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White bathrobe with ‘Today England, tomorrow the world, from Harvey Goldsmith’ embroidered on the back.

Includes non-commercial reel-to-reel recordings of Derek Bell and folk music. Including ‘Seán Ó Riada and Carolan music’ (n.d.); ‘A programme of Romanian folk music’ Romanian RadioTelevision (n.d.); ‘Music for a while Derek Bell listening copy’ (n.d.); ‘The fairies’ lament and dance by Derek Bell’ (24 April 1975); and commercial harp recordings made by Ken Freeman of Harpcraft for Derek Bell (n.d.).

Framed gold map of Australia presented to Derek Bell by the directors of Festival Records, engraved as follows: ‘on the occasion of The Chieftains first tour of Australia’.

Framed gold disc, presented to The Chieftains by Claddagh Records engraved with the follow: ‘Presented to The Chieftains on the occasion of their 21st anniversary and on achieving sales in excess of 250,000 in Ireland’.

LPs include Medley es flog ein kleins waldvogelein (1956); Harpe Indienne du Paraguay (1956); Mo cheol thú (1956); Benno Moiseiwitsch (1957); Spring tide (1957); Les Chants Et Danses Des Républiques Soviétiques (1958); Tance Slaskie: Kapella ludowa Rozglosni Slaskiej (1959); Tarybų Lietuva = Советская Литва (1959); Songs of my heart (1960); Newfoundland fiddler (1960); Liam O'Flaherty reads The ecstasy of Angus (1961); [Non-commercial LP] (1961); Reisebüro atla s (record 2) (1961); The week before Easter (1961); The playboy of the western world (1962) [two copies]; The world of so(koto) (1962); The Chieftains 1 (1962); Gypsy romance (1963); Folksongs and dances of Armenia and the Caucasus (1963); Centro Qosqo del Arte Nativo, volumen 2 (1963); A harpa e a cristandade (1963); Music folklorique du monde: Hongrie (1964); Folk music of Rumania (1964); Salzburger tanzmusick (1965); Ann's harp (1965); Rasa (1965); A bit of Ireland (1966); Hungarian folk songs (1966); The Chieftains 8 (1967); Slovenské l'udové piesne (1967); Ansamblul "perinita" (1968); Boil the breakfast early : The Chieftains 9 (1968); The drones and the chanters : Irish pipering (1968); Music of Bolivia (1968); The Budapest gipsies (1968); Hungarian folk songs (1968); Bucharest by night (1968); Sonatas / Francis Poulenc (1968); The Chieftains. 2 (1969); Music for meditation, volume 2 (1969); Hungarian folk songs (1969); Irish folk songs 2 (1969); The legacy of Michael Coleman (1969); Paraguayan harp (1969); Songs and music of Tibet (1970); The Chieftains 4 (1970); Live for Ireland [Disk 1] (1970); Ballad of the Irish horse / The Chieftains (1970); Legendary music of the Andes (1970); The forty minute raga (1970); Spring in the air (1970); Na ceirníní 45 (1970); Cymbalo solos (1971); The Chieftains 7 (1971); A musical anthology of the Orient Viet-nam 1 (1971); Mooncoin (1971); Conversa-Phone's Round-The-World Hungarian Language Record Course (1971); Music of India (1971); Tin whistles (1971); Sounds from Rumania (1971); Azerbaijanian folk melodies (1972); Music from Hungary (1972); Voice of the Xtabay (1972); Rumanian folk songs and dances (1972); 8 - Les Copains D'Abord (1972); An appointment with W.B. Yeats (1972); Bretagne (1973); A primasok primasa / Sandor Lakatos (1973); Ó Riada (1973); Heyrðu - Lög Með Vísnavinum (1973); Janos Nemeth Cymbalo (1973); Songs of the Isles (1973); Plkeloiden Parhaat (1974); Chorus and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble (1974); Reisebüro atlas (record 1) (1974); Bravo dingo! (1974); Muzică Populară Din Oltenia Și Muntenia (1974); The world of Christmas music (1974); Flutes, harpes et guitares Indiennes (1974); Kantele of Finland (1974); The Chieftains 5 (1975); Carolan's receipt (1975) [two copies]; Gusty's frolicks / Seán Keane (1975); Songs of my heart (1975); Chants and prayers (1975); [unidentified Japanese script] (1975); Black & White Piano Ragtime (1975); Rumanian wedding (1975); Brabantse volksmuzie (1975); Panpipes of Rumania (1975); Matt Molloy (1976); Bretagne (1976); Het Brabants Volksorkest – Volksmuziek Uit Brabant en de Kempen - Musique popuaire du Brabant et de la campine (1976); Three Swedish fiddlers (1976); Muzica populara Transilvaneana (1976); The star-spangled Molly (1976); Symphonic music of Rumania (1976); Music from the soundtrack of Barry Lyndon (1976); Cymbalo recital (1976); The Chieftains 7 (1977); Little criminals / Randy Newman (1977); Colm Gallagher plays "The dove" (1977); Seán Keane (1977); The gypsy princess (1977); Gypsy caravan (1977); Bonaparte's retreat / The Chieftains (1977); George Brassens sings of the birds & the bees… (1977); More path rent (1977); The tailor of Gloucester (1978); Cymbalo solos (1978); God first (1978); К ыргыздын Элдик Ырлары Жана Күүлөрү = Kirghiz folk songs and melodies (1978); Music for meditation, volume 1 (1978); Irish rhythms (1978); James Galway and The Chieftains in Ireland (1978); Raga Desi (1978); Virtuoso cymbalo and clarinet solos (1978); The Chieftains. 2 (1979); The Chieftains live (1979); The Chieftains 4 (1979); National (1979); Matt Molloy (1980); Virtuosi of the cymbalo (1980); The Chieftains 10 : cotton-eyed Joe (1980); Sean Keane (1981); Barere - complete edition (1981); Gheorghe Zamfir (1981); Fănică Luca (1981); Traditional Norwegian fiddle music (1981); Bootleg (1981); Na ca'l fuau (1981); L'alouette (1981); Medley es flog ein kleins waldvogelein (1981); North India instrumental music : Vina, Vichitra Vina, Sarod, Shahnai (1981); Sail away / Randy Newman (1981); The year of the French / The Chieftains (1982); Medley es flog ein kleins waldvogelein (1982); [unidentified Arabic script] (1982); Songs of Korea (1982); Javanese court gamelan from the Pura Paku Alaman, Jogyakarta (1982); Romanian folk dan ces (1982); From sinding to swing (1983) [two copies]; Alfredo Rolando Ortiz in concert. Vol. 3 (1983); Hei-Fara! (1983); Claddagh's choice (1984); The music of India (1984); Gheorghe Zamfir (1984); Cymbalo recital / Aladár Rácz (1985); Flautovy recital (1985); The Chieftains 10 (1985); Derek Bell's musical Ireland (1986); Chants and prayers (1987); Folk music of Bulgaria (1987); Arpa del Ande (1988); U-vox (1988); Live for Ireland [Disk 2] (1999); Conversa-Phone's round-the-world Swedish language record course (1962?); The tailor of Gloucester (1988?); Ansamblul "perinita" (n.d.); Janos Nemeth with folk orchestra (n.d.); Colm Gallagher plays "The dove" (n.d.); Chants and prayers (n.d.); Janos Nemeth with folk orchestra (n.d.); Ciocirlia: the famous Romanian folklore ensemble (n.d.); Slow airs and set dances / Eugene O'Donnell (n.d.); Cymbalo recital Aladár Rácz (n.d.); Old Hungarian songs / Régi Nóták (n.d.); Classic recordings of Scottish fiddling (n.d.); Kashmir : traditional songs and dances (n.d.); Music of India - Rāgas and Tālas / Ravi Shankar with Alla Rakha (n.d.); Wedding at Ecser / Ecseri Lakodalmas (n.d.); Folk music of Hungar y (n.d.); Os grandes sucessos da harpa paraguaia (n.d.); Gyps y (n.d.); Toni Lordache (n.d.); Hippy hangover and Thinking about the sun (n.d.); Mná na hÉireann and the morning dew (n.d.); Valiha de la cote est (n.d.); Alan Stivell reflects (n.d.); Orthodox Slavonic liturgy (n.d.); Folksongs and dances of Rumania (n.d.); Selected folk songs and dances (n.d.); Magic music from south India with Balachander (n.d.); Play, gypsy (n.d.); From Ireland, Scotland and Wales (n.d.); Golden rain (n.d.); Gamelan Semar Pegulingan (n.d.); Sahlstroms-Stanman i vendel (n.d.); Tabula rasa (n.d.); Les instruments folkloriques Roumains (n.d.); Muzica populara Moldoveneasca (n.d.); Douce amère = Bitter sweet (n.d.); Rapsodia Romina (n.d.); The harp key = Crann nan teud (n.d.); Varteikn (n.d.); Féidhlim Tonn Rí's castle (n.d.); És Zenekara Játszik / Lakatos Sándor (n.d.); L'Eblouissant virtuose du cymbalum (n.d.); Sarod (n.d.); Ustad ali akbar khan (n.d.); Music for solo harpsichord (n.d.).

Original and photocopied typescripts, programmes and newspaper clippings, and two original letters. Includes various drafts of the programme notes for ‘Symphony No. 2 in D ( The violet flame-Comte de St. Germain ) for harp obligato and large orchestra, with piano, organ and wordless choir, Derek F. Bell’. Bell concludes the discussion about the symphony in his notes as follows ‘I hope it can be easily and quickly understood by the average concert goer for it is a reactionary work and it is not an esoteric piece for the avant-garde music-specialist, but for everyone.’ [1990]; copy of programme for the première of the symphony, performed by ‘The Colchester Chamber Orchestra, (in association with Eastern Arts), Promenade concert, sponsored by Colchester and East Essex Co-operative Society at St Botolph’s Church, Colchester [Essex, England]. Leader: Beth Spendlove, Soloist: Derek Bell, Conductor: Christopher Phelps’ (7 May 1990); programmes of other performances of The violet flame by the Northern Ireland Symphony (10 Aug 1991) and (10 Nov 1991); reviews of the composition and its performance in various newspapers including the Glasgow herald (15 Aug 1991), the Sunday press (10 Nov 1991), the Gaelic daily , Los Angeles, [California, United States of America] (27 Nov 1991).

Original letters, fax and draft programme. Includes letters from Margaret McKee, Producer, World Service, BBC, London, England to Derek Bell. Bell has been asked to ‘compose the harp accompaniment’ to a series of stories and legends which she has sent to him on cassettes. The series is called ‘ The Celts ’, one of the stories is that of ‘Donn Bo - the head that even when it is severed from the body continues to live, to smile and even to make music!’ (1 Nov 1984); a faxed commissioning contract from Anne Dhu Shapiro, Boston College Music Department (the commissioner) to Derek Bell (the composer). The contract outlines the financial arrangements, the deadline for completion of commission and the ownership of the composition. ‘Apart from the commissioner’s right to give the first performance of the commissioned work, all other rights in the composition remain the property of the composer’ (22 Nov 1991); also includes a draft programme for the performance by Derek Bell and the Boston College Chamber Orchestra of the commissioned work Three pictures from Ancient Ireland in druid times (1991).

Framed medal, engraved with the following words: ‘National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences GRAMMY Nominee 1992’.

Original and photocopied seminar notes. Includes ‘Initiation - dances from the cosmic tradition by Gideon Fontalba’ (14 Apr 1989); ‘Notes from the seminar in Port Rush [Portrush] … with Gideon Fontalba’ (17 Nov 1989); copy of seminar notes sent to Derek Bell by Sally Duncan, Sussex taken at a seminar with Gideon Fontalba ‘Dynamiscke harmonie: heilung und einweihung’ (21 July 1989); and handwritten notes made by Bell about meditation, mysticism and music.

Original promotional press packs created by The Chieftains’ record companies. Each pack contains biographical information, photographs, reviews and testimonials. Included are press packs from the following record companies: Island Records Inc., 7720 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California [United States of America] with two black & white photographs of The Chieftains (Paddy Moloney, Peadar Mercier, Martin Fay, Derek Bell, Seán Potts, Michael Tubridy and Seán Keane) and Paddy Moloney (8 Oct 1975); Polydor International GMBH, 2 Hamburg 13 [Germany] with four black & white photographs of The Chieftains (30 Oct 1976); Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaf m.b.H, A + R Presse International, 2 Hamburg 36 [Germany] ( Jan 1976); C. B. Enterprises, Charles B. Comer, 150 East 50th Street, New York [United States of America] (25 Mar 1982); and C. B. Enterprises, Charles B. Comer, 150 East 50th Street, New York [United States of America] (29 Nov 1992).