The Adrian Flannelly Show Audio Recordings
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Adrian Flannelly (born 1942) is an Irish broadcaster and the Chairman and CEO of Irish Radio Network USA. He hosts The Adrian Flannelly Show, a weekly radio program he began in 1969, which consists of a combination of music, international and national news, cultural news, economic analysis and commentary, as well as interviews with writers, musicians, politicians, and other public figures. Flannelly has used his radio show to highlight social and political issues concerning Irish and Irish American communities, including United States immigration reform and visa lotteries. This collection consists of 256 audiocassette recordings of his weekly Irish American talk radio programThe Adrian Flannelly Show, dated approximately 1978-2000. The collection also contains an additional 71 audiocassettes, dated approximately 1976-2001, whose affiliation to the show is unclear.
Biographical Note
Adrian Flannelly (born 1942) is an Irish broadcaster and the Chairman and CEO of Irish Radio Network USA. He hosts The Adrian Flannelly Show, a weekly radio program he began in 1969, which consists of a combination of music, international and national news, cultural news, economic analysis and commentary, as well as interviews with writers, musicians, politicians, and other public figures. Flannelly has used his radio show to highlight social and political issues concerning Irish and Irish American communities, including United States immigration reform and visa lotteries. He also serves as the Irish Cultural Liason for the Irish Hunger Memorial in Battery Park City, has received numerous honors from Irish and Irish American organizations in the greater New York City area, and in 2016 was awarded an honorary Doctorate degree from Quinnipiac University.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged into two series:
Series I: The Adrian Flannelly Show
Series II: Additional Tapes
Within each series, the audiocassettes have been arranged in chronological order. Undated material was arranged in alphabetical order when possible.
Scope and Contents
The Adrian Flannelly Show Recordings consists of 327 audiocassette recordings donated by Adrian Flannelly. The materials in the collection date from 1976 to 2001 with the bulk of materials dating 1999-2000. Series I: The Adrian Flannelly Show contains 256 audiocassette recordings of Flannelly's weekly Irish American talk radio program, dated approximately 1978-2000. Flannelly's show consists of a combination of music, international and national news, cultural news, economic analysis and commentary, as well as interviews with writers, musicians, politicians, and other public figures. Topics like immigration reform and conflict in Northern Ireland are discussed frequently. Series II: Additional Tapes contains 71 audiocassette recordings, dated approximately 1976-2001, whose association with Flannelly's radio program is unclear.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; The Adrian Flannelly Show Audio Recordings; AIA 089; box number; folder number or item identifier; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Adrian Flannelly in March 2020; the accession number associated with this gift is 2020.020.
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Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. 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 Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, special.collections@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596 with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Appraisal
In 2021, 7 duplicate tapes were deaccessioned from the collection.
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning, 69 tapes with evidence of mold or other damage were identified and physically separated from the remainder of the collection. For these recordings, the cases and liner notes with descriptive information were photocopied, discarded, and the tapes were housed in acid-free photo envelopes. Materials were described on the collection-level.
The Adrian Flannelly Show Audio Recordings was processed and described by an archivist in the fall of 2021. At the time of processing, an additional 37 tapes with evidence of mold were identified, their descriptive information was recorded, and then the tapes were physically separated from the collection and delivered to New York University's Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department for further treatment. Duplicate tapes were also removed from the collection. The remaining tapes were rehoused in new archival cassette cases (when needed), had media labels adhered to the cases, and placed in acid-free boxes. Original cassette titles were retained when available.
37 of audio cassettes in Box 3 (31142067122732) were identified as moldy in October 2021. These items are currently isolated from other items by housing them in a polyethylene bag with a desiccated board and RH monitor strip. If this strip indicates an RH greater than 50%, the Preservation Department should be contacted ASAP. Do not open this packaging without contacting the Preservation Department.
69 of audio cassettes now housed in Box 4 (31142062840361) and Box 7 (31142062840379) were identified as moldy at the time of accessioning. As of June 2022, these items are currently isolated from other items by housing them in a polyethylene bag with a desiccated board and RH monitor strip. If this strip indicates an RH greater than 50%, the Preservation Department should be contacted ASAP. Do not open this packaging without contacting the Preservation Department.
