Guide to the Lois Mulkearn Research Files, 1937-1956 DAR.1981.01

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Lois Mulkearn Research Files
Creator
Mulkearn, Lois
Collection Number
DAR.1981.01
Extent
1.67 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Date
1937-1956
Abstract
The collection consists of manuscript drafts, topic notes, transcripts, and correspondence collected by Lois Mulkearn, the first librarian at the University of Pittsburgh's Darlington Memorial Library and a historian. Mulkearn authored and co-authored a number of books about Western Pennsylvania history, including A Traveler's Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania. This collection contains manuscript drafts and topic notes associated with the book. Also included are transcripts of court cases involving various parties and George Mason of the Ohio Company dating from 1743 to 1763. The cases mostly pertain to debts owed to the Ohio Company by various men and women. Additionally, there are notes related to industrial hygiene and safety during the late eighteenth to mid twentieth centuries which are associated with an unknown publication or lecture and drafts of essays written by Mulkearn.
Language
English .
Author
Shaun Hayes and Kate Colligan.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

Scope and Content Notes

The collection consists of manuscript drafts, topic notes, transcripts, and correspondence collected by Lois Mulkearn, the first librarian at the University of Pittsburgh's Darlington Memorial Library. A portion of the materials is related to the book A Traveler's Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania, written by Lois Mulkearn and Edwin V. Pugh and published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 1954. The notes and manuscript drafts for the book are arranged by topics relating to the subject of the book, namely histories of various locations in Western Pennsylvania.

Additional materials consist of transcripts of court cases involving George Mason of the Ohio Company, which was founded in 1747 and represented the trading and land prospecting interests of a handful of Virginia planters, and settlers who were in debt to the company. The cases are listed in alphabetical order by the last name of the party involved and date from between 1751 to 1763. It is possible these transcripts were used in Mulkearn's book George Mercer Papers, the authoritative volume on the Ohio Company published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 1954.

Other materials in the collection consist of notes about industrial safety and hygiene during the late eighteenth to mid twentieth centuries prepared for an unknown lecture or publication and drafts of Mulkearn's essays on a variety of historic topics.

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Lois Mitsch, niece of Lois Mulkearn, to the Darlington Memorial Library in 1981.

Custodial History

This collection was located in the Darlington Memorial Library in the University's Cathedral of Learning until 2007 when it was moved to the ULS Archives Service Center for processing, storage, preservation and service. However, it remains in the custodianship of the ULS Special Collections Department.

Previous Citation

Lois Mulkearn Research Files, 1937-1956, DAR.1981.01, Darlington Collection, Special Collections Department, University of Pittsburgh

Preferred Citation

Lois Mulkearn Research Files, 1937-1956, DAR.1981.01, Darlington Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Shaun Hayes in August 2008.

Copyright

No copyright restrictions.

Bibliography

  • Mulkearn, Lois, and Edwin V. Pugh. A Traveler's Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania. [Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1954.
  • Mercer, George, and Lois Mulkearn. George Mercer Papers Relating to the Ohio Company of Virginia. [Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1954.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Ohio Company (1747-1779)
    • University of Pittsburgh. Press
    • University of Pittsburgh

    Personal Names

    • Mason, George
    • Mulkearn, Lois
    • Pugh, Edwin V.

    Geographic Names

    • Armstrong County (Pa.)
    • Allegheny County (Pa.)
    • Pennsylvania -- Description and travel
    • Washington County (Pa.)
    • Crawford County (Pa.)
    • Elk County (Pa.)
    • Erie County (Pa.)
    • Westmoreland County (Pa.)
    • Forest County (Pa.)
    • Indiana County (Pa.)
    • Jefferson County (Pa.)
    • Lawrence County (Pa.)
    • McKean County (Pa.)
    • Fayette County (Pa.)
    • Mercer County (Pa.)
    • Potter County (Pa.)
    • Cambria County (Pa.)
    • Somerset County (Pa.)
    • Greene County (Pa.)
    • Bedford County (Pa.)
    • Warren County (Pa.)
    • Venango County (Pa.)
    • Clearfield County (Pa.)
    • Ohio River Valley -- History -- Sources
    • Clarion County (Pa.)
    • Cameron County (Pa.)
    • Pennsylvania -- History, Local
    • Butler County (Pa.)
    • Blair County (Pa.)
    • Beaver County (Pa.)

    Genres

    • Correspondence
    • Transcripts
    • Manuscripts (Document genre)

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