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File containing letters to Kate O’Brien, 177 The Street, Boughton, Faversham, Kent, regarding eligibility for a pension under the Royal Literary Fund. Includes a letter from Victor Bonham-Carter, Secretary of Royal Literary Fund, 11, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C. 4, which announces ‘I am glad to be able to inform you that at its Meeting today my Committee decided to award you a pension of £400 a year for five years’ (13 January 1971). One letter is torn in to pieces and remains in its envelope (26 November 1970).

Mainly statements of royalties issued to Walsh by Lippincott in respect of amounts accruing to him for the year 1944 from The Spanish Lady and other works. Information includes tax deducted.

Mainly royalty statements to Walsh from Chambers detailing payments made on the publication of novels (both ‘home’ and ‘colonial’ editions); numbers of copies upon which calculations are based; royalties taken by the company; and taxes and commissions deducted. Some statements cover half-yearly periods (1 January-30 June or 1 July-31 December), while others cover full years. Also see P7/2/2/2/3/1.

Statements of royalties due to Walsh from Browne and Nolan Limited, 41-42 Nassau Street, Dublin, in respect of the publication of the schools’ edition of Blackcock’s Feather and its Irish translation Cleite Clarcollig. Statements cover either full or half years, and include numbers sold during the period and on hand at the time of issue.