Patrick Daughton Papers
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Abstract
The Patrick Daughton Collection documents activities of the San Francisco and Northern California Irish Republican Clubs (IRC). The collection contains correspondence between local IRC offices and the National office in New York as well as clubs in St. Paul, MN, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia. Leaflets and clippings produced in coalition with other Irish and non-Irish groups for events such as Prince Charles' and Queen Elizabeth's visits, national and regional newsletters, and financial records are included in the collection. Material on other organizations such as the Institute for Celtic Studies in St. Paul, Minnesota, Irish National Caucus, and Noraid, Irish American Action Association, a group in San Francisco formed from a split from Noraid and the local Na Fianna Slua is also included. A significant collection of posters complementing the manuscript material completes the collection.
Biographical Note
Patrick Daughton and Barbara Havenar were active members of the Helena Molony Irish Republic Club in Berekely, California in the 1970s. After the Irish Republican Clubs disbanded Patrick devoted his energies to supporting public education, after school programs, and art programs for young people. When Patrick died in 2008 his wife Barbara donated his files to the Archives of Irish America.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into five series.
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- Series I. General Files: Subjects and Organizations, 1956-2007
- Series II. Irish Republican Clubs, 1969-1988
- Series III. Publications, 1881-1998
- Series IV. Posters, 1972-1998
- Series V. Ephemera and Nonprint, 1966-1995
Scope and Contents
The Patrick Daughton Collection documents activities of the San Francisco and Northern California Irish Republican Clubs (IRC). The collection contains correspondence between local IRC offices and the National office in New York as well as Clubs in St. Paul, MN, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia. Leaflets and clippings produced in coalition with other Irish and non-Irish groups for events such as Prince Charles' and Queen Elizabeth's visits, national and regional newsletters, and financial records are found in the collection. Material on other organizations such as Institute for Celtic Studies in St. Paul, Minnesota, Irish National Caucus and Noraid, Irish American Action Association, a group in San Francisco formed from a split from Noraid and the local Na Fianna Slua is also included. A significant collection of posters complementing the manuscript material completes the collection.
Series I. General Files includes files on individuals, organizations and various topics related to Irish American activities and responses to happenings in Northern Ireland. Also included is material on cultural events and organizations in the Northern Californian region.
Series II. Irish Republican Clubs contains files on various Irish Republican Clubs in Northern California and across the United States. Several folders document activities and work of the national IRC of North America. Publications put out by the IRC are included in this series.
Series III. Publications consists of partial runs of several publications and newsletters organized alphabetically. Also included are newspaper clippings organized by subject and a small set of articles and partial issues from historical newspapers.
The Poster series, Series IV. consists of over 50 posters. The poster collection came with detailed annotations and notes for many of the items and this information has been preserved in the folder descriptions. The original groupings of posters has been maintained. While not all posters are listed at the item level, item counts are given for each category. A few other posters from the collection are also included in this series.
Series V. Ephemera and Nonprint includes banners, raffle tickets, photographs, postcards and three 45 records.
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Access Restrictions
Open for research without restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Barbara Havenar were transferred to New York University in 2010. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Tamiment Library.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Collection name; Collection number; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The material was donated to the Archives of Irish America by the Daughton family in California with the assistance of Sean Prendiville in 2009. The accession number associated with this gift is 2009.055.
Separated Materials
Sheet music was removed and put in the Archives of Irish America Vertical File Collection (AIA 013).
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Processing Information
In fall 2022, materials housed inside a folder labeled "Patrick Doughton Collection" found within Box 7 of the Sean Prendiville Papers (AIA.005) was added to this collection. The finding aid was updated to include this new material.
