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Joseph McGarrity Collection

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Held at: Villanova University: Special Collections [Contact Us]Falvey Library, 800 E Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Villanova University: Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
XM
Repository:
Villanova University: Special Collections
Extent:
7.5 linear feet (15 manuscript boxes, 434 microfilm reels)
Preferred Citation:
[Item], The McGarrity Collection. Special Collections, Villanova Universirt.
Date:
1736-1986 (inclusive)
Creator:
McGarrity, Joseph, 1874-1940
Form:
Correspondence, Manuscripts., Photographs., Programs., Speeches., and Newspapers.
Abstract:
The McGarrity Collection consists of materials related to Irish history, literature, folklore, description and travel, music, and Irish - American history.

Joseph McGarrity was born on March 4, 1874 in Carrickmore, County Tyrone, Ireland. He came to the United States at the age of sixteen and settled with relatives in Philadelphia. He engaged in various business enterprises in Philadelphia as well as in New York and Atlantic City and spent part of 1926 in Bogota, Columbia on business.

Overriding Joseph McGarrity's many interests was the cause of Ireland as a country free and independent of British control. He became a leader of the Philadelphia district of Clan-na-Gael and was a generous supporter of numerous organizations and individual working for Irish liberty. McGarrity counted among his close friends Sean MacDermott, John McBride, Michael Collins, Harry Boland, Sean T. O'Kelly, Sean Russell, as well as many others. Padraig Pearse and Roger Casement stayed at his home while visiting Philadelphia. When Eamon De Valera came to America to raise funds for an Irish Republican government bond issue, he was in constant touch with Joseph McGarrity, whom he was considered one of his most active and effective supporters.

Mr. McGarrity's writings reflect this energy in the form of correspondence, diaries, a memoir, and an account of a business related venture. He was also a man of poetry. His poems reflect his love for his family, while other poems show his understanding of human nature in the context of everyday life. Many of his poems and ballads catch the flavor of the revolutionary spirit in Ireland.

Joseph McGarrity died on August 5, 1940 in Philadelphia.

The McGarrity Collection consists of around 3,000 monographs focusing on Irish history, literature, folklore, description and travel, music, and Irish - American history. Among the many pamphlets in the collection are historical ones relating to the Eighteenth Century, particular to the 1798 Rebellion and the Act of Union. The collection also contains runs of Irish and Irish - American journals such as Hibernian Magazine, Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Dublin University Magazine, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy and many others. Among the newspapers is a complete run of The Irish Press (Philadelphia: 1918-1922), which for some time was owned and edited by Joseph McGarrity.

The collection is arranged by acquired additions.

This collection was donated to Villanova University in 1940 by Joseph McGarrity.

Second addition is a donation made by the heirs of Mary McGarrity Shore (1912-2000), daughter of Joseph McGarrity, to Falvey Memorial Library, Special Collections, in 2000.

McGarrity collection books are not included in this finding aid. See Also: Box 3, Folder 10, Correspondence, VUA-18 Falvey Memorial Library records. Villanova University Archives, Villanova University. https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:652019

Subject
Place

Publisher
Villanova University: Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Julia Canonica and Bente Polites. EAD prepared by Beaudry Allen.
Finding Aid Date
April 2020
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Distinctive Collections staff.

Collection Inventory

All Ireland Review, 1900-1907. 2 Reels.
Reel DA900.A45
General

Published Dublin, Ireland.

Physical Description

2 Reels

The Belfast Newsletter and General Advertiser, 1737-1769. (not including: 1751, 1759, 1763). 15 Reels.
Reel DA995.B5B37
General

Published in Belfast, Ireland. Index available on microfiche. Continued by: The Belfast Newsletter DA995.B5B37

Physical Description

15 Reels

The Evening Freeman, 1847-1871. 70 Reels.
Reel AP4.E94
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland. Continued by: Evening Telegraph

Physical Description

70 Reels

Evening Telegraph, 1871-1896. 73 Reels.
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland. Continues: The Evening Freeman

Physical Description

73 Reels

Freeman's Journal, 1763-1825. 41 Reels.
Reel AP3.P87
General

The Public Register, or, Freeman's Journal Dublin: 1763-1806 The Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser. Dublin: 1806-1825 (ceased 1892)

Physical Description

41 Reels

The Gaelic American, 1903-1951. 2 Reels.
Reel AN3.G4
General

Published in New York.

Physical Description

2 Reels

The Irish-American , 1859-1871. 4 Reels.
Reel DA900.I47
General

Published in New York.

Physical Description

4 Reels

Irish Freedom, 1910-1914. 1 Reels.
Reel DA900.I6
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland.

Physical Description

1 Reels

The Irish Nation and The Peasant, 1909-1910. 2 Reels.
Reel AN3.P4
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland.

Physical Description

2 Reels

The Irish Peasant, 1906-1908. 2 Reels.
Reel DA900.I73
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland.

Physical Description

2 Reels

The Irish Press, 1918-1922. 2 Reels.
Reel AN3.I73
General

Published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Physical Description

2 Reels

The Irish Tribune, 1848.
Reel AP4.I76
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland.

Irish Volunteer, 1914-1916. 2 Reels.
Reel DA900.I76
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland.

Physical Description

2 Reels

Irishman, 1916-1919. 1 Reels.
Reel DA990.U45 I85
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland.

Physical Description

1 Reels

The Nation, 1842-1897 June. 129 Reels.
Reel AP4.N38
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland. Continued by The Weekly Nation.

Physical Description

129 Reels

Phoblacht, 1925-1935. 5 Reels.
Reel DA900.P56
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland.

Physical Description

5 Reels

The Pilot, 1828-1849. 22 Reels.
Reel AP4.P55
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland.

Physical Description

22 Reels

Sinn Fein, 1906-1925. 3 Reels.
Reel AN3.S7
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland.

Physical Description

3 Reels

The United Irishman, 1848. 1 Reels.
Reel DA903.U55
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland.

Physical Description

1 Reels

The United Irishman, 1903-1906. 1 Reels.
Reel AN3.U5
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland.

Physical Description

1 Reels

The United Irishman, 1876-1877. 1 Reels.
Reel DA903.U56
General

Published in Liverpool, England.

Physical Description

1 Reels

The United Irishman, 1885-1910. 6 Reels.
Reel DA903.U57
General

Published in New York, New York.

Physical Description

6 Reels

The Weekly Nation, 1897 July-1900. 4 Reels.
Reel AP4.N38
General

Continues as The Nation

Physical Description

4 Reels

The World, 1840-1851. 12 Reels.
Reel AP4.W67
General

Published in Dublin, Ireland.

Physical Description

12 Reels

Scope and Contents

This series consists of personal papers, photographs, and other records relating to the McGarrity family.

Joseph McGarrity correspondence, personal, and family financial records, 1892-1934.
Box 1
Notes for speeches, verses, sketches, photographs, music, 1919-1939.
Box 2
Clan-na-Gael, Friends of Irish Freedom, Dr. P. McCartan correspondence, and Irish Republic bond issue, 1896-circa 1940s.
Box 3
Irish-American and related organizations, 1902-1924.
Box 4
Irish political printed material, Irish book dealers catalogs, and Irish organizations' reports, 1915-circa 1940s.
Box 5
1939-, 1939.
Box 6
Photographs, undated.
Box 7
Elizabeth McGarrity DeFeo, undated.
Box 8
Pamphlets, undated.
Box 9

Scope and Contents

The focus of this collection is the political, business, and family activities of Joseph McGarrity. The content of the collection is the result of the efforts of his eldest daughter, Mary Joseph McGarrity Shore, to collect papers created by and about her father.

Business Interests, 1917-1937.
Box 1 Folder 1
General

Includes Eight East Forty-First Street building record, Includes Election bid, investigator credentials, Irish Press, Joseph McGarrity and Co. Fine Whiskies records, Jos. McGarrity and Co., Insurance and Bonding, New York Produce Exchange card, Old Drury Tavern, Philadelphia and Old Falls Tavern, Philadelphia.

McCartan, Patrick, M.D., 1920-1936.
Box 1 Folder 3
Young, Ella, 1926-1939.
Box 1 Folder 4
Clan-na-Gael and U.S. Department of State, 1938-1939.
Box 1 Folder 5
Haggerty, Commander Edward D., 1939.
Box 1 Folder 6
O'Higgins, Brian, 1939.
Box 1 Folder 7
Ching, T.K, 1940.
Box 1 Folder 8
Undated.
Box 2 Folder 1
1906.
Box 2 Folder 2
1910.
Box 2 Folder 3
1929 August-December .
Box 2 Folder 4
1936.
Box 2 Folder 5
1938-1939.
Box 2 Folder 6
1939 April-July, Sweden and Germany 1939 September.
Box 2 Folder 7
1939 September-November.
Box 2 Folder 8
1940 January-March.
Box 2 Folder 9
Miscellaneous.
Box 2 Folder 10
Obituaries and tributes, 1940,1948.
Box 2 Folder 11
Condolences, 1940.
Box 2 Folder 12
Prayer cards, 1940.
Box 2 Folder 13
Testimonial from Cornelius Neenen to acquaintances of Joseph McGarrity, and photo, 1940.
Box 2 Folder 14
Memorial Poem by Padriac Lagan, and photo and Annual Memorial Ceremony, Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA, 1966-1986.
Box 2 Folder 15
Book of Poetry, correspondence, 1938.
Box 3 Folder 1
Book of Poetry, typescript, 1938.
Box 3 Folder 2
Celtic Moods and Memories, newspaper reviews, 1940, 1942, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 3
Fenian Days, 1909.
Box 3 Folder 4
Memoirs, 1938.
Box 3 Folder 5
The Muzo Trail, trip to Bogata, Columbia, 1927.
Box 3 Folder 6
Poems A to W, 1915-1938.
Box 3 Folder 7
Poems and Ballads, 1915-1938.
Box 3 Folder 8
Brochure on lecture: Joseph McGarrity and the IRA , 1975.
Box 3 Folder 9
Young, Ella: Greetings (story for children), 1925.
Box 3 Folder 10
Scope and Contents

Elizabeth McGarrity DeFeo correspondence

Correspondence, 1940, 1967, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 1
Family history, 1967.
Box 4 Folder 2
Family poetry , 1914 - 1946.
Box 4 Folder 3
Family sketches, 1923-1925.
Box 4 Folder 4
Joseph McGarrity, correspondence with daughters, 1927, 1937, 1939.
Box 4 Folder 5
Joseph Pearse McGarrity, 1917-1932.
Box 4 Folder 6
Kathryn Hynes McGarrity, 1886-1961.
Box 4 Folder 7
James V. Brennan, Peter J. McSweeney 1938 Eugene F. Kinkead, Lawrence J. Rice Tom Brawders, J.Art O'Leary, Una Ford Lawrence D. Flanagan, 1938, 1944-1945.
Box 4 Folder 8
Landreth, Helen, 1940-1951.
Box 4 Folder 9
Neenan, C.F., 1940-1942, 1945,1975.
Box 4 Folder 10
Young, Ella, 1940-1951.
Box 4 Folder 11
McKiernan, Eoin, 1941.
Box 4 Folder 12
McCullough, Patrick, 1956-1977.
Box 4 Folder 13
McGinn, Frank, 1959.
Box 4 Folder 14
De Valera, Eamon, 1959,1961,1975.
Box 4 Folder 15
Tarpey, Marie V., S.C., 1967, 1969, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 16
McCusker, Brian and Bill Daley, 1977.
Box 4 Folder 17
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1942-1996.
Box 4 Folder 18
Mary McGarrity Shore, indexes, 1970, 1976.
Box 4 Folder 19
Monsignor Peter J. McGarrity, 1876-1968.
Box 4 Folder 20
General

Eulogy, obituary, and prayer cards

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of associates.

Annual Memorial Ceremony, 1966, 1972-1978-1980.
Box 5 Folder 1
Boland, Harry, and Joseph McGarrity, 1921.
Box 5 Folder 2
Casement, Roger Sir, Agnes C. Newman, circa 1900.
Box 5 Folder 3
DeValera, Eamon, 1919, 1930.
Box 5 Folder 4
Hobson, Bulmer, and Joseph McGarrity, circa 1900.
Box 5 Folder 5
Larkin, Jim, circa 1900.
Box 5 Folder 6
McCartan, Patrick, and Joseph McGarrity, 1938.
Box 5 Folder 7
Markievicz, Countess, 1922.
Box 5 Folder 8
Miscellaneous Irish Leaders, undated.
Box 5 Folder 9
Neenan, Cornelius, 1926.
Box 5 Folder 10
O'Kelly, J.J.and Austin Stack, circa 1900.
Box 5 Folder 11
O'Murnaghan, Art, 1938.
Box 5 Folder 12
Pearse, Margaret and Sons, 1924.
Box 5 Folder 13
Pearse, Patrick, undated.
Box 5 Folder 14
Russell, Sean, Joseph McGarrityand James Brisbane, 1939.
Box 5 Folder 15
Trip to Bogata, Columbia, 1927.
Box 5 Folder 16
Young, Ella, 1939, 1941.
Box 5 Folder 17
Catherine and John, parents of Joseph, and Annie, sister, circa 1880, 1921.
Box 5 Folder 18
Catherine and Joseph, circa 1900.
Box 5 Folder 19
Children of Joseph and Kathryn, undated.
Box 5 Folder 20
Homestead, Carrickmore, Ireland, 1979.
Box 5 Folder 21
House - Philadelphia, 1897.
Box 5 Folder 22
Hynes, Mary Dugan , Mother-In-Law, circa 1910.
Box 5 Folder 23
John, and Joseph, father and son in Ireland, circa 1900.
Box 5 Folder 24
Joseph, 1900, 1938.
Box 5 Folder 25
Kathryn Hynes (Mrs. J. McGarrity), 1912.
Box 5 Folder 26
Trip to Ireland, 1938.
Box 5 Folder 27
Political activities, 1932, 1936, 1957.
Box 6 Folder 1
Speeches, 1920, 1945.
Box 6 Folder 2
Obituary, 1975.
Box 6 Folder 3
Republic of Ireland, (1916-1942).
Box 6 Folder 4
Estate and Glan-na-Gael newspaper clippings, 1940-1983.
Box 6 Folder 5
Joseph McGarrity newspaper clippings, 1939,1957,1976, 1981, 1983.
Box 6 Folder 6
Young, Ella, Obituary, 1956.
Box 6 Folder 7
Villanova University correspondence, 1940-1949,1973, 1975-1981.
Box 6 Folder 8
Sinn Fein, 1916.
Box 6 Folder 9
IRA, 1938-1940, 1948, 1970.
Box 6 Folder 10
Clan-na-Gael, 1985.
Box 6 Folder 11
Book: Irish Penny Readings, undated.
Box 6 Folder 12
Book: Monaghan, County of Intrigue, undated.
Box 6 Folder 13
Handkerchief of Roger Casement, undated.
Box 6 Folder 14
Irish Motor Club Folio of Joseph McGarrity, undated.
Box 6 Folder 15
Map of Ireland, 1841.
Box 6 Folder 16
Picture frames from Photograph Series, undated.
Box 6 Folder 17

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