Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- c.1940-c.1950 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
84 items; manuscript and typescript
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A collection of autograph slips and ephemera seemingly collected by Dr. James McCausland. The file includes a letter from George McVeagh, solicitor, to McCausland (11 March 1947) referring to autograph collections. The file also includes envelopes addressed to McCausland containing numerous autograph slips. The autographs are mostly of government officials, politicians, and representatives of the landed gentry. Includes the autographs of Lady Megan Arvon Lloyd George (1902-1966), Michael Foot (1913-2010) the Labour MP for Devonport, and Eamonn O’Neill (1882-1954), Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 1939 to 1943. The file also includes a letter to James McCausland from a Mr. Stanley, enclosing ‘autographs of the 1947 Triple Crown Team’ (15 April 1947).