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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, March 17, 1998
Collection displays Irish history
Spencer Library houses materials about politics, life
Duane Wagler
Special to the Kansan
Remnants of the Irish thirst for independence and more than 15,000 other holdings of historical Irish material can be found in Spencer Research Library.
The O'Hegarty Collection, which is one of the two largest North American collections of printed materials of Irish studies, has been the property of the University since 1959. It offers a comprehensive insight into Irish history through Patrick O'Hegarty's (1879-1955) penchant for collecting.
The collection reflects O'Hegarty's primary interest as political history, Helyar said.
"O'Hegarty was keen to collect anything Irish," said James Helyar, special collections librarian.
O'Hegarty, who spent much of his life in the m alestrom of Irish politics, advocated Irish independence until World War I.
The O'Hegarty Collection includes a book of patriotic poetry of the Young Irelanders titled "The Spirit of the Nation." The book contains inscriptions from the leaders of an unsuccessful Irish uprising, which were written from Clomel Prison on November 13, 1848.
One of the leaders, Patrick O'Donoghue, adds after his signature, "The day on which I was sentenced to be hanged."
Helyar said the crown jewel of the collection may be the copy of
the Proclamation of the Irish Republic of 1916.
"This was a treasonable statement," Helvar said.
Distributed on April 24,1916, soon after the Easter Rising, the proclamation included the signatures of seven men, who soon were executed for their insubordination to the crown.
Not all of the collection has the echo of martyrs. It also contains printed material on subjects ranging from history of religion to Irish topography.
Richard W. Clement, associate special collections librarian, said that one Irish consul from Chicago benefited from the collection's comprehensiveness. Clement said that the Irish consul's grandfather
had been a playwright who produced a 1938 play in the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
"He had never seen the program for that, and we were able to put the program for his grandfather's play in his hand." Clement said.
In the collection, a reference is made to the Great Famine, as the potato blight spread from 1845 to 1849. Included in the collection is a pamphlet titled "The potato blight famine: questions and replies between two travelers, on its causes and results." The pamphlet describes the dangers of Ireland relying on a single crop.
The collection has earned the stamp of approval from O'Hegarty's daughter who has visited the collection.
"I think she was very impressed by it and happy to have it in safe-keeping," Helyar said.
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By Susie Gura
Kansan staff writer
The Natural History Museum dug up a grant from the state of Kansas to complete the excavation and restoration of a group of fossils discovered last summer.
The $55,000 grant came from the Tourism Attraction Development Grant Program, which is funded annually by the Division of Travel and Tourism.
The division is part of the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing. The grant will enable the museum to recover at least two Camarasaurus specimens and other fossils from a Wyoming site excavated during 1997.
"The grant will be used to finish the excavation in Wyoming this summer, to fund the preparation of dinosaur bones and the planning of the dinosaur exhibit," said Leonard Kristalka, Natural History Museum director.
Larry Martin, senior curator of the Natural History Museum, said preparations of the dinosaur exhibit were postponed until the museum received the grant. The grant guaranteed continuation of the excavation, Martin said.
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The grant will assist the museum in planning for a permanent space for the dinosaurs. Krishtalka said plans included adding on to the museum or renovating existing space.
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The museum applied for the grant in October 1997. The guidelines for the grant required the museum to show donation pledges before applying for the grant.
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