The following digest lists accessions to repositories in Great Britain and Ireland during 2014 relating to Irish history and reported to the National Archives: Historical Manuscripts Commission (T.N.A. H.M.C.). This information is also published on the internet via T.N.A.’s website (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) and is added to the computerised indexes of the National Register of Archives (N.R.A.) which are available for consultation at the National Archives, Kew, Richmond, TW9 4DU. Alternatively, searchers may access the indexes to the N.R.A. and certain linked on-line catalogues via the website. Limited and specific enquiries can be dealt with by post, or email (asd@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk).

Readers should note that dates for records in this digest are given when known, but that these are covering dates, which do not necessarily indicate the presence of records for all intervening years. Records have been included in the digest regardless of whether the deposit has yet been fully catalogued, and readers are advised to check with the relevant repository as to whether this or any other factors, such as closure periods, may affect access to the documents. Repository addresses are available in Séamus Helferty and Raymond Refaussé (eds), Directory of Irish archives (4th ed., Dublin, 2003) and in Ian Mortimer (ed.), Record repositories in Great Britain: a geographical directory (11th ed., London, 1999).

BELFAST: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

Norman Gibson (1931–2014), university administrator: papers relating to the Northern Ireland economy and political situation c.1968–2000: D4582

Tom Hartley, local historian and politician: research papers relating to Belfast City Cemetery 1869–2004: D4571

Richard Henry Hunter (1885–1970), anatomist, university administrator and circus impresario: memoirs, correspondence and posters and programmes for local and international circuses 1940–75: D4577/UNL/1

Sir John Lavery (1856–1941), painter: scrapbook and associated papers containing correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to the triptych ‘The Madonna of the Lakes’ 1917–36: D4572, T3943

Solly Lipsitz (1921–2013), musician, writer and jazz aficionado: correspondence and papers c.1931–2000: D4575/UNL

Ottilie Patterson (1932–2011), blues and jazz singer: papers including photographs and press cuttings c.1897–2012: D4581

Jane Ross (1810–79), musical antiquary: papers of her uncle relating to ‘The Londonderry Air’ collected by Jane Ross, including the songbook of her sister Theodosia, 1855: D4585/UNL/1

Blackstaff Flax Spinning & Weaving Co. Ltd., Belfast: minute books, valuations, debenture registers and share records 1866–1984: D4576/UNL/1

George L. Maclaine & Co., solicitors, Belfast: ledgers and cash books 1936–45: D4573–UNL/1

West Ulster Farmers Ltd., dairy produce merchants, Irvinestown: minute books and accounts, including wages books 1898–1990: D4580/UNL/1

Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland: records of individual Baptist churches in Ireland 1658–2007: CR11/UNL/1

First Presbyterian Church, Portadown: records including session minutes 1831–2014: CR3/78

Girl Guides Association, Province of Ulster: additional minute books 1920–95: D3875

St Canice’s Church of Ireland, Faughanvale: vestry book containing details relating to baptisms, marriages and burials 1802–29: CR1/111/4/1

ULTACH Trust, Belfast: records relating to the promotion of the Irish language in Northern Ireland c.1944–2014: D4583

BIRMINGHAM: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service, Library of Birmingham

Frank Feeney, Director of Birmingham Irish Association, records 2013: MS 4058

Birmingham Irish Heritage Group, records 2014: MS 4755

DUBLIN: Representative Church Body Library

Arthur William Barton (1881–1962), archbishop of Dublin: sermons as rector of Dundela and Bangor, County Down 1918–28: MS 974

Charles Stuart Stanford Ellison (1873–1966), Church of Ireland clergyman, diaries 1911–44: MS 998

Ralph Sadleir (1815–1902), Church of Ireland clergyman, diaries 1857–61: MS 1000

Letitia Sarah Sadleir (1808–67), wife of Ralph Sadleir, diaries 1840–66: MS 1000

Captain Roger Bettridge’s Charity, Cork: minutes, accounts, lists of old soldiers, apprentices and pensioners 1775–1957: MS 992

Cavan Protestant Orphan Society: minutes and annual reports 1873–1909: MS 1002

Ferns Diocesan Protestant Orphan Society: minutes, accounts, register, annual reports and other papers 1837–1990: MS 982

Green Coat Hospital School, Cork: trustees’ minutes and accounts 1747–1890: MS 986

Kingston College, Mitchelstown: minutes and accounts 1822–1980: MS 989

Lady Belvedere Orphan Institution, Tyrellspass: minutes, register, and accounts 1840–1943: MS 983

Lapp’s Charity, Cork: minutes, accounts, admissions records and other papers 1848–1970: MS 993

DUBLIN: Trinity College Dublin

Browne family, Barons Kilmaine: family and estate records relating to property in County Mayo 1850–1950: MS 11,478

Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906–89), author and dramatist: correspondence with Henri and Josette Hayden 1947–88: MS 11,487

Padraic Fallon (1905–74), poet: literary papers including poems and criticism 1930–70: MS 11,479

Mary Harriet ‘Mainie’ Jellett (1897–1944), artist: papers including working drawings, lecture notes and articles c.1930–9: MS 11,490

Patrick Kavanagh (1905–67), poet: personal and literary correspondence, with death mask c.1950–67: MS 11,480

Collen Group Ltd., building contractors, Dublin: business records 1879–1987: MS 11,482

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool Record Office

Moving Voices, Irish Traveller Heritage Project: DVD of conversation and narratives relating to Irish Traveller culture in the Liverpool area, with transcripts of audio recordings, films created by the community and charity Twin Vision, with photographs 2009–12: 305 IRI

LONDON: Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives

Mary A. Taylor (fl. 1949–2008): ‘Daddy’s girls’, typescript account of childhood in an Irish family in Spitalfields, 1949–65 (c.2008): P/MIS/388

OXFORD: Bodleian Library, Special Collections, University of Oxford

Arthur O’Connor (1763–1852), general, United Irishman: copy of memoirs: O’Connor

READING: University of Reading Special Collections

Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906–89), author and dramatist: additional papers including production design material for ‘Waiting for Godot’ set by Peter Snow (1955), theatre memorabilia, correspondence, notes by Katharine Worth, and recordings: MS 5531