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The Dooleys of Richmond : an Irish immigrant family in the old and new South /

The story of an Irish Catholic immigrant family who came to Richmond, Virginia in the nineteenth century and established a large hat manufacturing enterprise, becoming leaders in business, education, politics and philanthropy in Virginia.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bayliss, Mary Lynn, 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Dooley family.
Dooley, James H. > (James Henry), > 1841-1922 > Family.
Irish Americans > Virginia > Richmond > Biography.
Irish American families > Virginia > Richmond.
Immigrants > Virginia > Richmond > Biography.
Catholics > Virginia > Richmond > Biography.
Civic leaders > Virginia > Richmond > Biography.
Businesspeople > Virginia > Richmond > Biography.
Philanthropists > Virginia > Richmond > Biography.
Richmond (Va.) > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • A young family
  • Richmond responds to the Great Famine and politics in Ireland
  • Family matters
  • Georgetown : prelude to war
  • Economic slowdown
  • War
  • The Ambulance Committee
  • New duties
  • Fame
  • The evacuation fire : military occupation
  • A young lawyer in Military District No. 1
  • A young politician
  • In the House of Delegates
  • The railroad that got away
  • New ventures
  • The new South on the march
  • More new ventures
  • The panic and beyond
  • Highways and railways
  • The new century
  • A steep decline
  • Sallie's book and another railroad
  • Travel abroad and a mountain palace
  • Extraordinary gifts.