Papers of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Irish poet, playwright, and fiction writer Francis Harvey, composed of audiovisual recordings, correspondence, diaries and notes, collected ephemera, and writings. His correspondence is both personal and professional and includes letters from contemporary poets Gerald Dawe, John F. Deane, Madge Herron, Anthony Glavin, Benedict Kiely, and many more.

The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of Harvey’s writings, which over time evolved from plays and short stories to radio scripts and poetry. His writing process is represented through notebooks and loose notes, to manuscripts and typescripts that he submitted for publication, both individually and in collections. Many poems were written on any ephemera Harvey had at hand, including envelopes, newspapers, and old school exam books.