Scope and Contents

Each songbook volume contains scores and lyrics for twelve songs with harp accompaniment.

Access Note

These recordings have been digitally copied. Shared box 4248 contains all original media, which may not be played due to format. Digital use copies, identified by digital content number, can be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: These papers document the musical career of twentieth-century Irish soprano and harpist Mary O'Hara, as well as, to a lesser degree, her personal life. Materials include artifacts, awards, business files, correspondence, discographies, manuscripts, memorabilia, notebooks, photographs, press releases, print publicity, recorded talks and performances, scripts, set lists, and sheet music. The collection highlights O’Hara’s early musical success in the 1950s through her entrance to Stanbrook...

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Audiovisual recordings and born-digital content have been digitally copied from source media; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room. O'Hara's scrapbooks are closed due to fragility. Personal correspondence with Adrian Hastings and Deirdre Kelleher is restricted until 2025.

Scope and Contents Includes a print draft copy of a short memoir, entitled "For Goodness Sake!" from 2012, as well as digital directories with his diaries and drafts of his book-length autobiography, variously called "Aran Boy" or just "Buke", which he published as Aran to Africa: An Irishman's Unique Odyssey (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, September 28, 2013). Digital content summary...

Access Note

The content from the hard drives has been digitally copied. Box 24 contains all original media, which may not be played due to format. Digital use copies, identified by digital content number, can be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room. Paper documents in Box 33 are open for research.

Scope and Contents

Hand-written transcription of the poems, which were set to music by Sister M. Elizabeth and S. Miriam, provided for the playing of the recording during recreation to celebrate a jubilee, likely at Stanbrook Abbey.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Audiovisual recordings and born-digital content have been digitally copied from source media; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room. O'Hara's scrapbooks are closed due to fragility. Personal correspondence with Adrian Hastings and Deirdre Kelleher is restricted until 2025.

Scope and Contents

The majority of items provide publicity for performers other than O'Hara. Programs for plays or concerts which she attended but in which she did not perform are included here.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Audiovisual recordings and born-digital content have been digitally copied from source media; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room. O'Hara's scrapbooks are closed due to fragility. Personal correspondence with Adrian Hastings and Deirdre Kelleher is restricted until 2025.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: These papers document the musical career of twentieth-century Irish soprano and harpist Mary O'Hara, as well as, to a lesser degree, her personal life. Materials include artifacts, awards, business files, correspondence, discographies, manuscripts, memorabilia, notebooks, photographs, press releases, print publicity, recorded talks and performances, scripts, set lists, and sheet music. The collection highlights O’Hara’s early musical success in the 1950s through her entrance to Stanbrook...

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Audiovisual recordings and born-digital content have been digitally copied from source media; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room. O'Hara's scrapbooks are closed due to fragility. Personal correspondence with Adrian Hastings and Deirdre Kelleher is restricted until 2025.