Ireland House Oral History Collection
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Abstract
The Ireland House Oral History Collection contains interviews of Irish and Irish Americans conducted between 2005 and 2017 by undergraduates, doctoral students, and faculty in the Irish Studies program at New York University, as well as staff of the Glucksman Ireland House. Topics covered in the interviews include childhood, education, family life, immigration experience, working life, political activity, and cultural activity. Many of the narrators were active in immigration reform, Irish republican politics, and the Irish American community in New York City.
Historical Note
Multi-generational interviews conducted since 2005 as part of an undergraduate oral history course for the Irish Studies program at New York University, under the auspices of Glucksman Ireland House. Subsequent interviews have been conducted by Ireland House staff.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by interviewee. Dates recorded refer to date of interview.
Scope and Contents
The Ireland House Oral History Collection contains interviews of Irish and Irish Americans conducted between 2005 and 2017 by undergraduates, doctoral students, and faculty in the Irish Studies program at New York University, as well as staff of the Glucksman Ireland House. The oral histories document the lives of people born between the 1910s and 1980s, working in Ireland and the United States (U.S.) as diplomats, business owners, laborers, educators, journalists, lawyers, members of Catholic orders, politicians, musicians, and actors. The interviews were conducted in Ireland and in the U.S., mainly in English, with at least one interview conducted in Irish. Topics covered include childhood, education, family life, immigration experience, working life, political activity, and cultural activity. Many of the narrators were active in immigration reform, Irish republican politics, and the Irish American community in New York City and other American cities with large Irish American populations.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open for research with restrictions as noted per individual interview.
Conditions Governing Use
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Glucksman Ireland House are maintained by New York University. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from repository. Please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Ireland House Oral History Collection; AIA 030; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
An additional accretion was donated in 2018 by Marion Casey. The accession number associated with this gift is 2018.100.
Custodial History Note
Interviews were conducted by students in the Irish Studies program. Materials are transferred to the Archives after access copies of interviews have been created on DVDs and transcripts typed up.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
Access to audiovisual materials in this collection is available through digitized access copies. Researchers may view an item's original container, but the media themselves are not available for playback because of preservation concerns. Materials that have already been digitized are noted in the collection's finding aid and can be requested in our reading room. Materials that have already been digitized are noted in the collection's finding aid and can be requested in our reading room. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Accruals Note
Additional accruals to this collection are expected.
About this Guide
Processing Information
Roughly 25 interviews in the 2018 accretion were described using information sheets. The remaining 72 interviews in the 2018 accretion were described after listening to at least 45 minutes of audio per interview; this included the first 20 minutes of each interview, as well as an additional 10-25 minutes throughout the recording.
One external hard drive was forensically imaged and and mounted to local storage. New York University Libraries follow professional standards and best practices when imaging, ingesting, and processing born-digital material in order to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the content.
In the fall of 2022, the finding aid was updated to include 12 microcassettes, 7 miniDVs, and an audio cassette. Each of these items was assigned a unique audiovisual identifing number.
