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Letter from John Banville to Marie Donnelly; thanks her for the invitation to the Whoseday launch; apologises for not being able to attend; ts. signed in MS. ‘John’, 22 September 1999.

Single sheet photocopy of pages 26 and 27 from The Book of Evidence, with MS. note to ‘Marie’, ‘Will this snippet from The Book of Evidence do for The Whoseday Book?’ signed ‘John’.

A document discussing the listing of the Whoseday Book in the National library of Ireland.

Single sheet fax from The Edge to Marie Donnelly returning her request for contributors to attend the launch by the American Ireland Fund in New York, with MS. regrets, ‘Unfortunately this is in the middle of a week when U2 are in the studio so I…

Letter from Marie Donnelly inviting guests to attend a celebration of the close of the Whoseday book project on November 28th at 6 p.m. at the Royal College of Physicians.
The project archive was purchased by AIB group and donated to the National…

A handwritten fax from Mary Redmond to Marie Donnelly discussing the success of the Whoseday Book launch and fundraising efforts in both Ireland and America.

Document outlining the detailed valuation of the 'Whoseday Book' archive obtained from Mealy's fine art and rare book auctioneers Kilkenny in dated March 14.2000. The valuation highlights the unique nature of the archive and values it at £550,000

Original photograph by Perry Odgen of Seamus Heaney’s hands, with notes on editing of image for front cover of book.

A report on the signing event for the fundraising effort the Whoseday Book. Many of the contributors, including John Frieda signed multiple copies of the diary as a promotional event.

Copy of fax letter from Seamus Heaney to Marie Donnelly; encloses a revised version of his introduction; thinks it best ‘to get something like a final version’ to her; ts. with autograph signature, 1 page, 18 March 1998, with note attached, ‘this is…