This collection comprises the papers and correspondence of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee. The Committee was formed to raise funds to create a memorial to Kevin Barry (20 January 1902–1 November 1920). Barry, a medical student at University College Dublin, was executed for his part in an ambush which resulted in the deaths of three British Army officers. The Committee commissioned Harry Clarke Stained Glass Limited to create a stained glass window dedicated to Kevin Barry and the other students and graduates of University College Dublin who lost their lives in the struggle for Irish Independence. The window, designed by Richard King, was erected in Earlsfort Terrace and unveiled on 1 November 1934. In 2010, the window was conserved, restored and relocated in the Charles Institute at Belfield, the current campus of University College Dublin.

Letter from de Riva The O'Phelan of Decies, secretary of Cumann Chaomhghín Ó h-Iugín, Fine Gael, UCD, Merrion Square, Dublin, addressed to the secretary of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee urging the committee to refrain from accepting subscriptions from political organisations or units.

Manuscript letter from B.M. Keogh of Keogh Brothers Limited, 124 St Stephen's Green, Dublin, expressing their desire to contribute to the fund by offering to publish and sell 300-500 memoriam cards and to donate the proceeds to the Kevin Barry Memorial Fund.

Brief manuscript letter from Eugene L. O'Reilly, secretary of the committee of the UCD Cumann of Fianna Fáil, 49 Dartmouth Square, Leeson Park, Dublin, to Bourke enclosing a cheque for ten guineas as a subscription to the Kevin Barry Memorial Fund.

Letter from Bourke to B.M. Keogh, 124 St Stephen's Green, Dublin, concerning Keogh’s offer to print memoriam cards in connection with the Kevin Barry Memorial.

Unsigned letter from Bourke, An Cumann Iománuidheachta, University College Dublin, to Dr T. Corcoran requesting a list of any graduates who may be likely to subscribe to the memorial fund.

Letter from Tadhg O Neill, 1 Montpellier Terrace, Wellington Road, Cork, to Bourke concerning a report in the Irish Press that Joseph J. O' Donoghue IV – "(another one of the uncrowned kings)" - had subscribed $100 to the Kevin Barry Memorial Fund. "As far as I remember it was intended that subscriptions should be taken only from graduates of U.C.D. for the memorial. It would be almost rude to refuse it I suppose but I think the Committee should consider the matter carefully".

Manuscript letter from Ua Rathghaille, 40 Herbert Park, Dublin, to Bourke enclosing a cheque to refund Bourke for expenses relating to the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee.

Manuscript letter from Dr T. Corcoran, Leeson Street, Dublin, to Bourke concerning the provision of a list of UCD graduates who would be sent circulars soliciting donations to the fund for the Kevin Barry memorial, along with suggestions on how the committee should identify possible recipients of the circulars.

Brief manuscript post card, written in Irish, from Cilian Ó Brolcháin, 4 Bóthar na h-Ollscoile, Gaillimh, to Bourke enclosing a subscription to the memorial fund.

Estimate of a quote from Curtis and Company Printers, Temple Lane, Dame Street, Dublin, for the printing of circulars relating to the memorial window. The verso of the letter states the standard conditions of estimate.

Loose sheet featuring a list of subscribers to the Kevin Barry Memorial Fund up to 15 July 1933. The list contains the full name of the subscriber and their subscription amount. The front page contains a typed list and the reverse features a continued manuscript list of subscribers along with a running total.

Undated manuscript list of 37 subscribers and the amount of their subscription to the memorial fund.

Loose sheet featuring a list of subscribers to the Kevin Barry Memorial Fund up to 31 January 1934. The typed and manuscript list provides the names of individual subscribers along with the total amount of their subscription

Letter from [Major General] C. Dempsey, president of University College Dublin Officers Training Corps Mes.s, Griffith Barracks, Dublin to the treasurer of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee enclosing a subscription to the Fund.

Letter from Bourke addressed to the secretary of Cumann Ch. Ó h-Iugín, Fine Gael, UCD, responding to his letter concerning the acceptance of subscriptions from political organisations. "Your letter was of course of a purely hypothetical nature as no subscription had been received from the College Cumann of Fianna Fail (It was presumed that that was the “certain political organisation” to which you referred). … the committee see no objection to receiving subscriptions from students of the College, or any group of students, or graduates of the College irrespective of what title they may make use of to describe themselves. So long as the committee are sure of the bona fide College status of the subscribers their subscriptions will be accepted".

Brief manuscript letter from Patricia Browner of 6 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin, addressed to the treasurer of the Memorial Committee enclosing a cheque as subscription to the fund.

Manuscript letter from Séamus Ó Ceallaigh, 10 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, to the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee, written in Irish, relating to a contribution of £1 to the fund.

Letter from Curtis and Company Printers, Temple Lane, Dublin, to Bourke enclosing a statement and receipt for payment for the printing of circulars and envelopes relating to the Kevin Barry Memorial.

List of subscribers to the Kevin Barry Memorial Fund; manuscript table features the names of individual subscribers and the amount given to the fund along with a running total.

Manuscript letter from Dr T. Corcoran, Convent of Mercy, St Mary's, Nenagh, to Bourke responding to Bourke’s letter of 27 August 1932. Corcoran will be unable to occupy the position of joint honorary treasurer on the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee.

Note from Dr T. Corcoran, Department of Education, University College Dublin, confirming his attendance at the memorial mass and the unveiling ceremony.

Typed, unsigned note from the Minister for Defence, [Frank Aiken], confirming his intention to attend the unveiling of the Kevin Barry Memorial.

Note from Mrs Gifford-Wilson, 49 Philipsburg Avenue, Dublin, confirming her attendance at the unveiling ceremony.