RM Butler Architect Collection

Repository: UCC Library Archives Service

Identity Statement

TitleRM Butler Architect Collection
Archive ReferenceIE BL/AR/RMB
Web Link to this Entryhttps://iar.ie/archive/rm-butler-architect-collection
Creation Dates1916 - [1929]
Level of DescriptionItem (The smallest intellectually indivisible archival unit, e.g., a letter, memorandum, report, photograph, sound recording).
Extent Medium21 items

Context

Creator(s): R M Butler

  • Administrative History ↴

    Rudolf Maximilian Butler (1872-1943) was an Irish architect, architectural historian, academic, and journalist, best known for his Catholic ecclesiastical work, including the Sacred Heart Church in Castletownbere, St. Colman's Church in Inishbofin, and St. Joseph's Church in Letterfrack. He was also a founding member of the Architectural Association of Ireland, editor of the Irish Builder, and professor of architecture at University College, Dublin.
  • Archival History ↴

    This collection was transferred to UCC Library Archives Service from the office of the late Helen Davis, Assistant Librarian, UCC Library, in [2011].
  • Immediate Source Acquisition ↴

    Unknown

Content & Structure

  • Scope & Content: R M Butler ↴

    The collection contains correspondence, an article, press cuttings, and other items, primarily relating to Butler’s research into the English architect James Gandon (1743–1823) whose works include The Custom House, the Four Courts, and King’s Inns in Dublin.

  • Appraisal Destruction ↴

    Permanent Retention
  • Accruals ↴

    No Further Additions Expected
  • Arrangement ↴

    1. Correspondence
    2. Article on Canonbrook, Lucan, the Residence of James Gandon
    3. Notice from the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland
    4. Press Cuttings
    5. Copies of Portraits

Conditions of Access & Use

Access Conditions Available by appointment with the Archives Service to holders of UCC Readers tickets.
Conditions Governing ReproductionSubject to University College Cork Special Collections and Archives’ Reading Room terms of membership and in accordance with copyright legislation.
Creation Dates1916 - [1929]
Level of DescriptionItem (The smallest intellectually indivisible archival unit, e.g., a letter, memorandum, report, photograph, sound recording).
Extent Medium21 items
Material Language ScriptEnglish
Finding Aids Descriptive List Archive Web Link →

Allied Materials

Related MaterialThe life of James Gandon, Esq. : with original notices of contemporary artists, and fragments of essays by James Gandon (Dublin : Hodges and Smith, 1846).

Descriptive Control Area

Archivist NoteJohn Rooney
Rules/ConventionsISADG
Date of DescriptionsNov 2020