Identity area
Reference code
JMB-18628
Title
Jimmy McBride Collection
Date(s)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
10 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Jimmy McBride comes from Gaoth Dobhair in north-west Donegal but has spent his working life and still lives in Buncrana. A teacher by profession, he has spent many years collecting and recording songs from Inishowen and surrounding areas. It is this collection of recordings upon which the Inishowen Song Project is largely based. A fine singer himself, Jimmy's repertoire includes songs learned locally and many songs in Irish from his native west Donegal area.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Jimmy McBride on 6 November 2013
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection comprises videos on VHS and Vidoe8 taken at the International Folk Song and Ballad Seminar and various other occasions with the Inishowen Traditional Singers' Circle; sound recordings on cassette tape of Inishowen Community Radio programmes, cassette tapes of other domestic field recordings; various non-commerical sound recordings on CD-R and nearly 700 images related to Jimmy McBrides activities in Donegal.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Users may not have access to original recordings, but may access digital surrogate onsite at ITMA, 73 Merrion Square.
Conditions governing reproduction
In copyright
Language of material
- English
- Irish
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
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Inishowen Community Radio (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
IE ITMA
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2 nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000.
Irish Guidelines for Archival Description. Ireland: Society of Archivists, 2009
Anglo-American cataloguing rules. 2nd ed., 1988 revision. Ottawa : Chicago: Canadian Library Association.
Irish Guidelines for Archival Description. Ireland: Society of Archivists, 2009
Anglo-American cataloguing rules. 2nd ed., 1988 revision. Ottawa : Chicago: Canadian Library Association.
Status
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Inishowen Song Project website, https://www.itma.ie/inishowen/singer/jimmy-mcbride (accessed 3 October 2019)