Includes; history of Ignatius Rice and the Presentation Brothers written by D.H. Allen.

Includes; thank you cards sent to Sister Rosario Allen from Christian Brothers for hospitality shown.

Includes; writing which stated "S[iste]r Rosario Allen holds the Apostolic Brief 1791"; cutting of newspaper photograph showing Sister Rosario giving a tour of the South Presentation.

Includes; visiting old South Presentation school before redevelopment.

Includes; lease Peter Jackson to John Allen (13 May 1751); copy Conveyance and Certified Conveyance Commissioners of Encumbered Estates to Reverends William Delaney and Dominic Murphy and Ellen Leahy, Ann Riordan and Ellen Cremen (6 January 1856); draft Assignment Richard Dowman to Trustees of South Presentation (c1890s); copy lease John Dowman to Matthew Jameson (15 May 1806); copy Will and Codicil of William Jameson (14 February 1837); copy Assignment Alexander Jameson, Horace Hayes and Eliza Hayes (23 August 1859); Assignment William Harvey to Sarah Cogan (8 August 1862); Conveyance in estate of Samuel Belcher (24 November 1871); Assignment Joseph Noblett to Jeremiah Murphy (13 December 1875); copy Will and Testament of Elizabeth Hayes (11 May 1874); Grant of Probate estate of Francis Cooper (23 June 1881); draft Declaration of Richard Dowman (1890); letter addressed from Cheshire to "My dearest Lizzie" from Elizabeth Cooper (10 December 1895); draft Conveyance (1896); Declaration of Richard Dowman (c1890s); Deed John Naughton to Sarah Cogan (15 November 1921); letters of Administration estate of Jeremiah Murphy (27 January 1922); copy Conveyance in Trust for Sale (7 June 1933).

Includes; large photos of convents and schools in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, San Pedro, Montebello, Berkeley, San Jose, Sonora and Los Gatos; page from "San Francisco Examiner" entitled "Images of Eire" containing photo of Sister Rosario Allen cutting grass in cemetery.

Includes; letters from Fr. T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], 3 October 1954 to Miss O’ Rahilly concerning a nineteenth century poet – Diarmuid O Longaigh; letter to Mother Catherine on 20 February; letter of 17 February 1960 to the Holy Father in French and in English giving the history of the congregation; letter to Mother Benignus relating to the printing of the book; letter to Mother de Sales from Fr. T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], Parochial House, Durrus , County Cork, 29 October 1968, concerning the use of the buildings on Douglas Street; letter to Sr. Catherine, 16 September 1971, including a map of Ballygriffin; letters to Father Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], from Finbarr Ryan, Arch. P.S. Port of Spain, 31 December 1959, paying tribute to him for his work on the life of ‘Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sister’s; letter from James Canon Bastible, University College, Cork, 12 December 1959, to Rev. Mother congratulating her on Fr. T.J. Walsh’s [Canon T.J. Walsh], book, ‘ Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters’, letter from S. Perosazz, Department of Education, Dublin, 28 June 1956 to Fr. T.J. Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], concerning access to reports made by inspectors on the Presentation schools during the nineteenth century; letter from M. Gregory, O.S.B., Benedictine Abbey, Kylemore, Clifden, County Galway, 15 July 1955, stating that due to fire in their archives two years previously any information which they had on Nano Nagle was burnt; letter from D. Joseph Dowdall O.S. B., Glenstal Priory School, Murroe, County Limerick, 22 May 1955 to Father Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], relating to the microfilming of documents; letter from Fr. F.X. Marin, St. Patrick’s , Via Piemonte, 60 Rome (125) to Fr. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], concerning the examination of the Prop. Documents; letter to Father Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], from Patricia O’ Connell, Evening Press, 6 April 1955 in relation to the death notice of Joseph Nagle; letters from Browne and Nolan Limited, Publishers, 41 -42 Nassau Street, Dublin, to Rev. Mother on 10 September 1958 concerning the publishing of Fr. T.J. Walsh’s, [Canon T.J. Walsh], book; letters from M.H. Gill and Son, 50 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin to Fr. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], Mother Benignus, Mother Ignatius concerning the publication of the book and its cost; two copies of 1775 – 1975 Sermon on the occasion of the Bi- centenary Celebrations of the Presentation Sisters, St. Finbarr’s Church Cork 24 December 1975, T.J. Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], December 1975; Nano Nagle, Undaunted Daughter of Desires A Study in Sanctity, T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], October 1975; letter from T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J.Walsh], Parochial House, Blackrock, Cork, 18 September 1980 to Sister Lucy, Presentation Generalate, Monasterevan, County Kildare; letter from T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], Parochial House, Blackrock, Cork to Sister Rosario [Allen] concerning the plans for the Nano Nagle tomb; letter from Carol Nagle Fish, 54 Prairie Avenue, Buffalo, New York, 14207, 25 January 1985, requesting information on her ancestors and claiming that she is related to the Nagles; newspaper article, ‘ Canon Walsh: The Final Respects’; leaflet, ‘ Office for the Dead and Funeral Mass’, Very Rev. Canon T. J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], 27 June 1984; and notes on layout of chapters for the book, ‘ Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters’.

Includes; letters and cards from Ireland and abroad requesting information on families from past pupils; thanking Sr. Rosario for her kindness and hospitality when visiting; remarking on the hospitality of the community; researching family history; requesting information for projects on Nano Nagle; expressing thanks for the guided tours of the grounds and the Heritage Room and the relics; thanks from students on school visits; thanks from Sisters visiting from the missions in Zambia and Zimbabwe; letters concerning research for documentary films; and requests from researchers for old photos. Letters from Sr. Assumpta O’ Neill, Presentation Convent, Dungarvan, County Waterford. File is in original order.

Includes; letters from Sr Raphael Considine, in Australia to Sr. Rosario Allen, South Presentation Convent, Cork, dated 1980 to 1999. In her letters Sr. Raphael thanks Sr. Rosario for her hospitality each time she visits South Presentation Convent. Sr. Raphael gives updates on her progress of the books which she is writing on Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters. She gives details of her visits to the Presentation Sisters missions in India, Pakistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Philippines. Sr. Raphael makes arrangements for other Sisters and lay people to visit South Presentation Covent. File also includes a letter to Sr. Anthony Moloney, Sr. Lelia Kaar and Sr. Ambrose; Letter from Sr. Raphael to the Sisters requesting their help to enable her to write a short book on explaining the changes in apostolic religious life after Vatican11; Presentation Mission Link November 1994; and letter from Sr. Bernadette Keating,” Cove Lane”, St. James Parade, Elsternwick 3184, to Presentation Sisters, 21 Ashdene, South Douglas Road, Cork, Ireland, 12 May 2000, giving details of Sr. Raphael’s last illness and death and including the eulogy given at her funeral.

Includes; letters and cards from Sr. Carmel Kennefick, Presentation Sister from both Crosshaven, County Cork and Globe, Arizona, U.S.A. to Sr. Rosario Allen, South Presentation Convent, Douglas Street, Cork. Some letters were written while Sr. Carmel was on holidays in Ireland. Some letters and cards were written while Sr. Carmel was on mission in Globe. The letters and cards describe their great interest in Nano Nagle and their desire to have her canonised; the design of the new tomb; express concern of one another’s families; newspaper cutting entitled ‘Presentation Sister dies unexpectedly’ and death notice of Sr. Carmel on 10 September 1988. File has been arranged in chronological order.