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Black and white photograph (140 x 87 mm) of uniformed men and women marching along a tree-lined avenue, some holding bagpipes and drums [on the grounds of Glenstal Abbey?].

Black and white snapshots (86 x 58, 86 x 61 and 90 x 60 mm) of a baby in a cot; and a baby sitting on the lap of a dark-haired woman with a puppy.

This sub-series contains letters from Kate O'Brien to Anne, Stephen and Peter O'Mara and her sister Mary (May) O'Brien written in 1942.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Harcourt Cottage, North Leigh, Witney, Oxon to Anne O’Mara. Kate laments an unspecified mishap, but promises to put things right. She cannot write a long letter because Edith Starkie and some of Kate’s neighbours are coming to lunch and she must attend to her cooking duties. She is sorry to read in the paper that Maire O’Neil’s son has been killed in action.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, Croyle, Cullompton, Devon to May O’Brien. Kate is staying with the Dashwoods [Paul Dashwood and his wife Monica, the English author who wrote under the pseudonym E. M. Delafield], who keep urging her to stay on. She keeps yielding from week to week, because she finds the freedom to do nothing else but think about her novel [The Last of Summer] very useful.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, Croyle, Cullompton, Devon to Anne O’Mara. Kate thanks Anne for her birthday wishes and food parcels. Lacking last page(s).

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Croyle, Cullompton, Devon to Anne O’Mara. Kate wishes Anne a merry Christmas and encloses a small gift of money.

This sub-series contains letters from Kate O'Brien to Anne and Stephen O'Mara, her sisters Mary (May) O'Brien and Clare O'Brien and her aunt Fanny Thornhill (Sister Mary Clare) written in 1943.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, Croyle, Cullompton, Devon to Anne O’Mara. Kate asks Anne’s help in trying to find two female servants to look after the Dashwood household as owing to the war there are no able-bodied women available in England.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 10 Buckingham Street, Adelphi, London WC2, to Anne O’Mara. Kate discusses at length the rehearsals of The Last of Summer, describing each actor in the play in detail. She considers John Gielgud a good and hard-working producer. Lacking last page(s).