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Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, 10 Buckingham Street, Adelphi, London WC2 to May O’Brien. The letter is mostly concerned with The Last of Summer, the rehearsals of which have hit a crisis as Jill Furse, who was playing Angèle, has discovered she is pregnant. As a consequence, rehearsals are held up until a replacement for her is found, and the start of the provincial tour has been postponed until 17 April.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 10 Buckingham Street, Adelphi, London to Peter O’Mara. Kate thanks Peter for his good luck wishes for the forthcoming London premiere of The Last of Summer and wishes that all the family could be at the Phoenix Theatre on the day.

Typed letter from Cyril Cusack, 56 Morehampton Road, Dublin to Kate O’Brien. The letter is mainly concerned with the casting of Maureen Delany, to which Cyril is opposed.

Black and white snapshot (60 x 88 mm) of a woman in graduation robes identified on the reverse as Paddy Anne Power.

Colour photographs (149 x 101 mm) of two men and two women in different combinations sitting around a kitchen table.

Black and white photograph (152 x 104 mm) of a carving depicting Jesus being brought to Pontius Pilate.

Black and white photograph (116 x 173 mm) of a group of Catholic clergy and Claremorris Bacon Factory staff standing on either side of the representation of the Annunciation on the factory wall. Originally inserted inside P40/2/4/4/19/6 (28).

Black and white photographs (c. 73 x 101 mm) of a bridge, castle ruins, and a young boy walking outdoors. Originally attached to P40/2/3/3/3.

Correspondence relating to staffing at Claremorris Bacon Factory, mainly rates of pay, hours of work, payment of wages, trade unions, threatened strike action in 1947, agents’ commissions, and issues concerning individual employees. Also assorted schedules of factory workers, listing type of work done and general behaviour of individuals. Material from 1950 includes draft caretaker’s agreement and related correspondence. In 16 folders.

Letters from Charles Hanley, Donegal Bacon Company Limited, Letterkenny, relating to employees at the Donegal factory. The letters deal mainly with the issue of wages but provide accounts of individual employees and their characteristics, and difficulties experienced by Hanley with some of them. Also related accounts of wages deducted for savings, listing the name of each employee, date of employment, their gross and net wages, weekly savings, shares policies, last date of rise and amount of rise.