| ID | 22891 |
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| Description | 27 archival boxes containing letters, pamphlets, pictorial material and sermons. The following archival boxes contain letters to or from women or include information relating to women: Archive box 1, contains for example: A letter from Thomas Ridgeway to Brother Agar, Lisburn, referring to the death of Mrs [?Ina] Johnston of Lurgan 'who died of a few hours illness at the sea bathing. She is much lamented by rich and poor, especially the latter. Her funeral was the largest and most respectable remembered in these parts...Best of all she was fully prepared to meet her Lord, and of course sudden death was sudden glory', 23 July 1822. A letter from Thomas Ridgeway to Mrs Edmondson, Ballina, expressing sympathy on the death of her child, 18 April 1817. A letter from 'Civis' to a Bishop Dublin, describing a House of Industry in Dublin, stating, 'What a shameful picture is presented in almost every one of our female wards, naked women! - women without a shift or petticoat or cap to warm them...Near 20 of these destitute women are to be found within these walls! - women not of abandoned habits, ...but virtuous women! - poor creatures who by...necessity, were obliged to seek refuge in this House of Mercy!', 1809. A letter from Fossey Tackaberry, Cork to his wife in Belfast, 'I hope you taked [sic] a good crying fit every night at 11. o'c - bless you girl, [they] mark you to grow and make you wise!...do you take a glass of port every day and have you any to take?', 24 June 1845. A letter from Fossey Tackaberry, Cork to his wife in Belfast, 1 December 1846. A letter from Thomas Waugh to Mr and Mrs Briscoe, no date. A letter from Gideon Ouseley to Mrs Bonsall asking her to read a proof, 6 May 1816. A letter from Charles Mayne to S. Wood, Dublin, stating 'I received your letter, respecting McAfee and Heatherington, - peace is very desirable - yet it may be too dearly bought, I fear Mr. McAfee has not never had the spirit of a Methodist preacher - he was rejected - is he now better - has his marked opposition for five years qualified him[,] 'you can't be admitted; you are not qualified' said a late governess of the Magdalene Asylum to a virtuous young girl who wished for admission in about 9 months and has returned saying 'Madam dear, I am now qualified', 27 October 1826. Letters from R. Lamb to Mr and Mrs Doolittle, 1825-1829. A letter from Mrs Anna Onstott to William Corrigan regarding Barbara Heck, June 1934. Printed spiritual letters of Mrs H.A. Rogers (Dublin, 1803). Letters from Charles Wesley to Mr and Mrs Freeman, no date. A letter from Ann Whitelaw to Mrs Burrows, 5 December 1831. |
| Access | The material in this repository is privately held. Access to the material is limited and at the discretion of the Honorary Archivist. To have your application for access considered please write, giving details of your research project, to the Archivist at the address provided. |
| Date | 1803-1846; 1934 |
| Century | 18th, 19th, 20th |
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| Note | A useful publication is Homer L. Calkin, Catalog of Methodist Archival and Manuscript Collection, Part 6, Great Britain and Ireland (Mont Alto, PA, 1985). |
| Repository Name | Methodist Historical Society of Ireland |
| Address | Methodist Study Centre Edgehill House 9 Lennoxvale Belfast |
| UK Postal Code | BT9 5BY |
| Telephone | +44 28-9068-6934 |
| Email Address | archivist@methodisthistoryireland.org |
| Repository Web Address | https://methodisthistoryireland.org/ |
| Comment | Some of the information listed from this repository has been extracted
from Homer L. Calkin, Catalog of Methodist Archival and Manuscript Collections
(1985) and from lists available in the archives. The lists were compiled by the honorary archivist and Nigel Johnston we are grateful for his assistance. Where partial or no lists were available staff of the Women's History Project constructed an outline list. It must be remembered that due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually. |
| latitude | 54.57756 |
| longitude | -5.93754 |