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Series VII: Jack O'Brien - Personal Materials, 1879-2020 (inclusive), 1971-2017 (bulk), inclusive

Extent

3.69 Linear Feet in 9 legal size manuscript boxes, 17 folders in an additional legal size manuscript box, 1 folder in an oversize box, 2 artifacts in a card box, 4 audio visual discs in a media box, 1 poster in rolled storage, 1 letter size half manuscript box, and 2 folders in a shared oversized box

Extent

11.21 Gigabytes on 1 CD-R disc and 3 DVD-R discs

Scope and Contents

This series contains personal materials related to Jack O'Brien and focuses on subjects like O'Brien's family history, his interest in Irish culture, as well as his support of Irish cultural organizations and institutions.

Materials include correspondence, St. Patrick's Day Parade magazines, Jack O'Briens 2015 St. Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal magnet, Irish Heritage Festival magazines and flyers, brochures, papers belonging to Irish American organizations, programs, booklets, DVDs, newspaper clippings, emails, photographs, posters, stickers, vinyl records, business cards, buttons, and newsletters.

Arrangement

The materials in this series have been arranged alphabetically.

The 29th Nation's Capital Feis All American Championship, 2016

Box: 47, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The 106th Congress and Holocaust Related Legislation, 2000

Box: 47, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1916-2016 Centennial Committee - An Initiative of Clan na Gael and Irish Northern Aid, 2016

Box: 64, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Acquisition of Irish Citizenship, 1991-1992, 2010, inclusive

Box: 47, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Albert E. Casey Collection (Irish Materials), 1983

Box: 47, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The American Ireland Fund 5th National Gala Program, 1997

Box: 47, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

American Irish Bicentennial Committee Magazine, 1976

Box: 47, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

An Appeal from Ireland to America, undated

Box: 47, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Annapolis Irish Rowing Club, 2019

Box: 47, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Aras Ui Chonghaile, 2019

Box: 47, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, undated

Box: 47, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Armagh Gaelic Football Club of New York Program, 2012

Box: 47, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Butcher's Dozen: A Lesson for the Octave Widgery", undated

Box: 47, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bundornan, County Donegal, Ireland, 2012

Box: 47, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Business Cards, undated

Box: 47, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Buttons, undated

Box: 47, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Realia)
Box: 64, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Realia)

Buttons List, undated

Box: 47, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Calendars, 2007, 2010, 2016-2017, 2018-2019, inclusive

Box: 47, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 58, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Capital City Hibernian News, 2002-2003, inclusive

Box: 47, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cartoons, undated

Box: 47, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Catholic Historical Society of Washington Newsletter, 2003-2004, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Celebrating Our Heritage (AARP), 1992

Box: 48, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Celebrating the Artful Life of Maria Mooney, 2013

Box: 48, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Celtic Calendar, 1996

Box: 48, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Celtic Directory, 2003, 2005, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Celtic Monthly (Irish American Magazine), 1879

Box: 48, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Celtic News Service, 2004

Box: 48, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Center for Irish Studies - Catholic University, 2016

Box: 64, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Columbia Typographical Union, 1965, 1995, 2005, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Commemorations and Things Worth Remembering", 2016

Box: 48, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Connolly Books, 1985

Box: 48, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Conway Mill Trust, 2010-2011, 2018-2019, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 64, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1979-2017, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 12-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Day in the Bog '95, 1995

Box: 48, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Discussion with NYU to digitize Irish People newspapers, 2013

Box: 48, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Edmond of the Hill: A Noble Hero and Wonderful Song, 2012

Box: 48, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Emails, 2006, 2009, 2011-2020, inclusive

Box: 49, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 65, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Emerald Isle Club, 1974, 1996-1997, inclusive

Box: 49, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Father Daniel Berrigan, 2016

Box: 65, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flyers and Brochures, 1975, 1986-2002, 2009-2015, inclusive

Box: 49, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gaels Newsletter, 2003, 2005, inclusive

Box: 49, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Gaelic League/Conrodh Na Gaeilge, 1981-1983, inclusive

Box: 49, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

George Washington Park Custis and the Young Ireland Movement, 1958

Box: 49, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Green Pages, undated

Box: 49, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Green Ireland "Erin Go Bragh" Flag, undated

Box: Shared Tamiment 081, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Guerin Project - Reconstruction of the GAA Field Templemore, Tipperary, 2004

Box: 49, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Harp: The Voice of the Irish Impression, 1991

Box: 49, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Hedgemaster, 1999, 2004-2012, inclusive

Box: 49, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Hibernian magazine, 2008

Box: 49, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Holy Cross - Centenary Pilgrimage, 2003

Box: 49, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Invitations, 1990, 2017, 2019, inclusive

Box: 49, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ireland Magazines, 1972, 1991-1992, 2001, 2008, 2010, inclusive

Box: 50, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish American Club, 1992-1994, inclusive

Box: 50, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish American Cultural Institute, 1986, 1989-1991, 1995-1996, 2001-2003, 2008, inclusive

Box: 50, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish American Heritage Month, 1992-2018, inclusive

Box: 50, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 57, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Box: 61 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Irish American Heritage Museum, 1991, 2013-2014, inclusive

Box: 50, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish American Heritage Museum Newsletter, 2008

Box: 65, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish American Heritage Museum Trivet, undated

Box: 50, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Irish American Museum of Washington, DC, undated

Box: 50, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish American Peace Award, 2011

Box: 50, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Apostolate USA, 2012

Box: 50, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Arts Review, 1984-1985, inclusive

Box: 50, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

An Irish Blessing, undated

Box: 51, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Cemetaries, 2002

Box: 51, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture, undated

Box: 65, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme in the United States of America, 2016

Box: 65, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ireland Chamber of Commerce in the United States, 1993

Box: 51, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Cultural Societies, 1975-1980, 1988-1989, 2002-2003, inclusive

Box: 51, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Diaspora Center, 2019

Box: 51, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Irish Disclaimers", undated

Box: Shared Tamiment 088, Audio: 067.0008 (Material Type: Audio)

The Irish Exile, 1920

Box: 51, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Festival, 1975-2019, inclusive

Box: 51, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Festival Magazines, 1986, 1997, 2006-2008, 2013, inclusive

Box: 51, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Folk Festival Magazines, 1988-1995, inclusive

Box: 51, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Heritage Festival, 1994-2018, inclusive

Box: 51, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Immigrant Outreach, undated

Box: 51, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Irish Immigration Center, 2010

Box: 51, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Language Act, 2017

Box: 51, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform Dinner Dance, 2007

Box: 51, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Music Magazine, 2019

Box: 51, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish Railroad Workers Museum, 2009, 2015-2020, inclusive

Box: 52, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 65, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Irish Republican History Musem, undated

Box: 52, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Irish War Veterans, undated

Box: 52, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jack O'Brien St. Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal, 2015

Box: 52, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 081, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kennedy for President - Election Pamphlet, circa 1960

Box: 65, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Kings of the Kilburn High Road (Play Program), undated

Box: 52, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

La Dearg, 2017

Box: 52, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Landscapes of a Friendship, undated

Box: 52, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Le Eithne (Irish Naval Service), undated

Box: 52, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Leather pouch, undated

Box: 59 (Material Type: Realia)

"Lincoln and the Irish", 2019

Box: 52, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Linenhall Library (Belfast), 1994-2004, inclusive

Box: 52, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Linnet: The Irish World Past and Present, 1991

Box: 52, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Martin Lyons, 2020

Box: 52, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Michael J. O'Brien (Ancestor of Jack O'Brien), 1915, 2006-2007, inclusive

Box: 52, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Michael J. Redding and Irish American Patriotism, undated

Box: 52, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Military Images Magazine, 1990

Box: 52, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Graves Association, 1986, 2014, 2018, inclusive

Box: 52, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National History Day Irish Award, undated

Box: 52, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Museum of the American People (Proposal), undated

Box: 52, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newsletter of Irish Activities of Maryland, 1997

Box: 52, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper - Orange Standard, 2007-2008, inclusive

Box: 52, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper Clippings, 1973, 1984, 2004, 2014-2019, inclusive

Box: 53, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

O'Brien Family, 1926, 1930, 1996, 2002, 2011-2019, inclusive

Box: 53, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Oatland's Celtic Festival, 1996

Box: 53, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ode to Young Ireland, 1842

Box: 53, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Patrick MacGuire, Revolutionary and Gaelic Footballer", 2016

Box: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Petticoat Rebels, undated

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_AIA_067_ER_16 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Petticoat Rebels: undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Photographs, undated

Box: 53, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Policy Proposal for the Irish Overseas and Diaspora, undated

Box: 53, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Postcards, 1975-1977, 1980, 1991, inclusive

Box: 53, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Professor William Casey, 2008-2011, inclusive

Box: 53, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Provie Lullaby Record, 1973

Box: Shared Tamiment 037, Sound_Disc--Vinyl: 067.0013 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Raparees, 1971

Box: Shared Tamiment 037, Sound_Disc--Vinyl: 067.0012 (Material Type: Audio)

Rebel Risin', 2013

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_AIA_067_ER_10 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Rebel Risin': 2013- (Material Type: Electronic Record)

The Revolution Papers, 2016-2017, inclusive

Box: 53, Folder: 10-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rhode Island Police Officers Emerald Society Inc, 1997

Box: 53, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rose of Tralee, 2009-2012, inclusive

Box: 53, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tara Hill - Roll on the Day, 1993

Box: Shared Tamiment 084, audiocassette: 067.0005 (Material Type: Audio)

The Saint Mary's Moorings, 2013

Box: 54, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Senator for the Irish Disapora", 2017-2018, inclusive

Box: 54, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

September 11, 2001, 2001-2002, inclusive

Box: 54, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Shannon Tide, 1981

Box: Shared Tamiment 037, Sound_Disc--Vinyl: 067.0009 (Material Type: Audio)

Smithsonian Museum Controversy, 2007

Box: 54, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Songs and Recitations of Ireland, 1971

Box: 54, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speech - Custis Lee Mansion on St. Patrick's Day, 1963

Box: 54, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

St. Brendan's Cup, 1984

Box: 54, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

St. Patrick's Centre, undated

Box: 54, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

St. Patrick's Day, 1987-2017, inclusive

Box: 54, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

St. Patrick's Day - History of the Philadelphia St. Patrick's Day Parade, undated

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_AIA_067_ER_4 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

St. Patrick's Day - History of the Philadelphia St. Patrick's Day Parade: undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)

St. Patrick's Day Magazine, 1987-2019, inclusive

Box: 54, Folder: 10-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 55, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 56, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 65, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Step About: Slip Jigs, Reels, Set Dances, 1969

Box: Shared Tamiment 037, Sound_Disc--Vinyl: 067.0011 (Material Type: Audio)

Stickers, undated

Box: 56, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 64, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Treoir Magazine, 1995

Box: 56, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Wage Agreement, 2002

Box: 56, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Washington Arsenal Explosion: Sesquicentennial Dedication, 2014

Box: 56, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Washington Ireland Program, 2016

Box: 65, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"We the People 200 Parade", 1987

Box: 56, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"What the Irish Have Said" Knowledge Cards, undated

Box: 59 (Material Type: Realia)

When I Go Back to Ireland, 2013

Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_AIA_067_ER_9 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

When I Go Back to Ireland: undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)

The Wicklow Boy, undated

Box: Shared Tamiment 037, Sound_Disc--Vinyl: 067.0010 (Material Type: Audio)

WNTV-53 (Northern Virgina Public TV), 1991

Box: 56, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Peace Prize Awarding Council (Irish National Caucus), undated

Box: 65, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
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New York, NY 10012