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Letter from Kate O’Brien, Hôtel Royal Condé, Rue Condé 10, Paris VI to Peter O’Mara. The letter contains advice to Peter about hotels and the cost of living in Paris.

Postcard from Kate O’Brien in Venice to Peter O’Mara, recommending Peter to visit the city.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Hotel New Weston, Madison Avenue at 50th Street, New York 22 to Anne O’Mara. Kate gives a detailed account of the cast of That Lady and the early days of rehearsal. She expresses reservations about Torin Thatcher in the role of Antonio. She is amazed to hear from Kit [Katharine Cornell] that this is the longest part she has ever tackled and more than twice as long as Cleopatra. She outlines the forthcoming touring schedule. She gives her impressions of New York and describes a dinner party hosted by Henrietta Bingham.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, Sneydens [Sneden’s] Landing, Palisades, N.Y. State to Anne O’Mara. Kate is taking a short break by herself before the first night in New York. They are expecting Mrs Roosevelt to attend the performance, which Kate finds a frightening prospect. The letter deals in the main with domestic and family news. Note that the letter is dated Friday 10 November, but in 1949 that date fell on a Thursday.

Postcard from Kate O’Brien, Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin [to Anne O’Mara?]. She is taking the bus to Limerick and asks the recipient not to worry if they cannot arrange to meet Kate.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 37 Gordon Square, London WC1 to May O’Brien. Kate thanks May for the turkey and gives a brief account of her Christmas with the O’Neills. The rest of the letter deals with the question of wedding presents for their niece Kay, who is about to get married.

Latter part of a letter from Kate O’Brien to Anne O’Mara. The letter deals predominantly with the purchase of wedding presents for Kate and Anne’s niece Kay and other family matters. Kate is recovering from a fit of depression and disappointment over That Lady and the New York critics. She has sold the German acting rights to Vienna and Berlin and is in negotiation with Paris, Rome and Stockholm. Madrid has expressed the wish that the play would never be licensed for performance in Spain. Kate has read Patricia Lavelle’s book [Crumbling Castle], which she found dull but not without merit. She thinks Lavelle could have been a novelist had she started in time. Lacking first two sheets.

Postcard from Kate O’Brien, Roundstone to Anne O’Mara, Monte Carlo, Monaco, wishing her a lovely time.

Audio reel containing a home recording of Dick Cameron performing the songs ‘High Germany’, ‘John Riley’, ‘The Old Man’s Song’, ‘Leezy Lindsay’ and ‘Autumn Has Come’. The last song ends abruptly and is followed by a recording of part of a radio programme [presumably Ballads of a Saturday], in which Angela Byrne sings the songs ‘Sloop John B’, ‘The Bold Fenian Men’, ‘The Further Rim’ and ‘Anathea’. The recording cuts off abruptly as the last song is ending. Duration 00:25:20.

Audio reel containing a home recording of Dick Cameron signing songs and accompanying himself on the acoustic guitar. The songs included on the reel are ‘Corpus Christi Carol’ (with poor sound quality), ‘The Seven Virgins’, ‘Said Judas to Mary’, ‘The Lord of the Dance’ and ‘Corpus Christi Carol’ (with better sound quality). Duration 00:18:32.