Trinity College Dublin

Postcards and public history

July 5, 2012 · 3 comments

in Collections,Ephemera,Guest Bloggers,Photographs,Research

by Chantal Sweeney, M.Phil. in Public History & Cultural Heritage at Trinity College Dublin Like many people, I spent the majority of last Christmas holidays lounging around in my pyjamas, watching old movies and eating too much food. I was giving my brain a much-needed break for the first time since embarking on my Masters […]

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How It Is – The Beckett Clodd Collection

December 19, 2011 · 8 comments

in Acquisitions,Cataloguing,Collections,Preservation,Printed books

by Máire Ní Chonalláin, Assistant Keeper II The Samuel Beckett Collection which belonged to the author’s London bookseller friend, Alan Clodd, has been catalogued. We were fortunate enough to acquire this collection in 2006. The private collection of the Nobel prize-winner’s work is highly regarded as it contains virtually all of Beckett’s works in first […]

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