Box: 4 Fold: 21 Bishop of Derry (& Raphoe), Charles John Tyndall Box: 4 Fold: 22 Mrs. Marian De Sales La Terriere Box: 4 Fold: 23 Lord Desborough, William Henry Grenfell Box: 4 Fold: 24 Kathleen Deuchars -Copies Box: 4 Fold: 25 Sir Patrick Arthur Devlin Box: 4 Fold: 26 Duke of Devonshire, Edward William Spencer Cavendish Box: 4 Fold: 27 John Dillon Box: 4 Fold: 28 James Donald, Archbishop of Glasgow Box: 4 Fold: 29 John Donnelly Box: 4 Fold: 30 Denis J. Dougherty Box: 4 Fold: 31 Lord Alfred Douglas Box: 4 Fold: 32 Lord Alfred Douglas Box: 4 Fold: 33 Lord Alfred Douglas
1. ALS 11/19/1933, 2pp/1 sheet: "Dear Shane Leslie, Thanks for your kind allusion to my "Sonnets" book in last Sunday's "Sunday Times." The book seems to have pleased nearly all the people whose opinion I value, & I have (rather to my surprise) had a number of appreciative letters from "Shakespearian experts." But it doesn't sell much, which is annoying, as I particularly want to have a 2d edition because there are a few things I want to add or change..."
2. ALS 12/4/1939, 2pp/1 sheet: "Dear Shane, The debased version of my rhyme about the rabbit which you send me is an example of the way in which one's works are corrupted by unscrupulous & indelicate (I use the word in the French sense "indelicate") imitators. Belloc shamelessly stole the idea of my rhyme about animals..." Includes reference to a book about Oscar Wilde by Lord Alfred Douglas: "Oscar Wilde, the Last Word."
Box: 4 Fold: 34 Lord Alfred Douglas Box: 4 Fold: 35 Lord Alfred Douglas Box: 4 Fold: 36 Lord Dowding Box: 4 Fold: 37 Alice Dows - Correspondence from Shane Leslie Box: 4 Fold: 38 Fabia Drake Box: 4 Fold: 39 Sonia Dresdel Box: 4 Fold: 40 Sir Eric Drummond Box: 4 Fold: 41 Belinda Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava Box: 4 Fold: 42 Angela Du Maurier Box: 4 Fold: 43 Lord Dunboyne, Patrick Theobold Tower Butler Box: 4 Fold: 44 Arthur Dunn Box: 4 Fold: 45 Gertrude Dunn Box: 4 Fold: 46 Helen Dunn Box: 4 Fold: 47 Sir James Hamet Dunn Box: 4 Fold: 48 Sir James Hamet Dunn - Correspondence re Death
1. From Lady Dunn to Shane Leslie, 1 ALS 1/25/1956, 1 TLS 9/11/1964, re death of Sir James Dunn.
2. From Lord Beaverbrook to Shane Leslie, 1 ALS undated, 1 TLS 1/18/1956, re death of Sir James Dunn.
3. Also, 1 TCS postcard from Lady Dunn to Shane Leslie, postmarked 6/22/1951.
Box: 4 Fold: 49 Mona Dunn Box: 4 Fold: 50 Lord Dunraven Box: 4 Fold: 51 Phyllis Duveen Box: 4 Fold: 52 William M. Dwyer Box: 4 Fold: 53 Lily Elsie Box: 4 Fold: 54 Shirley Eshelby
(See also Shirley Eshelby to Iris C. Leslie.)
Box: 4 Fold: 55 Godfrey Elton Box: 4 Fold: 56 Henry O'B. England Box: 4 Fold: 57 Nan Estcount Box: 5 Fold: 1 Michael Francis Fallon, Bishop of London, Ontario Box: 5 Fold: 2 Cardinal John Farley, Archbishop of New York Box: 5 Fold: 3 Lord Farnham, Arthur Kenlis Maxwell(?) (Transcription) Box: 5 Fold: 4 Neil Farren, Bishop of Derry Box: 5 Fold: 5 Monsignor Cyril Sigourney W. Fay Box: 5 Fold: 6 Monsignor Cyril Sigourney W. Fay Box: 5 Fold: 7 Monsignor Cyril Sigourney W. Fay - Corres. from Shane Leslie Box: 5 Fold: 8 Monsignor Cyril Sigourney W. Fay - Varia
1. ALS, 4/27/19--, to Msgr. Fay from Msgr. Arthur Barnes, writing from Texas where he met General John J. Pershing of the U.S. Army.
2. ALS, 5/1/1918, to Shane Leslie from Robert Wilberforce: "Monsignor Fay left Sunday night for America via London. He asked me to send through the bag the enclosed letter to Cardinal Gibbons...Fay's sojourn in Rome was a brilliant success."
3. Printed poem by Msgr. Fay entitled, "All Saints' Eve." Includes explanation beneath: "...Written before his conversion (to Catholicism), these lines reflect the faith which all Christians should hold in common about the life beyond the grave, which the Catholic Church commemorates in the month of November."
4. Newspaper clipping of obituary for Msgr. Fay, no date shown, c.1919.
Box: 5 Fold: 9 Seamus Fenton Box: 5 Fold: 10 Beryl Fitzherbert Box: 5 Fold: 11 Beryl Fitzherbert Box: 5 Fold: 12 Beryl Fitzherbert Box: 5 Fold: 13 Violet Fitzgerald
Box: 5 Fold: 14 Violet Fitzgerald
1960
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ALS to Shane Leslie from the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe with references to Bishop John Leslie.
Letter dated 9/22/1969
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS to Shane Leslie with birthday greetings.
Letters dated 6/3/1931-10/8/1935
DESCRIPTION: Contains TLS and ALS from Lord Desborough to Shane Leslie.
Letters dated 4/26/1953-1/27/1966
DESCRIPTION: Contains xerox copies of numerous ALS from Shane Leslie to Kathleen Deuchars (sp?).
Letter dated 7/17/1957
DESCRIPTION: Contains TLS to Shane Leslie from Sir Patrick Devlin, re locating the papers of Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice.
Letter dated 10/5/1950
DESCRIPTION: Contains TLS from the Duke of Devonshire to Shane Leslie, concerning a "challenge" by Randolph (Churchill?) to the former's "Uncle Cav(endish)."
Letter dated 8/19/1918
DESCRIPTION: Contains TLS from John Dillon to Shane Leslie re the situation of Ireland at the time, and that among Irish Americans.
1964
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ACS undated, 1 ALS (7/13/1964), to Shane Leslie from James Donald.
Letter dated 5/20/1949
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS from Rev. John Donnelly, secretary to Archbishop of Armagh: "As His Grace is indisposed at present and unable to deal personally with correspondence, he asked me to acknowledge and than you for your kind letter of the 14 inst. He was hoping that more moderate counsels would prevail, for to him at all events the action of the British labour Government seems wholly unwarranted."
Letter dated 10/15/1947
DESCRIPTION: Contains TLS to Shane Leslie from Denis J. Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia, with complimentary remarks about Winston Churchill.
Letter Dated 1/13/1931
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS, 2pp/1sheet, to Shane Leslie from Lord Alfred Douglas: "Dear Mr. Leslie, I was hoping to have an opportunity today to say once more (as I did very inadequately at Lady Halton's house) how greatly touched & pleased I was by your very kind remarks about me...which you made after I had read my poems..."
Letter dated 3/27/1939
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS (6pp/3 sheets) to Shane Leslie from Lord Alfred Douglas: "My dear Shane Leslie, It was a pleasant surprise to get your charming letter. I am very glad to hear you like my "Without Apology." It had a considerable "succes d'estime" & quite good "press," & I got a number of appreciative letters from people whose opinion I value, but the sale (less than 1000) was disappointing..."
Letters dated 11/19/1933 & 12/4/1939
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ALS glued together, from Lord Alfred Douglas to Shane Leslie -
Letter dated 4/18/1940
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS, 4 pp/2 sheets, to Shane Leslie from Lord Alfred Douglas: "My dear Shane, I'm so glad you like my book, or at least don't disapprove of it..." Includes references to Oscar Wilde.
Letter dated 1/15/1943
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS, 2 pp/1 sheet, to Shane Leslie from Lord Alfred Douglas: "Dear Shane Leslie, Thanks for sending back the copy of Rose's letter which I sent to Miss Diana Gould..."
Letters dated 11/8/1946-11/14/1946
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ALS to Shane Leslie from Lord Dowding, 1st Baron of Bentley Priory (Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding). Concerning the pension of one "Mrs. Bowen."
Letters dated 1/25/1952-4/16/1953
DESCRIPTION: Contains 11 ALS from Shane Leslie to friend Alice Dows. Includes references to the American election campaign of 1952/53 and Harry Truman.
Letters dated 12/14/1937-8/20/1977
DESCRIPTION: Contains 5 ALS, 1 TLS to Shane Leslie from actress Fabia Drake. Includes 1 ALS from Drake to Marjorie Ide Leslie, requesting permission to publish some letters written by Sir Shane to her and her husband Maxwell Turner.
Letter dated 6/16/1944-3/10/1946
DESCRIPTION: Contains 3 ALS to Shane Leslie from Sonia Dresdel.
Letters dated 5/6/1917-5/17/1918
DESCRIPTION: Contains TLS to Shane Leslie from Sir Eric Drummond and 2 TLS from Shane Leslie in reply. Reference to Sir Eric Drummond's visit to John M. Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York, and to the visit of the Bishop of Northampton to James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore. Includes Sir Shane's remarks on the attitude of Irish Americans on the "Irish Question" of Home Rule. (See also correspondence by the Bishop of Northampton).
undated
DESCRIPTION: Contains 5 ALS from Belinda Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
Letter dated 5/1/19--
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS to Shane Leslie from Angela Du Maurier, 4 pp/2 sheets.
Letter dated 11/16/1940
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS to Shane Leslie from Lord Dunboyne.
Letters dated 2/6/1899-1/6/1900
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ALS to Shane Leslie from his Ludgrove schoolmate Arthur Dunn. Includes newspaper clipping bearing two articles about Dunn's life - one by his daughter Mary Dunn.
Letter dated 1/11/1956-3/15/1956
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ALS to Shane Leslie from Gertrude Paterson Dunn, first wife of Sir James Hamet Dunn, re the latter's death.
Letters dated 10/26/1914-12/28/1948
DESCRIPTION: Contains 7 ALS to Shane Leslie from Helen Dunn, wife of Arthur Dunn. Includes printed invitation card issued by Shane Leslie to celebrate Helen Dunn's 80th birthday (July 10, 1947). References in her correspondence to death of Norman Leslie during World War One (ALS 10/26/1914); and to John Norman Leslie, Shane Leslie's son, during World War Two, in which he was captured by the enemy (ALS 6/17/1940).
Letter dated 10/7/1949
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS to Shane Leslie from Sir James Dunn, with reference to his wife Marcia Christofor and to Mona (Dunn?).
Letters dated 1/18/1956-9/11/1964
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence to Shane Leslie from Marcia Christofor Dunn and William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, whom she married after the death of her husband Sir James Dunn -
undated
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ALS to Shane Leslie from Mona Dunn, writing about her "suicidal feelings." Includes reference to "Jimmy" (Sir James Dunn?).
Letters dated 11/19/1945-11/25/1945
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ALS to Shane Leslie from Lord Dunraven, Col. Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin.
Letters dated 12/14/1947-9/20/1963
DESCRIPTION: Contains 14 ALS to Shane Leslie from Phyllis Duveen. Includes 1 ALS to Iris C. Leslie.
Letters dated 4/7/1919-4/10/1919
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS from William M. Dwyer to Shane Leslie enclosing TLS from Dr. Frederick Zwierlein, concerning articles by the latter on Bernard J. McQuaid, Bishop of New York (1868).
Letter dated 1/6/1947
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS, 6pp/3 sheets, from actress Lily Elsie to Shane Leslie, requesting a signed photograph of to Winston Churchill
Letters dated 9/7/1942-3/17/1971
DESCRIPTION: Contains 10 TLS (TLS 2/4/68 includes carbon copy) + fragment from Shirley Eshelby to Shane Leslie, discussing her belief in paranormal phenomenon. Includes 28 ALS from Shane Leslie to Eshelby. Also includes typed manuscript (3 pages) written and annotated by Sir Shane and Eshelby. Autograph note by Eshelby on a large white envelope reads: "If I pass out suddenly these letters ar to be sent to Iris Leslie..." signed by Shirley Eshelby.
Letter dated 5/1/1956
DESCRIPTION: Contains TLS from Godfrey Elton to Shane Leslie: "Dear Sir Shane, Thank you very much indeed for your letter of April 20th and the interesting enclosures from which extracts have been copied for inclusion in our records at Rhodes House Library...We have also had Miss Alexander's biography of her father, the Archbishop of Armagh, looked up and consulted."
Letter dated 6/30/1921
DESCRIPTION: Contains ACS to Shane Leslie from Rev. Henry O'B. England, concerning a Mass for an aunt (unnamed) of Sir Shane's.
1967
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ALS to Shane Leslie from Nan Estcount.
Letter dated 1/8/1922
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS to Shane Leslie from Michael Fallon, Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada.
Letters dated 10/19/1917-6/11/1918
DESCRIPTION: Contains 5 TLS to Shane Leslie from Cardinal John Farley. Includes 2 ALS from Sir Shane. References to Horace Plunkett and Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph transcription of a letter from Lord Farnham (11th baron, Arthur Kenlis Maxwell?) to Shane Leslie, referring to a book he just read about Ireland.
Letters dated 2/28/1940-6/12/1962
DESCRIPTION: Contains 3 ALS, 1 TLS from Neil Farren, Bishop of Derry to Shane Leslie.
Letters dated 8/12/1916-11/21/1916
DESCRIPTION: Contains 3 TLS from Mgr. Cyril Fay to Shane Leslie, with lengthy discourses on Irish politics of the time, referring to such prominent Irish nationalist statesmen as John Edward Redmond, Daniel O'Connell, and Charles Stewart Parnell, as well as to Roger David Casement, British consular agent and Irish patriot hanged for treason.
Letters dated 7/9/1917-10/9/1918
DESCRIPTION: Contains 7 TLS from Msg. Fay to Shane Leslie, with special reference to attitude of the Vatican towards Germany during World War One, and the interest of the Sinn Fein in obtaining support for Irish independence from Germany: "...the Sinn Fein party looks no longer to Germany since America has come into the war. I quite understand that all that has changed even before I said that the Irish in America would stand no pro-German nonsense. All their hopes are now in America - no longer in Germany..." (TLS3/21/1918).
Letters dated 7/5/1916-12/8/1918
DESCRIPTION: Contains 10 ALS (includes drafts) from Shane Leslie to Mgr. Cyril Fay. Includes autograph copy in hand of Iris Leslie (7/5/1916). Includes special references to Irish independence and related politics, as well as to a dinner that included the Irish American Judge Daniel Florence Cohalan, of which Sir Shane wrote: "...I found his position with regard to Ireland was far from unreasonable. He told me frankly that he had no enmity of ill will to England provided she left Ireland alone. Shortly after he rose and spoke on Ireland as an international question. His speech was not radical nor conservative either...What he said was, as he said himself, as much for England's good as for Ireland's. His theme was that England must be helped to do justice to Ireland, not necessarily forced. At the same time he laid the greatest stress possible on the self-determination of Ireland..."
Items date c.1916-1919
DESCRIPTION: Contains the following relating to Mgr. Cyril Fay -
Letter dated 4/9/1945
DESCRIPTION: Contains ALS to Shane Leslie from Seamus Fenton enclosing a reprint of a lecture by Fenton on Emily Lawless. Reprint included.
Letters dated 3/27/1938-6/8/1938
DESCRIPTION: Contains 8 ALS from Beryl Fitzherbert to Shane Leslie, with references to his biography on Mrs. Fitzherbert.
Letters dated 2/19/1939-9/27/1942
DESCRIPTION: Contains 5 ALS from Beryl Fitzherbert to Shane Leslie.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Contains undated ALS and AL fragments of correspondence from Beryl Fitzherbert to Shane Leslie.
Letters dated 1/6/1933-6/20/1945
DESCRIPTION: Contains 11 ALS from Violet Fitzgerald to Shane Leslie.
undated
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ALS from Violet Fitzgerald to Shane Leslie.
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