Fonds N2 - The Cliodna O'Riordan Papers

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Cote

IE 2135 NDAI N2

Titre

The Cliodna O'Riordan Papers

Date(s)

  • 1955-1969, 2010 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

44 items

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Nom du producteur

(1941-2002)

Notice biographique

Cliodna O’Riordan and her sister Sally were among the first pupils of the Irish National Ballet School, which was set up in 1954 by Blanaid and Eoin O’Brolchain and Cecil ffrench Salkeld. The school was located at 19 Ely Place, Dublin, and its first director was Valentina Dutko. Dutko was replaced in 1956 by Patricia Ryan, during whose directorship the school evolved into the National Ballet Company.

Histoire archivistique

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Donated by Cliodna O’Riordan's sister Sally Corcoran to the National Dance Archive of Ireland on 22 August 2010.

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Portée et contenu

Programmes, press cuttings, photographs, letters, and certificates collected by Cliodna O’Riordan. The items reflect the early years of the Irish National Ballet School and O’Riordan’s subsequent interest in ballet and other forms of dance.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

All items have been retained except for a small number of duplicates, which have been destroyed.

Accruals

Further accruals are not expected.

System of arrangement

Documents have been arranged into four series according to their form (programmes, press cuttings, photographs, and other items), and thereunder chronologically by year.

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Conditions d’accès

Unrestricted access to most items. One item contains personal information relating to people other than Cliodna O’Riordan and is closed until 2041 to protect individual privacy. This item has been identified in the descriptive catalogue.

Conditions governing reproduction

Standard copyright regulations apply to all items. For photocopying or reproducing material, please consult with the staff.

Language of material

  • anglais

Script of material

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    Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

    Paper documents and photographs in good condition. Items N2/1/1/1 and N2/1/2/2 require a DVD player.

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    Mots-clés

    Mots-clés - Sujets

    Mots-clés - Lieux

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    Rules and/or conventions used

    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).

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        Archivist's note

        Papers arranged and described by Anna-Maria Hajba in March 2011 and revised in March 2020.

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