CARSON, CIARAN,
1948-
Ciaran Carson papers
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Arts Council of Northern Ireland records
Ciaran Carson papers > Arts Council of Northern Ireland records
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Series 9
Arts Council of Northern Ireland records, 1973-1998
Boxes 45-47
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.
General Materials | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
---|---|---|
45 | 1 | Applications for Grant Aid, 1978-1981 |
45 | 2 | Applications for Grant Aid, 1982-1983 |
45 | 3 | Applications for Grant Aid, 1984-1985 |
45 | 4 | Applications for Grant Aid by Carson, 2003 |
45 | 5 | District Councils, 1973-1978 |
45 | 6 | Entertainment Returns, 1981-1982 |
45 | 7 | Job Description of Traditional Arts Officer, 1980 |
45 | 8 | Subsidies for Performers, 1976-1984 |
45 | 9 | The Poet's Chair, 1997 |
Projects | ||
45 | 10 | Armagh Pipers' Club, January 1980 |
45 | 11 | Audio Arts, 1983 |
45 | 12 | Collecting Audio and Video, 1976-1978 |
45 | 13 | Collecting Songs and Music, 1980 |
45 | 14 | Community Arts, 1973 |
46 | 1 | Crafts, 1978-1980 |
46 | 2 | Dancing, 1976-1979 |
46 | 3 | Dancing: Andersontown Ceili Club |
46 | 4 | Festivals of Traditional Singing, 1980 |
46 | 5 | Folk Music Projects, 1980-1981 |
46 | 6 | Music Classes, 1980 |
46 | 7 | Music Classes and Educational Agencies, 1976-1979 |
46 | 8 | Music Classes [Other Bodies], 1980 |
46 | 9 | Other Recordings, 1973-1985 |
46 | 10 | Radio and Television [Countdown to the Festival], 1976-1977 |
46 | 11 | Seminars and Feiseanna, 1976-1979 |
46 | 12 | Seminars and Feiseanna, 1980 |
46 | 13 | Slow Air, 1975-1978 |
46 | 14 | Traditional Music Festivals, 1979-1984 |
46 | 15 | You and Yours: Traditional Music Tour, 1980 |
46 | 16 | Young Arts, 1980 |
Correspondence | ||
46 | 17 | Appletree Press, 1976-78 |
46 | 18 | Appletree Press, 1980 |
46 | 19 | Blackstaff Press, 1973-1979 |
46 | 20 | Blackstaff Press, 1980 |
47 | 1 | Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, 1975-1980 |
47 | 2 | Comhdháil Náisíunta Na Gaeilge, 1976-1977 |
47 | 3 | Correspondence with Other Artists, 1980 |
47 | 4 | Culman Cholmcille, 1980 |
47 | 5 | Ministry of Education, 1970-1976 |
47 | 6 | Musicians' Correspondence, 1977-1982 [photos, 45 rpm singles, clippings] |
47 | 7 | Other Clubs and Societies, 1975-1985 |
47 | 8 | Other Presses, 1980 |
47 | 9 | Other Promotions, 1980 |
47 | 10 | Siamsa Tire [The National Folk Theatre of Ireland], 1978-1979 |
47 | 11 | Ulster Federation of Folk Clubs and Other Such Bodies, 1980-1981 |
47 | 12 | Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1987-1988 |
Printed and Other Materials | ||
47 | 13 | Photos, negatives of July 12 arches |
47 | 14 | Press Comment and Reviews, 1973-1978 [includes James Simmons review] |
47 | 15 | Tyrone Guthrie Center, 1998 |