult for students and scholars interested in transatlantic history, to access in the United States.
Historical/Biographical Note
Thomas M. Truxes earned a doctorate in modern history at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1985. His thesis, under the supervision of Professor L. M. Cullen, was a comprehensive study of Irish colonial commerce from the mid-17th century through the conclusion of the American Revolution.
Beginning in 1990, Professor Truxes taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in the History Department at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut , specializing in the early-modern history of both Ireland and the Atlantic World. In November 2007, he presented the ninth annual Ernie O'Malley Lecture at New York University, and he has been teaching in the Master of Arts in Irish and Irish-American Studies program at Glucksman Ireland House, NYU since the spring of 2009.
Professor Truxes is the author of Irish-American Trade, 1660-1783 (Cambridge University Press, 1988) and Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-57: Merchants of New York and Belfast (Oxford University Press for The British Academy, 2001), the correspondence of the most successful Irish-American trading firm of the colonial period.
His most recent book, Defying Empire: Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York (Yale University Press, 2008) was a finalist for the 2009 Francis Parkman Prize presented by the Society of American Historians and was named "Best Book of 2008" by the American Revolution Round Table of New York.
Arrangement
Material is arranged into one series. Reels are arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
The collection comprises microfilm of manuscript collections and other documents used by Professor Truxes in his research. Contents include newspapers, correspondence (letterbooks) and ledgers.
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Access Restrictions
Open for research without restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items in the collection; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. The Tamiment Library is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Thomas M. Truxes Microfilm Collection; AIA 052; box number; folder number; Archives of Irish America, Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Existence and Location of Originals
Microfilm of original holdings in the Linen Hall Library (Belfast); National Library (Dublin); Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) and Pennsylvania Historical Society (Philadelphia, PA).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Thomas M. Truxes. The accession number associated with this gift is 2010.023.
