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Contains 27 Results:
Draft of “To the Golden Door: Prefamine in Ireland”, Section III
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Typed rough draft of Potter’s posthumously published book, To the Golden Door: the Story of the Irish and Ireland in America. These manuscripts illustrate extensive research done by Potter on Irish immigration and cultural trends from the late 17th to the mid 19th century. Although he begins with a history of Ireland in ancient times through the Protestant Reformation and English rule, most of the research focuses on immigration trends, and the Irish experience in America up until the Civil...
Dates:
1899 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1960
Draft of “To the Golden Door: Prefamine in Ireland”, Section IV & V
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Typed rough draft of Potter’s posthumously published book, To the Golden Door: the Story of the Irish and Ireland in America. These manuscripts illustrate extensive research done by Potter on Irish immigration and cultural trends from the late 17th to the mid 19th century. Although he begins with a history of Ireland in ancient times through the Protestant Reformation and English rule, most of the research focuses on immigration trends, and the Irish experience in America up until the Civil...
Dates:
1899 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1960
Draft of “To the Golden Door: How they got across the ocean”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Typed rough draft of Potter’s posthumously published book, To the Golden Door: the Story of the Irish and Ireland in America. These manuscripts illustrate extensive research done by Potter on Irish immigration and cultural trends from the late 17th to the mid 19th century. Although he begins with a history of Ireland in ancient times through the Protestant Reformation and English rule, most of the research focuses on immigration trends, and the Irish experience in America up until the Civil...
Dates:
1899 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1960
Draft of “To the Golden Door: What befell them in America”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Typed rough draft of Potter’s posthumously published book, To the Golden Door: the Story of the Irish and Ireland in America. These manuscripts illustrate extensive research done by Potter on Irish immigration and cultural trends from the late 17th to the mid 19th century. Although he begins with a history of Ireland in ancient times through the Protestant Reformation and English rule, most of the research focuses on immigration trends, and the Irish experience in America up until the Civil...
Dates:
1899 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1960
Draft of “To the Golden Door: What befell them in America”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Typed rough draft of Potter’s posthumously published book, To the Golden Door: the Story of the Irish and Ireland in America. These manuscripts illustrate extensive research done by Potter on Irish immigration and cultural trends from the late 17th to the mid 19th century. Although he begins with a history of Ireland in ancient times through the Protestant Reformation and English rule, most of the research focuses on immigration trends, and the Irish experience in America up until the Civil...
Dates:
1899 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1960
Draft of “To the Golden Door: What befell them in America”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Typed rough draft of Potter’s posthumously published book, To the Golden Door: the Story of the Irish and Ireland in America. These manuscripts illustrate extensive research done by Potter on Irish immigration and cultural trends from the late 17th to the mid 19th century. Although he begins with a history of Ireland in ancient times through the Protestant Reformation and English rule, most of the research focuses on immigration trends, and the Irish experience in America up until the Civil...
Dates:
1899 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1960
George W. Potter and Alfred M. Williams Memorial Manuscript Collection
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 009-02-01
Scope and Contents
The manuscript collection includes materials related to the work of Alfred M. Williams and George W. Potter related to Irish history from 1899-1981 with the bulk 1949-1960. The manuscript collection includes many printed materials, manuscripts to and from Potter as well as other librarians and book distributors, and documents. It includes Alfred M. Williams’s small collection of writings donated posthumously in 1899. The bulk of the material is by George W. Potter and includes...
Dates:
1899 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1960