Identity Statement
| Title | The Sullivan Barry Collection |
| Archive Reference | IE BL/PP/SB |
| Web Link to this Entry | https://iar.ie/archive/the-sullivan-barry-collection |
| Creation Dates | 1870 - 1898 |
| Level of Description | Fonds (The whole of the records, regardless of form or medium, organically created and/or accumulated and used by a particular person, family, or corporate body in the course of that creator's activities and functions). (Often, but not always, contiguous with an archives ‘collection’ ). |
| Extent Medium | 27 items |
Context
Creator(s): Sullivan Barry Family
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Administrative History ↴
These papers are named after the Sullivan and Barry families who wrote and received the documents preserved in the collection. They relate to the late nineteenth-century experience of emigration among Sullivan siblings and cousins, Mary Barry and Mary Conway. -
Archival History ↴
Donated to UCC Library in 2013. -
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Donation
Content & Structure
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Scope & Content: Sullivan Barry Family ↴
The collection consists of twenty-four letters and three miscellaneous items. The letters were written in the United States of America by Denis Sullivan (10 letters); Hanorah Sullivan (6); Mary Barry (2); Annie Sullivan (1); Nora Sullivan (1); Mary Conway (1); and Jeremiah Sullivan (1). The remaining two letters are unsigned. The three miscellaneous items – a receipt, a list of accounts and a prescription – were written in Ireland.
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Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention -
Accruals ↴
No Further Additions Expected -
Arrangement ↴
Minimal Arranagement
Conditions of Access & Use
| Access Conditions | Available by request with the Special Collections & Archives, UCC Library. Request should be made at least one week (5 working days) in advance so that the material can be prepared. Next-day requests will not be possible. You can request material via the online request form at: https://libguides.ucc.ie/specialcollections/requestitems |
| 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 | 1870 - 1898 |
| Level of Description | Fonds (The whole of the records, regardless of form or medium, organically created and/or accumulated and used by a particular person, family, or corporate body in the course of that creator's activities and functions). (Often, but not always, contiguous with an archives ‘collection’ ). |
| Extent Medium | 27 items |
| Material Language Script | English |
| Finding Aids | Descriptive List Archive Web Link → |
Allied Materials
There are no Allied Materials
Descriptive Control Area
| Archivist Note | Dr. Ben Hazard |
| Rules/Conventions | ISADG |
| Date of Descriptions | Sept 2018 |