NLI COMPUTER (OPAC) CATALOGUE INDEX
(102 items - CASEMENT MSS FROM THE LATE 1980s+)
[out of date – a new NLI electronic cataloguing system has now replaced OPAC since
2012]
* means seen
= means one of the 68 that come up when ‘Casement author’ was keyed in rather than
subject.
1. =Ms 25,588 (42)
Speech of Roger Casement from the dock: Executed in Pentonville Prison, August 3rd, 1916.
[Dublin]: published by Fergus O'Connor, Dublin, [1916]
7, [1] p. : port.; 20 cm.
2. =Ms 26,772 (3)
The Stranger in the house: postcard in The Republican series with on verso: "Eithne O'Kelly
given me by Roger Casement March 1913. Hanged by the English at Pentonville Jail Aug 3rd
1916. R.I.P." 1913
1 postcard
Pierse McCan papers
3. *Ms 26772 (8)
Letter from Elizabeth Bannister to Eithne O'Kelly 1916 Aug. 15.
1 item
On death of Roger Casement
Pierse McCan papers
4. *=Ms 26,978 [Acc. 4009]
Benburb by Roger Casement 1895 June 24.
1 item (3 sheets)
Fair copy of poem on the Battle of Benburb, 1646
"(Published in United Ireland of 28 June 1895)" - p.[3]
5. *=Ms 27,453A
Letter from Roger Casement to Henry Foley of the Foreign Office, London, re Boer War 1896
Apr. 03.
1 item
Photocopy
Mrs. Kathleen MacFie
6. =Ms 27,842
Telegram from Charles Roberts M.P. 1865-1959 to Roger Casement asking for Casement’s
diary in connection with the Putumayo atrocities 1912 Jan. 24.
1 item
7. =Ms 28,861
1
1. =Ms 25,588 (42)
Speech of Roger Casement from the dock: Executed in Pentonville Prison, August 3rd, 1916.
[Dublin]: published by Fergus O'Connor, Dublin, [1916]
7, [1] p. : port.; 20 cm.
2. =Ms 26,772 (3)
The Stranger in the house: postcard in The Republican series with on verso: "Eithne O'Kelly
given me by Roger Casement March 1913. Hanged by the English at Pentonville Jail Aug 3rd
1916. R.I.P." 1913
1 postcard
Pierse McCan papers
3. *Ms 26772 (8)
Letter from Elizabeth Bannister to Eithne O'Kelly 1916 Aug. 15.
1 item
On death of Roger Casement
Pierse McCan papers
4. *=Ms 26,978 [Acc. 4009]
Benburb by Roger Casement 1895 June 24.
1 item (3 sheets)
Fair copy of poem on the Battle of Benburb, 1646
"(Published in United Ireland of 28 June 1895)" - p.[3]
5. *=Ms 27,453A
Letter from Roger Casement to Henry Foley of the Foreign Office, London, re Boer War 1896
Apr. 03.
1 item
Photocopy
Mrs. Kathleen MacFie
6. =Ms 27,842
Telegram from Charles Roberts M.P. 1865-1959 to Roger Casement asking for Casement’s
diary in connection with the Putumayo atrocities 1912 Jan. 24.
1 item
7. =Ms 28,861
Transcripts of letters of Roger Casement published in the Irish Independent, 1913, made by
James J. Healy, 1930?
1 v.
8. =Ms 29,063
Letters by Roger Casement, 1915. 40 items.
Mostly to George Herman Scheffauer, editor of The Continental Times. Also draft of a poem
on Charles Stewart Parnell.
9. =Ms 29,064
Drafts of articles opposing British war policy and supporting United States neutrality mostly
sent to Herman George Scheffauer, editor of The Continental Times, Berlin by Sir Roger
Casement 1914-1915
2
15 items (110 leaves)
Notes: 1-11: To the Editor, Continental Times, Berlin. Signed: James Quincy Emerson, L.L.D.
Dated: Amsterdam, 1915 08 14. 12-21: To the Editor, The Continental Times. Signed: James
Quincy Emerson. Dated: Copenhagen, 1915 09 01. 22-30: To the Editor, The Continental
Times, Berlin. Signed: John Quincy Emerson. Dated: Gotenburg, 1915 09 14. 31-39: To the
Editor, The Continental Times, Berlin. Signed: Henry Bower. Dated: Augsburg, 1915 09 22,
40-44: Mr. Wiloon's Note. How to End the War. 45-58: Dated: Trondheim, 1915 10 06.
Signed: John Quincy Emerson. 59-72: Sir Edward Grey, by Sir Roger Casement. Dated: 1915
10 11. 73-77: The British Weakness for Collecting Souvenirs (The Complete Angler). Signed:
X. 78-82: The Sickman. A Fable that cost dear. By X of X. 83-84: The Step Mother. 85-92:
England's Care for the Truth. 93-95: Einleitung to America as Britain's Catspaw. 96-100: The
Grey Man. A Fable that Cost Dear. By X of X. 101: The Great Offensive. 102-110: The Three
Friends or a Fable that Cost Dear.
10. Ms 29,513
The prisoner of the Crown by Richard F. Stockton; based on a story by Richard T. Herd [1972]
1 duplicated typescript
A playscript about Roger Casement
Previous title: The royal rape of Ruairi Macasmunde
From the Abbey Theatre
11. =Ms 31,647
Letter from Roger Casement to Tom Clarke requesting copies of Gaelic American 1914 Jan. 9.
1 item
12. *=Ms 31,722
A portrait of Roger Casement: some unpublished letters to Col. Robert Gordon Berry / edited
with commentary by Desmond J, Berry. 1905-1913.
1 carbon typescript (51 p.)
Lacks p.9.
Roger McHugh papers [Acc. 4381 of 1988; originals in Farmleigh]
13. =Ms 31,723 [see below for details of MSS items 1-15. NO NUMBER 11. It contains
all the separately numbered originals including envelopes to O’Farrelly and one
misfiled to Gertrude Bannister of 8 Feb. 1911.]
Letters from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly, 1907-1913.
14 items.
Includes letter to Gertrude Bannister.
Roger McHugh papers
14. =Ms 31,723 (1)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1907?
1 item (1 sheet)
On need for Gaelic League to make its views on University question known to government.
Augustine Birrell 1850-1933 not concerned with Ireland's welfare and wishes to have
university controlled by Maynooth
15. =Ms 31,723 (2)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1907?
1 item (1 sheet) cover
3
Accepting invitation to lunch
16. =Ms 31,723 (3)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1907 Oct. 16.
Bluestack Mountain region (Donegal, Ireland)
1 item (4 sheets) cover
Mostly re establishment of bilingual schools in Cruacha, Co. Donegal and Rathlin Island
17. =Ms 31,723 (4)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1907 Nov. 04.
1 item (2 sheets) cover
Thanking her for the books for the boys at Carrick. "The Rathlin teaching scheme has again
broken down." "I cannot say anything about Cloghaneely..."
18. =Ms 31,723 (5)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1907 Nov. 22.
1 item (3 sheets)
Ill in London. On Mrs. Hutton's version of the Táin. On Cloghaneely. On Dr. Zimmer’s view
on the Church's effect on Irish language. Polish nationalism. The university question.
19. =Ms 31,723 (6)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1907 Dec. 13.
1 item (1 sheet) cover
Asking to meet her
20. =Ms 31,723 (7)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1907 Dec. 19.
1 item (2 sheets)
Need for Gaelic League representation on Senate of National University of Ireland
21. =Ms 31,723 (8)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1909 Feb. 10.
1 item (2 sheets)
Intends to leave Paris for Brazil. Cloghaneely. "The University Question is now, for me, a
sealed book."
22. =Ms 31,723 (9)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly [1910 July 26].
1 item (1 sheet) cover
Written while sailing to Putumayo
23. =Ms 31,723 (10) [Transcript in 36,202/3]
Letter from Roger Casement to Gertrude Bannister 1911 Feb. 08.
1 item (7 sheets)
On British economic exploitation of Ireland. Unfairness to Ireland of Land Acts
31,723 (11) EXISTS AND IS GERTRUDE BANNISTER LETTER OF 8 FEBRUARY
1911!!!
24. =Ms 31,723 (12)
4
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly [1912 04]
1 item (1 sheet)
Illness. Home Rule bill
25. =Ms 31,723 (13)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1912 Sept. 14.
1 item (2 sheets)
School prizes
26. =Ms 31,723 (14)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1912 Dec. 04.
1 item (2 sheets)
27. =Ms 31,723 (15)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1913 Dec. 19.
1 item (1 sheet)
28. *=Ms 31,724 (1)
Fragment of undated letter from Roger Casement to ? Gertrude Bannister [1912 06?] [ts in
36,202/2? 1911-15]
1 item (1 sheet)
Roger McHugh papers
29. *=Ms 31,724 (2)
Copy letter from Roger Casement to Bulmer Hobson 1911 Apr. 19.
1 typescript (2 sheets)
On increasing sale of Alice Stopford Green's Irish Nationality
Roger McHugh papers
30. *=Ms 31,724 (3)
Letter from Roger Casement to Louis du Pain Mallet 1911 Sept. 07.
1 item
Photocopy
On his meeting with Dr. H.S. Dickey while sailing from Barbados to Para
Roger McHugh papers
31. =Ms 31,724 (4)
Letter from Roger Casement to Mr. Boyd [of Baltimore?] 1914 Aug. 04.
1 item
On the outbreak of the War and its effect on Irish Volunteers and Home Rule
Roger McHugh papers
32. =Ms 31,724 (5)
Copy letter from Roger Casement to Richard Morten 1916 July 28.
1 typescript:
On their friendship, Casement's trial, his achievements
Roger McHugh papers
33. =Ms 31,724 (6)
Copy of Roger Casement's last message to Ireland 1916 Aug. 02.
5
1 typescript
Roger McHugh papers
34. =Ms 31,725 [see 1-6 below]
Letters from Roger Casement to Gertrude Bannister, 1911-1912.
6 items.
Roger McHugh papers
35. =Ms 31,725 (1)
Letter from Roger Casement to Gertrude Bannister 1911 Nov. 12. [Transcript in 36,202/3 but
dated Nov 11]
1 item
His journey to Iquitos. His future itinerary. Conditions at Iquitos.
McHugh, Roger
36. =Ms 31,725 (2)
Letter from Roger Casement to Gertrude Bannister 1912 Jan. 26. [Transcript in 36,202/3]
1 item
Family news. Orange riots in Belfast
37. =Ms 31725 (3)
Letter from Roger Casement to Gertrude Bannister 1912 Apr. 20. [Transcript in 36,202/3]
1 item
Sinking of Titanic and how it will distract public opinion from plight of Indians of Putumayo
McHugh, Roger.
38. =Ms 31,725 (4)
Letter from Roger Casement to Gertrude Bannister 1912 Apr. 23. [Transcript in 36,202/3]
1 item
On the sinking of the Titanic
McHugh, Roger.
39. =Ms 31,725 (5)
Letter from Roger Casement to Gertrude Bannister 1912 May 27. [Transcript in 36,202/3]
1 item
Expressing admiration for Germans.
McHugh, Roger.
40. =Ms 31,725 (6)
Letter from Roger Casement to Gertrude Bannister [1910?] May 15. [I think 1911. Transcript
not in 36,202]
1 item
McHugh, Roger.
41. =Ms 31,726
Copy letter from Roger Casement to ?Agnes O'Farrelly 1912 Nov. 23.
1 item in copybook
Mostly on his opinion of the British Parliament arising from his experiences with Select
Committee into Affairs of the Peruvian Amazon Company
McHugh, Roger
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42. =Ms 31,727
Letters from Roger Casement to Thomas St. John Gaffney and his wife, 1915-1916.
11 items.
McHugh, Roger papers
43. *=Ms 31,728 (1)
Letter from Roger Casement to Joseph Zerhusen 1916 Apr. 04.
1 item
Photocopy
On Zerhusen's services while interpreter to Irish Brigade in Germany
Roger McHugh papers
44. *Ms 31,728 (2)
Letter from Robert Monteith 1880-1956 to Joseph Zerhusen 1916 Apr. 10.
Irische Brigade (1915-1918)
1 item
Photocopy
On Zerhusen's services while interpreter to Irish Brigade in Germany
Roger McHugh papers
45. *Ms 31,728 (3)
Joseph Zerhusen's memoirs of Casement and the Irish Brigade; with covering letter to Roger
McHugh 1966 Nov. 10.
2 typescripts (1,2-15,"15",[1] sheets) [extended version in MS 43,570]
Photocopy
Roger McHugh papers
46. Ms 31,729
Three duplicated typescripts of chapter six of The Black Diaries by Peter Singleton-Gates and
Maurice Girodias, dealing with interrogation of Roger Casement by Scotland Yard 1959
3 items
Sandercock, Joseph mentioned
Roger McHugh papers
47. *=Ms 31,730
Notes addressed by Roger Casement to his counsel, George Gavan Duffy, during his trial May
1916
2 sheets
Roger McHugh papers
48. =Ms 31,731 (1)
Letter from Patrick McAleer of Irish College, Cloughaneely, to Roger Casement 1912 Nov. 21.
Roger McHugh papers
49. Ms 31,732
Photocopy and transcript of letter from Bernard Shaw to Julius Klein dated 1934 12 19;
photocopy of letter from British Board of Film Censors to Universal Pictures Ltd.; related press
statement of Elmer Gertz 1956 July 25.
4 items
7
Re proposed film on life of Roger Casement
Roger McHugh papers
50. *Ms 31,733
Roger Casement in 1911 an American doctor's evidence [by Roger McHugh?] 1960?
Dickey, Herbert Spencer d. 1948.
1 item
On Herbert Spencer Dickey's opinion of Casement's sexuality
Roger McHugh papers
51. Ms 31,734 [BROKEN DOWN INTO OTHER NUMBERS]
Letters from various correspondents mainly to Roger McHugh concerning Roger Casement
and the Black Diaries, 1940?-1980.
ca 400 items.
Roger McHugh papers
52. *Ms 31,735 [But see 53 below. Is there 1-4 folders?]
Notes and extracts re authenticity of Roger Casement's diaries [by Roger McHugh] 1957
1 item
Roger McHugh papers
53. Ms 31,723 (5) - this seems to be a duplicate for above.
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1907 Nov. 22.
Hutton, Mary Ann 1862-1953
1 item (3 sheets)
Ill in London. On Mrs. Hutton's version of the Táin. On Cloghaneely. On Dr. Zimmer's view
on the Church's effect on Irish language. Polish nationalism. The university question.
54. *Ms 31,735A
Letters from Kate Casement to Roger McHugh and Ben Allen, 1957.
8 items.
Roger McHugh papers
55. *=Ms 31,736
Transcript of 1903 "Lett's" Casement diary 1903
1 item [on back 'sold by S-Gates']
Roger McHugh papers
56. Ms 31,736 (13)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1912 Sept. 14.
1 item (2 sheets)
School prizes
57. Ms 31,736 (14)
Letter from Roger Casement to Agnes O'Farrelly 1912 Dec. 04.
1 item (2 sheets)
58. =Ms 31,737
Photocopies of transcripts of 1903-1904 "Lett's" Casement diary 1903
1 item
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Roger McHugh papers
59. =Ms 31,738
Transcript of 1910 "Dollard's" Casement diary 1910
1 item
Roger McHugh papers
60. =Ms 31,739 (1-2)
Photographs of transcripts of 1910 "Dollard's" Casement diary 1910
1 item
Roger McHugh papers
61. =Ms 31,740
Photocopies and transcripts of Roger Casement's diary from 17 03 - 07 04 1916
1 item
Roger McHugh papers
62. *Ms 31,741 (1-8)
Material on Roger Casement compiled by Roger McHugh 1955?-1965?
8 folders [mostly news clippings and book reviews]
Roger McHugh papers
63. *Ms 31,742 (1-3)
Material on Roger Casement compiled by Roger McHugh 1955?-1965?
3 folders [difficult to read McHugh's writing.]
Roger McHugh papers
64. Ms 31,743 (1)
Copy report of John Kearney (1871-), former Royal Irish Constabulary head constable at
Tralee, to Minister for Home Affairs, Irish Provisional Government, Eamon Duggan, re arrest
of Roger Casement 1922
Roger McHugh papers
65. Ms 31,743 (2)
Account of arrest of Roger Casement by John Blackwell of Ardfert, Co. Kerry 1966?
1 typescript
Roger McHugh papers
66. Ms 31,744
Interview with Serjeant A.M. Sullivan re trial of Roger Casement, the Black Diaries, etc. by
Robert Kee; with analysis by Kee and Roger McHugh 1956 02
1 folder
Roger McHugh papers
67. *Ms 31,745
Notes on interview with Peter Singleton-Gates re Roger Casement's Black Diaries by Roger
McHugh 1957?
1 item (5 leaves)
Roger McHugh papers
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68. Ms *31,746 (1-2)
The Black Diaries of Roger Casement by Alfred Noyes (1880-1958) 1955?
2 typescripts with ms annotations
69. *Ms 31,783
Report to Dublin Castle by Bryan A. Kelly, a student in Germany, on his meetings there with
Roger Casement, 8 February 1915 also covering letter by Sir Matthew Nathan, 11 February
1915, Feb. 8 1915
1 item
Photocopy, original in Public Record Office, London.
70. =Ms 31817
Letter from Roger Casement while in Brixton Prisoner to Joseph Sandercock of C.I.D.
thanking him for his kindness 1916 May 1916.
1 item
Photocopy
71. Ms 31,881
Research material on word patterns in Roger Casements diaries by Eoin Ó Máille 1970-1990
1 folder
This material was included in the study 'Roger Casement: the forged diaries exposed' by the
author, published in Dublin, 1993.
72. =Ms 32,695/1 (74-75)
Why Casement went to Germany. / By Sir Roger Casement.
[Dublin, 1916?].
1 sheet; 25 cm.
Frank Martin papers
73. Ms 32,695/1-29 Scrapbooks
74. and Ms 35,155 Unbound material
Frank Martin papers, 1914-1965
by Martin, Frank, Irish Volunteer
Scrapbooks: 2 v.
Unbound material: 3 folders
Walker's Century Scrap & Newscutting Book ... No. 33. Contains material relating to 1916
Rising: news cuttings, transcriptions of poems and songs, printed ephemera and 37 portrait
postcards from the "Irish Rebellion, May 1916" series.
1. News clippings mostly concerned with re-interment of remains of Roger Casement in 1965.
75. Ms 33,068 (1)
Copy letter from Alfred Noyes to Fr. Felix Ryan re diaries of Roger Casement 1957 June 30.
1 item (5 leaves)
Photocopy
76. Ms 33,082 (6) [WRONG NUMBER 33,068?]
Papers re linguistic fingerprints of Roger Casement 1994 by Ó Máille, Eoin
5 items
Photocopies
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77. =Ms 33,726
Letters from Roger Casement to Antonie and Eduard Meyer, 1914-1916.
24 items.
Many references to Kuno Meyer's 1858-1919 activities in United States; Casement's attitude to
the course of the War; decline in quality of The Gaelic American; Viscount Bryce's Committee
on Alleged German Outrages.
78. =Ms 34,940
Letters from Roger Casement to D. Joseph Enright of Cork; with related text of speeches,
1913-1914.
11 items.
Re plans to mark the arrival of a German ship at Cobh and the reception of copy portrait of
O'Sullivan Beare in Cork. Also, draft addresses in German and Irish to be made on behalf of
students of University College Cork.
79. =Ms 35,150
Letters: from Roger Casement to National Museum of Ireland, 1903-1904.
10 items.
Published in: "Roger Casement's Contribution to the Ethnographical and Economic Botany
Collections in the National Museum of Ireland," by M.J.P. Scannell and O. Snoddy, Éire Ireland
80. *=Ms 35,456/1 (2-5)
Letters: from Roger Casement to Francis Joseph Bigger, 1910-1911.
4 items.
81. =Ms 36,074 (1)
Letter: from Roger Casement to John Allsebrook Simon, 1906 Jan. 25.
1 item.
Congratulating Simon on his election to British House of Commons.
82. Ms 36,144
Receipt of John Ellis executioner for moiety of fee for his execution of Roger Casement, 1916
Aug. 3.
2 sheets.
83. *Ms 36,208 (3-6)
Photographs [Despite MS number this is not on the computer index; ex Acc. 4902 folder
4, Lourenco Marques photo with Pincus; folder 6 three photographs: young man with big
tie, and two unused in my book of young unhappy looking waiter boy.]
84. =Ms 36,650
Letters etc from Sir Roger Casement to O'Neill of Clandeboy [Portugal], 1904-1905.
7 items.
(1) 25 Oct. 1904: Union Club, Belfast. Refers to Francis Joseph Bigger of Belfast. Books
being collected by Casement for O'Neill. His stomach pain diagnosed as appendicitis. Plans to
set up school in county Galway and other activities in support of Irish language. Hopes O'Neill
will visit Ireland and visit Bigger. 2 sheets.
(2) Nov. 1904 [postmark]. Postcard. Has sent papers re Tawin School Fund but is not seeking a
subscription. Hopes to talk with O'Neill in 10 days time.
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(3) Printed item: "Appeal for a schoolhouse at Tawin, Co. Galway". At head, in MS, "With
Roger Casement's compliments". Note by Casement at end. Also at head: "Answered 11-1104".
(4) 17 Nov. 1904: British Consulate, Lisbon. Casement is sending O'Neill 3 historical works on
Ulster. Hopes to meet him soon.
(5) 28 Dec. 1904: c/o H.S. King and Co., 9 Pall Mall, London. Requests a Portuguese spinning
wheel for John Horner of Belfast.
(6) 10 Feb. 1905: The Quay, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim. Sends news clippings re death of
Dowager Lady O'Neill. Refers to article in An Claidheamh Soluis on family names and to his
own verses on Owen Roe O'Neill published in United Irishman. Still under care of surgeon
although has left hospital. Is spending a few days with Bigger and hopes to go to Ballycastle
tomorrow. 2 sheets.
(7) Casement's visiting card with 2 addresses in MS. [1904?]
Presented to President McAleese by Hugo O'Neill of Clandeboy during her state visit to
Portugal in 2002.
85. =Ms 39,120 (1-10) [Acc. 5946]
Papers of M.S. Methold Sidney), Parry b. 1863 and Gertrude Parry relating to Roger Casement
and Irish politics, 1895-1932.
Notebook of Roger Casement with travel comments, poetry, dramatic pieces and fictional
writing. 1895-1900.
Letter from Casement to Gertrude Parry. 1911 July 13. [and Michael Francis Doyle to
Parry re Curry papers]
Paper on Casement's stay in Germany.
Papers re Irish Peace Conference, 1920 by M.S. Parry.
Correspondence; includes letters from Alice Stopford Green, Lord Hugh Cecil, Ella Young,
Eamonn De Valera.
Printed items: Government of Ireland Act, 1920; Ireland's claim to independence by M. Sidney
Parry; Some poems of Roger Casement, Dublin 1918.
Newsclippings.
Photographs.
Greeting cards etc.
Miscellaneous items.
86. =Ms 39,918
Visiting card of Roger Casement, before 1911.
1 printed item. Donated by F. Glenn Thompson, 7 Jan. 2004. Acc. 6036
87. =Ms 39,930
Letter from Roger Casement to Miss McConney, of Beech Mount Hotel, Batsheba, Barbados;
with related items, 1908-1935.
3 items.
Written from Para, Brazil: "I enclose the 10/- for Holder with all my thanks to him for his
kindness during my illness." Also, letter from Miss McCooney (1935 Mar. 26) to Maggs
Brothers re this and another letter from Casement, and, a note (1909 Apr. 29) from Basil
Temple Blackwood enclosing cheque.
88. Ms 40,441
Letter: from Giovanni Costigan to Geoffrey de Clinton [de Clifton??] Parmiter, enclosing
offprint and news clippings; and other material re Roger Casement, 1955-1965.
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5 items.
Includes offprint of Costigan's article 'The Treason of Roger Casement' published in American
Historical Review, vol. 60, no. 2 (Jan. 1955) Purchased from C.P. Hyland , 26 Jan. 1999. Acc.
5356
89. =Ms 41,545
Autograph book of Diarmuid Ó Suitín, 1910-1949 and undated.
Description:
1 v.
Attribution of ownership of the autograph book from Accession Record.
Includes autographs of William Bulfin, Ethna Carbery, Roger Casement. Purchased from
Fergus Sutton, 4 May 2004. Acc. 6105
90. =Ms 41,654 (bought by NLI in 2006)
Illustrated fable by Roger Casement for his godson Reginald D. Mohun, 1896 Sept 24.
1 item (30 pages); 34 x 21cm.
Accompanied by an article from Liberty, May 22nd 1926, about a letter written to
Superintendent Sandercock from Roger Casement on May 17th 1916, before he was hanged
for treason in Pentonville Prison, London.
In conservation until further notice.
Autographed signed title "To Reginald Dorsey Mohun from an admiring Godfather R.C.
September 24th 1896".
14 Illustrations in watercolour.
1.: The foolish chicken is proud of his dangerous acquaintance; 2.: The chicken doubts when
he sees the fox's home; 3.: Late hours; 4.: The fox fattens up his victim; 5.: The dreadful
discovery; 6.: The fox's hypocrisy; 7.: A lame excuse; 8.: The fox discovered; 9.: The chicken's
danger; 10.: The careless chicken. The mother's advice; 11.: The fox gives bad advice to the
wicked little chicken; 12.: The guardian; 13.: The appointment kept; 14.: His repentance.
91. Ms 41,780
Letters from Moya Llewelyn Davies to the historian P.S. O'Hegarty, 1941-1943.
21 items.
14 original letters from Moya Llewelyn Davies (13 ALS and 1 typescript)…Majority of the
letters are about Arthur Griffiths... Among those mentioned in her letters are…Roger
Casement.
Moya Llewelyn Davies was the daughter of James O'Connor, a former Fenian prisoner and MP
for West Wicklow. She married Crompton Llewelyn Davies, a Welsh civil servant from a
Christian Socialist background, had been a friend of David Lloyd George in his early days. The
couple befriended Michael Collins in 1918 and Crompton Llewelyn Davies advised Collins
during the Treaty talks in 1921. Purchased from Adam's & Mealy's, 17 April 2007. Acc. 6570.
92. =Ms 43,227 (1-4)
Letters from Roger Casement to Count Georg Von Wedel, 1916 March-April.
3 items.
Copy of letter from Roger Casement, Hotel Saxonia, Berlin, to Count George Von Wedel, 30th
March 1916, with ms corrections. He outlines how the plan to smuggle arms to Ireland in the
event of a rising came about. Mentions John Devoy, Captain Rudolf Nadolny, Lieutenant
Robert Monteith and Lieutenant Frey. 28 pages.
Ms copy of letter. from Roger Casement, on Hotel Saxonia notepaper, to Count Georg Von
Wedel, 1st April 1916 [also in NYPL; cover note to 2 April 1916 letter below]. He
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apologises for the delay of the letter due to his illness and says that Lieutenant Monteith wishes
to accompany him to Ireland. Asks Von Wedel to look after the men when he is gone.
Mentions Count Haugwitz
Copy of letter from Roger Casement, Berlin, to Count Von Wedel, 2nd April 1916, with ms
corrections [also in NLI 10880, original draft and ts in NYPL,].
Envelope addressed to Evelyn Mary, Fürstin von Blücher Von Wahlstatt, The Haage, Holland.
Envelope stating that these letters from Casement are to be given to Professor Eoin MacNeill.
The author states that he would like his "old friend E.D. Morel (the Congo Reformer)" to see it
but it belongs to Ireland.
93. Ms 43,239
Two ALS from Methold Sidney Parry to Eoin Mac Néill and Princess Blücher, 1920 August
25 and 26.
4 items.
With negative photographic copies.
Regarding the carbon copies of Roger Casement's letter to Count Von Wedel (see MS 43,227).
94. =Ms 43,262 (1-5)
Correspondence and material relating to Roger Casement, 1914-1928.
by Green, Alice Stopford, 1848-1929
5 folders (17 items).
6 typescript letters from Roger Casement to Maurice Moore, including ALS from Maurice
Moore to Alice Stopford Green about the letters. 1914 and [1916?]. 8 items.
Letters to Alice Stopford Green from William J. Maloney, George Gavan Duffy, and P.S.
O'Hegarty relating to the Casement letters, 1928. 4 items.
ALS from Professor Thomas Masaryk to Alice Stopford Green, 20th November 1916, with a
copy of "Irland, Deutschland and die Freiheit der Meere und andere Aufsätze" (Jos. C. Hubers
Verlag Diessen vor München, 1916). 2 items.
ALS from Professor Thomas Masaryk to Alice Stopford Green, 7th December 1916, with a
copy of "Das Verbrechen an Europa" by Sir Roger Casement (Berlin: The Continental Times
Co., 1916). 2 items.
Pages of Roger Casement's "Gesammelte Schriften. Irland, Deutschland und die Freiheit der
Meere und andere Aufsätze. Diessen vor München, Jos. Huber's Verlag, 1916". 1 item.
From R.J. Stopford, 1955. Acc. 1670 (part of) (formerly NFC 20)
95. =Ms CASEMENT COLLECTION LIST 15 (re-edited by C Fahy, MSS 13,07313,092)
Roger Casement papers 1889-1945
9 boxes
[Most of Special List A15 was donated by Gertrude Parry on 28 July 1930. Acc. 1034
came in on 3 September 1951 from ‘late Mrs Parry’ who died on 23 September 1950 and
included the CMG medal (NLI 5461).]
96.
=Ms CASEMENT COLLECTION LIST 103 [Acc. 4902 of July 1994 - came in
two lots]
Roger Casement additional papers, 1893-1968.
2 boxes.
Correspondents include: Ballymena Academy, George H. Berkeley, Ronald Montagu Burrows,
Robert Erskine Childers, Francis H. Cowper, Liam De Róiste, Alice Stopford Green, Stephen
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Gwynn, Bulmer Hobson, Hugh Alexander Law, Eoin Mac Neill, Col. Maurice Moore, Richard
Morten, Tomás Ó Máille, Gertrude Parry, John Redmond, Herbert Ward, and Alec Wilson.
Recollections of the IRB by P.S. O'Hegarty; Papers re the naval career of Henry Schomberg
Kerr.
97. =Ms Redmond collection list 118 Correspondence of John Redmond, 1878-1918.
28 boxes.
Family papers within collection cover period from 1748 to 1889.
John Redmond (1856-1918), Irish nationalist, Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party. The
papers mostly consist of correspondence with colleagues, acquaintances and the general public
on topics of contemporary interest, on appointments to various positions…
Original letters include those from …Roger Casement.
98. =Ms Burke collection list 63
John L. Burke papers, 1882-1959, bulk 1923-1959.
by Burke, John L. (John Leo), 1888-1959
26 folders.
4 v.
Burke's other correspondents include…Roger Casement.
99. MS 46,064 /1-3
Casement - a summing up, by Peter Singleton-Gates, typescript of an unpublished biography of
Roger Casement; also tapes with transcripts of interviews with Singleton-Gates and William
Charles Allison, whose family firm stored items, which apparently included the Black Diaries,
for missionaries and similar individuals; also correspondence between Peter Singleton-Gates
and Roger M. Sawyer; in addition, a signed photograph of Peter Singleton-Gates, 1966-1972.
by Singleton-Gates, Peter. Bought from Roger Sawyer. Purchased from Adam's and Mealy's
Independence Auction 2009. Acc. 6889
100. MS 41,780
Letters from Moya Llewelyn Davies to the historian P.S. O'Hegarty, 1941-1943. Casement
mentioned. She “was the daughter of James O'Connor, a former Fenian prisoner and MP for
West Wicklow.”
101. MS 44,662
Journal kept by Mrs. Salkey, resident of Merrion Square Dublin, during the Easter
Rising, 24 April - 11 May 1916.
Daily account of events in Dublin during the Easter Rising as experienced by Mrs.
Salkey who has Unionist views and exhibits no support for the rebels. Much of the
description is of the difficulties of daily life in Dublin, and the establishment of a
hospital for wounded soldiers. She reports the rumors and news that reaches her
throughout the week including the capture of Roger Casement, the activities of
Countess Markievicz and the execution of Padraic Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh and
Thomas Clarke.
*102. MS 47,787
“Autograph letter from 'G' (Gertrude Parry), Roger Casement's cousin and executor,
to 'Ide' [Ada MacNeill] concerning papers belonging to Casement returned to her by
Scotland Yard after his execution, 28 February, 1917. 4 pages.” (Copy obtained)
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Recent new NLI CASEMENT ITEMS
MS 42,067
‘Roman Society in the Last Century of the Western Empire’
Author:
Dill, Samuel, 1844-1924
Copy belonging to Sir Roger Casement when he was at St. Paul de Loanda, Portuguese West
Africa (now Mozambique).
Manuscript
Published:
London ; New York : Macmillan, 1899.
Edition:
2d. ed. rev.
Notes: Signed in pencil "Roger Casement St. Paul de Loanda, Dec 1900".
MS 49154 (1-22)
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