A Correspondence with D W Harkness
	Date:1963-64	Extent:5 items

POL10/1	Scope and Content:Letter from D W Harkness, 99 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin to Dr. Rynne, introducing himself, and stating that he is undertaking a PhD in TCD on the Irish Free State and the British Commonwealth. He states that he is interested in the Imperial Conferences, and the contacts with other dominions. "Your general views on motives and policy would help me to build up the picture. Any detailed memorandum or papers would be of great assistance".
	Date:4 Dec 1963	Extent:3pp

POL10/2	Scope and Content:Copy typescript letter from Dr. Rynne to D W Harkness, commenting that he would not know much about the time 1929 to 1930, when the key Imperial conferences were happening. "As I gather you would really like to have the background, or even, perhaps, the gossip of the time, from someone who attended the two conferences". He suggests that they talk to Mr. Seán Murphy, retired Secretary of the Department.
	Date:5 Dec 1963	Extent:1p

POL10/3	Scope and Content:Letter from D W Harkness to Dr. Rynne, and thanks him for the opportunity to meet Seán Murphy. He states that he has met him already, but would welcome the opportunity to pose questions to the two of them.
	Date:6 Dec 1963	Extent:2pp

POL10/4	Scope and Content:Letter from D W Harkness to Dr. Rynne, thanking him for all his help. He enquires about Dan Binchy, and whether he might be of help to him. He also asks if Tom Johnson had consulted him in relation to the Balfour declarations of 1926.
	Date:13 Dec 1963	Extent:2pp

POL10/5	Scope and Content:Letter from D W Harkness to Dr. Rynne, thanking him for his letter. He comments on his thesis. "I sometimes think it strange that Ireland should have helped create a Commonwealth acceptable to the modern Asian and African states, and then left it without regrets". He outlines his plans for his thesis, and comments that he has some material from Patrick McGilligan, " which will keep me busy for a week or two".
	Date:9 Jan 1964	Extent:4pp

	B Articles relating to the Department of External Affairs
	Date:1927-1945	Extent:5 items

POL10/6	Scope and Content:Memorandum on the legal position of Iceland, covering its constitutional history, and its current position following the Act of Union with Denmark in 1918. Prepared from Daniel A Binchy.
	Date:23 Sept 1927	Extent:3pp

POL10/7	Scope and Content:Copy of the Judgement of the Supreme Court of New York County between the Irish Free State et al., plaintiffs, and the Guaranty Safe Deposit Company et al., defendants, relating to the ownership of the Republican Loan, opened with the safe deposit company in 1919 by Eamonn de Valera and James O'Mara. The Court finds for the plaintiffs. Includes copy of proposed findings of fact by the plaintiffs, and notes on the judgement by Dr. Rynne.
	Date:1927	Extent:51pp + envelope

POL10/8	Scope and Content:Offprint of an article in the American Bar Association Journal, entitled "Character and Sources of the Constitution of the Irish free State" by Hugh Kennedy, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Irish Free State.
	Date:Sept 1928	Extent:9pp

POL10/9	Scope and Content:Typescript chapters on the history of Ireland's political system, possibly part of Dr. Rynne's thesis. Includes appendix note on constituent assemblies, examining their source and role in history.
	Date:c.1930	Extent:36pp

POL10/10	Scope and Content:Printed copy of the Taoiseach's Broadcast to the Nation at the end of the war in Europe, from "The Irish Press".
	Date:17 May 1945	Extent:8pp