File with minutes of meetings of the Society of Irish Playwrights, of which Carolyn Swift was a member. This includes notices of meetings, agendas, minutes, society accounts, policy papers on e.g. copyright, fees and payments, agreements with Equity and RTÉ.
Also text of paper, "Where Do We Go From Here" - A Submission to the RTÉ Authority Working Party (31 May 1988)

Files relating to the development, production, and broadcast of series 'Solo' on RTÉ television and work as script editor/associate on the series by Carolyn Swift. Others involved include Martin Dempsey, Donal Donnelly, Milo O'Shea, Jim Norton, T.P. McKenna, David Kelly, Eamon Kelly, Hal Roche, Anna Manahan, Cecil Sheridan.

File with scripts, parts, running orders, texts, and other documents related to the production and broadcast of episodes in Series 2 of 'Solo', broadcast on RTÉ television.
file includes scripts for episode with actor David Kelly, annotated by Carolyn Swift; Episode of 'Solo' with Marie Keane (June 1964) with extracts of texts from J.M. Synge, Sean O'Casey and Brendan Behan.
Extract text included in the episodes from "The Last of My Solid Gold Watches" by Tennessee Williams.
Also music scores from folk songs and ballads by Michael Flanders.

File with letters between Carolyn Swift and James (Jim) Plunkett regarding 'Solo' series. includes memo from Plunkett to Swift - "I fully appreciate the excellent work you are doing on the "SOLO" series ... nevertheless, the title of "Script Editor" is mine" (14 Apr 1964); Typed letter by [Swift] to Plunkett with progress reporyt on "series of special Half-Hour One-Man Shows, with discussions about the series content and input from Dermot Kelly, Ray McAnally, and Joe Lynch (18/11/1963);
Typed Script for Solo episode - Brendan Cauldwell, produced by Bob Quinn (14 June 1964); Carbon copy of same script, annotated by Carolyn Swift (14-17 June 1964); other episode annotated scripts by Swift, Newspaper cuttings of TV broadcast listing (Dec 1963); Krupp's Speech From the Time of Your Life by William Saroyan; Script for Solo Episode - Martin Dempsey, annotated by Swift (Dec - Jan 1963-1964); Typed 'Solo' script document "Marie Keane May/June 1964, with Mary Byrne's speech from Synge's The Tinker's Wedding, with texts for other scenes from Marie Keane 'Solo', with excerpts used from Sean O'Casey and Brendan Behan; Script for 'Solo' episode for episode with Eamon Keane, by Carolyn Swift and produced by Bob Quinn (10 May 1964).

Also handwritten letters between Swift and others involved in the series, including Eamon Keane, Sheila [ ]; Benny [ ]; Brendan Cauldwell (1963-1964).

File with scripts, correspondence, and related documents from the development, production, and broadcast of 'Solo' series on RTÉ Television, by Carolyn Swift. Includes scripts, drafts, running orders, and parts from the episode of 'Solo' for Martin Dempsey; Scripts and production documents for 'Solo' episode of Donal Donnelly (Jan 1964), memos and letters discuss clearances of rights for parts of episodes e.g. use of Drum Solo from The Scatterin' by James McKenna in an episode (1963); Scripts, texts, running orders etc. for episode of 'Solo' for Milo O'Shea (Jan 1964); Script and text of parts of 'Solo' episode of Jim Norton, and also letters between Swift and Norton about the episodes.

File with scripts, correspondence, and related documents from the development, production, and broadcast of 'Solo' series on RTÉ Television, by Carolyn Swift. Includes scripts, drafts, and parts from the episode of 'Solo' for Eamon Kelly (March 1964); 'Solo' episode by Hal Roche (March 1964); 'Solo' episode by Anna Manahan (Apr 1964); 'Solo' episode for Cecil Sheridan;

Correspondence from Swift to others including Joan Stevenson, London re. rights to extracts from works by Ray Bradbury (1964), to Katie Kahn-Carl also re rights to extracts from The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams (1964); Letter from Swift to Anna Manahan re. offer to record for 'Solo' (2 Mar 1964); hand written letter from Cecil Sheridan to Swift (11 Apr 1964).

File with scripts, correspondence, and related documents from the development, production, and broadcast of 'Solo' series on RTÉ Television, by Carolyn Swift. Includes scripts, drafts, running order, and parts from the episode of 'Solo' for T.P. McKenna (Feb 1964), including text of extract from "Are You Cracked or Are You Mad" by Edna O'Brien; episode of 'Solo' with David Kelly (Feb 1964)

Also includes letters from Carolyn Swift to those involved in episodes of 'Solo', such as T.P. McKenna, Katie Kahn-Carl; Letters to and from actor David Kelly, with discussions around his episode of 'Solo'. (Jan 1964).

Files with typed texts of 'Song and Dance Numbers' from the Follies and sketches produced at the Pike Theatre, Dublin. Some annotation and edits to the texts also present. Titles of song and dance numbers as follows:

File 1 - Foreign Games!; Gad-About; I Couldn't Say "Yes"; Hogsville, Idaho; Everywhere I Go!; Cuchulainn and the Bird; Diversion With Music; The Geophysical Year; The Old Duet; In Father's Conservatory; Laurie Morton - Single Spot for Royal; Zombie Jamboree; Cuchulainn and the Raven; Do It Yourself!; Keep Hot in Paris; Dream Sequence; Annabelle.

File 2 - Rum and Coca-Cola; I'm a Better Woman Than You; Solas Market; Keep Mum Calypso; Voodoo; A Tasty Dish in Rythm [sic]; When I First Met You; Silver Shore; Someone Comes Along; Swan Song; Piano Man; Quartette.

Typed song lyrics as used in Pike Theatre Dublin Follies and Revues, some with annotation and edits/stage directions. Sheets of song lyrics present for:

Lullaby; Party Piece No. 1; She Has Everything She Wanted; Out of the Blues; Me; Lullabye; Blue-Eyed Baby; El Dulce Milagro; Ding Dong Bell; "Alone Tonight" Blues; The Ghost Walks; Union Street; Variety Turn.

File of letters relating to the writing and composition of songs and lyrics by Carolyn Swift and which used in various productions. The letters include to/from Swift and Fergus Linehan; Fran [ ]; Carl [ ] at RTÉ; Noel Smyth, RTÉ; Ricky Stephens; Joe O'Donnell, RTÉ; Bill Golding; Adrian Cronin, Head of Light Entertainment, RTÉ; Ruth O'Meara, Phoenix Productions; Noel Pearson.