Handwritten copy letters, mostly from Stephen O’Mara to ‘Smyth’ written between October 1918 and January 1919, relating to the distribution of films, bookings, advertising, posters, and the selection of an arbitrator. In one letter O’Mara notes: ‘If your bookings mature – they seem almost too good to be true – they show what a dam fool way this business has been run by Moore & by Justice in the past’. Also a copy letter relating to a claim by O’Mara’s staff for an all-round allowance in their salaries and related lists of salaries and final settlement dated 15 March 1920. Also a handwritten copy letter from Stephen O’Mara to ‘Gerry’ [Gerard O’Brien?] relating to a market gardening proposal, 1924. Also handwritten copy letters from Stephen O’Mara to Ernest Proud Solicitor relating to money owed by O’Mara to Proud and to O’Mara’s liabilities concerning an unspecified court case, 1924. One of these letters refers to a defence of O’Mara in the USA courts; another states that ‘I presume my co-trustees will be out of jail by the time you are able to deal with this.’ Also a handwritten copy letter lacking first and last page(s) to an unidentified recipient providing instructions concerning the painting of sign boards for a shop and the payment of suppliers’ fees and staff wages, 1929. The letter also provides advice on the proper running and management of the shop.
