Administrative Information
Custodial History Note
New York University's Division of Libraries, in conjunction with Glucksman Ireland House at New York University, purchased the Mick Moloney Collection for the Archives of Irish America in 2006. Until the Collection was transferred to New York University, under the supervision of Dr. Michael Nash, Head of the Tamiment Library, the materials were stored in Dr. Moloney's house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The accession numbers associated with this collection are 2006.071 and 2010.019.
Access Restrictions
Open for research without restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Copyright of the items in the collection are either held by their creators or in the public domain, depending on publication date, publication country, and whether or not the work was registered with a copyright notice. Users need not secure permission from the Tamiment library to publish or reproduce materials in this collection in the public domain; permission to publish or reproduce materials to which original creators hold copyright must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, special.collections@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596 for assistance with contacting donor.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date; Mick Moloney Irish-American Music and Popular Culture
Irish Americana Collection (AIA 031.004); box number; folder or item number; Archives
of Irish America;
Tamiment Library
New York University Libraries.
Processing Information
The original order of materials was maintained except in the case of obvious misfiling; Dr. Moloney employed various people to organize his papers prior to accession with sometimes unpredictable results.
In the fall of 2021 the description of Series IV: Joke Books was edited to provide more context for the materials.
In the fall of 2022, materials from accession 2010-019 were processed and described by an archivist. Materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes. Original titles were maintained when possible. One piano reel was rehoused by New York University's Barbara Goldsmith Preservaiton and Conservation Lab. Materials from accession 2010-019 were intellectually incorporated into appropriate series and sub-series. Postcards and ephemera materials were incorporated into the existing alphabetized file listings of Series II, IV, V, and VI; songbooks added to Series I and Series III were not arranged by an archivist and were added to the end of the previously created alphabetized file listings.