Identity area
Reference code
GYE-255503
Title
Gráinne Yeats Collection
Date(s)
- 1950 - 2013 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
66 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
(1925-2013)
Biographical history
Gráinne Yeats (1925-2013) a professional harper, singer, teacher, arranger, historian and recorded artist.
Repository
Archival history
The collection arrived in ITMA on the 20 April 2018 from the home of Aibhlín McCrann. Due to the sale of the Yeats family home the collection had been transferred to McCrann's home for safe keeping by Catríona Yeats, daughter of Gráinne Yeats.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection contains music manuscripts, photographs, slides, lecture scripts, diaries, music arrangements (mostly for the Irish harp), research notes, ephemera, artefacts, and commercial & non-commercial sound recordings. A large number of books also form part of this collection.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
A further 6 boxes were delivered to ITMA on 11 March 2019 from Aibhlín McCrann's home.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
47 reel-to-reels and cassettes were digitised in 2018. Photographs and slides from this collection were digitised in 2021 as part of a Heritage Council of Ireland funded project.