Bound copy book containing a number of beginnings of article "No matter how society attempts to legislate for literature …"

Typescript page with handwritten amendments about turf-cutting adventures.

Typescript of the story "A Country Funeral".

Typescript of later draft of "The Big Stone House", with a small number of handwritten amendments at the end.

Typescript drafts of "Forward" welcoming the Lillian and Elmer Sheets Collection of Modern First Editions to the Colgate University Library.

Bundle of report cards from Presentation College, Carrick-on-Shannon giving subjects, marks and general comments on John McGahern at school. Also a copy of his birth and baptismal certificates. Also letter from Roscommon County Council noting that he is not availing of the university scholarship (23 Oct 1953). Also, letter from Head Office, Northern Bank Ltd., Belfast, to Francis McGahern, Cootehall, Boyle, County Roscommon, giving the marks John received when he sat their exams for clerkships.

Letters from S. Brosnahan, Treasurer, INTO, to Seán McGahern, 23 Forest Drive West, Livingstone, London, acknowledging receipt of his letters. In the second letter he notes that Fr. Carton feels under no obligation to say why his agreement was cancelled, saying that he would bring the matter before the Executive Committee. He had also been onto the Department in relation to his salary arrears.

Press cuttings consisting of profiles of John and relating to awards he received, including from the "Irish Times", Mary Leland attending a reading by John McGahern in UCC [1977]; press cutting of short story by John McGahern entitled "Crossing the Line", from "The Irish Times" (2 Aug 1984); press cutting entitled "John McGahern at Fifty" by Fred Johnston in "The Irish Times" (13 Aug 1985); press cutting from "In Dublin" magazine, interview with John McGahern done by Colm Tóibín (5 Sep 1985); press cutting of profile of John McGahern in [ ] done by Lucy Johnson [1986]; press cutting of profile of John McGahern as a writer in "Magill" Magazine (Oct 1987); press cutting from the "Sunday Times" of interview with John McGahern by John Walsh (29 Apr 1990); press cutting from "The Irish Press" noting the awarding of the Ordre des Artes et Lettres at the French Embassy (15 Feb 1991); press cutting from "The Irish Times" on the presentation of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres at the French embassy (22 Feb 1991); press cutting from "The Irish Press" on John McGahern's literary award at the French embassy (24 Feb 1991); letter from Prof. Caldicott, Dept of French, UCD congratulating him on his refreshing piece on 1916 in the "Irish Times", and well as his award of the Ordres des Arts et Lettres, commenting that it is very rarely awarded (4 Apr 1991); press cutting from the "Irish Independent", photograph of John McGahern with Patricia Forde at the opening of the Galway Arts Festival (18 July 1991); press cutting from the "Sunday Independent" of piece by John McGahern on Michael McLaverty (29 Mar 1992); press cutting from the "Sunday Independent", containing an article by John McGahern on Michael McLaverty (29 Mar 1992); press cutting from "The Irish Times", on what "leading lights" have been reading over the past year (5 Dec 1992); press cutting from "The Columbia Flier" advertising an evening of Irish Music and Poetry including a reading by John McGahern (11 Feb 1993); press cutting from "The Evening Press" noting the reception at the French Embassy for John McGahern, on being presented with the Prix de Literature Etrangere (13 Sep 1994); press cutting from "The Irish Independent" reporting on the presentation of the 1994 Prix de Literature Etrangere Ecureuil to John McGahern at the French Embassy (13 Sep 1994).

Photocopy of essay by John McGahern, entitled An t-Oileánach, with handwritten additions, also copied, on pp. 55, 57-58. [This is the version printed in The Irish Review 6 (Spring 1989) 55-62.]

Three letters between W R Rice and Peter Freyer