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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.).

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.).

Commercial and non-commercial tape cassette. Includes recordings of Derek Bell and The Chieftains; a 3 tape cassette publication of The Chieftains: the authorized biography by John Glatt, narrated by Nanci Griffith (1999); various recordings relating to music and mysticism; recordings sent to Derek Bell of other artists including a recording of Irish fiddle player Sean Maguire in the Clare Folk Club (11 Jul 1978) and a recording of Sean Maguire and Josephine Keegan in the Shetlands (n.d.); radio interviews with Derek Bell and The Chieftains; demo tapes; recordings of lectures; recordings of various artists which have recorded with The Chieftains including Mark Knopfler, Van Morrison, Midge Ure; recordings of Derek Bell’s compositions; and recordings of folk music from around the world including Folksongs from Rumania (n.d.)

Commercial and non-commercial CDs. Includes recordings of The Chieftains albums and concerts; solo recordings of Derek Bell; recordings of his compositions including The violet flame symphony and ‘Come on, Northern Ireland’; recordings of radio interviews with Derek Bell; recordings of radio programmes about Derek Bell; and a small number of other musicians’ CDs including Raga Omar Khannam, Secret Garden and Béla Fleck.

Commercial and non-commercial VHS tapes. Copies of TV interviews with Derek Bell and The Chieftains including the Late Late Show (4 Mar 1988), (16 Dec 1988) and (20 Jan 1995), Ulster Television Kelly (14 Jan 1991) & (10 Jan 1997), ‘Chieftains TV: American music show, Nashville, [Tennessee, United States of America] (6 June 1992) 2. Jay Leno Show 3. This morning ’, CBS News (20 Aug 1997) and BBC Newsline (n.d.); concert recordings including ‘Cue the music: Chieftains in concert, Glastonbury, England’ [1982?], ‘The Chieftains USA Tour’ (March-July 1995), ‘Irish evening’, Baden Baden [Germany] (6 April 1995) and ‘A Capitol fourth 1995’, featuring Ricky Skaggs and The Chieftains (4 Jul 1995); copies of BBC recordings of Alan Tongue documentaries Derek Bell’s concert party (1977) and One man band (1988); other VHS tape recordings include ‘Music as experience’ Derek Bell and Donald Walters, Ananda Center (29 Feb 1996), Liam Ó Conchubhair singing Songs of the North of Ireland with Derek Bell (16 Dec 1996), ‘Derek Bell memorial service’, UTV Live (1 Nov 2002), ‘Great music experience’ (n.d.), BBC Golden voices (n.d.), ‘Musical traditions Northern song’ producer Ian Kirk-Smith, BBC, Belfast (n.d.), Liam Ó Conchubhair (30 May 2001); and two commercial Chieftains recordings Live over Ireland : waters from the well (1999) and The long black veil (1995).

Non-commercial DAT recordings including ‘Music from Bulgaria, Abbey Road Recording Session’ (18 Nov 1994).

Includes student timetables from the Royal College of Music; a music catalogue ‘Selected Works from the Catalogues of the Universal Edition’ (Summer 1954); typed and handwritten music exam papers with annotated comments from examiners; lecture notes; model answers to exam questions; Derek Bell’s MusB degree parchment from Trinity College Dublin (29 Jul 1959); two photographs from the Ninth International Conference of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) which took place in Moscow (14 July 1970); articles about various aspects of musical composition; and newspaper clippings of obituaries of fellow students from Campbell College, Belfast.

Includes Irish times article by Charles Acton ‘A Schumann mystery’ (14 May 1979); concert programme for pianist Carlo Grante’s performance in Wigmore Hall, London, England (9 June 1996); copy of a drawing of pianist Leopold Godowsky; and photograph of concert pianist [Arthur Rubenstein].

Includes Irish times article about harpist Madame Maria Korchinska (5 Oct 1968); article about avant-garde harp music by Derek Bell ‘A field day for bluffers’ (June 1975); various newspaper clippings relating to harps and harpists; various articles about the Irish harp; concert programme for harpist Sidonie Goossens 100th birthday concert in Wigmore Hall, London (20 Oct 1999); booklet about the concert harp in Bulgarian signed by the author Maria Tutuvilova (August 2000); photocopy of handwritten list of 19th century harp music; photocopy of handwritten letter from harp teacher Alfred Holý to his pupil Artiss [de Volt] (6 July ?); folk and orchestral harp catalogues; photographs of Alfred Holý; and various photographs of harps.

Includes original and photocopied letters from Liya and Elise ? to Derek Bell and John Leach about the manufacture and purchase of a cimbalom (2 May 1974); Hungarian cimbalom catalogue (27 Feb 1996); photograph of a cimbalom; typescript of an article ‘The heckelphones’ (Oct 1998); typescript of an article by Michael Finkelman ‘The bass oboe’ (Oct 1998); letter from Gildas Jaffrennou, Ploeren, France to Derek Bell which includes the article ‘The Celtic hammered dulcimer’ (22 July 1994); and a handwritten article by Derek Bell ‘The tiompán in ancient Ireland’.