- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Manuscripts for essays, papers given and articles on social issues, 1984-1994
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Five (5) typescripts on topics such as the Divorce Referendum, 'Us and our Mothers', feminism and motherhood, children's reading material. Manuscript on the abortion referendum and notes on the historical points of continuity and discontinuity in the women's movement in Ireland. Also a typescript marked confidential from the Commission on the Status of Women titled 'Culture, Recreation and Sport'. Notebook.
- 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
- 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.
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- Credit this material:
Manuscripts for essays, papers given and articles on social issues; Evelyn Conlon Papers, C1748, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 9