Tim Robinson's other writing work, dating from the mid 1960s when he occasionally wrote under the name Timothy Drever. This includes manuscript and publication material relating to the production of two books of essays - 'My Time in Space' and 'Tales and Imaginings', as well as translations of his work into French and German, some unpublished material, and book reviews that he wrote for other works.
Literary manuscripts
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Tim Robinson's handwritten notes on J M Synge's time in Aran. Notes taken from a reading of Robert Skelton's 'J M Synge and his World'. Notes on Synge's usage of marriage themes, the Celtic Twilight, on his notebook, the subjects not covered by Synge in his work, and on Synge as a man island. Some examples of Robinson's immediately recognisable doodles framing some pages.
Pre-publication copy of 'Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage' with some handwritten notes on page alignment and preliminary information.
Three copies of Tim and Máiréad Robinson's presentation to the Ford European Conservation Prize Jury in Madrid.
A statement of the Folding Landscape project;
Statement to the Jury 'The Dolphin in its Wave' (one with handwritten edits);
Bibliography of Folding Landscape's early publishing history and list of awards;
The Aran and Burren maps;
Review of the Árainn map by David Ward;
Book jacket for 'Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage';
Synopsis, review, and copy of the of 'Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara' pamphlet;
Synopsis, review and copy of 'Mapping South Connemara';
Synopsis and copy of 'The View from Errisbeg' and 'The Burren Uplands', two essays written for 'The Book of the Irish Countryside';
Outline of Folding Landscape's intended map of Connemara, due for publication in Spring 1988, and mockups of the cover to the map and companion to the map;
Sample of the companion text to accompany the upcoming Connemara map, and extracts from an essay about the map;
Synopsis and extracts from his forthcoming monograph on Cenotaphs and Funerary Cairns of Árainn (later published as Mementos of Mortality);
Synopsis and extracts from 'Space, Time and Connemara' and an accompanying photograph (3 different photographs in each of the folders);
Note about the archives accumulated by Folding Landscapes, listing their subject headings, and photocopies of some of their content by means of example - includes a statement of intention to computerise this information to facilitate public reference to them.
There are some slight differences between the folders, and the 2nd folder also includes a copy of an application for a grant from the American Ireland Fund.
File of press cuttings dating from 1 January 1998 to 1 July 2005 reporting on the Clifden Airport proposal. Connacht Tribune, The Irish Times, The Galway Advertiser, The Connemara Press, Glór Chonamara, Foinse, and Wings (Birdwatch Ireland's journal).
The final cutting in the series is from the Connacht Tribune, 1 July 2005 reporting on the signing of the contract to develop an airstrip for Inishbofin.
Printed press release announcing the publication of 'Connemara After the Famine, The Journal of a Survey of the Martin Estate' by Thomas Colville Scott.
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'.
Folder 1: Letter from Marie Heaney, Commissioning Editor of 'Town House and Country House', inviting Robinson to write an essay on a topic that has given him spiritual sustenance for a book called 'Sources' in aid of Focus Ireland. Robinson's submission is included - handwritten and typed, on the sequence of prime numbers.
Folder 2: Correspondence with Dr John Cosgrave from the Department of Mathematics at St Patrick's College in Drumcondra who discovered a Prime Number with 2,000 digits. Folding Landscapes published 'A Prime for the Millennium', and the file discusses the publication, their mutual love of mathematics, press cuttings about the project, and a letter from John Banville declining to launch the book on the grounds of his fluency in mathematics.
Mockups of the intended layout of Mementos of Mortality, specifying margin sizes, font, and including draft maps. Lists of estimated costs.
Four mockups of the book jacket, with different tonal arrangements.