Documento 3 - Aodh de Blacam Tribute Volume

60 pp; 34 cm x 21 cm; Bound volume; Manuscript, typescript, newspaper clipping, printed, photographic print

A bound volume containing clippings, letters, offprints, and photographs relating to Aodh de Blacam. Includes clippings of biographies, obituaries, and tribute articles. Gilt title to the spine reads ‘Aodh de Blacam / Died 13th January 1951’. The volume includes:
• Aodh de Blacam, ‘Emigration: the witness of geography’, ‘Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review’
Vol. 39, No. 155 (Sept., 1950), pp. 279-288.
• Letter from Aodh de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan (12 Jan. 1951).
• Typescript on Clann na Poblachta and the state of various political parties in the years from 1948-50. Marked ‘Very confidential / received 14 December 1950 / Fr. Senan’.
• Clippings of obituaries for Aodh de Blacam in the ‘Evening Herald’ and ‘Sunday Press’ (Jan. 1951).
• Card from Mary de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for his sympathy on her husband’s recent death. (Feb. 1951).
• Obituary for Aodh de Blacam published in the ‘Irish Times’ (15 Jan. 1951).
• Portrait print of Aodh de Blacam.
• Clipping of report on de Blacam’s funeral. (‘Irish Press’, 16 Jan. 1951).
• Letter from Fr. Henry Edward George Rope to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. expressing his sadness on hearing of de Blacam’s death and recalling his meetings with him in Rome. (6 Feb. 1951).
• Photographic print of Fr. Senan and Aodh de Blacam (1950). Print by Adolf Morath (1905-c.1977).
• ‘Rovings in Rome / 1. Where the Earls lie’ by Ruaíri Rodach (Aodh de Blacam). ‘The Father Mathew Record’ (Mar. 1951).

The volume has suffered extensive water damage is very fragile. The upper portion of the volume is badly damaged. Very careful manual handling of the document is recommended.