Series IV: Monuments and Commemorations, 1861-2020 (inclusive), 1986-2009 (bulk), inclusive
Extent
3.27 Linear Feet in 4 legal sized manuscript box, 2 folders in a legal sized manuscript box, 19 folders in an additional legal sized manuscript box, 1 poster in rolled storage, 3 folders in an oversized box, 7 audiovisual items in a media box, 1 item in a card box, and 1 folder in a shared flat box
Extent
11.85 Gigabytes on 3 CD-R discs and 4 DVD-R discs
Scope and Contents
This series focuses upon Jack O'Brien's involvement and interest in monuments commemorating Irish individuals, as well as important events in Irish history. Topics include, but are not limited to the establishment of Irish Brigade monuments at Gettysburg and Antietam, the General Thomas Francis Meagher monument, creation of Robert Emmet Park, as well as the Commodore John Barry Memorial and Barry Gate at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
Materials in this series include emails, fundraising financial logs, postcards, correspondence, flyers, architectural drawings, commemorative programs, photographs, brochures, newsclippings, CDs, VHS tapes, DVDs, a small sculpture, banners, flags, and posters.
Arrangement
The materials in this series have been arranged alphabetically and themetically, when possible.
9th Massachusetts and 28th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 2004
Box: 32, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
63rd, 69th, 88th New York Irish Brigade, 1861, 1987-2006, inclusive
Box: 32, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 33, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
69th Regiment N.Y.S.M. Poster, undated
Box: 61 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
The Fighting 69 - 69th New York Infantry Regiment, 1987-1989, 1995-2019, inclusive
Box: 33, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 58, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
140th New York Infantry Monument and Patrick Henry O'Rorke, 2002-2003, inclusive
Box: 33, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1916-2016 Centennial Committee, 2016
Box: 33, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Archbishop John J. Hughes Memorial, 2015
Box: 33, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Civil War Related Postcards, undated
Box: 33, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Colonel Dennis Heenan Memorial, 2009
Box: 33, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Catholic War Veteran's National Headquarters, 1948
Box: 33, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Colonel John Fitzgerald, 2012, 2018-2019, inclusive
Box: 33, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Commodore John Barry Memorial Project, 1992-2018, inclusive
Box: 33, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 34, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 64, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 080, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Father William Corby (Chaplain, Irish Brigade) Statue, 2001-2016, inclusive
Box: 34, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs and Postcards -- Father William Corby (Chaplain, Irish Brigade) Statue, 2001
Box: 34, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fenian Memorial Committee of America, 2020
Box: 34, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
General Michael Corcoran Memorial, 1990
Box: 34, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
General Thomas Francis Meagher Monument, 1996-1997, 2004-2011, inclusive
Box: 34, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 58, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Box: 65, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gettysburg, 1991, 1999, 2001-2005, inclusive
Box: 35, Folder: 3-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 36, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_AIA_067_ER_15 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Gettysburg: undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Gettysburg (Irish Cultural Society), 2005
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_AIA_067_ER_11 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Gettysburg (Irish Cultural Society): 2005- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Irish Memorial Gettysburg, 1900, 1986-1987, 1990-1997, 2001-2006, inclusive
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_AIA_067_ER_14 (Material Type: electronic records)
Box: 36, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Digital materials
Irish Memorial Gettysburg: 2006 (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Irish Monument Project at Gettysburg, 2006
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_AIA_067_ER_5 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Irish Monument Project at Gettysburg: 2006- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Irish Statues, 2016
Box: 65, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Great Hunger Memorials, 2004-2005, 2017-2018, inclusive
Box: 36, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
High Cross Monument Co., 1994
Box: 36, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Irish American Veterans and the Korean War Memorial, 2001-2004, 2017, inclusive
Box: 36, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Irish Brigade Association of Virginia, 1998
Box: 36, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Irish Brigade Monument - Antietam, 1962, 1987-2003, inclusive
Box: 36, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 59 (Material Type: Realia)
Box: Shared Tamiment 088, VHS: 067.0001 - 067.0002 (Material Type: video)
Irish Brigade Flag - 1st Regiment, undated
Box: 58, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Irish Monument Activities of Jack O'Brien and John E. McInerney, undated
Box: 36, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Irish Shrine at Lemmon Street, undated
Box: 37, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Irish Vietnam Veterans Memorial Project, undated
Box: 37, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Irish Volunteer (Newsletter of the Irish Brigade Association), 1991-2000, inclusive
Box: 37, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
James McKay Rorty and Battery B 1st New York Artillery, 1993, 2005-2006, inclusive
Box: 37, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Marin Hogan Gravestone Unveiling, 2015
Box: 37, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Michael Collins Memorial, 2002
Box: 37, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
20th Annual Michael Flannery Testimonial Awards Dinner, 2016
Box: 37, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
O'Donovan Rossa Funeral Re-enactment, 2015
Box: 37, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs - 3rd Brigade 5th Corp Army of the Potomac Monument, 2001
Box: 37, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs - 9th Massachusetts Infantry at Gettysburg Monument, 1999
Box: 37, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph - 69th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Monument, 1988
Box: 37, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs - 116th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, 1999
Box: 37, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs - Colonel Patrick O'Rourke Monument, 2001
Box: 37, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Reverand Patrick McCabe, 2019
Box: 37, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Robert Emmet Park and Memorial, 1966, 2013-2019, inclusive
Box: 37, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 65, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Robert Emmet Statue Rededication , 2016
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_AIA_067_ER_13 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Robert Emmet Statue Rededication: 2016- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
St. Patrick's Chapel Historical Society, Inc., undated
Box: 37, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Thomas Devlin Reilly Memorial, 2004-2018, inclusive
Box: 37, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Thompson Battalion Memorial Project, 1987
Box: 37, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
USS Michael Murphy, 2012
Box: 37, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
