Scope and Contents

Snapshots of Lamont, including in uniform in Bronx Park, New York (1930); with his sister, Sister Mary Malachy (1954); with other Irish musicians at the Paddy Killoran Traditional Irish Music Club (1956, 1958); at the Hillside High School graduation party (1958); in Hillside, New Jersey (about 1970); and in Tucson, Arizona (1971).

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Recordings have been digitally copied; all original media was retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains Joe Lamont's recordings of live performances of Irish traditional music in the greater New York City area in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as recordings from radio and dubs of phonograph discs. A Webcor reel-to-reel tape recorder was used to create the open-reel recordings. Phonograph disc dubs include published recordings and potentially some unpublished. Some of the recordings were shared with Lamont by contacts in the US and Ireland. A few photographs of Lamont are...

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Recordings have been digitally copied; all original media was retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.