O'GRADY, DESMOND, 1935-
Desmond O'Grady papers > Material acquired from Ellen Beardsley and Gisele O'Grady

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Series 7
Material acquired from Ellen Beardsley and Gisele O'Grady, 1958-2007
Box 79

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of Desmond O'Grady papers acquired from Ellen Beardsley and Gisele O'Grady in 2017. The series primarily contains correspondence from Desmond O'Grady to Ellen Beardsley and Gisele O'Grady, as well as from Desmon O'Grady to others. There are some poems by O'Grady; some were written for Ellen Beardsley and Gisele O'Grady and others were contributions to collected volumes such as Human Rights Have No Border and The Whoseday Book. The series also includes some notes by O'Grady on topics of interest; material relating to O'Grady's involvement with international poetry events in Italy, Latvia, and Lithuania; some poetry by others; and a lecture by Charles W. Dunn that inspired O'Grady's own work at Harvard University.

Arrangement Note

Arranged in alphabetical order.

Box Folder Content
79 1 Amnesty International, Human Rights Have No Border, 1998
79 2 Barry, Sebastian, poems, 1987
79 3 Correspondence with Ellen Beardsley, 1989-1991
79 4 Correspondence with Gisele O'Grady, 1990-1999
79 5 Correspondence with others, circa 1988-1990
79 6 Correspondence with others, 1998-1999
79 7 Correspondence with others, undated
79 8 Drawings and photographs, circa 1983-1985
79 9 Dunn, Charles W., "Introduction to Early Welsh," 1958
79 10 Gentili, Alesandro (?), poems, 1986
79 11 International Poetry Day (lithuania), 1997-2000
79 12 Irlanda '98: Realtà e Rappresentazione (Napli, Italy), 1998
79 13 Notebook, undated

This notebook contains notes about Ezra Pound.

79 14 Notes on the goddess Epona, undated
79 15 Poems written for Ellen Beardsley and Gisele O'Grady, 1989-1991
79 16 Poezijos Pavasaris, pamphlet, 1998
79 17 Review, Swimming to Albania by Matthew Geden, 2004
79 18 Taxes, 2005-2007
79 19 Untitled essay, undated
79 20 The Whoseday Book, 1998
79 21 Writers Union of Latvia, 1998
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