Research Catalog

Title

William Bourke Cockran papers, 1881-1924.

Author

Cockran, William Bourke, 1854-1923.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors

• Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
• Frewen, Moreton, 1853-1924.
• Marbury, Elisabeth, 1856-1933.
• Plunkett, Horace Curzon, Sir, 1854-1932.
• Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1918.

Description

17.5 linear feet (42 boxes)

Summary

The collection consists of correspondence, addresses and speeches, legal papers, and personal and miscellaneous papers, including scrapbooks, newsclippings and memorabilia, related to Cockran's activities as lawyer, orator, politician, Irish activist, and congressman.

Subjects

• Lawyers
• Legislators > United States
• Scrapbooks
• Irish Americans
• Law firms > New York (State) > New York (N.Y.)
• Democratic Party (N.Y.)
• Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942
• Cockran, William Bourke, 1854-1923

Genre/Form

Scrapbooks.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;
• Microfilm of Winston Churchill correspondence must be used in lieu of originals.

Additional Formats (note)

• available on microfilm;

Source (note)

• Cockran, Anne Ide (Mrs. William Bourke)

Biography (note)

• William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923) was an Irish-born American lawyer, orator and politician who was elected to Congress from New York in 1886, 1890, 1892 and 1920. He was an anti-imperialist and advocate for Irish causes.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 582

OCLC

NYPW92-A183

Author

Cockran, William Bourke, 1854-1923.

Title

William Bourke Cockran papers, 1881-1924.

Additional Formats

Correspondence with Winston Churchill, 1895-1906, available on microfilm; New York Public Library. *ZL-353.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Access

Microfilm of Winston Churchill correspondence must be used in lieu of originals.

Biography

William Bourke Cockran (1854-1923) was an Irish-born American lawyer, orator and politician who was elected to Congress from New York in 1886, 1890, 1892 and 1920. He was an anti-imperialist and advocate for Irish causes.

Finding Aids

Finding aid available in repository and on internet. http://digilib.nypl.org/dynaweb/ead/human/msscockr/

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Legislators United States.

Lawyers.

Added Author

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Frewen, Moreton, 1853-1924.

Marbury, Elisabeth, 1856-1933.

Plunkett, Horace Curzon, Sir, 1854-1932.

Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1918.

LCCN

ms 68001128

Research Call Number

MssCol 582