George Bernard Shaw Tribute Volume

A bound volume containing newspaper clippings and printed ephemera relating to the life of the playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). The volume contains numerous posthumous newspaper tributes and eulogies and assessments of his work and legacy. A gilt title to the volume spine reads ‘Minute Book’.

Details

Level of description: File
Date: 1948-1951
Reference: 34
Extent and medium: 52 pp; 32.5 cm x 21 cm; clipping and printed
Scope and content: A bound volume containing newspaper clippings and printed ephemera relating to the life of the playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). The volume contains numerous posthumous newspaper tributes and eulogies and assessments of his work and legacy. A gilt title to the volume spine reads ‘Minute Book’.
General note: For biographical information on George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) see https://www.dib.ie/biography/shaw-george-bernard-a8004
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of 'The Capuchin Annual' and the Irish Capuchin Publications Office > Papers of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. > Bound Photographic and Document Volumes

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Extracted Mentions

People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.

People

BERNARD(29)
Long(12)
LONDON(11)
Little(8)
STORY(5)
Young(5)
Power(4)
Lord(4)

Places

Patch(13)
Bloody(4)
Butler(1)
Warren(1)
King's(1)
Diamond(1)
Carr(1)
Carlow(1)

Terms

Sample passages

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Mr. George Bernard Shaw, who will be 92 years old to-morrow, sitting in the garden of his home at Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts. Ordinarily he shuns photographers, but gave spec…
M. R. BERNARD SHAW, who has been depressed by his long convalescence from a broken thigh, was taken from Luton and Dunstable Hospital yesterday to his home at nearby Ayot, St. Lawr…

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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

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Mr. George Bernard Shaw, who will be 92 years old to-morrow, sitting in the garden of his home at Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts. Ordinarily he shuns photographers, but gave special permission for this picture to be taken to mark the occasion of his birthday. 25. 7. 48 S. 1.

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