The tradition of presenting shamrock to the President of the United States began with Irish Ambassador John Hearne, to President Truman in 1952. John A. Costello was the first Taoiseach to do so, giving it to President Eisenhower in 1956.
#EYA #EYATradition #EYASeanchas

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Maybe a bit cheeky, but does the new Scottish Traditional Music Archive Directory count?

The directory brings together archives and other organisations in and outside Scotland with collections of Scottish traditional music.

Users can identify collection holders, find information on their catalogues, get in touch with them, and compare collections from different organisations.

https://stma.directory/

#EYATradition #TradMusic #Tradition #FolkMusic #ScottishMusic

Scottish Traditional Music Archive Directory

Scottish Traditional Music Archive Directory Directory: A-Z Access the full directory Genre Find archives of tunes, songs, and their contexts Instrument Find archives by the instruments they feature Language Find archives in English, Gaelic, Scots, and more languages Origin Find archives with commercial, media, fieldwork and informal recordings Period Find archives by the time period…

Scottish Traditional Music Archive Directory

What archives do you have to share inspired by theme #EYATradition? We'd love to see them!

#archives #archive #archivists #archivist #history @archivistodon @histodons

From LSE Library: "Established in 15th century Newfoundland, Robert Newman & Co. imported European wine in exchange for fish and salt🍷🐟🧂

By the late 17th century the firm began a 300 year old tradition of sending shipments of port wine to mature in Newfoundland #EYATradition #ExploreYourArchive"

#archives #archive #lse @archivistodon

Happy Wednesday! Our Archive Focus Week begins on the 25th of November, with #EYATradition

What archives does this hashtag inspire you to share ? Post them on the day with the hashtag and we'll share!

For the rest of the week's themes checkout our earlier post here: https://hcommons.social/@exploreyourarchive/111257693923322828

#history #histodon #archives '#museums #libraries #universities #tradition #ARA #archivists @histodons

Explore Your Archive (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Calling all people and institutions that work with archives! This year's theme for "Explore Your Archive Week" is in the attached graphic. The campaign has really good engagement over on #X and we'd love to see the campaign to celebrate archives take off here on #Mastodon Share your archives under the hashtags and we'll boost. #archives #archivists #libraries #GLAM #museums #heritage #galleries #SpecialCollections #universities #history #histodon #ARA #Records @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

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