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Guide to the Mick Moloney Irish-American Music and Popular Culture Irish Americana Collection AIA.031.004

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Collection processed by Marion R. Casey and Rebecca Altermatt

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on October 12, 2022
Description is in English using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Descriptive Summary

Creator: Moloney, Mick, 1944-
Title: Mick Moloney Irish-American Music and Popular Culture Irish Americana Collection
Dates [inclusive]: 1817-1995
Abstract: This collection of Irish-American ephemera and published music is part of the larger Mick Moloney Irish-American Music and Popular Culture Collection. This subcollection consists of sheet music, songsters, joke books, advertisements, and other forms of printed ephemera documenting the Irish and Irish-American image in American popular culture during the 19th and 20th centuries, with particular emphasis on ethnic perceptions and representations.
Quantity: 65.96 Linear Feet in 42 oversized boxes, 1 record carton, 5 manuscript boxes, 1 card box, and 9 flat boxes
Language: Materials are in English and Irish.
Call Phrase: AIA.031.004
Sponsor: A selection of sheet music in this collection has been digitized to ensure their long-term preservation and provide greater access thanks to generous support from the Grammy Foundation Grant Program, New York State, and the Gladys Brooks Foundation.