Trinity College Dublin (TCD) Library recently published three new collections on DRI: the Oscar Wilde Collection; the Hardiman Atlas; and the Papers of Major Richard William George Hingston.
Trinity College Dublin (TCD) Library recently published three new collections on DRI: the Oscar Wilde Collection; the Hardiman Atlas; and the Papers of Major Richard William George Hingston.
The Oscar Wilde Collection is now available for sustained access in DRI. Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the great playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, numerous poems, short stories and essays. The deposited collection includes manuscript and print materials; autographed first editions; letters; and much more. These important digital objects can be accessed in the Repository: https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.bg25n4939
IE TCD MS 1209, known collectively as the 'Hardiman atlas', is the collection of maps held in the Library of Trinity College Dublin and made by George Carew (1555-1629) at the beginning of the 17th century. Comprising nearly 90 maps and plans and one of the largest sets of original Tudor and early Stuart maps of Ireland surviving anywhere, the collection has been published in DRI: https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.sn00qn48t
Finally, the Papers of Major Richard William George Hingston (1887-1966) have been deposited. Major Richard William George Hingston was educated at Merchant Taylor’s School then near London, and in University College Cork; he graduated as a medical doctor and entered the Indian Medical Service in 1910. During the First World War he served in the British Indian Army in East Africa, Mesopotamia and France. He was awarded the Military Cross and was twice mentioned in despatches. He was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society since 1922 and had a long career as a member of expeditions to many parts of the world. The collection includes his journal of the 1913 expedition to the Pamirs; of the 1924 Everest expedition; of the 1928 Oxford University Expedition to Greenland; of the 1930 Mission to Africa on behalf of the Society for the Preservation of the Empire Fauna: https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.b564jg065
DRI is pleased to be able to preserve these important collections from the Library of TCD for long-term access. Explore more collections from the Library of TCD here. Keep an eye on our Twitter account for further publication announcements.
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Image: Fontaine, Marie. Neilson’s secret for the complexion trade card. IE TCD MS 11437/5/1/17, Digital Repository of Ireland [Distributor], Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin [Depositing Institution], https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.hd775p949
