O'Sullivan Central Packing Company
TitelO'Sullivan Central Packing Company
SignaturIE 627/SM634
Datum
1920-1934 (1961)
Datum 1913 - 1961
Form und InhaltMaterial related to John Marcus O'Sullivan, and his company John M O'Sullivan & Sons [ Cork Packing Company], consisting of correspondence from the 1920's, business documents and photographs relating to the Cork Packing Company, Shandon, Cork.
Includes (for example):
SM634/1-13 Correspondence with The Irish Butter Federation, New York, and JJ Lonsdale & Co, Liverpool, regarding the butter trade, 1924-29
SM634/14-17 Photos showing of Cork Packing Company premises, including children, workers, machinery, and butter boxes
SM634/18-21 Envelopes containing letters and legal and financial items, referring to the Cork Packing Co, Lonsdale Investment Trust, Irish Free State Agent in New York, and John M O'Sullivan of 'Rovigo', Blackrock, Cork. 1923-61
SM634/22-27 Further correspondence with Lonsdale, letters and cutting regarding butter trade in the USA, and memorandum and articles of association of John M O'Sullivan & Sons, 7 Jun 1926 (SM634/24). 1924-26
SM634/28-31 Further letters, including a note on O'Sullivan's appointment as Irish agent for Central Packing Co of London (1920); letter from Irish Butter Corporation of New York (1924); letter from Roinn Oideachas regarding meeting with President (1928); letter from Liverpool re butter (1922)
SM634/32-35 Photographs, two showing Cork Packing Co premises (SM634/32-33); two pages from album showing Republican events at Bodenstown, including Cumann na mBan and Na Fianna Ladies Branch, 1913-14 (8 prints: SM634/34); photo of GPO, burned out, 1916 (SM634/35)
SM634/36 Transcripts of and notes on some letters in the collection.
The collection sheds light on the activities of a Cork business involved in the butter trade in the 1920s, and its links with traders in the UK and the USA, in the context of the early years of the Irish Free State. Photos of the company's premises, including some workers and family members, together with personal letters, add a human dimension, while the photo album of Republican events in Dublin in 1913-14 reflect political interests.
Includes (for example):
SM634/1-13 Correspondence with The Irish Butter Federation, New York, and JJ Lonsdale & Co, Liverpool, regarding the butter trade, 1924-29
SM634/14-17 Photos showing of Cork Packing Company premises, including children, workers, machinery, and butter boxes
SM634/18-21 Envelopes containing letters and legal and financial items, referring to the Cork Packing Co, Lonsdale Investment Trust, Irish Free State Agent in New York, and John M O'Sullivan of 'Rovigo', Blackrock, Cork. 1923-61
SM634/22-27 Further correspondence with Lonsdale, letters and cutting regarding butter trade in the USA, and memorandum and articles of association of John M O'Sullivan & Sons, 7 Jun 1926 (SM634/24). 1924-26
SM634/28-31 Further letters, including a note on O'Sullivan's appointment as Irish agent for Central Packing Co of London (1920); letter from Irish Butter Corporation of New York (1924); letter from Roinn Oideachas regarding meeting with President (1928); letter from Liverpool re butter (1922)
SM634/32-35 Photographs, two showing Cork Packing Co premises (SM634/32-33); two pages from album showing Republican events at Bodenstown, including Cumann na mBan and Na Fianna Ladies Branch, 1913-14 (8 prints: SM634/34); photo of GPO, burned out, 1916 (SM634/35)
SM634/36 Transcripts of and notes on some letters in the collection.
The collection sheds light on the activities of a Cork business involved in the butter trade in the 1920s, and its links with traders in the UK and the USA, in the context of the early years of the Irish Free State. Photos of the company's premises, including some workers and family members, together with personal letters, add a human dimension, while the photo album of Republican events in Dublin in 1913-14 reflect political interests.
Umfang36 items
SpracheEnglish
PersonenschlagwortCentral Packing Company | c1920-1950 | Cork, John M O'Sullivan & Sons Ltd | founded 1926 | Cork
SchlagwortBusiness Records, Trade, Butter Merchants, Irish Republicanism, 20th century
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LevelBestand
RepositoryCork City and County Archives
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