by Nora-Jane Thornton, National Photographic Archive When asked if I would like to relocate from our Manuscript Department to the National Photographic Archive in Meeting House Square in Temple Bar, I was excited by the prospect, and when I heard that the work would involve a thorough stock check of our photographic collections, I was […]
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Ambrotypes,
Barbara Bonini,
British Library,
Cellulose Acetate Film,
Colette O'Flaherty,
Conservation,
Daguerreotypes,
Elizabeth Kirwan,
Flickr Commons,
Glass Negatives,
Glynis Pickett,
Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Collection,
Joanna Finegan,
John Joly,
Joly Colour Process,
Keith Murphy,
Lantern Slides,
Library Management System,
LMS,
Maria O'Shea,
Matthew Cains,
National Photographic Archive,
Negatives,
Nitrate Film,
Nitrocellulose Film,
Nora-Jane Thornton,
NPA,
O'Carroll Collection,
Photographs,
Preservation,
Safety Film,
Stock Check,
Taking Stock,
Tintypes,
Vinegar Syndrome,
Virtua
by Catherine Ryan, Digital Collections Student & Maria O’Shea, Manuscript Student Here at the National Library we try to collect as much as we can that might not otherwise be collected and available to researchers of the future. So, when it came to the 2011 General Election, we not only collected posters, flyers etc. as […]
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2011 General Election,
Blogs,
Candidates,
Canvassing,
Catherine Ryan,
Digital Collections Student,
Election,
Election leaflets,
Election posters,
Enda Kenny,
Facebook,
Fine Gael,
flickr,
General Election,
Government,
Internet Memory Foundation,
Manuscript Student,
Maria O'Shea,
RTÉ,
Sinn Féin,
Slideshow,
Slugger O'Toole,
Upstart,
Web Archiving
by Maria O’Shea, Manuscripts Student One of the wonderful things about working in our Department of Manuscripts is that, as well as working with political and official documents, you come across material that makes you remember that history is made up of real people. One example is a collection of heartbreaking correspondence between Seán T. […]
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Bad Nauheim,
Cáit Ó Ceallaigh,
Chris Ryan,
Correspondence,
Kit O'Kelly,
Letters,
Manuscripts,
Maria O'Shea,
Mary-Kate O'Kelly,
Phyllis Ryan,
Politics,
President of Ireland,
Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh,
Seán T. O'Kelly
![](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7904/47366596881_b004337987.jpg ""Head Office, Cable Station, Waterville, Co. Kerry" is really Valentia")
![](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7837/33340776618_01090cc8d1.jpg ""Wellington from F's room. Fishing"")
![](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7889/46229510865_bd6228f03a.jpg ""Black and Tans with captured motorcycle, Clonmel Street, Dublin" probably isn't")