Tag Archives: Archives

#ColorOurCollections’: Images from the Archives

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Emer Twomey

When my colleague Elaine Harrington proposed UCC Library’s Special Collections & Archives contribute to the #ColourOurCollections colouring festival I wondered what would work from the archival collections. When you hear “archives” do you automatically think “old stuff…like letters”. These are … Continue reading →

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#ColourOurCollections: Introduction

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Elaine Harrington

What is #ColourOurCollections? Colour Our Collections is an annual international colouring festival on social media where libraries, museums, archives and other cultural institutions share free colouring content featuring images from their collections. It was launched by The New York Academy of Medicine Library in … Continue reading →

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George Boole: Academic, Author, Husband and Father

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Emer Twomey

This highlights additional original George Boole material or Boole-related information that forms part of George Boole archives at UCC Library. Continue reading →

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Building Ireland’s Architectural Heritage: The Works of Rudolf Maximilian Butler and James Gandon

Posted on November 30, 2020 by John Rooney

UCC Library is pleased to open to the public the R.M. Bulter Architect Collection, a small archival collection relating to prominent architects Rudolf Maximilian Butler and James Gandon. Rudolf Maximilian Butler (1872-1943) Rudolf Maximilian Butler was an Irish architect, architectural … Continue reading →

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“Ring Them Bells”: Father Prout and The Bells of Shandon

Posted on March 9, 2020 by John Rooney

When listing archives even the smallest collections can draw you into the lives and works of the individuals who inhabit the material. Such was the case when I recently listed the Francis S. Mahony Collection. The collection consists of just … Continue reading →

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Portal to the Past – You’ll be surprised what you find in the Archives

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Emer Twomey

Taking up from Emma Horgan’s post last week I’d like to introduce some of the thought-processes behind our choice of images. From past experience when I introduce the idea of what archival material is, some people can look blankly at … Continue reading →

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Cork Motor Derby 1938

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Emma Horgan

As many archivists will tell you, there is nothing like the feeling of discovering a new item or collection in the archive that really excites you. My latest such example of this professional rush came when I was formally accepting … Continue reading →

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