Paper Collections
The Irish Film Archive’s Paper Collection provides
primary research material on Irish cinema history. Housed
in a climate-controlled vault, the collection holds material
relating to the Irish film industry and individual productions,
as well as Irish Film Institute records and publications.
Document
Collection
The material in the collection is varied and includes scripts,
shot lists, productions notes, correspondence, contracts,
accounts, press material, programmes, and theses. Some of
the individual collections held include:
The
Lord Killanin Collection
Highlights of this collection include correspondence and
files relating to John Ford and two of his films, The Rising
of the Moon, and Gideon’s Day.
The
Pat Murphy Collection
Of particular interest are the storyboards and screenplays
for Maeve and Anne Devlin, as well as material on Sean MacBride
Remembers and Birmingham Six: Parade of Innocence.
The
Tiernan MacBride Collection
A valuable record of the development of the Irish Film Industry,
this collection contains material relating to his work with
the Irish Film Theatre, Film Producers Association, the
ITGWU, and the Irish Film Board.
The
Horgan Collection
This collection gives an intriguing glimpse into the day-to-day
running of the Horgan Picture Theatre, Youghal, Co. Cork.
The collection includes photographs, screenings diaries,
exhibitor’s diaries, ticket sales records, and accounts.
One of the original 35mm Kamm projectors from the cinema
is on now display in the IFI Library.
Poster
Collection
The majority of the posters in the collection are those
publicising feature films. However, the collection also
includes posters for IFI screenings and events, film festivals,
conferences, film societies, the Irish Film Theatre, and
a collection of Gael Linn newsreel posters.
Stills
Collection
As well as thousands of stills from Irish productions, the
collection includes photographs of filmmakers, cinemas and
cinema equipment, film festivals, premieres and events.
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for details of the Stills Reproduction Service.
