Philip J. McNiff Irish music collection, 1950-1985 [sound recording].

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Philip J. McNiff Irish music collection, 1950-1985 [sound recording].

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Consists largely of Irish music sound recordings issued between 1950 and 1985. English-language vocalists and vocal ensembles predominate. The collection also includes Irish and Scottish instrumental music, and Irish and Scottish Gaelic songs.

225 sound discs (4.5 linear feet) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 34 cm.

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Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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McNiff, Philip J., 1912-1994

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Philip J. McNiff was born on February 10, 1912 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He attended Brookline High School and graduated from Boston College in 1933. After graduating from Columbia University Graduate School of Library Science in 1940, McNiff began his library career in the Brookline and Newton public libraries. McNiff later moved to Harvard University Libraries before becoming director and librarian of the Boston Public Library in 1965. Under his eighteen-year leadership at the Boston Pub...