Box 103
Container
Contains 20 Results:
Property. Sale and transfer. Correspondence with others, 1974-1983, undated
File — Box: 103, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
1974-1983, undated
Property. Sale and transfer. List of improvements since 1937, [1973]
File — Box: 103, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
[1973]
Property. Sale and transfer. Cash account statement, 1975
File — Box: 103, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
1975
Property. Sale and transfer. List of items to be paid by Office of Public Works to H. McIlhenny on transfer, [1975]
File — Box: 103, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
[1975]
Property. Sale and transfer. Report of meeting re: gift of castle and garden, 1979
File — Box: 103, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
1979
Property. Sale and transfer. Inventory and valuation of items to remain. Prepared by Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980
File — Box: 103, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
1980
Renovations. Floor plan. "Amended drawing of scullery, etc." to cottage in the glen. Prepared by Robert Colhoun Ltd. Including cover letter, November 1938
File — Box: 103, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
November 1938
Renovations. James Johnston Sons. Itemized "revised prices." Re: bridge house, [1939]
File — Box: 103, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
[1939]
Renovations. James Johnston Sons. Including Dunlewy projects, 1946-1955
File — Box: 103, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
1946-1955
Renovations. James Johnston Sons. Invoices [no longer itemized], 1956-1967
File — Box: 103, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Having summered there since 1933 when his mother and then he rented the castle, McIlhenny purchased Glenveagh in 1938 from the widow of Harvard art historian A. Kingsley Porter. According to documentation in this collection, McIlhenny purchased, for approximately $25,000, a 19th-century, 23-bedroom castle with some of its contents and other buildings situated on more than 25,000 acres of land in an area not far from the birthplace of his grandfather, John McIlhenny. When not in Ireland,...
Dates:
1956-1967