Early typescript draft of Part 1, Discussion, of 'Mementos of Mortality', with spelling and grammar errors corrected in ink.
Two pages of handwritten notes, with a peano line drawn on the back.
Early typescript draft of 'Mementos of Mortality', excluding photographs. Spellings errors and grammar corrected in ink. A handwritten note on the cover indicates it was intended to be sent to a proofreader. "Please return to us later on. TR".
Typed draft of "Person/Place/Book, Synge's The Aran Islands" with handwritten notes and annotations.
Six drafts of:
'Towards a Map of South Connemara
All drafts have the same date of 16 Jan 1981, but the evolution of the writing can be traced from the first, handwritten draft, through each of the subsequent typed versions.
Three typed drafts of Tim Robinson's introduction to 'Connemara after the Famine, Journal of a Survey of the Martin Estate 1853'. There are handwritten edits in each draft, incorporated into the subsequent draft.
Eight iterations of 'Space, Time and Connemara', the introductory essay to 'Connemara Part 1: Introduction and Gazetteer'.
These go from handwritten, to annotated typed versions, up to the final version. One draft incorporates notes from Paul Mohr, one with notes from Mike Gibbons, and one with notes from Mick O'Connell.
File of correspondence between Robinson and Jim Donnelly, co editor of the Journal of Irish Studies. The correspondence begins with a request from Donnelly for Robinson to contribute a scholarly article for publication in their journal, and continue through various iterations of a version of 'Space, Time and Connemara'. The final correspondence is a carbon copy of a letter from Robinson regretting the aborting of the journal. (23 Oct 1987-19 Jul 1988). The article was eventually published in 'A Journal of Irish Studies', published by the Irish American Cultural Institute, and a photocopy of this is included.
Handwritten and typed short stories by Tim Drever. 'The Ephemeron'; 'The River'; 'Ice'; 'The Impossible Isles'; 'The Heavens Fall'; 'Visits to the Black Cliff' (1981); 'Terminal Deity'; 'The Objective Reality of Purgatory'; 'Two Reminiscences of London 1970'; 'The Absence' (1981); one untitled manuscript.
Typed, dated drafts of each of the chapters in Part 3' (4 Oct 2009-30 Jun 2010). Includes a draft of the author's note. Some of the chapters have slightly different titles to the ones in the published book.
Typed, dated drafts of each of the chapters in Part 2, excluding 'Religious Storms' and 'The Song of Wonders' (14 Apr 2009-27 Oct 2009). An early version of the table of contents places 'A Little Gaelic Kingdom' as the second book in the trilogy, and calls Part 2 'A World of Talk'. Some of the chapters have slightly different titles to the ones in the published book.
Typed draft of Part 1 of 'A Little Gaelic Kingdom', Roads to Freedom. At the start of the folder are two copies of a letter from Robinson to Pádraig Ó Snodaigh of Coiscéim written in Irish, seeking permission to include 3 extracts from Chaitlín Maude in 'A Little Gaelic Kingdom'. (17 Aug 2010). There are also scraps of paper with addresses and phone numbers written down. Typed, dated drafts of each of the chapters in Part 1, (11 Sep 2008-9 Mar 2009). An early version of the table of contents places 'A Little Gaelic Kingdom' as the second book in the trilogy, and calls Part 1 'The Ways of Freedom'.