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Mainly letters to Walsh from W. and R. Chambers, 339 High Street, Edinburgh, and from 1933, 11 Thistle Street, Edinburgh. They are signed by individuals including R. S. Chambers, George Morris (managing director) and A. Turnbull (managing director). Also includes copy of letter to Christine Foyle, Messrs. W. and G. Foyle Limited, London, from Chambers regarding the film rights of The Road to Nowhere (17 August 1938); ‘Extracts from correspondence between Maurice Marston Esq., Secy. of the National Book Council London, Maj.-Gen. J. H. Beith, Dir. of Public Relations, The War Office, London and W. R. Chambers Ltd., Edinburgh’, regarding the exclusion of Walsh from the catalogue of books for the services (8 November 1938-4 December 1939); letter to Walsh from Liddle Geddie of Chambers’s Journal concerning the serialisation of his latest work (30 January 1940); copies of correspondence between Chambers and J. de la Mare Rowley, The National Institute for the Blind, 224-228 Great Portland Street, London, requesting permission for the recording of Thomasheen James [Man-of-no-work] as a ‘talking book’ and copy of agreement reached to that end (17-20 October 1941). Letters from Chambers to Walsh generally relate to the publication of his short stories and novels: dates of publication, quantity to be produced, publication in countries such as Australia and South Africa and royalties accruing to him. Specific issues include: new work – ‘we are eager to know if you have made any headway with a new novel, and if so, can you give us any idea of when it is likely to be completed’ (19 February 1930); the possibility of The Road to Nowhere becoming a film (5 June 1934); George Morris’s death (19 April 1935); the death of C. E. S. Chambers (16 April 1936); changes to And No Quarter (11-18 February 1937); the possibility of the control of the Canadian market by Frederick A. Stokes Company (publishers), 443-449 Fourth Avenue, New York (1 April 1937); an approach by Penguin Books to discuss inclusion of one of Walsh’s books in their series (15 April 1937); the title of And No Quarter being changed to – and No Quarter (by including ‘the blasphemous dash’) (13 May 1937) or Adjutant of Women (21 May 1937), and the danger of it being confused with Alec Waugh’s No Quarter (7 June 1937); the translation of Blackcock’s Feather into Irish (15 December 1937); the publication by Talbot Press of an edition of Sons of the Swordmaker (10 May-29 June 1938) with copies of letters to W. G. Lyon, Talbot Press, Dublin, from Chambers; the broadcasting of Blackcock’s Feather during ‘Children’s Hour’ on BBC Northern Ireland (21 July 1938) and payment of twenty-four guineas for six short episodes of it (18 January 1939); a proposal to charge Faber and Faber Limited, publishers (24 Russell Square, London), £10 10 shillings for the right to include The Quiet Man in their forthcoming book of stories for girls (17 August 1938); the controversial serialisation of Blackcock’s Feather in an American magazine called Adventure which is distributed both in Canada and Britain, thus infringing Chambers’s ‘British Empire rights’ and copy correspondence with Brandt and Brandt (Walsh’s American literary agents), 101 Park Avenue, New York (who sanctioned the publication) (30 November-27 December 1938), and a handwritten draft of letter by Walsh to Turnbull accepting some responsibility for the controversy (3 December 1938); suggested changes to The Spanish Lady (11 November 1942); a film scenario for The Road to Nowhere by J. Stewart Hill which ‘is with Leslie Howard at the moment’ (29 March 1943); sheet referring to the folkloric versions of the story Blamann Mac an Ubhaill (Blamann Son of Apple), undated; some criticism of the manuscript of Nine Strings to Your Bow including a suggestion that the title be changed to The Man in Brown (18 December 1944); controversy over the sale of the film rights of Trouble in the Glen to Republic Pictures – whether it is Chambers or Brandt and Brandt which has the right to negotiate, and the price to be paid by Republic (Walsh wants $15000) (25 June-27 July 1953). Included is copy of letter to Reginald Armour, Republic Pictures International Inc. (Great Britain), Republic House, 38 Soho Square, London, referring to particular clauses in the contract being discussed. Also see P7/1/3/2/1.

Letters to Walsh from L. Braid (sales manager), Pigott and Company Limited, 112 Grafton Street, Dublin, relating to proposed repairs to his ‘Collard’ grand piano and the estimated cost thereof.

Letters from Holmes O’Malley & Sexton, Solicitors, 57 O’Connell Street, Limerick, to Michael and Helen Lucia Allott, Odellville, Ballingarry, county Limerick, relating to matters arising out of the will and probate of the Reverend Andrew Chartres Brew Molony. Most of the letters are concerned with the disposal of ground rents of properties at Corofin. A photocopy of a map of the Corofin estate is attached to a letter dated 25 June 1996. Other attachments include a certified copy of the will of the Rev Andrew Chartres Brew Molony (1 August 1996), and copies of related correspondence from John Casey & Co. Solicitors, Martin Linnane & Co. Solicitors, and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Letters from Timothy Collins and Professor Etienne Rynne, University College Galway, and from The Royal Society, London, relating to research carried out by Lysaght in preparation for his biography of Robert Lloyd Praeger (published by Four Courts Press in 1998).

Letters from the National Bank Limited, 13-17 Old Broad Street, London; Jefferson, Willan & Co. Solicitors, Northallerton, Yorkshire; and the British Transport Commission, North Wall, Dublin, to Helen Allott, Odell Ville, Ballingarry, county Limerick, relating to legacies arising from the will of the Rev Andrew Chartres Brew Molony.

Letters from Lieutenant H[arold] Alban Davies, Father Philip, Pigott and Company Limited, and Kenny and Bourke Solicitors to Madge Daly relating to damage done and items lost during raids of the home of the Daly family. For related material, see P2/2/1/19/3, P2/2/1/62/5 and P2/5/1/40.

Letters from Dowdall, O’Mahoney & Co., Margarine Manufacturers and Butter Merchants, relating to a reduction in the quota of Bakers Compound allotted to Dore. With related calculations.

Letters to Walsh from J. B. Lippincott Company (publishers), 521 Fifth Avenue, New York, signed mostly by George Stevens (managing editor), but also one by J. A. McKaughan (director of advertising). Matters referred to include Lippincott’s acquisition of control of the Stokes company; the manuscript of The Spanish Lady which Walsh sent them; suggestions for new work; and the transfer of all Stokes publications to Lippincott and the liquidation of the Stokes company. Letter dated 21 December 1942 includes comment on The Spanish Lady: ‘not often does a novel, even a good novel, come through with so much richness of flavor and feeling of life’. Letter dated 23 December 1943 includes a suggestion from the literary editor of the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, Norfolk, Virginia, that Walsh write about High King Niall of the Nine Hostages, High King Brian Boru or Conor MacNessa, King of Ulster.

Letter to Walsh from Dalton who has just returned from Dublin where he attended the funeral of his brother Martin. Encloses copy of a letter from Maiden (P.O Box 14 La Mesa, California) who has just finished the first draft of the script. States that ‘this is going to be a Director’s (Maiden’s emphasis) picture’. To lift it ‘above the run-of-the-studio type swashbuckler’, the struggle should be portrayed as being against oppression, rather than between the Irish and English. Some scenes have been omitted and the end of the story ‘telescoped’. Has suggested ‘a very occasional use of first-person narrative’ due to the quality of Walsh’s writing. Anticipates meeting Dalton soon.