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TS copy letter from Boyle to Hannum, "No communication yet from Strasbourg"....and discussing further the involvement of Hannum in working on publication by the N.I.C.R.A. "My view is that we should pitch it as far as possible on objective, legal level, using the material so far as illustrative"

Photocopy of TS letter from Hannum to "Dear Dan, Tom, Sheila, Edna and Others...." regarding an update on the case at Strasbourg, ..." As Madge probably pointed out, although it seems that we've 'lost' the case in technical legal terms, we've accomplished the great majority of what we set out to do...." and also discusses the proposed book being undertaken by Hannum and Kevin Boyle.

Assorted documents relating to research and updates on the case lodged at the United Nations and heard at the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg regarding Human Rights Violations in Northern Ireland. File includes a memorandum on the proposal to petition the United Nations, giving details of background, procedure, preparation and funding of the case, prepared by the National Association for Irish Freedom. Also includes TSB article entitled "The Strasbourg Case", published in Hibernia Magazine, written by Kevin Boyle, Oct 1973.

Editions of 'Civil Rights', the newspaper and news bulletin of the N.I.C.R.A. Editions include 3 Jun 1972, 25 Nov 1972, 27 Jan 1973,19 Apr 1973, 12 May 1973, January 1975, April 1975.

Original and photocopy press cuttings taken from newspapers such as The New York Times, "Calm and Cheerful Ulster Militant - Christopher Kevin Boyle" (7 Feb 1972) "C.R.A. warns: R.U.C. must get out of Bogside or else" (Belfast Telegraph, [12] Aug 1969, "Cost of Irish Peace is blood, leader says", interview with Kevin Boyle ([U.S. News] 18 Jan 1973) Includes numerous other cuttings from Irish and American newspapers covering Northern Ireland, N.I.C.R.A. and Kevin Boyle.

Photocopy of thesis completed by Ann Hope and submitted for the Ruskin Labour Studies Diploma, with the title of "From Civil Rights to Guerilla War: The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association's Struggle for Democracy 1969 - 1972".

File of documents relating to the planning and organisation of the 40th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement, including the N.I.C.R.A., in Northern Ireland. Includes minutes of meetings of the Commemoration Committee (Dec 2007 - Feb 2008) Chair of the committee is named as Denis Haughey. Notes by Kevin Boyle on a speech he gave at the commemoration and of an article [he wrote] on commemorating the assassination of Martin Luther King as well as the growth of Civil Rights in Northern Ireland, a planning document detailing objectives and names of members of the committee, program for a conference, "1968: Civil Rights - Then and Now", organised by Queen's University, Belfast, (3 Oct 1968) Press cuttings of articles taken from the Irish Times, discussing the 40th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement (2 Oct 2008) and also other newspapers. Copy of 'NIHRC Review - The Magazine of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission." (Summer 2008) An article from the Irish News on Mary Robinson who talks on memories from her life in politics.

Printed flyers, pamphlets and posters issued and published by the N.I.C.R.A. publicising many of their objectives, aims and causes. Flyers are entitled "The Civil Rights Movement Ultimatum To Stormont June 1969", "Justice in Elections", "People of Ulster Support. . . ", "Support the Demands of the Civil Rights Movement", "How to Discredit the Police", "Houses on Need" and other such documents. Also includes a printed poster with the text " Do you agree with Internment, Brutality, Repression, Intimidation, Sectarianism, Discrimination. . ." Also includes a pamphlet published by the Research Department of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association entitled "Discrimination! - The Facts" and a pamphlet entitled "Innocent Equals Guilty Under the Special Powers Act" published by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association.

Manuscript notes by Kevin Boyle, being recollections on the outbreak and development of the Civil Rights movement in Northern Ireland, based on beginning on October 5, 1968, following riots in Derry and provides personal comments on later events and invol

Typescript copy of document being an essay entitled "The North - The Peace Moves in Context", being an examination of the impact and success of various peace movement in Northern Ireland in the period up to c. 1972. Does not appear to have been written by Kevin Boyle. Author unknown.