Purchased from Kenny's Bookshop & Art Gallery in 2020 (AM 2021-6).

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

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Baseline processing of the paper-based portion of the collection was completed by Kelly Bolding in January 2022. Physical materials were roughly sorted by book project or genre/type and housed into archival folders and boxes, but no efforts were made to further arrange materials below this level. Finding aid written by Kelly Bolding in January-March 2022, incorporating some description provided by the dealer. Born-digital materials received as a file transfer were acquired directly from O'Connor by Kelly Bolding in October 2020 and processed by Amy Vo in September 2021. Born-digital materials received on physical media were processed by Kelly Bolding in January-March 2022; at this time, files could not be extracted from disk007 due to damage.

The born-digital materials in this collection have been processed according to Princeton University Library's Born-Digital Processing Workflows. For more information on the workflow, please read our full Born-Digital Processing Information Note.

Printed books were removed from the collection during 2022 processing and transferred to the Rare Book Division or the Library's General Collection; duplicates were discarded. Commercial audiovisual media were also removed and transferred to the Mendel Music Library. No other materials were removed from the collection during 2022 processing beyond routine appraisal practices.

Subject

• Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Sources
• Authors, Irish -- 21st century -- Sources
• Dramatists, Irish -- 20th century -- Sources
• Dramatists, Irish -- 21st century -- Sources
• Irish literature -- 20th century -- Sources
• Irish literature -- 21st century -- Sources
• Novelists, Irish -- 20th century -- Sources
• Novelists, Irish -- 21st century -- Sources
• Radio plays, English -- Ireland

Place

• Dublin (Ireland)

Publisher

Manuscripts Division

Finding Aid Author

Kelly Bolding

Finding Aid Date

2022

Sponsor

Processing of this collection was sponsored by the Delafield fund.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research, with the exception of diaries from 2012 and later, which are closed until ten years after the date of creation.

Use Restrictions

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