Área de identidad
Código de referencia
NWA-18777
Título
The Nellie Walsh Collection
Fecha(s)
- 1890s-1 August 1996 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Colección
Volumen y soporte
13 A3 Binders
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
(1913-1997)
Historia biográfica
Nellie Walsh (1913-1997) was a singer and aficionado of Irish traditional song who wrote a weekly column for 'Ireland's own' from the mid 1960s until the mid 1990s. 'Ireland's own' is a family-run Irish magazine published out of Walsh's home county of Wexford since 1902. Nellie Walsh died 8 June 1997.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
In 1994 Walsh made a besquest in her Will as follows "I bequeath to the Irish Traditional Music Archive my Book of Ballads and my collection of Ballads and Traditional Songs." ITMA was informed of Walsh's bequest by her solicitors in June 1997. In September 1997 ITMA staff travelled to Walsh's home in Wexford and trasnferred the collection from there to its premises at 63 Merrion Square, Dublin.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Bequeathed to ITMA by Nellie Walsh in 1996.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
This collection of music books, manuscripts, correspondence and sheet music was created by Nellie Walsh mainly during her time as song columnist at the magazine 'Ireland's own.'