File of copy letters from various Human Rights organisations, individuals and friends and colleagues of Kevin Boyle, who express condolences to Joan Boyle and family on the passing of Kevin Boyle on 25 December 2010.

File of letters between Madeline McGahern and others including writer Claire Keegan, and editors at Faber and Faber including Neil Belton. The letters discuss in the detail the planning and suggestions of what scholars should edit The Letters of John McGahern and also as to who would write the official biography. Comment also copied in/included via email from Declan Kiberd. Letters give personal comments on those who are suggested and on those who are pitching to complete those tasks, including Denis Sampson.
Letters between Madeline McGahern and Neil Belton also discuss a disagreement concerning events at the launch of the collected essays of John McGahern ("Love of the World") edited by Stanley van der Ziel.
Also includes is a typescript of "The Art of Memory", a scholarly book on the writing of John McGahern by Dermot McCarthy and with some annotation by Madeline McGahern. A letter from McCarthy included seeks a waiver of copyright fees in order to quote from McGahern's works.

File of letters sent to Lelia Doolan on the occasion of departure as Chair of the Irish Film Board. Letters from Michael D. Higgins, T.D. Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht; Mary Hyland, The Arts Council of Ireland; Richard Taylor, Director of Northern Ireland Film Council; Patrick Cleary, Deloitte and Touche; Patrick Keenan, Branch Secretary, SIPTU; Kevin Moriarty, Managing Director, Ardmore Studios; Siobhán O'Donoghue, Media Desk Ireland; Eibhlín Ní Mhunghaile, Media Desk Ireland; James Mitchell, Little Bird Productions; Declan [ ], Forbairt; Ann Devine, Monaghan County Museum; James [ ] the Irish Film Board; Arthur Lappin; Brian Garvin, Manager, IDA Ireland; Tommy McCabe, Audiovisual Federation, Dublin; Chris Kane, Director Corporate Affairs, Bord Fáilte; Mary Lyons, F.Á.S; L.T. Hynes Graphic Design, Galway; Clare Duignan, commissioning Editor, RTÉ; Derry O'Brien, Network Ireland Television. Other personal letters received from Michael M, and from Paddy and Frances.
File also includes a photocopy of a photograph of Lelia Doolan with Siobhán McKenna in costume and as part of a play by Bertolt Brecht, "St. Joan of the Stockyards" (1960s)

Manuscript letters from House of Commons headed paper, London and also from 80, Regents Road, N.W., London, from James Allanson Picton (British independent minister, author and Liberal politician) to Stephen O'Mara.

File of letters and documents from A.M. Heath literary agents, London. Letter from Hester Green to McGahern (20 Nov 1981) discussing republication fees and permissions for McGahern's story "Gold Watch"; Letter from Hester green discussing the reception of McGahern's novels in France and discussing other publishing options in France (16 Mar 1982); Payment advice slips with details of monies paid to McGahern for Italian rights to "Amongst Women" and "The Pornographer" (Mar 1994); Payment advice slip for monies owed from Albin Michel on French edition of "That They May face The Rising Sun" (Aug 2001); Payment slip with details of monies owed on English language edition of "That They May Face The Rising Sun" from Faber and Faber (Jan 2002); Copy of contract for Italian translation edition of "The Pornographer" made with Giulio Einaudi, Editor (1 Apr 1993); Letter from Sara Fisher, A.M. Heath, updating McGahern on contract details for German edition of "Amongst Women" with Steidl Verlag Press (1 Oct 1990); Letter from Sara Fisher, sending McGahern the contract for the Polish edition of "The Pornographer" (31 Jul 1998); Letter from Bill Hamilton, A.M. Heath, discussing general contract arrangements with McGahern (16 Jul 2001); Letter from Corinne Chabert-Pereyra of A.M. Heath, sending final contracts for "Untitled Memoirs" (9 May 2005).

Letters and contracts regarding the publication of works by John McGahern with Faber and Faber. Includes royalty statements for The Barracks (31 Dec 1966); Contract made between John McGahern and Faber and Faber, dated 28th March 1968. The contract states the Work referenced is for an as yet unpublished novel. A clause also refers to a contract made for "The Dark" on 20 June 1964.

Contract made between John McGahern and Faber and Faber for a novel provisionally entitled "novel" and with terms of agreement for delivery of the novel outlined on the document. (6 Dec 1978)
Letter to the Permissions Dept, Faber and Faber, (2 Oct 1981) from Giles Gordon, seeking permission to republish McGahern's story "Lavin" for a new anthology of Modern English Short Stories 1940-1980.
Royalty statements from Faber for sales of The Barracks (30Sep 1983).
Invoices to McGahern from Faber and Faber for editions of "Wasteland" sent to named academics. (1971).
Letter from Faber and Faber to McGahern outlining terms verbally agreed for contract dated 28 Mar 1970, with a list of edits to the terms of contract.

File includes copy of a thesis by Sinead Conroy (Galway-Mayo IT), "A Bio-Bibliography of Liam S. Gogan 1891 - 1979". Also other manuscript research notes by Etienne Rynne, and some printed materials regarding Liam S. Gogan, a former Assistant-Keeper at the National Museum, poet, and who was also interned at Frongoch Prison, Wales, after the 1916 Rising.

File relating to the annual conference of the group 'Liberty', entitled "Can Human Rights Save Society?". Kevin Boyle was a speaker at this conference with a paper entitled "International Human Rights Comparisons - What Can We Learn from International Exa

Receipt of library book, from Yale University Library, issued to Kevin Boyle, for "The Cromwellian Settlement in Ireland".

Request for overdue library material loaned to Kevin Boyle, from Social Science Library, [Yale].