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"Views of Four Presidencies (1938-1975)" - exhibition of the records of the Office of the Secretary to the President

Online gallery - page 3

The images below consist of documents which have been selected from files in the collection of the Office of the Secretary to the President and digitised for display on this online gallery.

In order to view larger versions of each image together with its associated explanatory caption and reference number, please double-click on the caption beneath each image.

When the new window opens, click on the expand-window icon (the 'central square' in the illustration) to expand the window to full-size.

The files are also available for consultation in the Reading Room of the National Archives.



Cover of music score 'Chicken in the Pot'	Cover of music score 'Ball and Chain'	Arrangements for the visit of President de Valera to the US	Photograph of President Eamon de Valera on the day of his inauguration as President


President Eamon de Valera inspecting the troops at Dublin Castle	Photograph of President Erskine Childers, on the occasion of his inauguration as President	Photograph of President Erskine Childers, leaving Dublin Castle with a guard of honour on the occasion of his inauguration as President	Photograph of President Eamon de Valera, Ronald Reagan, Governor of California, and his wife Nancy Reagan


Signatures of Prince Rainier Grimaldi III of Monaco, his wife Princess Grace ...	Signature of Eduard Hempel, German Ambassador to Ireland	Signature of the future Poet Laureate, Sir John Betjeman	Signature of the tenor Count John McCormack


Poem entitled 'Canada', composed in October 1940 by President Douglas Hyde