Identity area
Reference code
RWA-18791
Title
Ronnie Wathen Collection
Date(s)
- [1970s?] (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
39 audio recordings
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Original reel-to-reel tapes were digitised to CD-R by Nial Hackett. CD-R copies were transferred to Broadcast WAV files by Memnon Archiving Services, Brussels in 2019.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection comprises reel-to-reel tape recordings made by Ronnie Wathen of musical and song performances around Ireland. Collection includes field recordings featuring performers such as Séamus Ennis, Seán Corcoran, and Seán Potts, and dubs of commercial material and radio broadcasts.
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 surrogates onsite at ITMA, 73 Merrion Square.
Conditions governing reproduction
In copyright
Language of material
- Béarla
- Gaeilge
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
Subject access points
Name access points
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)
- Béarla