mss0099_0461.xml Finding aid for Patrick MacGill letter, notes, and poem 1913 July 16 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2007 March 22) Finding aid encoded 2007 March 22 English Patrick MacGill letter, notes, and poem 1913 July 16 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 MacGill, Patrick, 1890- Patrick MacGill letter, notes, and poem 1913 July 16 MSS 099, F461 2 items (3 pp.) Letter from Patrick MacGill which includes notes and lines of poetry by an unidentified person. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, 1990.

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 Citation

MSS 099, F461, Patrick MacGill letter, notes, and poem, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

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 Biographical Note

Irish writer Patrick MacGill (1890–1963) is remembered for his poems and novels. MacGill was known as the "Navvy Poet" because of the low-skilled jobs he held prior to writing as well as for his poetry, which described the experiences of Irish working people.

"Patrick MacGill 1890–1963." Biography Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com (accessed March 23, 2007).

 Scope and Content Note

This was originally laid in a copy of Patrick MacGill's Songs of the Dead End. The collection consists of a letter from Patrick MacGill to an unidentified person acknowledging a book received and mentioning Songs of the Dead End (Special Collections call number: SPEC PR6025 .A23 S6 1913). It also includes a page of notes and lines of a poem by an unidentified person.

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This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

Items originally laid in Patrick MacGill, Songs of the Dead End (London : Year Book Press, 1913). (Special Collections call number: SPEC PR6025 .A23 S6 1913). Tipped into the book are a photograph of MacGill and a clipping. The original is in the print collections in Special Collections.

 Detailed Contents List 27F461 Patrick MacGill letter, notes, and poem1913 July 16 Autograph letter signed, 1 p. and autograph note (not signed), 2 pp.