Material relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work at University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) including letter from Anne Norton, School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Sciences, UPenn, thanking MR for speaking with "them" [?] in Chicago, 20/09/2004, letters of thanks from Afaf I Meleis, Dean of Nursing, UPenn, for MR's contribution to Penn Summit on Global Issues in Women's Health, with programme for conference "Safe Womanhood in an Unsafe World", 25/04-09/05/2005, and email notice relating to MR's appearance at Columbia University for book-signing of "A Voice for Human rights: Mary Robinson", edited by Kevin Boyle, 20/01/2006. Also included is printout of webpage relating to UPenn's summer abroad scheme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, printed outdated 30/01/2001.

Material relating to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work at University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa, 2004-2009 including correspondence between MR, Mary Crewe, [Director, Centre for the Study of AIDS?], Prof CR de Beer, Vice-Principal, UP and Prof Christof Heyns, Director, Centre for Human Rights UP, relating to her joint appointment as Extraordinary Professor, without remuneration, in the Centre for Human Rights and the Centre for the Study of AIDS, 17/09/2003-17/11/2009; letter to MR from Francisco Thompson-Flôres, Office of the Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organisation, in relation to new Masters Course on trade and Investment Law in Africa at UP, 09/10/2003; fax print out of background information regarding LLM [Master of Laws] in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa, at UP, 19/11/2003 and copy of letter sent by MR to graduates congratulating them on receiving their LLM on Human rights Day, 05/12/2003; correspondence between MR, Prof Christof Heyns and Norman Taku, Moot Court Co-ordinator, and between MR and Dzidek [?], OHCHR [Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights], regarding 13th African Human Rights Moot Court competition, and MR serving on panel, 13/02/2004-12/07/2006; email to MR from Nicole McHugh, Development Specialist, Development Cooperation Ireland, Embassy of Ireland, Pretoria, in relation to work Development Cooperation Ireland were doing with the Centre for the Study of AIDS, 19/05/2004; email correspondence between MR, Scott Jerbi, and Christof Heyns regarding internships for young African students who had completed their studies, 28/04-03/05/2006; UP booklet "twentyyears" on 20th anniversary of establishment of Centre for Human rights, which includes photograph of MR, 2006; letter of support from MR for Mary Crewe for a joint application to the Research Centre of Norway from Centre for the Study of AIDS, UP and the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 02-04/09/2009.

[Note material relating to conference "Gender and HIV/AIDS: Mobilizing African Leadership for Prevention and Access to Treatment", UP, 02-04/052004, organised by Realizing Rights - the Ethical Globalization Initiative (EGI) and UP, which is referenced in some correspondence in this file, can be found in P143/6/3 to be catalogued].

Material relating to Irish section of University of San Diego (USD)'s summer Institute on International and Comparative Law (IICL) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), as approved by American Bar Association, at which Mary Robinson (MR) lectured in 1983. Material includes memo of telephone call MR missed from Prof Herbert Lazerow, Professor of Law, USD, 02/11/1982, which has shopping list on reverse, and follow-up letter from Lazerow confirming agreement that MR would teach on Dublin programme of IICL, 03/11/1982; programme for 1982 Summer Law Study, IICL, in England, Mexico, Poland, Russia and France; correspondence between MR and Lazerow in relation to Dublin leg of summer programme, 16/11/1982-31/05/1983, including signed contract, 16/12/1982, IICL programme for 1983; correspondence between Prof C Thomas Dienes, National Law Center, Washington DC, USA, and MR in relation to Dienes joining MR as lecturer on IICL course, and seeking advice on accommodation and published sources on Human Rights laws in Ireland and United Kingdom, 11/03-05/04/1983; syllabus, course programme and reading lists for Common Market Competition Law, 25/07-03/08/1983; examination paper for Common Market Law, Professor Robinson, 04/08/1983; thank-you card from student Tim Reilly, 06/08/1983; business card for John McKanna, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA [student on course]; USD IICL circulars/newsletters, 11/1985, 12/1986, 1987, 15/11/1988, 12/1988, 01/1990; IICL Summer Law Study posters 1986, 1987 and programmes, 1989 and 1990. Material also includes circular from November 1995 listing USD Institute of International and Comparative Law listing 1994-95 donors.

Student exam papers and material relating to grades for same.

Material relating to a six-week period June/July 1982 when Mary Robinson (MR) taught [European] Common Market Law at University of San Francisco. MR was accompanied on this trip by her husband Nick, her three children, her secretary Anne Lane, and her housekeeper, Anne Coyne. Some of the material relates to work Nick was doing on behalf of the Heritage Trust, while in San Francisco, and on East Coast (New York/Boston/Washington) where MR joined him. Includes photocopy of letter from Prof Eldon H Reilly, School of Law, University of San Francisco (USF) to Prof WN Osborough, Dept of Legal Science, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) in relation to USF sponsoring a summer law programme for American and Canadian students in TCD beginning 1983 [see P143/3/1/4], and USF having slot for European professor to teach basic course on Common Market Law at USF, summer 1982 and requesting expression of interest, 15/12/1981; correspondence between MR and Prof Reilly in relation to her accepting role, and detailing terms of employment 28/01-07/04/1982; course description, syllabus and recommended reading, European Community Law, 1982; correspondence between Mary and Nick Robinson and Anne Tormey, Córas Tráchtála [The Irish Export Board], in relation to finding accommodation for the family and other logistics, 22/04-24/05/1982, and subsequent correspondence re same with Ms Liliane Toth, 10-26/05/1982; correspondence between MR and Joseph M Hassett, Hogan & Hartson, Washington DC, in relation to work Nick was planning during stay, 29/04-16/05/1982; correspondence between MR and Ms Thelma Doran, Consul General of Ireland in San Francisco, in relation to Robinsons stay in America, 30/04/1982; correspondence between MR and JH Alston, Promotions Manager, IDA Ireland [Industrial Development Authority], referring to United States (US) investments in Ireland and effect of Ireland breaking away from Sterling within the EMS [European Monetary System], 12-17/05/1982; correspondence between MR and Mr Gerard C Smith, Consultants International Group, Washington DC, re Smith hosting dinner for Mary and Nick, with "some friends from the Trilateral Commission", 13-19/05/1982; correspondence between Nick and Mary Robinson and Ambassador Tadgh F O'Sullivan, Embassy of Ireland, Washington DC, in relation to meeting and discussing Nick's work with Heritage Trust, 20/05/1982; correspondence between MR and Ambassador Peter H Dailey, American Ambassador, Embassy of the United States, Dublin, Ireland in relation to contacts Dailey gave Robinsons to meet during stay, 24/05/1982, and MR's subsequent correspondence with them (Dr Robert Branick, Irish Forum, San Francisco, 24/05/1982, and Mr Emmet McHaughey, Dailey & Associates, Los Angeles, 24/05/1982); correspondence between MR and Carmel B Heaney, consul General, in relation to spreading word in Boston of their visit and Nick's work, 02/06/1982; handwritten letter from Mrs Eileen M Devoy, Pasadena, California, to MR, 10/06/1982, sharing family news and inviting Robinsons to visit; correspondence between MR and Linda A Clardy, Assistant to the Dean, USF in relation to entry requirements into the US for the Robinson family, 27/05/1982, with names and Date of Births; handwritten letter from [Boss?], 27/06/82, giving news from Ireland, including that Northern Ireland beat Spain in the World Cup [soccer?]; handwritten letter to MR from Ann Mariante, Sacramento, California, whose mother, Rita [Serff?], worked as secretary to FX Martin, during Wodd Quay campaign [see P143/1/2/9], and who referenced Catherine Shannon of Westfield State College who was eager to have MR in Boston to talk to Northern Ireland; class list sent by Elizabeth J Bernhardt, Assistant Registrar, 07/07/1982, and further correspondence relating to examinations, 14/07/1982; copy of letter from MR to Ms Thelma Doran, Consul General of Ireland in San Francisco, following the visit, apologising for delay in replying and referencing death from cancer of the Robinson family's nanny, [Anne Coyne?], 23/02/1983; final exam paper for Prof Suzanne E Mounts' Criminal Law course, 19/05/1982; reading lists for MR's Common Market Law course, summer 1982; background information on Assemblyman Louis J Papn, 19th District [Massachusetts?], and Omer L Rains, Ventura, 18th Senatorial District; photocopies of daily press summaries from [Department of Foreign Affairs], 05-09/07/1982; material relating to travel including correspondence relating to visas, itineraries, and car hire, 16/02-01/06/1982.

Various Bills presented to President Mary Robinson (MR) for signature with some additional related material including Referendum (Amendment) Bill, 1992, with cover note from Peter Ryan (PR), Secretary to the President, attaching a fax from Senator Brendan Ryan, suggesting that Section 2 may be in breach of the Constitution, 15-18/05/1992; Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1992 [permitted the State to ratify the Treaty on European Union, commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty], 15/05/1992, and photocopy of translated Bill ratifying the Treaty, November 1992; Local Government (Planning and Development) Bill, 1993, with cover letter from PR enclosing submission from Ms Geraldine O'Brien, Cork Environmental Alliance, 02/04-10/07/1992; Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Bill, 1992, with letter from Mr David Munro suggesting MR refer it to Supreme Court, 15-20/07/1992; Presidential Elections Bill, 1993, 18-22/11/1993; photocopy of proclamation by MR fixing 17 Feb 1993 for first meeting of Seanad Éireann [Irish Senate] following General Election, 10-11/02/1993; photocopy of translation of nomination by MR of Gearóid Ó Cléirigh as Plenipotentiary, giving him "Full Powers and Authority" to sign the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgements in Civil and Commercial Matters, July 1993; photocopy of draft translation of ratification of Act amending the Protocol on the statute of the European Investment Bank empowering the Board of Governors to establish the European Investment Fund, 1993; copy of nomination by MR of Albert Reynolds, Taoiseach, Dick Spring, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Pádraic McKernan, Permanent Representative of Ireland at the European Union as Plenipotentiaries in relation to Treaty concerning accession of Kingdom of Norway, Republic of Austria, Republic of Finland and Kingdom of Sweden to European Union, June 1994, and copy of ratification, November 1994; photocopy of draft acceptance by MR of retirement of Pádraig L Mac Domhnaill (Patrick L McDonnell, Comptroller and Auditor General), July 1994; material relating to Regulation of Information (Services Outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies), Bill, 1995, including photocopy of Supreme Court decision Bill was not repugnant to the Constitution, with cover letter from by Liam Hamilton, Chief Justice, and photocopy of MR's declaration she had signed Bill following their decision, 12/05/1995.

Ref: P143/4/14/6

Print out of excerpt of "Verses for A Fordham Commencement" by Séamus Heaney, which he delivered as the 137th commencement address to students of Fordham University, in 1982. This is not an exact excerpt, contains typos and appears to be transcribed by a third party who misheard some and was unsure of other words. It was probably later quoted by Mary Robinson in one of her commencement addresses.

Letters from VIPs to President Mary Robinson (MR) during and related to her presidency and arranged chronologically by year. Also includes a folder of responses to letter sent by MR to over 80 Heads of State calling for assistance for Rwanda following genocide against minority Tutsi population in 1994 (P143/6/3/7).

Ref: P143/4/6/3

Letters from VIPs to President Mary Robinson, 1990 including letter from Frank McDonald, The Irish Times, congratulating MR on winning election, enclosing article he wrote on Áras an Uachtaráin [the official residence of the President of Ireland] and asking her to "keep the Fifties powder room!", 09/11/1990; letter of congratulations from The Hon Wendy Fatin MP, Minister for Local Government and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women, Canberra, Australia, 16/11/1990; card with pressed flowers on front, with handwritten message from Éamon de Buitléar [Irish writer, musician and film maker] to MR in Irish and English, wishing her long life and best wishes, 11/1990; handwritten letter from Gordon Wilson, thanking MR for inviting him to her inauguration, for all she stood for, for being her and stating "I was moved beyond words. Keep spreading the love", 06/12/1990; typed letter of thanks from Séamus Heaney [Irish poet, playwright and Nobel Prize winner], thanking her for the honour of the invitation to the inauguration, and noting in handwritten postscript "Trust the poet to miss the obvious: the big incandescence was to be quoted so aptly and centrally. Grandeus grandeo!", 19/12/1990.

[Archivist's note: Gordon Wilson, a draper from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, survived the IRA bombing at Enniskillen, 08/11/1987, but lost his daughter, Marie, who died from her injuries. He became known internationally as a peace campaigner.]

Ref: P143/4/6/3/1

Letters to and from VIPs to President Mary Robinson (MR), 1990-1997 (no dates given) including handwritten letter from Gary White Deer, Elder of Choctaw Nation, thanking MR for loan of painting "Brave Hearts Must Travel" which he used during tour of Ireland; Christmas card from Graham Turley, featuring photograph of Turley, his wife, Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin [murdered in a contract killing believed to have been ordered by a South Dublin-based drug cartel, in June 1996] and their son Cathal, [12/1996?]; compliment slip from Secretary General of United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali, thanking MR for her support of the UN.

Ref: P143/4/6/3/10