File of writings by Carolyn Swift which were contributions for the RTÉ Radio 1 programme, 'Sunday Miscellany' and broadly on the topic of Ireland, personal and family, and general themes. Note: written pieces are individually undated and some contain handwritten edits by Swift. Pieces by Swift in this file include:
The Museum of Childhood
Vanishing Dublin
Manders Mills
The Memorial Park
Travelling Light
How To Avoid Sunburn
The Potency of Music
The New Nature Reserve at Slievecarran
The Power of Myth
The Egestorff Museum
The Anarchy of Driving
The Souls of Old Dublin
Cute Kiddies!
The Ancient Craft of The Coopers
Are We Changed by Our Clothes?
The Receding Horizons of Age
The Day my Grandparents Stopped Changing for Dinner
Looking Up!
Say It With Flowers
Literary Detection
Dinosaurs of the New Ice Age
Old Fashions in Old Films
Religious and Political Symbols
Dying Traditions of Urban Societies
Cyrus The Great and the First Charter of Human Rights
Anna Maria Hall
Charlotte Grace O'Malley
Spiders
The Virtue of Whiskey

File with writings including short stories and play adaptations for television and radio serialised in magazines. File includes episode texts of the adaptation of Tolka Row originally by Maura Laverty, and of An Triail/OnTrial originally by Máiréad Ní Ghráda. Includes letters between Swift and the Laverty estate discussing publication rights; Letters between Swift and editor of Irish Women's Journal and the editor of Woman's Way magazine, discussing the publication of work by Swift based on Laverty's earlier work; also letters between Swift and producer Chloe Gibson. Also compliments Slips from the Woman's Way to Swift, with details of payments to Swift and publication information.
Notes on On Trial' for publicity purposes by Swift; texts of each part of Swift's adaptation of On Trial.

Typed articles, some with manuscript edits and annotations, by Carolyn Swift, written about her television and radio work, and published in the RTÉ Guide Magazine. File includes remittance slips for payments to Swift for her articles in the RTÉ Guide. Articles include:
Getting Around in Tolka Row
Tolka Row Celebrates its 150th Birthday
The Growing Community of Tolka Row
For Use With "The Girl From Mayo"
For Use With First of 'Looking at Drama' series
The Glorious Uncertainty
The Country Boy
A Cruel Fondness
Partners in Practice
Setting Up Sallybawn
I'm Getting Out of This Kip
Is Your Play Really Necessary?
Show Business
Marie Rambert - Inspired and Trained Some of the Leading Choreographers and Dancers of Our Time
Why Not Reconsider That Paris Holiday?
Paris - Europe's Entertainment Capital
Classical Feast For Dublin Balletomanes (Note: published in Sunday Independent?)
Alicia Markova: Classical Influences on English Ballet
Is There a Playwright in the House?
The Cooney Experiment?

Files with print copies of newsletter/newspaper for members published by the Writers Guild UK. Issues of Writers' News' begin in 1973 - 1978 and 'The Writers' Newsletter' with issues between 1987 - 1991.

Files relating to activities of the Writers Guild U.K. with minutes of meetings (particularly in mid - late 1970s), meeting agendas, press releases from campaigns and statements by and from Writers Guild U.K., subscription information, correspondence to members, campaigns and agreements with BBC on writing and production.
File also includes printed pamphlets including annual reports, tax guides for writers, registers of publications, rules of the guild, and general information on the guild.

File relating to the writing and publication of book 'World Myths and Tales' by Carolyn Swift and published by Poolbeg Press, Dublin.

Includes manuscript research notes and copy pages used by Swift in researching the book, a draft front cover of the book, and typed draft of the book by Swift which is heavily annotated with manuscript edits by Swift.

Typescript copy of script for sketch "Wild Life in Dublin" produced at the Pike Theatre Dublin as part of the Late Night Follies.

Files relating to script development for short plays and entertainments by Carolyn Swift commissioned by White's Hotel management, Wexford, to promote and advertise the hotel through its history and heritage.

File 1 include numerous draft scripts, with edits by Swift, with final script for entertainment performed at White's Hotel, and as noted by Swift, based on the writings of numerous Irish writers.

File 2 includes further draft and loose-leaf edited script by Swift. Also a typed proof script, date stamped 9 June 1969. It is unclear if this proof copy is by Swift. Includes some manuscript annotation.

File 3 includes research draft handwritten notes by Swift in her research and early notes for the White's Hotel entertainment, press cuttings of news stories, and ephemera including brochures about White's Hotel, Wexford; a programme for the Wexford Festival, Oct - Nov 1973; brochure from St. Vincent de Paul Annual Report for the year 1971 - 1972 'Free Night shelter for Homeless Men, Back Lane Dublin 8'; flyer about The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Flyer for St. Mary's Church, Mary Street, Dublin.

File 4 includes Letters and materials relating to the history of White's Hotel, Wexford, and of research into the hotel history by the proprietors. Includes an envelope addressed to 'Miss Connolly. 3 Nth Main street, c/o White's Hotel, and containing a menu card from White's Hotel, 17 Feb 1887 - 'Dinner and Address John Carson Esq'; lists of books consulted about the history of White's and locality, items viewed for sale at Auction, copy documents of former ads about the hotel, with proprietor names as John Eyre, texts of leases about the building and site, correspondence on White's headed paper discussing research into the history, and related research letters and documents.

File 5 includes correspondence between Carolyn Swift, John Small of White's Hotel, Barry Cassin (Eblana Theatre, producer of the entertainment at White's), Southeast Tourism body, all discussing the drafting, writing, content and production of the entertainment, the costs and fees involved, casting and auditions, and general discussion around the script and production of the piece, 1972 - 1978. Also includes press cuttings of news articles and profile about Eugene McCarthy of White's Hotel, and print photographs of McCarthy.

File 6 includes deeds and legal documents relating to White's Hotel - including Indenture - Deed of Partnership, 1896, between John Eyre (Hotel Proprietor), David Walker, and Hugh McCarthy (Hotel Manager) and setting out terms of partnership for ownership and management of White's Hotel, with handwritten edits; Photocopy of document from Cooper's Guild, Dublin, with text of history of the Guild; Photocopy of indenture page for Christopher Butler's apprenticeship within the Coopers Guild 1895; Typed and handwritten list of deeds and documents relating to White's Hotel, and handed to care of National Bank Wexford, 15 Nov 1911; Typed report on the Title of White's Hotel.

Files relating to writing work done by Carolyn Swift for Waterford Treasures Museum, with a guide to collections and items in the museum told through Swift's script.

File 1 includes layout and floor plans of the museum designed by event Communications Ltd. to which Swift's scripts were added to sound guides specific display cases and areas. Also scripts for guides to the collections of Waterford Treasures for adult and for children audiences.

File 2 contains further copies and some annotations to the scripts for the museum by Swift.

File 3 includes handwritten notes by Swift for Museum Treasures Museum work, letters between Swift and the Museum discussing writing and topics for the script, as well as fees and costs owed to Swift, printed brochures from the museum, press cuttings about the museum, and education guides and packs for children based on museum items.

Typed screenplay, no author name, of "Wars".