[AOH state assembly officers and delegations]

Summary

Tiny clip-fragment from the middle of a longer state-assembly preview. The visible passage names state-level appointees and county delegations: - [Visible at top of clip:] "...Meade, state chaplain of Philipsburg and the Rev. M. M. McCormick, state chairman of Irish history, of Butte." - **Silver Bow county delegation:** M. J. McDonough, T. J. McCarthy, **James Murphy**, **Judge J. J. Lynch**, Walter J. Sewell and Charles H. Gallagher. - "Cascade county's delegation com-" [cut off]. ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. (a) JJM still in the AOH Silver Bow county delegation in August 1921 — 11 years after his 1910 chief-sentinel turn, 9 years after his county-president election. The familiar 1912/1915/1920 axis (McCarthy / Murphy / Lynch / Sewell / Gallagher) persists intact a decade on. (b) Father M. M. McCormick (the same priest who in 1914 spoke at the St Patrick's exercises JJM presided over) confirmed as state chairman of Irish history of the Montana AOH 1921 — a formal "Irish history" portfolio inside the state organisation, worth flagging as evidence that the AOH was a vehicle for Irish historical education in Montana.

People

• James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: James Murphy)
  role: silver bow county delegate · family confidence: 10 flag

  Identified by context (Silver Bow delegation alongside Judge Lynch, T. J. McCarthy, Walter J. Sewell, Charles H. Gallagher — all the JJM-cluster recurring names). The clipping prints "James Murphy" without the J. middle initial. Lump-rather-than-split bias applies.

Also mentioned

• Father Meade · state_chaplain_philipsburg
• Rev. M. M. McCormick · state_chairman_irish_history_butte

  Same M. M. McCormick who in March 1914 spoke at the Butte St Patrick's exercises JJM presided over. Now elevated to state-AOH Irish history chairman 1921.

• M. J. McDonough · silver_bow_county_delegate
• T. J. McCarthy · silver_bow_county_delegate
• Judge J. J. Lynch · silver_bow_county_delegate
• Walter J. Sewell · silver_bow_county_delegate
• Charles H. Gallagher · silver_bow_county_delegate

Places

• Butte, Montana (primary)
• Silver Bow County, Montana (primary)
• Philipsburg, Montana (context)
• Cascade County, Montana (context)

Themes

• irish_american_community
• irish_language_and_culture

Story threads

• Berehaven Murphys
• Butte Irish-American organisational life — Hibernians, Gaelic League, Erin's Daughters, RELA

Tags

• candidate_family
• fragment
• evidence_supporting

Source type

news_item, list_of_officers

Related sources

• 1914-03-18 — The Butte Miner, p.1 — BUTTE HONORS MEMORY OF IRELAND'S PATRON SAINT
• 1914-08-18 — The Daily Missoulian, p.10 — [From Butte.]
• 1920-08-01 — The Butte Miner, p.12 — IRISH SOCIETIES TO PICNIC TODAY
• 1922-03-17 — The Anaconda Standard, p.8 — Those Who Attended.

Open questions

• place_silver_bow_county_montana, place_philipsburg_montana, place_cascade_county_montana — confirm exist in /vocab/places.yaml or add.
• theme irish_language_and_culture — confirm exists in /vocab/themes.yaml or add. Useful tag for the McCormick-as-state-chairman-of- Irish-history datapoint.