Contents and Arrangement
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Conlon, Evelyn
- Title:
- Evelyn Conlon Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcpn89dm05k
- Dates:
- 1968-2022
- Size:
- 8.4 linear feet, 9 boxes, 2.33 GB
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP - Remote Storage (scarcpxm)
- Boxes 1-9
- Language:
- English
Abstract
A literary archive containing original manuscripts, working drafts, notebooks, corrected proofs, personal and professional correspondence of Evelyn Conlon, member of Aosdána.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Content Description
Consists of handwritten and typed manuscripts of Evelyn Conlon. Also included are literary notebooks that contain rough drafts and other research material, as well as correspondence and her personal diaries. The manuscripts and notebooks cover material by Conlon as a poet, writer, and activist. Some are annotated or edited.
Features Conlon's short stories, anthologies, and novels. Other material relates to Conlon's social and political activism. Her personal diaries contain her travel logs, work and idea books, appointments, and contact details.
Among the correspondence are typed letters between Evelyn Conlon, Seamus Deane, and Seamus Heaney relating to issues over the publication of the Field Day Anthology of Irish Writers, which had omitted all but one female Irish writer. Conlon led a campaign to have this rectified and, working with Deane, Heaney and others, produced a new updated volume. Other correspondence relates to work with filmmaker Pat Murphy, and other collaborators, artists, and activists. There is material concerning a memorial to a bombing conducted by the XXX in Conlon's home town of Monaghan. She led a group who proposed and developed the memorial, and she edited an anthology of writing on the subject. Other material relates to Annaghmakerrig, the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, and her work as writer-in-residence for Limerick County Council.
Languages represented include: English; Irish, Italian, French, German, Japanese, Hebrew.
- Arrangement
Materials remain in the physical order in Conlon's original order, which she arranged primarily by type/genre, and the material was loosely sorted. The processing archivist created the following intellectual groupings: Writings, Personal Papers, Activism.
Digital files are in the order and the folders in which they were received. They are organized into the following folders: Novels, Anthology, Short Stories, Drama, Speaking, Reviews, Website Material, PR Material, Readings, Essays and Articles Copy, Projects, Book Covers, Critical Appreciation, Library EC Lists, Research Resources, and Teaching.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchased from Kennys Bookshop in January 2023 (AM 2024-017).
- Appraisal
Magazines were removed from the collection upon acquisition.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Lauren C. Williams in August-November 2024. Finding aid written by Lauren C. Williams in 2024, incorporating some description provided by the dealer.
The born-digital materials in this collection have been processed according to Princeton University Library's Born-Digital Processing Workflows. For more information on the workflow, please read our full Born-Digital Processing Information Note.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
This collection contains digital files, which may require specific software or hardware for access. Refer to our Tips on Accessing Born-Digital Content for information on how to render these file formats.
- Credit this material:
Evelyn Conlon Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcpn89dm05k
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP - Remote Storage (scarcpxm)
- Boxes 1-9
