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Small hardback leather-bound scrapbook with ornate blind and gold tooling to front and back covers, thick pages in a variety of pastel shades, gilt edges to pages and the word ‘Album’ embossed in gold on the spine. Signed ‘Maria Ann Emra October 8th 1850’ on the flyleaf. The contents include handwritten copies of poems of devotional nature, including ‘The Daisy’ by Dr Good; ‘On the Sign of the Cross in Baptism’ by Henry Alford; extract from Now and Then by Samuel Warren; ‘Written in a Very Beautiful Spring’ by S.B.; extract from ‘Beauty: or the Art of Charming’ by Robert Dodsley; ‘The Lilies of the Field’ by Reginald Heber; ‘Resignation’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; ‘Associations with Places by the Reverend Edward Caswall; and a short extract from ‘Lady Clara Vere de Vere’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson; also pencil and watercolour drawings and coloured images cut out from magazines. Some of the contributions are signed or initialled and include Maria’s stepmother and her aunt S. G. [Sarah Grey] Emra. Only a small portion of the book has been used.

Bound hardback scrapbook signed ‘Agnes M. Gaffney New York January 1895’ on the inside of the front cover. The book contains mainly press cuttings accounting the movements and activities of Agnes Gaffney and her brothers in America and Ireland. Several pages have been dedicated to the sudden death and funeral of Joseph P. Gaffney in 1897 and to the activities of Frances Gaffney née Humphreys, wife of Agnes’s brother Thomas St John Gaffney and an early women’s rights activist, who was elected president of the National Council of Women in 1899. There are reviews and accounts of musical and theatrical entertainments, many of which included performances by members of the Gaffney family, who were gifted singers. Also included are calling cards of various family members; invitations to weddings, dinner parties and other gatherings; and theatre and concert programmes, such as the golden jubilee celebrations at Laurel Hill Convent on 11 June 1895, a concert organised by Adare Bicycle Club under the patronage of the Earl and Countess of Dunraven on 31 January 1896 and a celebratory dinner in honour of Joseph Gaffney as High Sheriff of Limerick city on 9 January 1897. There are articles about the state of the stock market and about political events unfolding in Limerick. One of the pages contains a broadsheet entitled ‘Supplement to the Summit Herald’ dedicated to Thomas St John Gaffney’s views on America’s foreign policy, outlining his reasons ‘Why Every Irish-American Should Support and Uphold the Republican Party.’ Also to be found in the scrapbook is a White Star Line booklet incorporating a list of saloon passengers on board Royal & US Mail SS Germanic from Liverpool to New York on 24 October 1894.

Medium-sized hardback scrapbook with padded covers and the word ‘Album’ embossed in gold on the front cover. The scrapbook contains mostly drawings, either drawn directly on the page or pasted in with glue. The drawings are light-hearted and often humorous, featuring children, pets, flowers, young women, landscapes and seascapes, streetscapes of Bruges and a watercolour of the gardens at Glenstal. Some of the drawings are signed or initialled; contributors include among others Madeline Clayton, E. Powell, Kitty Haynes, F. M. Gilbert, Barbara Adams Camfray, A. B. N. Noel, C. Reeve, Victoria Arkell, E. Tenant, K. Courtenay, C. J. M. Sparks, B. Angus and L. Barnicot. Also pasted in are two poems cut out from magazines, ‘Hints to a New Girl’ by L. K. Young and ‘Sea-song’ by Dorothea Jennings’, and humorous thank-you letters in verse. There are also autographs collected from guests at parties, and two pages of mounted autographs from public figures of the day, including Prince George (later George VI), author George Grossmith, publisher Andrew Land, Lord Roberts, Duke of Bedford and Lord Lansdowne.

Scrapbook containing press cuttings of mainly reviews of Kate O’Brien’s work including the novels Without My Cloak and The Ante-Room and her play The Bridge. Also an article by Kate O’Brien in The Daily Mirror entitled ‘Have Music-Halls Been ‘Killed’?’ (7 July 1928), and a number of articles on her winning the Hawthornden Prize. In addition, articles by other writers such as ‘The Settee’ by Mary Rynne (13 October 1928) and reviews of works by other authors such as Beside the Sea edited by Yvonne Cloud (1 August 1934). Paginated and most articles are dated.

Scrapbook containing press cuttings, programmes and photographs illustrating Clarke's career as a dancer and her continuing interest in the art form in later life. The material includes programmes, press cuttings and photographs of recitals by pupils of Burchill School of Dance and Dublin Ballet Club (1971-1973); costume and props lists; press cuttings relating to Eveline Burchill and her School of Ballet and its former pupils; and programmes of performances choreographed by Clarke, mostly for Dublin Dance Theatre, with related press cuttings and photographs (1974-1982).

Scrapbook containing press cuttings, programmes and photographs providing an insight into Clarke's career as a dancer between the ages of 22 and 32. The material includes screen shots, photographs and press cuttings relating to her appearances with Albert Regent, Rosalie ('Roly') Hodgson and others in the RTÉ programme Shall We Dance? (1961-1963); programmes of recitals by pupils of Burchill School of Dancing and of Jack Cruise Christmas and summer productions with related press cuttings and photographs (1965-1967); press cuttings relating to Eveline Burchill and her School of Dancing (1968); and programmes of performances by the Dublin Ballet Club at Dagg Hall and Cork Municipal School of Music in 1968 and 1970. Fragile, with some loose items.

Volume 1 of originally six hardback scrapbooks, now lacking volume 3, containing press cuttings relating to John Daly.

Volume 2 of originally six hardback scrapbooks, now lacking volume 3, containing press cuttings relating to John Daly.

Volume 4 of originally six hardback scrapbooks, now lacking volume 3, containing press cuttings relating to John Daly.

Volume 5 of originally six hardback scrapbooks, now lacking volume 3, containing press cuttings relating to John Daly.