Correspondence between Etienne Rynne and Athenry Heritage Committee, including minutes of meetings and documents on ongoing heritage committee projects.

Correspondence between Etienne Rynne and Georgina Plowright, Assistant Curator in Archaeology and History, City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, enclosing a register of all Irish-related artefacts in the museum.

Correspondence between Etienne Rynne and Professor Colm Ó hEocha, President, University College Galway (UCG) regarding Japanese artefacts and suit of armour in possession by the University and discussing their future curation.

Letter from D. Blair Gibson, University of California, Etienne Rynne attaching paper entitled The Cahercommaun Project.

File of letters between Kevin Boyle and Dr. Bertram Ramcharan, Director of Study and later Special Assistant to the Director of the Centre for Human Rights, United Nations. Letters include: Ramcharan to Boyle, congratulating Boyle on his admittance to the centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations at the Hague where Ramcharan looks forward to personally working with Boyle on research on 'Right to Life' and allocates the topic of 'Arbitrary Deprivation of Life: the Concept of Arbitrariness" (14 Jun 1983); Follow-up letter from Ramcharan write a write-up of research he and Boyle conducted on Right-to-Life issues (12 Oct 1983); Letter from Boyle to Ramcharan discussing in detail his heavy workload on commitment with the New Irish Forum and explaining the role of the Forum (9 Jan 1984); Letter from Boyle to Ramcharan planning future visits and meetings for research on the Right to Life issue with Ramcharan (3 Oct 1984); Letter from Boyle to Ramcharan with an updated draft of their research and stating he will be away to South Africa for work with Amnesty International (3 Mar 1984); Letter from Ramcharan to Boyle with details of the publication plan and final proofs needed for the upcoming book on the Right to Life issues. (20 Nov 1984) and other such letters.

Correspondence between Etienne Rynne and Linda Ballard of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum discussing Ballard's research on "Dressing for Death" and funerary customs.

File includes correspondence with Margaret Faul discussing her work and research on Ledsham Church Tower and Anglo-Saxon Crosses in the Keighley area. Includes drafts and offprints of Faul's articles. Also includes black and white photographic prints of sites that Faul studies.

File of letters between Kevin Boyle and Maxime Tardu, Chief, Research and Studies Unit Centre for Human Rights, United Nations, Geneva, and includes the following: copy TS letter from Tardu to the Hon. Peter Sutherland, Attorney General of Ireland, following up from recent dinner meeting at UCG and providing thoughts and detail of the developments and implementation of the United Nations Covenants and also the United Nations programme of Human Rights Seminars (11 May 1983); TS letter from Tardu, United Nations Office, Geneva, to Boyle, Dean, Faculty of Law, UCG, thanking Boyle for the hospitality at Tardu's recent visit to UCG and commenting how impressed he was with the facilities of the Human Rights Centre at UCG and wishes to remain in touch with Boyle and be considered for any future teaching in Galway (11 May 1983); Copy TS letter from Boyle to Tardu, inviting Tardu to become a member of the Board of the Irish Centre for the Study of Human rights at UCG, of which Sean McBride was Chairman and also discusses a research project on National Institutions and Human Rights across Europe. Boyle also mentions possible future contact from an NGO, 'Concerned Teachers', regarding plastic bullets in Northern Ireland policing. (3 Jun 1983); Letter of reply from Tardu to Boyle saying he (Tardu) would be glad to act as a member of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at UCG (27 Jun 1983) File includes further letters between Boyle and Tardu discussing possible association and lecturing by Tardu at UCG and other shared research interests. Also includes a C.V. of Tardu.

File of letters between Prof Kevin Boyle, University College Galway and Prof. Nicholas Ragg, University of Surrey, and also with Seamus O'Grady, Board of Extra-Mural Studies, University College Galway, discussing proposals to develop a post-graduate certificate in the practice of social welfare in Mental Health and other Mental Health Nursing relating courses, in consultation with St. Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny, Donegal and later letters regarding teaching at St. Columba's Hospital Sligo. TS notes by Boyle entitled "Notes of conversation with N. Ragg RE. Perspectives on Mental treatment and patient rights" and an outline for proposed diploma in nursing (social welfare and mental health) at University College Galway in collaboration with the North Western Health Board. Also includes letters between T.K. Whitaker, Joint Chairman of 'Anglo-Irish Encounter' discussing Boyle and Ragg's plan for a conference on mental health in Ireland.

Letters between Etienne Rynne and Nicola La Bouff, California, discussing La Bouff's article on Viking settlement in Ireland.