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File of correspondence and some press cuttings in relation to the work of Maurice Hayes as Chairman of the Community Relations Commission. Includes letter from Alfred McClung Lee to Maurice Hayes saying that he had been prepared for his downbeat letter on Northern Ireland. Discusses academic matters and the possibility of Maurice moving to the States ‘I know that what holds you from making such a move is your attachment to the people there who so much need what leadership they have’ (19 Dec 1974); letter from Alfred McClung Lee discussing Irving Goldaber’s confrontation procedures (16 Jan 1973); letter from Brian [Faulkner] House of Commons, Northern Ireland, thanking him for his kind letter ‘we may yet be able to isolate the tiny minority of wreckers’ (19 Apr 1972); letter from Laurence Doob, Council on African Studies, Yale University to Dr, Maurice Hayes, detailing events at the Sterling Conference the previous August, and discussing difficulties which have arisen, seeking his advice (14 Dec 1972); letter from Maurice Foley MP to Maurice Hayes thanking himself and Joan for the kindness during their visit to Northern Ireland, and seeking his assistance in a speech he must give at the AGM of the Northern Ireland Council on Social Security on the impact of the European Community on voluntary bodies (5 June 1972); graduation photograph of Maurice Hayes (1950s); Copy of the House Purchaser’s Agreement for Bullseye Park (22 Jan 1976); letter from JBC Glass, Chairman of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, asking him if he would like to attend their second annual conference (9 Feb 1972); letter from Bryan Coburn to Maurice Hayes on educational material for the Royal Society for the protection of birds, Northern Ireland Office (3 Feb 1972); Copy of the will of Michael Johnston appointing Maurice Hayes one of the executors of his will (18 Nov 1971); letters of introduction for David C. Rapoport, an American academic studying terrorism (4 Feb 1972); ‘Out of these fierce historic fields (1): Ulster Poetry’, issued by the schools council, 1971; Background note on the Downshire Hospital, Downpatrick; Brief for Minister’s visit to Downe Hospital; copy letter from Maurice Hayes to John Hume, inviting him and members of the SDLP to engage with the Commission (18 Nov 1971); consultation document, ‘Conflict in Northern Ireland: the role of the church’; typescript statement on the role of HMG in Northern Ireland on how to stop the civil war in Northern Ireland; planning application appeal by Maurice Hayes for a house at Strangford Road, Downpatrick (30 Nov 1973); ‘The scope for talks in Northern Ireland’, prepared by Norman Gibson et al; notes for address by Chairman of Commission at Balligan, 16 May [1971].
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22/01/2018
29/07/2025