{"value"=>"<p>The Letters series consists mainly of letters received by Walsh in the period 1913-1947 from persons of Irish heritage relating to Irish-American and Irish- Canadian affairs, and on miscellaneous subjects. These letters are arranged alphabetically. The inventory lists the member of letters present for each file and its date range. Included are letters from such notables as Robert Brennan, Padriac Colum, Eamon De Valera, Lady Gregory, Shane Leslie, Sean Thomas O'Kelly, and John Edward Redmond. Letters in the early period (1916-17) are addressed to Walsh as editor of the weekly <span class=\"title\">Ireland</span>. A few letters to Shane Leslie who was associate editor are filed in the Leslie file. A few of the letters are addressed to Walsh as an official of American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic.</p> <p> The largest files are Robert Brennan, 60 items; Shane Leslie, 49 items; Charles Murphy, 38 items; and Michael O'Flannagan, 88 items. Most of the other files contain only a few items of correspondence. Walsh's correspondence with Father O'Flannagan, a Catholic priest, is genealogical, and relates to the latter's searches in Ireland for a legal heir to the estate of Mrs. Ida E. Wood of New York, The Brennan file contains letters on Irish affairs while Brennan was chief of the Irish Legation in Washington, D. C. The Shane Leslie file contains letters to Walsh reflecting their editorial collaboration on <span class=\"title\">Ireland</span>, and Leslie's views on political events in Ireland such as the Easter Rebellion, conscription and the Home Rule controversy. The letters by Charles Murphy a Member of the Canadian Parliament, relate to Irish-Canadian affairs. The four letters by John Edward Redmond contain his view on the establishment of the weekly <span class=\"title\">Ireland.</span> Present in the Millie Figgis file is a letter to Walsh co-signed by the Irish patriot Maud Gonne MacBride as honorary treasurer of the Dublin Relief Committee.</p>"}