File of material relating to a proposal to establish an educational programme to do with Aran involving secondary school students.

Correspondence between James A Shortall and Tim Robinson discuss the project's merits, and Shortall has forwarded on some examples of Source Booklets on Aran that have been prepared for the programme. (18 Sep 1975-1 Dec 1975)

A press cutting from The Irish Times (8 Dec 1975) reports on a similar project carried out in Glencolumbkille.

File of personal and professional correspondence.

Two letters to Tim from Derek Weber, Editor of Geographical Magazine outlining a brief for an article to be written by Tim on the Aran Islands in the post-Flaherty era, using his map as its centre-point. (14-21 Apr 1975) 2pp;

Handwritten letter to Tim from his father Frank, updating him on his search for material by Edward Lhuyd (17 May 1982) 2pp;

Handwritten letter to Tim from Antoine Powell in Irish language, about the distribution of his book. (5 Feb 1984) 2pp;

Handwritten letter to Tim Robinson from Gerry Reynolds enclosing the 'Be Brothers' booklet of the Jesus Caritas Fraternity of Priests, thanking Tim for allowing them to reproduce his map of Aran in the booklet. (15 Apr 1995). 9pp;

Handwritten letter to Tim and Máiréad Robinson from Tom Cluney, a Texas man who spent a summer in Aran in the early 1980's, and a copy of Tim's response. (26 Oct 2005 - 31 Jan 2006). The letter encloses a photograph of 2 smiling men in an embrace, named on the back as Mikey McDonagh and Brian Ferity. The letter includes rich reminiscences of the author's memory of them. 6pp;

Handwritten letter to Tim from Julian [ ] enclosing an article on the Aran Islands distinctive walls (14 Dec 2010) 2pp.

Additional correspondence in the file includes Christmas cards and postcards from several different correspondents. 11pp.

Two copies of an essay written by Tim Robinson entitled 'Aran's Square Root', in which he explores his artistic instinct to imagine a sculptural form of the Aran landscape. He focuses on the Wormhole / Poll na bPéist, and extends his theory with a mathematical equation.

Material relating to Tim Robinson's first map of the Burren, 'The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare'. The map was published in 1977. The archive includes annotated reference maps, field notes, correspondence relating to placenames and archaeological sites. See P120/3/2/4/5 for a conference paper given by Robinson in 1999 in which he describes his Burren mapping methodology

File of six-inch Ordnance Survey maps of Clare from the 1915 and 1916 editions. There are 13 in total, sheet numbers: 1, 2, 3 & 3a, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14 & 8a, 15, 16 and 17.

The maps have been annotated by Tim Robinson with borders outlined in coloured ink, and notes in pencil. An indexing system used on the maps by Robinson corresponds with his field notebook (see P120/3/2/1/2).

Three copies of a list of Burren Placenames. The first list is a handwritten draft with lots of notes. The second list is typed, and arranged into 3 columns that give the OS form of the place name, other known versions of the name, and the suggested Irish form. The third list is a carbon copy of the typed list and has several handwritten edits from Robinson and Micheál Ó Maolchaoine / Michael (Pop) Mulqueeny.

Handwritten piece by Tim Robinson 'Mapping the Burren', reflecting on his decision to map the area, and describing his initial interest as creating a map that was 'not just a conventional array of spatial information but an expression of its individuality'.

File of letters of appreciation to Tim Robinson on his map of the Burren, many from people who contributed to its creation.

Three letters from Elena Tornow complimenting the map, and commenting on the interaction between the preservation of archaeological features and local agriculture practices.

Handwritten letter from Helena Feighen to Robinson enquiring about the criteria Robinson used to differentiate between burial sites and clearance cairns on his 1977 Burren map, and a carbon copy of Robinson's reply.

Unsigned letter to Robinson from an Archaeology graduate seeking permission to redraw versions of Robinson's map for a study of ringfort distribution on the Burren. Copy reply from Robinson granting permission.

Two handwritten letters from Charles Self to Robinson, in the process of writing a book on behalf of the University of Bristol's Speleological Society. The first letter requests permission to use the boundaries of Robinson's Burren maps, upon which he has added cave and water tracing information. The second letter discusses how problematic the spelling of the names of caves can be, and agrees to help Robinson in marking caves in the revised map. (6-30 March 1980), 3pp;

Two handwritten letters from David Drew to Robinson, enclosing a photocopy of a map with Moher Néin marked on it (9 Jun - 14 Oct 1981) 4pp;

Letter from Peter Glanvill to Robinson enclosing photocopied articles about submarine caves that have been explored at Doolin. (21 Sep 1993) 6pp;

Two letters from Tony Boycott to Robinson enclosing a copy of his 1977 map with caves marked in. An index accompanies the map. A subsequent letter encloses a photocopied article 'Mysteries of the green holes' (15-21 Oct 1998) 8pp and 1 map;

Material representing Tim Robinson's Burren research.

Arrangement is broadly by subject area, there is some intersection between subjects and correspondents reflecting the inter-disciplinary nature of Robinson's research and writing. The related material field makes an effort to reflect this.