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Cheques made out to Lyric staff such as Alice Berger Hammerschlag and Denis Smyth.

Programme for Gaelic League entertainment at the Association Hall in Chicago.

Photograph album with black and white prints of images of Michael Rynne in his graduation robes at University College Dublin, dated 1924. His address is noted as 43 Fitzwilliam Place, (Dublin residence of the O'Mara family) Dublin and Lafayette named as the photographer.

Black and white photograph of Fr. Hayes and Fr. Bergin meeting Lúcia (one of the children of Fatima who saw the Blessed Virgin) in Portugal (Our Lady of Fatima), ca. early 1950s.

Black and white photograph of Fr. Hayes meeting Lúcia (one of the children of Fatima who saw the Blessed Virgin) in Portugal (Our Lady of Fatima), early 1950s.

Material in this subsubseries relates to Mary Robinson (MR)'s work in the area of child welfare including legislation and is arranged across 15 files, for the most part in chronological order. It includes material relating to "Child First", the organisation, formed in 10/05/1974, concerned with the welfare of children in adoption, and with proposed amendments to the Adoption Bill 1974 (P143/1/3/3/1); material relating to various Adoption Bills in Ireland and Northern Ireland including in relation to the Adoption Bill MR puts before Seanad Éireann [upper house of Irish parliament, Senate] in 1971 which she withdraws in favour of a Government promise to introduce a bill before Christmas 1972, and the Adoption Bill 1974 (P143/1/3/3/2); material relating to 6th Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1978, a private members bill put forward by the Labour party (P143/1/3/3/3); material relating to Maintenance Orders Bill (P143/1/3/3/4); correspondence and articles relating to changes in Adoption Law (P143/1/3/3/5-8); material relating to the Working Group on Child Abuse, convened by the ICCL [Irish Council for Civil Liberties] of which MR was a member and Chair of sub-committee examining legal aspects (P143/1/3/3/9-11); material relating to the Sanctuary Trust, a Board of Trustees founded by Clodagh Corcoran, Chairwoman of the Working Group on Child Abuse, in December 1985 on which MR was a Trustee (P143/1/3/3/12); articles, reports and other research material (P143/1/3/3/13); material relating to ISPCC [Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children] (P143/1/3/3/14) and newspaper cuttings (P143/1/3/3/15).

Large folded handmade card wishing Mary Robinson (MR) luck as new President, 03/12/1990, from pupils at Cloghoula National School, Millstreet, Co. Cork, Ann Lane (AL) [Personal Assistant to President]'s former school, with photocopy of thank-you letter from AL on behalf of MR.

Ref: P143/4/6/5/1

Several items sent or presented by children to Mary Robinson (MR) over the period of her Presidency (no exact date) including poems written in English and Irish from pupils at Bun Scoil Chaomháin, Inis Oírr (11-12 years old); large handmade congratulations card sent by pupils at The Holy Family School, Cootehill, Co. Cavan (either 1990 or 1997); handwritten letter in pencil from Florencia Caness[o?], wishing MR a Merry Christmas and best of luck in the new job (either 1990 or 1997); laminated large card from St Joseph's [Special School], Galway, with list/signatures of pupils inside and drawing of school on cover; handwritten essay and photocopy "I am Lady President in Ireland for a month", possibly written by Susan Colan-O'Leary; photocopy of essay "If I was a character in Irish History", by Niall [Montgomery?], 12 years old, as per post-it note attached.

Ref: P143/4/6/5/11

Photo album with illustrated poems from pupils (ages 8-11) at St Brendan's [Primary School], Craigavon, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, presented to Mary Robinson during a visit to the school (no date).

Ref: P143/4/6/5/12