A bound volume containing newspaper clippings, printed election ephemera, and photographs relating to the political career of Éamon de Valera. A manuscript annotation on the spine reads ‘Dev’. The volume includes clippings of largely laudatory articles taken from the ‘Irish Press’, the ‘Sunday Chronicle’, and other titles. The volume is a ‘Walker’s Century Scrap & Newscutting Volume’.
A clipping of a photograph of Éamon de Valera addressing a large anti-Treaty rally on O’Connell Street (Sackville Street) in Dublin. The original caption refers to de Valera as the ‘former President of the Irish Republic’ and notes that there was a ‘vast crowd but little enthusiasm’. The clipping is taken from the ‘New York Times’ (5 March 1922). The image is credited to Times World Wide Photos.
A clipping of an article reporting Éamon de Valera’s speech at a gathering in the Scala Theatre in Dublin in which outlined the objectives of his new party Fianna Fáil. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (17 May 1926).
An image of Frank Aiken (first on the left) with Éamon de Valera and a military officer and another individual on a boat, possibly in Cork Harbour.
A clipping of a photograph of Éamon de Valera and John Loader Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby, United Kingdom representative to Ireland, at a cricket match in Trinity College Dublin. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Press’ (14 April 1947).
An image of Éamon de Valera working with Kathleen O’Connell. The photograph is signed by both individuals. O’Connell was a long-term confidante of de Valera and served as his personal secretary for thirty-six years.
A photographic print of President Seán T. O’Kelly and Éamon de Valera of the burial of Douglas Hyde at Portahard Church cemetery, Frenchpark, County Roscommon.
A photograph of Éamon de Valera attending the funeral of John McCormack at the Church of the Assumption in Booterstown in Dublin. Frank Aiken is also present in the photograph. The image is credited to the ‘Irish Press’.
A clipping of an article reporting on Éamon de Valera’s speech at a nationalist demonstration in Ennis, County Clare. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Independent’ (4 October 1917).
A clipping of an article reporting on Éamon de Valera’s arrival in Galway and his meetings with followers. The clipping is taken from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ (1 January 1918).