Raymond McGrath literary manuscripts, 1920-ca. 1931

MLMSS 4838

fonds

1920-ca. 1931

Textual Records, Graphic Materials

919009

Microfilm : CY 2245 (frames 51-199)<br>FM6/355 (colour fiche)

1 box of textual material

Raymond McGrath, born in Sydney in 1903, was a man of diverse talents. He wrote poems and short stories, and his interests included painting, etching, making woodcuts, bookbinding and editing. After winning a travelling scholarship he went to Europe in 1926 and became well-known as an architect. He was Principal Architect to the Dublin Board of Works from 1948 to 1968, and Professor of Architecture at the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1970 until his death in 1977. He published two books 'Twentieth Century Houses' (1933) and 'Glass in Architecture and Decoration (1937, rev. 1961). His sister Eileen, born in 1907, is known both as a sculptor and illustrator

Item 1
'LOARANNELEAH Some Pieces in Verse and Prose MCMXX - MCMXXXVI', manuscript by Raymond McGrath with text decorations and binding panel by Raymond and Eileen McGrath, 1926

Item 2
Drafts of poems by Raymond McGrath, including 'Manly by the sea', 'Juno's Birds', and 'In a month of Spring', ca. 1931

This collection includes pictorial material. For location and description of this see Pic.Acc.6323 in Pic. Source File

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-729C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011