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Card from Frieda Lurie wishing O’Brien seasonal greetings.

Mainly letters and postcards to O’Brien from friends and admirers from Ireland, England, Poland, Russia, Spain, Canada and the United States, including literary friends, Brendan and Beatrice Behan, Willie and Nora Moloney and Antonio White. Also contains material from Rupert Hart-Davis, Pat Speakman of Montreal, Canada, Irma Hitschfield, Joseph O’Donnell of Limerick, Eleanor Kapp, Katherine Cornell, and Paul Potts of London. Includes Christmas cards from novelist, Antonio White (1967), Willie and Nora Moloney (1967) and actress Catherine Cornell or ‘Kit’. In addition, a postcard from Beatrice and Brendan Behan from New York addressed to O’Brien carer of Salkeld, 43 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin, and signed by Brendan ‘Love to Kate, Father Fox’ (9 May 1963). Also contains a postcard addressed to 177 The Street, Boughton, Kent, from ‘Bimbo’ [Eleanor Kapp, actress] and Margaret in Siena, Italy, with brief account of their travel plans, and a letter from Sandra L. Velvick, 35 Fawe Park Road, Putney, S.W. 15, London, addressed to O’Brien in Kent, describing herself as ‘your fan!’ and accompanied by a musical composition inspired by novel As Music and Splendour (9 November 1967).

Irish passport issued to Kate O’Brien, signed and containing a passport number, photograph and personal details including name, profession, place and date of birth, domicile, height, colour of eyes, colour of hair, face and special peculiarities. Also includes dates of expiry and renewal, and visa stamps from various locations including Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Canada, America and Russia.

Volume with daily entries recording appointments and social engagements, weather, travel arrangements, health matters, correspondence received and other events of the day. Notes the following on Friday 31 March, ‘Clare’s birthday. Took her to dine at “Bella Napoli’’’, her move to the Minerva club on Tuesday 18 April, and her response to Maeve McGarry’s death stating on Monday 15 May, ‘Read of M. McGarry’s death in Irish Times. Greatly distressed.’ In relation to ‘My Aunts’ she notes on Wednesday 6 September, ‘Settled with David. To accept Dwyer’s mean offer on “My Aunts”’. Also records her travels in Spain. Volume is indexed by month and contains notes at the rear. Also includes the following enclosures, a 2-pias Spanish stamp, and a newspaper clipping from a Spanish paper advertising Hotel Suizo. Includes O’Brien’s personal details at the front.

Volume with daily entries recording appointments and social engagements, articles and lectures, weather, travel, arrangements, domestic matters, ill health and trip to Rome. Notes on 21 March, ‘Went to Chilvers 2.30pm. Fainted on their doorstep 10.30pm. Doctor etc.’ Also notes visit from her sisters, May and Clare, stating on 2 April, ‘May & Clare left for London. Felt very sad & flat after their departure.’ Notes on 5 June ‘Shocking news of Senator Robert Kennedy’. Also makes reference to holidays in Galway, Offaly and Limerick in entry dated 13 July, which she actually notes as being an inaccurate date, ‘Picnic to the Shannon Weir at Meelick. Lovely, lazy hours by the water. On to Birr for shopping – called on Fanning’s. Goodbye to Eyrecourt.’

Volume with small number of entries, referring to articles, appointments and social engagements, conversion to gas, travel arrangements and health matters. Notes the following on 6 January, ‘My Spanish article in Irish Times. Annoyingly cut’.

Volume with names, addresses and telephone numbers of family, friends, acquaintances and other contacts. Volume is indexed alphabetically by surname and contains a number of enclosures.

Letter from P. J. Shevlin, Road Freight Supervisor, Córas Iompair Éireann, Road Freight Section, Transport House, Dublin 1, Removal and Storage Service, to Kate O’Brien, 13 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, regarding an inventory of her goods in storage. Also attached is the warehouse contract noting the package and removal of household furniture and effects amounting to half a vanload from a private residence in Galway to storage in Dublin, with an estimated warehousing charge of £1 per month and 5 shillings per £100 value per annum extra for fire insurance.

Letter from Arthur Cox, solicitor, 58 Upper Mount Street (and 42/43 St.Stephen’s Green, Dublin), to Kate O’Brien, carer of The Manager, National Bank, 15, Whitehall, London, S.W. 1. Refers to Electricity Supply Board account whereby charges of £16.17.9 remain unpaid.

This sub-series includes drafts of Kate O'Brien's literary works, her research notes and membership cards for various organisations.