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The Msgr. William Noé Field Archives &
Special Collections Center features a group of printed volumes from the
collection of Irish literary figure and noted book collector Michael Joseph
(Meagher) MacManus (1888-1951) who wrote various nationalist-themed
books and worked as editor of the Irish Press from 1931 until his death two
decades later. This library includes over 4,000 titles dating from the
seventeenth century to the present day and covers several different aspects
of Irish and Irish-American life including culture, geography, literature,
politics, biography, history and religion. Nearly all editions are printed
in either English or Irish Gaelic. The core of this collection consists
of acquisitions secured by MacManus during his lifetime, but arrangements
have been made to add latter day works to what has become a continuously
expanding bibliography. Another recently added set of books (select papers,
photographs and record albums) came from the late Rita Murphy (1912-2003), a
Broadcaster, Teacher, Administrator and one of the first Female Graduates of
Seton Hall College (Urban Division) in 1937. She aired an Irish Music
Programme for Many Years on W-S-O-U FM Radio in South Orange, New Jersey.
She also established and served as Director of the Institute for Irish
Culture at Seton Hall University during the 1950s-60s.
Most of these volumes are housed in our repository, but many titles
featuring a connection to the Ireland and Irish-American experience in some
form or fashion are included in our Main or Reference Collection. Books
which are found in our upper level stacks can circulate and a representative
list of materials falling into these latter categories is featured below.
Further information on specific topics related to other aspects of Irish and
Irish-American matters in tandem with specific areas such as art, commerce,
government and sport for example can be searched through our SetonCat
catalog as well. For more information about our services please feel free to
contact Alan Delozier, Director via e-mail:
delozial@shu.edu or phone at: (973)
275-2378.
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