Contains a single typescript letter from J.J. O'Kelly to Frederick A. Sterling, U.S. Minister to Ireland, concerning the legality and morality of the American decision to recognize of the Free State and a partitioned Ireland.

Contains of draft of J.J. O'Kelly's essay "Partition," alternately titled on the interior "The Story of Partition." Potentially represents a very early draft of "Partition: Dáil Éireann comes of Age" a lecture O'Kelly delivered at the Sinn Féin Ard Oifig on January 21st, 1940, later printed as a pamphlet by the Sinn Féin Standing Committee.

Contains a draft of J.J. O'Kelly's 1939 pamphlet, "Stepping Stones," initially given as a speech to commemorate the four Mountjoy Martyrs at Cork City Hall on 9 December 1939. Discusses the revolutionary period in Ireland as well as Anglo-Irish relations since the Treaty. Additionally discusses Britain's partitions in other countries, with increasingly antisemitic comments towards the end of the speech. The draft is marked up with instructions for the printer.

Contains a small, top-bound notebook containing a miscellany of notes concerning various subjects, including O'Kelly's locations 1917-1924, some retrospective notes on Ireland in the 1920s, the national debt, confiscation, and the Oath of Allegiance in conjunction with Partition. The pages for the first half of the notebook have been torn out, with the contents taking up the next ten leaves.