Identity Statement
| Title | Ethel Boole Voynich Collection |
| Archive Reference | IE BL/L/EBV |
| Web Link to this Entry | https://iar.ie/archive/ethel-boole-voynich-collection |
| Creation Dates | 1957-2007 |
| Level of Description | Item (The smallest intellectually indivisible archival unit, e.g., a letter, memorandum, report, photograph, sound recording). |
| Extent Medium | 2 items |
Context
Creator(s): Ethel Boole Voynich and Séamus Ó Coighligh
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Administrative History ↴
Ethel Lilian Voynich, née Boole (11 May 1864 – 27 July 1960) was an Irish novelist and musician, and a supporter of several revolutionary causes. She was born in Cork, youngest child of George Boole (Mathematician) and Mary Everest Boole (Mathematician and Educationalist) but grew up in England. Voynich was a significant figure, not only on the late Victorian literary scene, but also in Russian émigré circles. She is best known for her novel The Gadfly, which became hugely popular in her lifetime, especially in Russia. Séamus Ó Coighligh (12 March 1916 – 14 September 2010) was a Cork-born Irish expert in European languages and literature and former curator of Cork Public Museum. He was a column writer and book reviewer on Russian and Eastern European affairs for The Irish Times newspaper (1959-1972). He encouraged Irish language poet Seán Ó Ríordáin in publishing his poetry and continued to support and offer friendship until Ó Ríordáin's death in 1977. -
Archival History ↴
IE BL/L/EBV is the Ethel Boole Voynich Collection held in UCC Library donated in 2016. -
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Donation
Content & Structure
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Scope & Content: Ethel Boole Voynich and Séamus Ó Coighligh ↴
Russian publication on Ethel Boole Voynich by Evgeniya Tarauta and a handwritten copybook of its translation by Seamus Ó Coigligh.
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Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention -
Accruals ↴
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Arrangement ↴
Minimal arrangement.
Conditions of Access & Use
| Access Conditions | Available by appointment with the Archives Service to holders of UCC Readers tickets. |
| Conditions Governing Reproduction | Subject to University College Cork Special Collections and Archives’ Reading Room terms of membership and in accordance with copyright legislation. |
| Creation Dates | 1957-2007 |
| Level of Description | Item (The smallest intellectually indivisible archival unit, e.g., a letter, memorandum, report, photograph, sound recording). |
| Extent Medium | 2 items |
| Material Language Script | Russian and English |
| Finding Aids | Item descriptions via collection webpage Archive Web Link → |
Allied Materials
There are no Allied Materials
Descriptive Control Area
| Archivist Note | Emer Twomey |
| Rules/Conventions | ISADG |
| Date of Descriptions | Dec 2020 |