CARSON, CIARAN, 1948-
Ciaran Carson papers > Arts Council of Northern Ireland records

Scope and Content Note

This series contains material related to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland from 1973-1985. Materials include grant applications, correspondence, project files, and photographs. Ciaran Carson worked as Traditional Arts Officer for the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) from 1976-1998. During his time as Traditional Arts Officer, Carson published his first prose work that examined Irish Traditional Music, an Appletree Press guide book called Irish Traditional Music (1986). He recommenced his public life as a poet with the 1987 publication of The Irish for No, but his interest in and work on behalf of traditional music continued, culminating in his intimate and celebrated consideration of Irish music entitled Last Night's Fun: About Time, Food and Music (1996). Carson resigned from the ACNI in October 1998.

While these Arts Council materials are arranged in four subsections, the folders themselves retain Carson's own system of organization. Thus, in most cases the names of particular folders were originally Carson's. "General Materials" contains documents largely pertaining to financial and other such administrative records. "Projects" contains mostly correspondence between the Arts Council and various groups and individuals involved in the organization of specific cultural events and programs. "Correspondence" collects more general bodies of communication between the Arts Council and those it supports, whether individuals or institutions. The final subsection, "Printed and Other Material" gathers miscellaneous materials such as photos and negatives as well as press clippings.

Arrangement Note

Arranged by record type.