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Fearing that the Germans would invade Switzerland during the Second World War, Lester buried his diaries in this metal case next to a bench in the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This is likely why the diary entries stop in 1942.

Seán Lester Collection

  • IE DCUA C1
  • Collection
  • 1935-2003

The collection mainly consists of eleven diaries written by Seán Lester from 1935- 1942 when he was High Commissioner of the League of Nations in Danzig [Gdansk, Poland], then Deputy and subsequently General Secretary of the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Lester's diary entries and the numerous letters, telegrams and other documents included in the diaries give an invaluable insight into his work in the League of Nations, the momentous historical events that were taking place, and his personal thoughts and struggles during this period. The first diary opens with the following entry by Lester written in October 1935: 'So I've opened a diary at last, the odds are against a dozen entries.' In fact, Lester would go on to write hundreds of entries over the next few years, recording the background workings of the League 5 of Nations with accounts of meetings, public events, conversations with political leaders and diplomats, transcripts of telephone calls, copies of letters he sent, and many of the letters he received and pasted into the pages of the diaries. They provide an invaluable insight into some of the most significant historical events during this period, including the rise of the Nazis in Danzig, the increasing persecution of Jews, the failed attempts to appease Hitler in the run-up to war, and the eventual outbreak of the Second World War.

They also chart Lester's career in the League of Nations as it developed in tandem with these events: the increasing pressure and intimidation he faced as High Commissioner in Danzig from the Nazis as they undermined the authority of the League, his promotion in late 1936 to Deputy Secretary General in Geneva (essentially as a form of appeasement to the Nazis), and his assuming the role of Acting Secretary General of the League after Joseph Avenol left Geneva for Vichy France in 1940. The diaries also show his courage and determination to keep the League (albeit, only its basic functions) running throughout the course of the Second World War.

Details of Lester's personal life and struggles during this period are also recorded, particularly the torment and loneliness he felt being separated from his wife Elsie and three daughters Dorothy Mary, Ann and Patricia following their evacuation from Geneva to Ireland in 1940. Ireland is never far from his thoughts during the period, and the diaries feature numerous correspondence with Irish friends, accounts of brief trips home for Christmas and family holidays to Connemara in the years up to 1940, and reflections on Irish current affairs and political figures. One of the most notable entries in the diaries is Lester's extensive account of his meeting with James Joyce and his family in Geneva in December 1940. The Joyce family had fled their home in Paris the previous May and sought Lester's help in obtaining a visa for their daughter Lucia; the Nazis had refused to issue her with a visa and she remained in a mental health clinic in German-occupied France. A related letter from Joyce to Lester prior to this meeting is also included in the diaries, as is correspondence between Lester and members of the Joyce family and friends following the death of James Joyce in Zurich less than a month later.

The collection also includes a metal case in which Lester – fearing that the Nazis could invade Switzerland at any moment – placed his diaries before burying them next to a bench in the Palais des Nations, the headquarters of the League of Nations in Geneva. This may account for why the diary entries stop in 1942. Also included in the collection is an address book kept by Lester during the period of the diaries, and a television documentary about Lester written and presented by John Bowman which includes a segment on the diaries.

Lester, Seán

Writings

Mulvihill produced and edited two books about historic Irish women scientists: Lab Coats and Lace (Dublin, 2009) and Stars, Shells and Bluebells (Dublin, 1997), (as its publisher, see WITS series for research material for this book). She also wrote a guide for more sustainable living in Drive like a Woman, Shop like a Man (Dublin, 2009). There are some research materials relating to this title within this series but the bulk of its material relates to her seminal book Ingenious Ireland: A County-by-County Exploration of Irish Mysteries and Marvels, which was originally published in 2002 and again after her death in 2019.

It is widely recognised as an outstanding piece of individual research that gave life to the memory of people and places in Ireland associated with scientific, medical and engineering achievements. Other writings within this series are poems written by Mulvihill soon after she left Trinity College in the 1980s and some preparation material for her Ingenious Dublin guidebook. However, the exhaustive research undertaken by Mulvihill for her seminal work provides the content for the most part.

Mulvihill, Mary

County Fermanagh: Ingenious Ireland research material.

Material collated by Mulvihill about science and technology in Fermanagh. The file includes handwritten notes and structural ideas for the chapter, and a returned questionnaire and further information from Belleek Pottery Visitor Centre. Annotated information on James Gamble, the Fermanagh-born industrialist who co-founded the Proctor and Gamble Company in 1837. A floppy disc containing photographs of engineering works on the Erne River. Returned questionnaires and other information about the Marble Arch Caves and the horticultural science practised within the Crom Estate in Newtownbutler.

Mulvihill, Mary

County Galway: Ingenious Ireland research material.

A large file containing research material on Galway City and County. Includes: annotated pamphlets, with one on the establishment of the Geological Sciences in Queen’s College Galway (UCG, 1996). Also a booklet by David Harper, An Irish Geological Time Capsule (Galway, 1996), annotated research material on Richard Kirwan, the Galway-born chemist and mineralogist, and material on Glengowla Mines, an historic 19th century silver and lead mine in Oughterard, county Galway. Returned questionnaire and 9 colour photographs of various exhibits within Galway City Museum, a letter from Paul Mohr (18 Dec.1997) to Mulvihill, enclosing material on John Birmingham, a Tuam-based landlord and scientist. Information on seaweed and algae in Galway as their uses as fertiliser and food.

Mulvihill, Mary

County Kilkenny: Ingenious Ireland research material.

Includes: annotated diagrams, pictures and biographical information on Robert Fulton, the American submarine and steam engine inventor whose father lived in Kilkenny before emigratingto the U.S. Annotated information on the engineering efforts that were required to build St Canice’s Cathedral in Kilkenny City, information on Dunmore Caves, supplied by the Office of Public Works.

Also, correspondence containing further information on mining and fossils from the Castlecomer Demesne Company, with accompanying handwritten notes by Mulvihill. Handwritten notes and information on glass production in the county, engineering achievements of prehistoric people in the making of Knockroe passage grave and tomb as well as Mulvihill’s notes and ideas on chapter structure.

Mulvihill, Mary

County Leitrim: Ingenious Ireland research material.

Includes: a letter from Sean Ó Suilleabhain (11 August 1999) to Mulvihill, enclosing information about the growth and use of furze in the county over the centuries, a letter from Catherine O’Keeffe (12 March 2001), enclosing a booklet about heritage trail development/environmental management in Leitrim.

Annotated biographical material on William Thomas Mulvany, the architect and entrepreneur responsible for choosing and costing the route of the Ballyconnell/Ballinamore canal. Information on the Cavan-Leitrim Railroad Museum in Dromod, and annotated material on Ballinamore Local Museum. Also, handwritten notes coal mining and iron smelting within the county.

Mulvihill, Mary

County Limerick: Ingenious Ireland research material.

Includes: annotated material on Foynes Flying Boat Museum, along with enclosed postcards of aircraft and a returned questionnaire, information on Kilfinane Outdoor Education Centre, annotated research material on Aughinish Alumina Refinery on Aughinish Island and information on Croom Mills Visitor Centre. Annotated material on the building of Sarsfield Bridge in Limerick City.

Mulvihill, Mary

County Waterford: Ingenious Ireland research material.

Includes annotated material on glass making in the area. A returned questionnaire and further information from the Waterford Glass Factory and a floppy disc containing the image of Ernest Thomas Walton, the Waterford-born physicist and Nobel laureate. There is further annotated material about Walton as well as material on the Kilmeaden Steam Railway. There is also material on woodcraft along the ‘copper coast’ of the county as well as notes on chapter structure and content.

Mulvihill, Mary

Material for Ingenious Ireland marked ‘Geological’.

Geological sources for Ingenious Ireland. Includes: A booklet, entitled Written in Stone by Padhraig S. Keenan (1995). This booklet was produced to complement the television series, which marked the 150th anniversary of the Geological Survey of Ireland. A pamphlet entitled Field Guide to the Geology of Some Localities in County Dublin by Patrick Wyse Jackson, Jeremy Stone, Matthew Parkes and Ian Sanders, (Dublin, 1993).

A floppy disc containing ‘Irish Engineers Blogs’, dated from 16 January 1998, a map of the geological formations in the north of Ireland, as well as booklet entitled Our Book Underground, that was published by the Geological Survey of Ireland and ENFO in 1995. Also, 6 factsheets from the Irish Association for Economic Geology. Handwritten notes and a glossary for technical geological terms.

Mulvihill, Mary

Science of the Irish Famine research material

Includes: pamphlet entitled, The Cause of the Calamity (Dublin, 1995) by E. Charles Nelson. The pamphlet is heavily annotated. A pre-published version of a chapter for the American Phytopathological Society’s journal, entitled The Formative Years of Plant Pathology in the United States, an Annual Report from the International Potato Centre (1994), and a research notebook of Mulvihill’s marked ‘Blight’. A letter from Paul D. Peterson Jnr (2 Oct. 1995), to Mulvihill. Peterson worked at the North Carolina State University and encloses several research items about blight epidemics and potato rot.

Speech by Michael D. Higgins as then Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht on 14 September 1995, to mark the official opening of the ‘Famine 150’ Commemorative Exhibition, a Press Release by Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority) about the ‘Famine 150’ Exhibition at the RDS and a Directory of Commemorative Events in Ireland and Abroad, published by the Famine Commemoration Committee in September 1995. Handwritten notes by Mulvihill on the movement of potato blight between the American continent and Europe, a book by Cormac Ó Gráda entitled The Great Irish Famine (Dublin, 1989). There are many handwritten notes by Mulvihill about the book.

A letter from J.A. Kavanagh (2 Nov. 1994), to Mulvihill. Kavanagh was a Professor of Plant Pathology in University College Dublin. Along with the covering letter, Professor Kavanagh enclosed a copy of a report about the biology and control of potato blight.

Mulvihill, Mary

WITS Words Newsletters

Non-continuous run of newsletters published by WITS from nos. 1-48. The newsletters report on AGM meetings, interaction with universities in Ireland and in mainland Europe as well as regional reports and a noticeboard for members to publicise seminars and other meetings. Membership applications are also included in the newsletters along with contemporary accounts of female participation in fields of science and technology.

Mulvihill, Mary

Jobs for the Girls

Press release giving information on the launch of a career guidance CD for schools, featuring women role models with varied careers in science, engineering and technology. There are 2 different drafts of the press release within the file. Also an accompanying booklet.

Mulvihill, Mary

Talent Bank Project

Includes: Equality for Women Measure Progress Report into the Directory (June 2004), papers relating to the launch of the Talent Bank Directory (12 March 2003), publicity campaign by Molecule Promotions to gain awareness of the Talent Bank (26 March 2003) and press cuttings that publicised the initiative.

Mulvihill, Mary

Talent Bank Directory

The Directory gives the background information to over 150 women who are qualified to be called upon to actively participate on the Boards of State agencies, education bodies, local government and other decision making entities. WITS state that the Directory was compiled after an extensive exercise whereby individuals and organisations were encouraged to nominate individuals for inclusion. They represent expertise in the broad arena of science, engineering and technology. WITS also state that their experience is relevant to industrial development, social policy, health, environment, education and interaction with Europe.

Mulvihill, Mary

Role Model Project

Resource pack was intended for circulation to second-level schools where it was to be used by girls as part of career investigation projects. It contained 40 biographical career profiles of women working in the science, engineering and technology sectors.
Also Includes: press release from the Minister for Education and Science, Noel Dempsey (28 May 2003) about launching the project, a copy of the speech given by Minister Dempsey at the launch, and a publicity plan for the project, created by WITS.

Mulvihill, Mary

Minutes of Committee Meetings

Details of the activities planned by the organisation for the initial years of its existence. Membership, projects, fundraising, publications, policy documents, seminars and regional meetings. Also includes the Minutes of the first meeting of the WITS Committee at Trinity College, Dublin (17 November 1990), a letter from Mulvihill to WITS members informing them about the organisation’s first AGM. The AGM was held in Dublin City University on the 14 November 1992. Members of the WITS Committee, 1992-1993.

Mulvihill, Mary

Association Rules

Contains the Association’s General Rules on membership, AGMs, officers, finances and standing orders.

Mulvihill, Mary

Photographs and contact prints, 1994-1998

A collection of (mostly colour) photographs and contact prints featuring various book launches, AGMs and seminars.

Includes: a monochrome image of Niamh Breathneach (Minister for Education) and Clare O’Connor (Chairperson of WITS) at the launch of a booklet entitled Suitable jobs for a woman in 1994. Colour photographs of the 1995 WITS AGM, monochrome and colour contact prints of the launch of WITS publication Stars, Shells and Bluebells in 1997. The Minister for Education and Science, Michael Martin is featured attending the event.

Two colour photographs showing members of WITS at the WITEC (European network of organisations and individuals working for the support of women working in science, engineering and technology) conference in Amsterdam in October 1998. Also, colour photographs of the WITS AGM in Dublin in November 1998.

Mulvihill, Mary

Photographs and contact prints, 1998-2005

Includes: delegates from WITS and VHTO (Dutch organisation for the promotion of women in SET) in Athens in June 1999, members at a Networking the Networks event in Brussels during 1999, WITS Role Model Day at Colaiste Dhulaigh in Coolock, Dublin in 2003 and the Launch of the Role Model Days book and CD-ROM in 2004.

Mulvihill, Mary

Tours and Tour Guiding

Material used by Mulvihill in the tourism sector, principally her walking tours in Dublin and other parts of the country.

Mulvihill, Mary

Communications and Public Relations

File reflects Mulvihill’s work and interest in science communication and science related public relations. It includes: an itinerary and notes for a 1 day course in DCU entitled Media Skills for Scientists that was held there on 5 June 1997. Mulvihill was a speaker and her notes and speech are present. Workshops written by Mulvihill entitled Making News and Hitting the Headlines and Updated and Alert. A Media Training Session entitled Telling Your Story, that was written by Mulvihill and held on 10 January 2000. Also, handwritten ideas and notes about communicating successfully within the media and academia.

Writing and Telling the Weather Workshop from October 2011. Mulvihill wrote and presented this workshop. Also, a Media Interview Skills Workshop that Mulvihill attended on 31 January 2012. Printed handouts, slideshow and evaluations from the Rough Guide to Communicating Science seminar. It was written and presented by Mulvihill in May 2013. A booklet from the European Commission entitled Communicating Science (Luxembourg, 2006).

Mulvihill, Mary

Press Cuttings

3 folders: contains press cuttings from various publications, including many of Mulvihill's An Irishwoman's Diary pieces in the Irish Times. Cuttings also cover her wide topics of interest around science, media and public relations. Cuttings also contain several obituaries and tributes following her death in 2015. There are also oversized items included within this series.

Mulvihill, Mary

Imprint, Léargas, An Tuath Nua

Imprint features Theo Dorgan as host. Liam Mackey as co-host. Guests include Mulvihill, Tony Roche, Caitriona Crowe and Thomas Kilroy in a discussion about recently published science books. Leargas features a documenatary on William Rowan Hamilton. Label on outside of tape states, 'Mary Mulvihill, do not erase'.

Mulvihill, Mary

The Life and Times of Rev. Professor M. Casey

Includes a note from Malachy McCann of Maynooth College (3 March 1996) to Mulvihill, enclosing the tape and passing on good wishes. The documentary examines the life and achievements of Michael T. Casey, an Irish Dominican priest and Chemist.

Maynooth College

WITS on the news

Segments about WITS on Irish evening news (00'10'' - 01'20''). Mulvihill is part of a seperate programme package in the Irish language about the Young Scientists Exhibition, (05'50'' - 07'40'').

Mulvihill, Mary

Scealta Ó Theacht na mBocht

Scéalta Ó Theach na mBocht, which translates as Stories from the Workhouse. The series contained 4 seperate chapters/episodes, but there are only 3 on this tape. Featuring Brendan Gleeson and Mick Lally, each episode is 40 minutes long. Mulvihill was interested in the scientific history of the Famine and was researching a book on the topic at the time of her death.

Mulvihill, Mary

Washed, Dried and Pressed (Medicine)

Radio documentary series examining the flora and fauna of the National Botanic Gardens. Researched and presented by Mulvihill. Produced by Dave McHugh. Guest is Matthew Jebb.

Mulvihill, Mary

Timepiece

Mulvihill's audio documentary about the science of time.

Mulvihill, Mary

Research material for tours

Includes: the script of Mulvihill’s audio guided tour of Lord Charlemont’s garden at Marino, County Dublin, as well as the research undertaken to create the script, including the booklets, The Casino at Marino and Charlemont’s Marino. High quality prints of historical maps depicting the Marino and Donnycarney areas of Dublin, annotated research for Mulvihill’s walking tours of Dublin, and applications to the Heritage Council of Ireland for funding to support an audio geological walking tour of Dublin City.

A script for the ‘Ingenious Dublin’ audio tour of Dublin City, correspondence with Waterways Ireland that confirms funding for Mulvihill’s audio guided tour By the Banks of the Barrow. A script of that tour is also present. Annotated research material for a tour of the Industrial Gems of the Boyne and Blackwater in counties Louth and Meath, scripts and research material for Mulvihill’s audio guided tours in county Kildare, particularly around the estates of Castletown and Leixlip.

Material covering The Ingenious Ireland Guide to the Hill of Tara in county Meath, an Agreement between Mulvihill and Ancient Music Ireland to allow her to use its music during her guided tours and podcasts of the Hill of Tara, and a CD of some of the music that Mulvihill used in her podcast and tour. The script of the Hill of Tara tour and associated research items, examples of audio-players that Mulvihill was interested in using on her tours, as well as various ephemera sent to Mulvihill from similar businesses as part of her start-up research. There is also material examining the possibility of setting up an Ingenious Ireland website.

Mulvihill, Mary

Henry Morris Collection

  • IE DCUA C3
  • Collection
  • 1782-1950

Album of correspondence, press-cuttings, autographs, warrants, postcards, invitations, and receipts, collected by Henry Morris.

Morris, Henry

Henry Morris Album

Album of correspondence, press-cuttings, autographs, warrants, postcards, invitations, and receipts, collected by Henry Morris. Album correspondence creators, recipients and subjects include;

Ball, Frances Elrington
Bannin, Mary
Bellingham, Henry
Bigger, Francis Joseph
Bourke, M
Breathnach, Pól
Bremner, Walther
Butt, Isaac
Byron, George Gordon
Carrigan, William
Ceannt, Éamonn
Corcoran, Timothy
Corry, Dorothy L
Crawford, Osbert Guy Stanhope
Curtis, Edmund
Dalton, JP
Davitt, Michael
De Blacam, Aodh
De Buitléir, Eibhlín
Dillon, John
Dobbs, Margaret E
Duffy, Charles Gavan
Flood, W.H. Grattan
Gladstone, William
Grattan, Henry
Green, Alice Stopford
Griffith, Arthur
Gwynn, EJ
Gwynn, Edward John
Hayes, R
Healy, Timothy Michael
Hencken, H
Hutton, Mary
Joyce, Patrick Western
Leslie, Shane
Leslie, Shane
Lowry, D
Mac Fhionnlaoich, Peadar Toner
Mac Néill, Eóin
MacAdam, Robert
Macalistair, Robert Alexander Stewart
MacGarvey, CJ
MacManus, James
MacNéill, Eóin
Manning, Cardinal
McClintock, Ernest Reginald
McDonnell, James
McKenna, E
McManus, James
McNeill, Charles
Meyer, Kuno
Milne, JG
Moore, Thomas
Morley, John
Newman, John Henry
Ní Ógáin, Úna
Ó Casaide, Seamus
Ó Catháin [?]
O'Connell, Daniel
Ó Chundiolún, Seamus
Ó Dhonnchadha, Tadgh
Ó Dólán, Tomás
Ó Máille, Tomás
Ó Rathaile, Tomás
Ó Seagha, PJ
O'Brien, William Smith
O'Donnell, Patrick Joseph Cardinal O'Donnell
O'Donovan, John
O'Duffy, Eoin
O'Flanagan, Michael
O'Grady, Standish
O'Grianna, Seamus
O'Growney, Eugene
O'Laverty, James
Pearse, Patrick
Plunkett, Joseph Mary
Power P
Pritchard Aire
Ronan, Myles
Rushe, D Carolan
Scott, Sir Walter
Walker, Ann
Walker, RO
Walsh, N
Ward, John
Watson, WJ
Wellington, ?[Arthur] Wellesley

Morris, Henry

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