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Copies of press releases announcing Folding Landscapes as the winner of first the National (Irish) Ford Conservation Awards, and a year later, the European winner .

Photocopies of reports in the press, and two official photographs of Tim and Máiréad Robinson being presented with the award, photographed with Edwin J. Nolan (Chairman and Managing Director of Ford), An Taoiseach Charles J Haughey, and members of the Irish judging panel William Finlay, Éamon de Buitléar and Dr Maurice Craig.

Ireland's official report on European Year of the Environment (21 Mar 1987-20 Mar 1988).

A folder, 'Galway Bay Landscapes', containing the following publications: 'Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara' (pamphlet), the published maps of Árainn and the Burren, and 'Mapping South Connemara'.

Manuscript material documenting the creation and publication of Tim Robinson's 2001 book of 11 essays - 'My Time in Space'. The essays explore problems in mathematics and mapping, his childhood, and the art worlds he inhabited in Istanbul, Vienna and London.

Typescript manuscript of 'My Time in Space' - versions that were reworked in London in Spring 2000. Includes table of contents and drafts of 'Birdlife'; 'The Curvature of the Earth'; 'Ballistics'; 'A Career in Art'; 'Firewalking'; two drafts of 'Echosphere' dated 15 Feb and 15 Mar 2000 respectively; 'A House on a Small Cliff'; 'The Fineness of Things'. Some handwritten notes on punctuation in the margins.

Undated piece entitled 'Rockcrystal'.

Handwritten and typed drafts of 'The Extreme Edge', previously entitled 'Nearing the Edge'. The final dated version is 15 January 2001.

Letter from Brendan Barrington of Lilliput Press enclosing proofs of the first seven essays in 'My Time in Space', Robinson's handwritten notes.

Some reworked drafts of the essay 'Constellation and Questionmark', alternatively named 'Two Constellations', the most recent dated 12 Feb 2001.

Folder of illustrations for 'My Time in Space', including drawings for the essay 'Constellation and Questionmark', and photographs from art installations including 'Four Colour Theorem' and 'To the Centre'. Photographic prints and contact sheets of these works also included.

Four folders of early Tim Robinson writing, when he was writing under the name Timothy Drever. 'The Festival of Creation' was originally conceived as a novel when he first worked on it in the 1960s. It became truncated into the first short story in the 2002 book 'Tales and Imaginings'.

Folder 1: Handwritten notes sketching out the novel.

Folder 2: Handwritten notes originally captioned 'Scraps from Novel 1', with doodles and number puzzles interspersed.

Folder 3: Drafts (one handwritten, two typed from 'The Festival of Creation' of 'Now and Later'. Drafts (one handwritten, two typed) of 'The Identicals', which later became 'Secret Meeting'.

Folder 4: Typed draft of 'Now and Later'.

Early Tim Robinson writing, when he was writing using the name Timothy Drever. Both of these stories were later published in the 2002 book 'Tales and Imaginings'.

Folder 1: Eight drafts of 'So and Springrice', some handwritten, some typed with handwritten edits.

Folder 2: Typed drafts of 'So and Springrice', and a typed story 'Telling the Tale'.

Drafts and fair copy of 'Tales and Imaginings', including draft artwork.

Correspondence from Brendan Barrington of Lilliput press enclosing edits, book proofs, and copy of Tim's letter in response.

Letter from Graham Thew enclosing a copy of the cover design.

Printed email from Michéle Duclos (in French) enquiring about 'The River'/'La Fleuve. Some questions relating to the French translation, also included here, and Tim's response. (2002-2003).

Correspondence between Geert Bisschop and Tim Robinson on the possibility of including Tim's writing in an art book of the photographs of the German artist Werner Hannappel.

A copy of the final published text is included.

Correspondence regarding the translation of 'Approaching the Glacier'' into the French language.