| ID | 17273 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Eva Gore-Booth Papers |
| Collection Description | Material relating to Eva Gore-Booth, poet, mystic, trade unionist, and suffragist. The sister of Constance Markiewicz, Gore Booth settled in Manchester with her partner, Esther Roper, and became active as a social campaigner in the city, particularly on issues concerning women. She also wrote poetry and ran poetry and drama groups for women workers. |
| Collection Web Address | https://www.ucd.ie/specialcollections/archives/evagorebooth/ |
| Reference | GB |
| Description | Holograph letters from Eva Gore-Booth to Meredith Starr and other correspondents concerning the occult, reincarnation, poetry, German immigration into England, the social situation in Ireland, and visiting her sister, Countess Markievicz, in Dublin [1916?]. Holograph poems including a poem entitled Roger Casement (not dated). |
| Access | The materials in this collection are available by appointment only to research students, reaching staff and scholars. Research students should have a letter of recommendation from their supervisor. |
| Date | 1916 |
| Century | 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Note | 14 items. Donated by Liam O’Leary, February 2008. |
| Repository Name | UCD Special Collections |
| Address | James Joyce Library University College Dublin Belfield Dublin 4 |
| Eircode | D04 R7R0 |
| Telephone | (01) 716-7149 |
| Email Address | special.collections@ucd.ie |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.ucd.ie/specialcollections/ |
| Comment | Some of the information listed from this repository has been extracted from lists available in the archive. These lists were compiled by library staff and we are grateful for their assistance. Where partial or no lists were available, staff of the Women's History Project constructed an outline list. Due to time constraints, not all items in this repository were examined individually. |
| latitude | 53.30671 |
| longitude | -6.22347 |