File of correspondence and campaign material relating to a new proposed airstrip.

Correspondents include Noel Kavanagh, Co-ordinator of National Programmes at Bord Fáilte, who are supporting the protection of the bog; John Cunningham - Editor of the Connacht Tribune; Submission to Síle De Valera TD - Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands on behalf of the Save Roundstone Bog campaign raising points on the impact and threats of an airport on Connemara; Éamon Ó Cuív TD; third party correspondence between Ó Cuív and Derrick Hambleton of An Taisce; Frank Fahey TD; Rúairí Quinn TD; Alan Dukes TD.

File of correspondence received by Tim Robinson from supporters and opponents of the Save Roundstone Bog campaign. Some enclose correspondence they have sent to Ministers of State. Correspondents: Mary O'Keeffe; Uli Schuh; Penny Perrick; Patrick Curry; Jean and John Dawkins; Michael Gibbons; Louise Dorhout-Ritsema of the board of Letterdyfe House; Emer Colleran UCG; Jackie Roberts (PA to Freda Rountree, The Heritage Council); Mary Cawley; Thomas Kilroy; Timothy Collins UCG; Stephen Clancy; Ferdinando Zezza; Malcolm Coxall; Victor Westhoff; Siabh O'Neill of Earthwatch; Marianne ten Cate of the Corrib Conservation Centre; Shevawn Lynam of Wicklow; Liam Cashman; Éamonn de Buitléar; Anne Foyle of the Rosleague Manor Hotel; Micheline Sheehy Skeffington UCG; John Marshall; Anne Gallagher Marshall; Jane Smart of Plantlife; Professor Matthijs G C Schouten of the Foundation for Conservation of Irish Bogs The Netherlands; Erin (no surname given) enclosing a poem entitled "Conamara Chaos Region"; Michael D Higgins TD; Liam Lysaght; Rosemary Carr; Mary Banotti; Irene Lynch enclosing sonnet "Roundstone Bog"; the Irish Peatland Conservation Council; Lorette Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh; letter from Robert Jocelyn to Dr Noel Kirby Regional Manager of the Heritage Service at Connemara National Park; Éamonn Grennan (the author of a poem entitled 'Amphibian'); Cllr J J Mannion, Michael [ ] and Jim [ ].

Faxed correspondence from Áine Ní Dhubháin of Nuacht Theilifís na Gaeilge to Tim Robinson requesting an interview, and faxed correspondence from Catherine McMullin of An Taisce to Robert Jocelyn enclosing information on the 'Golf Wars' in Killarney, summarising the arguments made in each of the 3 wars, and enclosing a hand-drawn map (original of map also included).

Corrected typescript text of 'Mementos of Mortality', excluding photographs and maps.

Photocopy of Thomas Colville Scott's original diary, written in 1853 and acquired at auction the previous year.

Cover note from Ann [ ] at Penguin Group UK enclosing a printed scan of his Connemara map.

Material relating to the publication of the diary of Thomas Colville Scott, a Scotsman sent to survey the Martin Estate in 1853 on behalf of a group of London business men. Colville Scott's journal records extraordinary encounters with the survivors of the Famine years, observations on his accommodation, and an experience with the Guardians of Clifden Workhouse. The diary was published by The Lilliput Press in 1995 with an introductory essay by Tim Robinson giving the background of Connemara history and clarifying obscure references. The book was published with a map of Connemara and the Martin Estate, alongside a daily itinerary of his journey.

Three drafts, handwritten and typed, of 'Connemara - a subjective triangulation', a talk given at a cartography-related conference (marked "for SUC conference, Dublin, Sep 1987").

Drafts, and a set of press cuttings of Parts 30-58 of the Mapping South Connemara series published in the Connacht Tribune. All except Part 35 are included.

Folder of essays and talks being considered by Tim Robinson for inclusion in 'Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara & Other Writings'. Not all of these made it into the book, but they are included in this file as per Tim Robinson's original order.

Typed version of 'Islands and Images' (Sep 1975) 18pp; typed version of 'A Connemara Fractal' with handwritten edits in the margin (1990) 13pp; two typed copies of 'Secret Connemara' with handwritten edits (1991-1994) 27pp; typed copy of 'Listening to the Landscape' (Feb 1993) 11pp; print version of 'Space, Time and Connemara' with some handwritten edits (undated) 15pp; photocopy of 'The Burren Uplands, Crossing the Pass' and 'The View from Errisbeg, Connemara and the Aran Islands' taken from 'The Book of the Irish Countryside' (1987) 17pp; typed copy of 'Through Prehistoric Eyes' (Sep 1995) 8pp; typed copy of 'Geometer' (undated) 4pp; newsletter of The American Geographical Society with an article on Folding Landscapes that is an early version of 'Interim Reports from Folding Landscapes' (1989) 5pp.

Files of correspondence, and exchanged ideas and feedback on work between Tim Robinson and friends dating from his time as a student in Cambridge, throughout his life.

Typed, close to final drafts of the following chapters of 'Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara & Other Writings'. Each chapter is preceded by a headnote that explains its origin. The headnote was not included in the final publication.

Three drafts of the Preface, 'Islands and Images', 'The View from Errisbeg', 'Crossing the Pass', 'Interim Reports from Folding Landscapes', 'A Connemara Fractal'.