File of letters between Kevin Boyle, Tom Hadden and various others concerning writing, researching, editing, publishing and commenting on the book "The Anglo-Irish Agreement, Commentary, Text and Official Review". Includes letters between Boyle and Hadden and also John Boyd, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London; Noel Dorr, Department of Foreign Affairs, Iveagh House, Dublin; John Rogers, S.C., Dublin; Lord Armstrong, Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Tony Burns, Northern Ireland Office, London, seeking comments for inclusion on the commentary of the Anglo-Irish Agreement (15 Nov 1998); Document of return of comments from Noel Dorr, Department of Foreign Affairs to Boyle and Hadden. Also includes series of copy letters from those who received copies of the final published book and who add comments to Boyle and Hadden on same, including: Walter Kirwan, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, Dublin; Proinsias de Rossa, T.D., Dáil Éireann; Peter Barry T.D., Dáil Éireann; Dick Spring, T.D., Dáil Éireann, Garret FitzGerald, T.D., Dáil Éireann, T.J.B. George, Republic of Ireland Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, Peter Temple Morris, M.P., House of Commons, London, Desmond O'Malley, T.D., Minister for Industry and Commerce, Dáil Éireann, Rev. Ian Paisley, M.P, M.E.P., Kevin McNamara, House of Commons, London, John L. Murray, S.C., Attorney General, Dublin, I.M Burns, Deputy Under Secretary, Northern Ireland Office, London, Ian Gow, T.D., M.P., House of Commons, London, Sir Robin Butler, Cabinet Office, London, Alan Goodison, The Wates Foundation, London, Elizabeth Hume, Northern Ireland Office, Belfast and the Rt. Hon. James Molyneaux, M.P., House of Commons, London. File also includes letter from Noel Whitty, Legal Editor, Sweet and Maxwell Ltd, London, to Kevin Boyle, regarding final details for publication, book launch, advertising and royalties regarding the book. Letter from Dermot Nally, Secretary to the [Irish] Government, Department of the Taoiseach, praising the publication and elegance of the book. (12 Dec 1989)

File of letters between Kevin Boyle, Tom Hadden and the publisher of the book, Penguin, discussing content, drafts, research, publication, etc. for the book "Northern Ireland - The Choice". Other recipients include Mr Justice Ronan Keane, The High Court Dublin and Noel Dorr, Secretary to the Taoiseach, Dublin; Martin Mansergh, Department of the Taoiseach, Dublin; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London.

File of TS and MS letters between Kevin Boyle, publishers Sweet and Maxwell; Michael McDowell; The Department of Finance, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin; An Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald T.D., Office of the Taoiseach, Dublin; Alan Duke, T.D., Minister for Finance; Peter Sutherland, Attorney General, Dublin; Robert Clark, Dept. of Law, University College Dublin (Assistant Editor of the Series); Mervyn Taylor T.D., Dáil Éireann, Dublin and others associated with commenting or contributing on drafting and writing of the series.

Correspondence relating to the submission on Human Rights violations in Northern Ireland made to the Secretary General of the United Nations.

Letters relating to the Northern Ireland Emergency Provisions Act

TS letters from Kevin Boyle of Yale Law School, U.S.A., to Edwina Stewart, Secretary of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, informing her that the case of Donnelly et al has deemed admissible to the court of Commission of Human Rights, and discussing aspects of publicity which will surround the case, record keeping for research on this and similar cases and thanks the NICRA and the Association for Legal Justice for their help. (13 Apr 1973)
TS letter from Kevin Boyle, Yale Law School, USA, to Mr. B McNamee, Solicitor, Newry, Northern Ireland, informing him the Donnelly et Al case was deemed admissible, asks McNamee to write to inform all the applicants of the news, discusses the next stages of the case, the question of fees, legal aid and other such matters. (13 Apr 1973)
TS letter from and signed by Hurst Hannum to Kevin Boyle, stating Hannum is still awaiting correspondence from the Commission [on Human Rights regarding the Donnelly case) and discusses research and book publication details with Boyle. (5 Jan [ ])
TS copy letter of update from Kevin Boyle and Hurst Hannum to Sean McCann, Chairman, Association for Legal Justice, Belfast, and including a detailed update on the Donnelly case at Strasbourg and also an update on the petition to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Sub-Committee on Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, New York and Geneva. (16 Aug 1973).
Copy TS letter signed by Hurst Hannum to Mr. A.B. McNulty, Secretary to the European Commission on Human Rights, listing documents sent to the commission as relating to the case of Donnelly et al V. The United Kingdom.

Letters detailing comment and referring to police and security in Northern Ireland.

Correspondence include letters between Kevin Boyle and others relating to the SDLP conference, including letter from Eamon Hanna, Secretary SDLP detailing information on the format for the meeting and possible themes for Boyle's talk (17 Aug 1984) Letter from Hanna enclosing meeting documents, agenda, minutes etc. (17 Sep 1984) Letter from Boyle on University College Galway headed paper, to the Editor [of the Irish Times] concerning their coverage of his talk delivered to the SDLP and outlines and clarifies his proposals on North-South relations and discusses in detail his thoughts on constitutional methods and actions in North/South-Anglo relations. (24 Sep 1984) Letter from Boyle to Tom Hadden discussing Boyle's opinion on the commentary following his own talk to the S.D.L.P (25 Sep 1984) Letters from various people requesting copies of Boyle's talk to the SDLP; TS letter signed by Boyle and sent to David Blake-Knox, Today Tonight Office, RTE, Dublin, detailing information on his past activities on Civil Rights which he forgot to mention on the show and he says ". . .it is important to underline that I am not a 'Civil Righter' of the 1960s, who has turned moderate in his declining years. I was always moderate in political outlook, but happy to be called extremist if it involved the issue of the abuse of state power. Manuscript letter from unnamed person detailing disagreement with Boyle's suggestion on dropping claim to Northern Ireland (24 Sep 1984)

TS and MS letters between Kevin Boyle and others and discussing the Anglo-Irish Agreement. File includes letter signed by H.G. Calvert, University of Cardiff, saying "I wish I could strike a note of optimism in this letter. . .God Help us! All now depends on the Iron Lady. We have all of us been assuming that patient persuasion could illuminate their self-interest. It will not." (18 Dec 1985); Michael Lillis, Department of Foreign Affairs; The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, London from Tom Hadden, thanking him for hospitality at Hillsborough last week. . . (25 Nov 1985); Frank Sheridan, Private Secretary to Peter Barry, T.D. Minister for Foreign Affairs (24 Feb 1986); Letter from [Geoff Gilbert], The Polytechnic of North London, attaching a proposal for a conference on Anglo-Irish Legal Relations (4 Sep 1987); Copy of letter and article from [Tom Hadden] to Boyle, entitled "How the Anglo-Irish Agreement Might be Saved From Its Friends" (n.d.); Telex and TS report copied by Kevin Boyle to Tom Hadden from [The Guardian] reporting on how the defeat of the Divorce Referendum in the Irish Republic will have weakened the Anglo-Irish Agreement" (20 Jul 1986) and other documents.

TS letters between Boyle and others regarding his submission of evidence to the Devolution Report Committee, such as J.A. Allen, Chairman of the Devolution Committee and L.J. Tait, Clerk Assistant to the Northern Ireland Assembly, stating thanks to Boyle for his submission, enclosing transcripts and outlining the work and objectives of the Committee.