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Box 24 (original media)

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Contains 14 Results:

Travels With My Harp annotated drafts and notes, 2005 - 2011

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: B
Digital content summary

Total files: 35; Total size: 2 MB; Years (last modified): 2005 - 2007; Identified file formats: 2 (Microsoft Word Document and Adobe PDF).

Restrictions on Access

The content from the hard drive 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 26 are open for research.

Dates: 2005 - 2011

Padraig O'Toole's autobiographical writings, 1995 - 2012

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: B
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...
Restrictions on Access

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.

Dates: 1995 - 2012

Programs and fliers, 1956 - 2009

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: VI
Scope and Contents

Includes original print ephemera promoting O'Hara and her performances, as well as scans created by O'Hara. The scan file names often include dates where the original print materials lack them.



Digital content summary

Total files: 246; Total size: 101 MB; Years (last modified): 2002 - 2009; Identified file formats: 1 (JPEG).

Restrictions on Access

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 boxes 34-35 are available for research.

Dates: 1956 - 2009

Benny Hill as "Mary O'Hairy," spoof video recording, 2009

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2
Digital content summary

Total files: 2; Total size: 66 MB; Identified file formats: 2 (MPEG and AVI).

Restrictions on Access

These recordings have been digitally copied. Boxes 4-5 and shared boxes 2507, 4248, and 4249 contain 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.

Dates: 2009

Correspondence and planning documents, 2002 - 2009

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: VI
Digital content summary

Total files: 40; Total size: 191 MB; Years (last modified): 2002 - 2009; Identified file formats: 3 (Microsoft Word Document, Microsoft Publisher, and Adobe PDF).

Restrictions on Access

These files have 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.

Dates: 2002 - 2009

"Colours" drafts, 1998 - 2003

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents

Drafts of unpublished short reflections on colors and their literary, cultural, and personal associations for O'Hara.



Digital content summary

Total files: 22; Total size: 1 MB; Years (last modified): 1998 - 2003; Identified file formats: 1 (Microsoft Word Document).

Restrictions on Access

These files have 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.

Dates: 1998 - 2003

Short memoirs, 1998 - 2009

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

A series of short recollections, mostly from O'Hara's time in Kenya and Tanzania, as well as a list of books she read and where she was living when she read them. Many of the drafts have a word-count at the end.



Digital content summary

Total files: 12; Total size: 565 KB; Years (last modified): 1998 - 2009; Identified file formats: 2 (Microsoft Word Document and Microsoft Excel Workbook).

Restrictions on Access

These files have 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.

Dates: 1998 - 2009

Digital photographs, 1998 - 2009

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents These photographs were received as part of O'Hara's computer files, and they mostly cover the years of her first retirement in Tanzania and Kenya with her husband Padraig O'Toole. Unlike her print photograph collection, these are largely personal candid photographs with friends and family. Digital content summary Total files: 619; Total size: 292 MB; Years (last modified): 1998 - 2009; Identified file formats: 5 (mostly JPEG and Exchangeable...
Restrictions on Access

These files have 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.

Dates: 1998 - 2009

Personal correspondence, Africa emails, 1997 - 2009

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents Includes messages sent and received by both O'Hara and Padraig O'Toole, who often corresponded with their friends jointly, discussing their experiences during their time living in Kenya and Tanzania. Also included is their correspondence with playwright John Misto regarding his play inspired by O'Hara's life story. O'Hara and O'Toole copied their emails into text documents to preserve them. A few later messages are also included. Digital content...
Restrictions on Access

These files have 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.

Dates: 1997 - 2009

Song lyrics with commentary by O'Hara, 2006, 2009

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents

A read-me file with the lyrics files indicates that O'Hara extracted her comments from A Song For Ireland (Mary O’Hara, 1982) in preparation for a possible recording with harp arrangements by David Watkins.



Digital content summary

Total files: 18; Total size: 407 KB; Years (last modified): 2006 - 2009; Identified file formats: 2 (Microsoft Word Document and Rich Text Format).

Restrictions on Access

These files have 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.

Dates: 2006, 2009

Presentation materials, 2005 - 2009

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Speaking notes and digital slideshows for O'Hara's talks in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.



Digital content summary

Total files: 73; Total size: 990 MB; Years (last modified): 2005 - 2009; Identified file formats: 10 (mostly Microsoft Word Document, MPEG video, and Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation).

Restrictions on Access

These files have 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.

Dates: 2005 - 2009

Financials and contracts, 2002 - 2009

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents

Documents the financial and legal aspects of O'Hara's career through contracts, royalty statements, invoices, and direct sales statements.



Digital content summary

Total files: 103; Total size: 21 MB; Years (last modified): 2002 - 2009; Identified file formats: 5 (Microsoft Word, Excel, and Publisher, Adobe PDF, JPEG).

Restrictions on Access

These files have 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.

Dates: 2002 - 2009

Inventory project, 2004 - 2009

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: C
Digital content summary

Total files: 21; Total size: 2 MB; Years (last modified): 2004 - 2009; Identified file formats: 2 (Microsoft Word and Excel).



Scope and Contents

Includes a project to inventory O'Hara's recorded music, songs performed on television and radio appearances, songs available via iTunes, and music books.

Restrictions on Access

These files have 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.

Dates: 2004 - 2009

Digital scores, 2005 - 2008

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents

O'Hara's "Music" directory from her computer, which contains pdf documents of sheet music.



Digital content summary

Total files: 12; Total size: 299 KB; Years (last modified): 2006 - 2008; Identified file formats: 2 (Acrobat PDF and Microsoft Word Document).

Restrictions on Access

These files have 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.

Dates: 2005 - 2008