File of MS notes, mostly by Kevin Boyle, on various aspects of People's Democracy activity, such as arrangements for events, drafting of speeches and press statements, also notes on the Orange Order.

Manuscript writing by Kevin Boyle entitled "The Summer - Proposals for Socialists" is a treatise piece on place and role of socialists in Northern Ireland politics and society. Mentions People's Democracy, industry and business in Northern Ireland, the Orange Order and other related issues and points.

Files relating to Bloody Sunday in Derry, January 1972, the Widgery Report following Tribunal of Enquiry into Bloody Sunday and later tribunals of investigation into actions and events on Bloody Sunday.

Group of letters between Kevin Boyle and various Irish and International groups/bodies following Bloody Sunday in Derry, January 1972

MS letter, marked confidential, the letter is in response to the events of Bloody Sunday in Derry: "political struggles call for no sympathy, moral support or other soft sentiments. Still that side of man that calls itself the human side persists in having me express such sentiments at the events of this country's Bloody Sunday".

File of TS and MS correspondence to Kevin Boyle regarding his submission of statement and evidence on events in Derry in January 1972. Includes letters inviting Kevin Boyle to give evidence at the Tribunal (8 Feb 2000) from W.J Tate, Solicitor to Enquire; a letter of response from Boyle accepting the invitation and outlining clarification of his role in the March in January 1972 in Derry (16 Feb 2000) Letter from the Enquiry enclosing draft of Boyle's statement and inviting any amendments (25 July 2000) A detailed letter from Francis Keenan to Boyle with suggested topics and questions to be raised at the June hearings into Bloody Sunday Enquiry; letters to Boyle from Louis Blom Cooper (June 2004)

Files relating to the practice and policy of internment without trial of those suspected of Republican activities in Northern Ireland.

File of typescript documents from various groups advocating for protest against Internment Without Trial in Northern Ireland. Includes statement from formed committee The Northern Ireland Freedom and Justice Campaign; statement signed by various academics and teachers of Law, including Kevin Boyle (Oct 14 1971); Hibernia magazine - 'End Internment Campaign' and a note of a protest, drafted by [Kevin Boyle] and said to be signed by 66 barristers. Statement from the Ad-Hoc Group to End Internment, outlining opinion against policy of internment and stating a meeting of invited members from various groups (list of groups attached) will be held to discuss potential end to the policy. Document is signed by Kevin McCorry. (n.d.) Attached is a card with anti-Internment imagery.
Print copy of Public Order Act (1951), sent to Boyle with note attached, copy "as requested".

File of manuscript and typescript letters between Kevin Boyle and others regarding issue of internment and the Special Powers Act, security in Northern Ireland and other such matters. File includes letter from H. Moore, of the Irish Communist Party (I.C.P) to Boyle and J. Narain enclosing a letter of response from the I.C.P regarding comments made by Boyle and Narain in the Belfast Telegraph (Nov 1961)
A note sent to Boyle care of the N.I.C.R.A. members of the Annual International Cultural Congress of [Chianciano] Italy condemning the practice of Internment in Northern Ireland; letter from R. Ramsey, Principal Private Secretary, Stormont Castle, acknowledging receipt of letter from Kevin Boyle. TS letter marked 'Personal' from Kevin Boyle to Mr. David Nelligan, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin, detailing "in the light of the upcoming talks in London", Boyle's opinions and thoughts on security in Northern Ireland, extradition, sentencing and policing in the face of counter-terrorism in Northern Ireland, references the Warrenpoint explosion, references proposal he makes on extraterritorial jurisdiction legislation and the "new EEC agreement on Terrorism' as well as other related matters. (1 Sep 1979)
Letter from Patrick Joseph (P.J.) McClean, Beragh, Co. Tyrone, writing to Boyle following McClean's release from Long Kesh. McClean was interned under the Special Powers Act, and offers personal thoughts on the ongoing policy of Internment in Northern Ireland and conditions experienced there at the present. (n.d. [1972]);
Letter from the Newry Anti-Internment Committee, inviting Boyle to be a speaker at an upcoming public Study Session on Internment in Newry. Notice of said public event is attached. (6 Nov 1973)
Copy letter signed by J Mulvenna and sent to 'Mr. Boyle, from the Northern Ireland Community Relations Commission, Belfast, concerning an upcoming meeting of those concerned with the Ballymurphy Report. (28 Jan 1971).
Also handwritten page of notes by Boyle mentioning internment in Northern Ireland. (No Date).

Manuscript research materials on Special Powers Act, Northern Ireland and signed by 'Kevin Boyle, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Belfast. Includes letter from [Siobhan]. Permanent Secretary's Office, Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland, Belfast, to Kevin Boyle, enclosing and discussing aspects of the Special Powers Act.