Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- c. 1960-2012 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
4 standard boxes
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Thomas G. (Tom) Nestor was born in 1936 in Coolcappa, Rathkeale, County Limerick as a farmer’s son and one of ten children. He was educated in St Flannan’s College, Ennis, in 1950-1954, and began his working career in 1955, first with Shannon Sales and Catering Service, and then with an American company in Ennis, where he lived from 1981 to 1990. Nestor later became self-employed and ran a training and consultancy programme for middle managers until his retirement in 2004. He married in 1964 and settled in Birr, County Offaly.
Nestor began his writing career in 1964 with two articles about rural Ireland, which were published in the Manchester Guardian. These were followed by Twilight in Suburbia, written for Donacha O’Dulaing for his radio programme A Munster Journal. The work was however rejected. His published works include three radio plays broadcast by BBC and RTÉ, some thirty short stories published in Scotland, USA and Australia, and three novels: The Keeper of Absalom’s Island (1999), The Blue Pool (2002) and Talking to Kate (2009). From 1964 to 1998 Nestor also contributed to The Limerick Leader with his column My Life and Times.
Thomas Nestor died on 22 December 2023 at the age of 87.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Donated by Tom Nestor to the University of Limerick on 14 March 2011, except for P31/1/1/4/6, which was donated by the author in 2014.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Drafts, published works, correspondence with publishers and literary agents and agreement forms illustrating Tom Nestor’s career as an author and playwright.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
All records have been retained.
Acumulaciones
No accruals are expected.
Sistema de arreglo
The material has been arranged into three series according to form. Series 1 comprises literary material, including drafts and published works. Series 2 comprises agreement forms and correspondence predominantly with publishers, broadcasting houses and literary agents. Series 3 contains literary ephemera.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Unrestricted access to all items.
Condiciones
Standard copyright regulations apply to all items. For photocopying or reproducing material, please consult with the staff.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
Paper documents mostly in good condition.
Instrumentos de descripción
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Nota de publicación
Published works by Tom Nestor in addition to those forming part of this collection are available in the Special Collections and Archives Department and the Main Library at the University of Limerick.
Área de notas
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
Puntos de acceso por lugar
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
Tipo de puntos de acceso
Área de control de la descripción
Identificador de la descripción
Reglas y/o convenciones usadas
This description follows guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd edition (2000), Irish Guidelines for Archival Description (2009), National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names (1997) and EAP Guidance on Data Protection for Archive Services (2018).
Estado de elaboración
Nivel de detalle
Idioma(s)
Escritura(s)
Fuentes
Nota del archivista
Papers arranged and described by Anna-Maria Hajba in Januar 2012 and revised in July 2021.