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Signed memorandum of agreement between Kate O’Brien (author), and [M. Turner], general editor of the series ‘Britain in Pictures’, Rocks Farm, Withyham, Sussex, for the author to undertake a contribution of approximately 14,000 words in length on the subject of English diaries and journals to be included in the series, with a payment of £50 to the author for world rights, to be paid within 14 days of date of publication. Signed by Turner.

Signed memorandum of agreement between Kate O’Brien, care of Ann Watkins, Incorporated, 77 Park Avenue, New York City, New York (author), and Doubleday, Doran & Company Incorporated (publishers), regarding the publishing rights of The Summer’s Flower and A Spanish Novel, noting conditions relating to copyright, royalties, publishing rights, and advancing the author $1250 on The Summer’s Flower, payable in six equal monthly instalments on receipt of signed contract, and the sum of $1250 on publication date of A Spanish Novel or two-thirds of the amount earned on The Summer’s Flower by publication date of A Spanish Novel or whichever sum is greater. Includes some passages crossed out in ink.

Letter from Elizabeth Bird, David Higham & Associates Limited, Authors’ Agents, 5-8 Lower John Street, Golden Square, London W1R 4HA, to Kate O’Brien, 177 The Street, Boughton, Faversham, Kent, dated 10 October, stating ‘I’m so glad you’re pleased Chivers want to do a Large Print edition of Without My Cloak’, and enclosing the memorandum of agreement dated 5 October, between Cedric Chivers Limited, Portway, Bath, Somerset, and David Higham & Associates Limited, granting to publishers an exclusive licence to publish an edition of Without My Cloak in hard cover volume form for persons with impaired vision printed in large type not less than 15 point for a period of three years from date of agreement, on behalf of the London and Home Counties Branch of the Library Association in the English language throughout the world. Notes conditions relating to royalties, copyright and publishing rights. Royalty of 10% of published price on all copies of the licensed edition sold, wherever sold, with certain provisions. Also grants sum of £50 upon signature of agreement by both parties being in advance and on account of all royalties and percentages.

Signed memorandum of agreement between Kate O’Brien care of Pearn, Pollinger & Higham Limited, 39/40 Bedford Street, Strand, London, W.C.2 (author), and A. B. Ljus Forlag, Stockholm, Sweden (publishers), granting publishers licence to translate and publish The Last of Summer in volume form in Swedish, subject to conditions regarding royalties and payment of monies, translation of work and publishing rights. Notes payment of royalty of 7.5 % of the published price of all copies sold up to three thousand, and of 10% of the published price of all copies sold beyond three thousand, and a sum of £40 payable on signature of agreement, in advance of royalties and percentages.

Memorandum of agreement between John Hyde, Castle Hyde, county Cork, esquire, of the first part and William Lane Hyde, Templenoe, county Cork, esquire; Jeremiah Lillis, Thomas Sullivan, John Regan, Cornelius Regan and James Casey, all of Creg [Cregg], county Cork, labourers; Peggy Daly of Creg, spinster; Thomas Hewett of Creg], blacksmith; and James Curtin of Creg, farmer, of the second part. The said parties to become weekly tenants to John Hyde on the lands of Creg otherwise Bawnard, previously held by John Carroll. Conditions: sixpence a week to be paid by each tenant.

Memorandum of agreement by Eyre Coote to let to Michael Delany the dwelling house or cottage and premises situate on the Dublin Road, Maryborough, being the eastern half of the premises of which he is now caretaker from week to week from 30 April 1898 for the weekly rent of 4 shillings to be paid on Saturday in every week. Also an agreement for contract by Martin Rourke to execute works at Michael Delany’s houses in Dublin Road in consideration of the sum of £48 15s. He is to supply all materials and to complete the whole in good and workmanlike manner within two months from the date of the contract under a penalty of £1 per week.

Memorandum of agreement between David Baldwin Jacob of Portleix [Portlaoise], Maryborough and George Vanston of Northville, Maryborough. Jacob agrees to let to Vanston the small field bounded on the east by the field now in George Vanston’s occupation, on the south by the Cottage yards, on the west by the old cemetery and the Ridge Road and on the north by Mr Odlum’s building lot from year to year from 1 November 1906 at the yearly rent of £2 10s payable half-yearly on 1 May and 1 November.

Memorandum of agreement by Sir Eyre Coote to let to Mary Aird part of the lands of the Old Fort known as the Rampart Field for grazing until 1 May 1909 for the sum of £2.

Memorandum of agreement by Sir Eyre Coote to let to Joseph P. Costigan part of the Jail Field, Borris, Maryborough for the grazing of cattle and sheep from 1 May 1949 to 31 March 1950 for the sum of £10 to be paid in two equal instalments.

Memorandum of agreement by Mrs E. G. Kaye and Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation to let to Joseph P. Costigan that part of the Jail Field on the Borris road to the rere of artisans’ houses in Maryborough for the grazing of cattle and sheep from 1 May 1951 to 31 March 1952 for the sum of £10 to be paid in two equal instalments.