Business archival sources for the local historian / Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh and Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ó hOgartaigh, Ciarán, author.

Four Courts Press

Ó hÓgartaigh, Margaret, author.

Series:

Maynooth research guides for Irish local history ; Number 16.

Maynooth research guides for Irish local history ; Number 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business records--Ireland--Archival resources.

Business records.

Business enterprises--Ireland--History--Sources.

Business enterprises.

Business records--Ireland--Databases.

Business enterprises--Ireland--History--Databases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (93 pages) : illutrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dublin, Ireland : Four Courts Press, [2010]

Summary:

This book provides a practical guide to the major collections of business archives for the whole of Ireland and to their appropriate use in historical research. Irish historians' engagement with the accounting and business fields is discussed, and the work-to-date in business history in Ireland is surveyed. The guide also features an introduction to the authors' electronic database of select accounting and corporate governance archives held in the National Archives of Ireland and the Public Record Office, Northern Ireland (listed in an appendix).

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Other books in this series

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of illustrations

Acknowledgments

Dedication

1. Business archives and the historian

2. Archives and sources

3. Potential uses of business archival sources for the local historian

Conclusion: putting business in its place

Appendix 1: Business records in the National Archives of Ireland (NAI)

Appendix 2: Business archives in the Publin Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

Select bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-85) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84682-928-3