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Photocopy of part of a Dutch-language press cutting, being a review of Paul Wilkinson’s book Terrorism and the Liberal State.

Letter from Daniel Johnson, Managing Editor, William Morrow & Company, Inc. Publishers, 105 Madison Avenue, New York, asking Herrema to consider the idea of a book about his captivity, either written by him or with the assistance of a professional writer.

Telegrams in Dutch relating to the publication of a book of Herrema’s experiences by the publishing company Elsevier.

This sub-series contains letters from Kate O'Brien to her sisters Anne O'Mara, Mary (May) O'Brien and Clare O'Brien, to Stephen O'Mara and to her nephew Peter O'Mara written in 1940.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, End Farm, North Leigh, Witney, Oxfordshire to Stephen O’Mara. Kate thanks Stephen for his reply and provides him with a detailed account of her financial affairs, including references to Heinemann to whom she owes two as yet unwritten books. She encloses a sheet listing her liabilities.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, End Farm to Anne O’Mara. Kate makes a brief reference to her financial difficulties and her correspondence with Stephen. She expresses guilt at not having written to May, but when she gets into a spin about business she for some reason finds it impossible to write to her. She comments on the war, which she finds very saddening, and refers to Mary O’Neill, who has had two pictures hung in the United Artists’ exhibition at Burlington House. She asks Anne to wish her luck with the book [The Land of Spices]. She finds that she is very slow, no matter how much she wants to hurry the process. She always feels this way over her books in midstream, and somehow they get written.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, End Farm, North Leigh, Witney to Stephen O’Mara. Kate thanks Stephen for his financial advice and promises not to do anything desperate.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien, End Farm, North Leigh, Witney to Anne O’Mara. Kate refers to her habit of burning letters. She mentions a long letter she has received from Peter, which impressed her with its ease and character, correct use of good words and wonderful spelling. She has no news.

Typed letter from Kate O’Brien to Anne O’Mara. Kate is troubled by Anne appearing overtired and urges her to have a couple of quiet weeks before the holidays begin. She is sorry to hear of Miss O’Dwyer’s death. She mentions Mary O’Neill, who is enjoying her time in Dunleary where she is painting a portrait of Blaneid Duggan. She is glad to hear her work is being promoted to the Gate Theatre and will try and send them a copy of The Ante-Room when she can lay hands on one. She talks at length about the war, which in spite of its sadness and madness she finds profoundly interesting. She has spent a day in Oxford with Clare.

Letter from Kate O’Brien, 12 Richmond Road, Oxford to May O’Brien. Kate thanks May for her food parcel. She is in the last few pages of her novel [The Land of Spices] and arranging to do much of the typing of it herself. She is anxious about Clare and the severe stage of the war, which she is certain will soon have to pass.