The collection comprises 470 books + 1 videocassette tape. A significant portion of the collection relates to Joycean studies and editions of Joyce. The collection is predominantly 20th century based with a small number from the 18th – 19th centuries.
The collection prefix before the call number is: Goldberg.
Gerald Yael Goldberg (1912–2003) was a solicitor, politician and a scholar. He received LLB in UCC in 1934 and a MA in 1968. He was awarded an honorary LLD in 1993. He was a patron of the arts, who assisted (amongst others) Aloys Fleischmann and Joan Denise Moriarty. He published several books and pamphlets on antiquarian themes including Jonathan Swift and contemporary Cork (1967) and he contributed to Bernard Shillman’s A short history of the Jews in Ireland (1945).
The collection was donated by Gerald Goldberg in 2001/2002.
Bowen, Zack. Bloom's old sweet song: essays on Joyce and music. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 1995.
Holt, Thomas. Cork directory for 1837 ... : accompanied by a beautifully engraved plan of Cork. Introduction by Thomas Crofton Croker. Cork: Edward Purcell, 1837.
