Identity Statement
| Title | Ruth Sherry: Index Cards (Frank O’Connor Bibliography) |
| Archive Reference | IE BL/AR/RS/1 |
| Web Link to this Entry | https://iar.ie/archive/ruth-sherry-index-cards-frank-oconnor-bibliography |
| Creation Dates | [1980s-2000s] |
| Level of Description | Series (Documents arranged in accordance with a filing system or maintained as a unit because they result from the same accumulation or filing process, or the same activity; have a particular form; or because of some other relationship arising out of their creation, receipt, or use. A series is also known as a records series). |
| Extent Medium | 2,450 items |
Context
Creator(s): Ruth Sherry
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Administrative History ↴
Ruth Sherry was Professor of English Literature at the Department of Modern Languages, Section for English, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). -
Archival History ↴
This is part of the Ruth Sherry (Frank O’Connor Bibliography) collection held in UCC Library. The Collection was gifted to UCC Library by the Executors of Ruth Sherry’s Estate in 2008. -
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Donation
Content & Structure
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Scope & Content: Ruth Sherry ↴
The collection contains handwritten index cards, in pencil and ink, created by Ruth Sherry during the course of researching and compiling the definitive bibliography of the writer Frank O’Connor. Professor Sherry passed away before the work was published.
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Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention -
Accruals ↴
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Arrangement ↴
The index cards are arranged as compiled by Professor Sherry. They were originally stored in two wooden index card boxes with dividing tabs with category headings. She organised the cards by type of work e.g. short story or book reviews, or by format in which published e.g. television or radio. The collection is listed reflecting this system of 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 | [1980s-2000s] |
| Level of Description | Series (Documents arranged in accordance with a filing system or maintained as a unit because they result from the same accumulation or filing process, or the same activity; have a particular form; or because of some other relationship arising out of their creation, receipt, or use. A series is also known as a records series). |
| Extent Medium | 2,450 items |
| Material Language Script | English |
| Finding Aids | Series List Archive Web Link → |
Allied Materials
There are no Allied Materials
Descriptive Control Area
| Archivist Note | Emer Twomey |
| Rules/Conventions | ISADG |
| Date of Descriptions | Sept 2018 |