Identity Statement
| Title | Tom Linehan Document Collection |
| Archive Reference | IE IFA/6 |
| Web Link to this Entry | https://iar.ie/archive/tom-linehan-document-collection |
| Creation Dates | 1954 |
| Extent Medium | 21 items |
Context
Creator(s): Tom Linehan
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Administrative History ↴
The collection comes from Linehan’s pub, Youghal, Co. Cork [now called Moby Dick’s]. During the shooting of Moby Dick on location in Youghal in 1954, Linehan’s pub was used as the base for the production’s Art Department. The donor’s father Tom Linehan salvaged the production material from the Department after production ended. Tom’s brother Paddy Linehan took photographs during the production which are also present. -
Archival History ↴
The collection comes from Linehan’s pub, Youghal, Co. Cork [now called Moby Dick’s]. During the shooting of Moby Dick on location in Youghal in 1954, Linehan’s pub was used as the base for the production’s Art Department. The donor’s father Tom Linehan salvaged the production material from the Department after production ended. Tom’s brother Paddy Linehan took photographs during the production which are also present. -
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Donation
Content & Structure
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Scope & Content: Tom Linehan ↴
The collection consists of both research and production material generated by the film’s Art Department, and photographs showing the cast and crew on set.
The production material includes handdrawn plans with layouts and elevations of the New Bedford set and the Spouter Inn; photographs of scale models of the set; and designs for various props.The photographs taken by Paddy Linehan depict Youghal during the production, and include shots of Gregory Peck, Noel Purcell, and Linehan’s pub. A souvenir programme from the premiere of the film at the Regal Cinema, Youghal is also present.
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Appraisal Destruction ↴
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Arrangement ↴
The collection consists of both research and production material generated by the film’s Art Department, and photographs showing the cast and crew on set.
The production material includes handdrawn plans with layouts and elevations of the New Bedford set and the Spouter Inn; photographs of scale models of the set; and designs for various props.The photographs taken by Paddy Linehan depict Youghal during the production, and include shots of Gregory Peck, Noel Purcell, and Linehan’s pub. A souvenir programme from the premiere of the film at the Regal Cinema, Youghal is also present.
Conditions of Access & Use
| Creation Dates | 1954 |
| Extent Medium | 21 items |
Allied Materials
| Originals Information | Some items in the Collection were loaned by the donor for digitisation, and have been subsequently been returned. |
| Related Material | A copy of the film "Moby Dick" is also held at the Archive. |
Descriptive Control Area
| Archivist Note | Rebecca Grant |
| Rules/Conventions | ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000. |
| Date of Descriptions | 2010 |