The American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic Records consist primarily of form letters and circulars regarding Irish Independence from Great Britain issued to local councils; official bulletins and programs of the A.A.R.I.R., both state and national; correspondence to and from Joseph Murphy Council of the A.A.R.I.R. (in Salem, Mass.), most of it to James Collins, secretary of the council, including support from unions and letters from congressmen; circulars and letters issued by other organizations such as the American Committee for Relief in Ireland, regarding the Irish situation; material issued by the Benjamin Franklin Bureau in Chicago, which made available books about Ireland and the Irish situation, material issued by the All American Brokers, Inc., regarding insurance companies in America owned or dominated by British interests; and miscellaneous papers.