Correspondence between Mary Robinson (MR) and public, colleagues and friends, ahead and following her nomination as candidate for the Irish Presidential Election, 26 April 1990, through to the presidential election, 7 November 1990, and announcement of her success subsequently.

Ref: P143/4/1/2

This subsubseries consists of press cuttings and some photocopies of same, arranged chronologically by month (and by date where possible) and relating to Mary Robinson's presidential election campaign.

Ref: P143/4/1/6

Press material relating to Mary Robinson's presidential election campaign, including minutes of the Media committee, a sub-group of the campaign committee, correspondence, press releases, draft designs, material relating to interviews with the press. Press cuttings can be found in the following section P143/4/1/6.

Ref: P143/4/1/5

Photographs taken for press including 8 black and white contact sheets, 26/06-03/07/1990, Mac Innes Photography Ltd., Merrion Square, Dublin and 2 full black and white images, no date or credit information. Also includes letter from Ercus Stewart, Chairman, Irish branch of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, with official photograph of him running in Dublin City Marathon just prior to election in 1990, wearing "Vote Mary Robinson", 01/11/1991.

Ref: P143/4/1/5/6

This subseries consists of material relating to visits by Mary Robinson (MR) abroad and to Northern Ireland, both as Head of State and in her private capacity, as well as incoming visits by Foreign Heads of State and other dignitaries. It does not include visits within Ireland by President Robinson, which can be found in P143/4/12. This subseries is further divided into a single file consisting of Government correspondence relating to MR's visits in 1991 and 1992 in general terms (P143/5/1), a subsubseries relating to incoming visits to Ireland by others (P143/5/2) and a subsubseries relating to MR's visits abroad (P143/5/3), arranged chronologically by year. Material includes briefing documentation, programmes, invitations, press material and correspondence.

[Archivist's Note: material contained in this subseries consists of that kept by MR in her own archive and as such should not be taken as complete representation of visits hosted and undertaken during her term as president.]

Ref: P143/4/5

Material in this subseries relates to various cases Mary Robinson (MR) worked on as Junior Counsel, Senior Counsel or legal advisor. Many of these cases were precedent setting and resulted in significant changes in Irish legislation, thereby drastically improving citizens' rights.

An approximate chronological arrangement, based on when MR became involved in each case, was applied.

Material in this subsubseries relates to Mary Robinson (MR)'s campaign trail as presidential candidate, including correspondence and schedules for her visits to communities across the country, press releases relating to her nomination and the opening of her campaign headquarters, campaign committee minutes, offers of assistance from volunteer canvassers, strategy documents, background information and research material, and draft publicity material.

Ref: P143/4/1/1