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- Creator
- Larcom, Thomas A. (Thomas Aiskew), 1801-1879
- Call number
- MssCol 1694
- Physical description
- .25 linear feet (2 v.)
- Preferred Citation
- Thomas A. Larcom photographs collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
- Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.
Collection consists of two volumes of photographs of prisoners confined in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, in August 1857 and November 1866. Prisoners were identified as felons and Fenian political prisoners, including some of the leaders of the Fenian Brotherhood and its Irish wing, the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood.
Digital Assets
Administrative information
Custodial history
Volumes originally belonged to Larcom and were given to Stanford University by Harriet Fyffe Richardson. The New York Public Library acquired them in 1953.
Source of acquisition
Transfer, Stanford University, 1953Key terms
Names
- Larcom, Thomas A. (Thomas Aiskew), 1801-1879
- Dillon, Bryan
- Kickham, Charles Joseph, approximately 1826-1882
- Luby, Thomas Clarke, 1821-1901
- Mulcahy, Dennis
- O'Donovan Rossa, Jeremiah, 1831-1915
- O'Leary, John
- Fenian Brotherhood
- Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood
- Mountjoy Prison
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Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Access restrictions
Digital images must be used in lieu of original volumes.
Alternative form available
Entire collection available as digital images; New York Public Library