Includes; file includes brown envelope addressed to A. O’ Rahilly, ESQ., M.A. D.SC., D. Litt, Colaiste Ollscoile, Corcaigh with a note written in pencil saying Nano’s letters deciphered by A O’ Rahilly which includes notes on printed paper of Basil O’ Connell, 76, Palmerston Road, Rathmines, Dublin, dated 5 June 1951; part of brown envelope which is addressed to The Assistant Librarian, University College, (The Library Dept E.), Cork, Eire; brown envelope in bad condition, addressed to Alfred O’ Rahilly, Esq., M.A. B.SC., PhD., Registrar’s House, University College consisting of Early Nuns’ Letters dated 1802 – 1835, letter from Sr. M.F. Tobin (18 May 1802), Isabella Mc Loughlin written on the first page, letter from Sr. Bigger to Tobin from Dublin (27 August 1802), notes on Jeremiah Collins (7 November 1829), notes from Ellen Kelleher of the city of Cork (21 December 1814), letter to Charles Chichester on 21 December 1814 regarding payment of money, letter from M.J. Farrell to Mrs Austen on 23 March 1835 regarding the arrangements for the rent. Notes by Justin McCarthy dated 2 July 1810 regarding the use of his property; letter from Presentation Convent, George’s Hill, Dublin on 17 January 1839 regarding veiling and the weather; two articles from a magazine entitled America April 22, 1939 entitled ‘Fair Labor News In Diocesan Papers’ by Norman McKenna and ‘ Some of our writers are instruments of disunity oft-times there are none so dumb as those who speak’ by William J. Smith; article from The Catholic Gazette, November 1935 entitled ‘ What is the Grail?’; article from Catholic Action, Monthly Publication of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, Vol. XXIII, No. 11 November 1941; note from Alfred O’ Rahilly, Blackrock College, County Dublin stating that before leaving Cork it was arranged that Fr. T.J. Walsh would write the book on the life of Nano Nagle; letter to Mr. President from 35 Main Street, Mallow, dated 1 August 1951- signature is not clear; letter from Alfred O’ Rahilly, President’s Office, University College, Cork dated 21 September 1951 to Mother Benignus mentioning the progress of the book on Nano Nagle; letter from Fr. T.J. Walsh, South Presbytery, George’s Quay, Cork dated 18 March 1952 to Dr. O’ Rahilly concerning the Nagle genealogy; letter from Alfred O’ Rahilly to Father Walsh on 19 December 1953 concerning the history of the Nagle family; letter to Rev Mother from Alfred O’ Rahilly asking Rev. Mother to help by communicating with convents abroad; handwritten note with the heading Letter to Pope - Moylan 20 December 1802 stating his desire to promote Nano Nagle’s work ; handwritten pages in Latin with the heading ‘Beatisime Pater’; black and white photograph of Miss Nano Nagle, Foundress of the Ursuline and Presentation Sisters in Cork; and eight black and white photographs of Academy of the Presentation, Turk Street at Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, California, Presentation Convent, Powell Street, San Francisco, Ruins of the Presentation Convent, Powell Street, San Francisco 1906, ruins of the Sacred Heart Presentation Convent, Taylor and Ellis Street, San Francisco, Sanctuary of Chapel Motherhouse- Mount Loretto, Sisters of the Presentation Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.A. Presentation Convent (Mother House), 281 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., Sacred heart Presentation Convent, Taylor and Ellis Street, San Francisco, U.S.A.

Includes; letters relating to foundations in the United States of America made in San Antonio, Texas, in 1952; Globe, Arizona in 1956; the booklet for the centenary of the arrival of the Sisters in California in May 1955; letters from Sr. M. Patrick Rupert Looney, Presentation Convent, 281 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, California, to Rev. T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh] St. Finbarr’s South, Cork 23 November 1954 and in 1957 to Father Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], Rev. Mother M. Ignatius [Hartnett], and Sr. M. Catherine[Condon]; notes on Outline of Studies – Presentation Convent Schools Saint Joseph High School, Berkeley, California; list dated 12 January 1912, Mother House, Presentation Convent, San Francisco, California giving details of the foundations in the Archdioceses; list of Presentation Convents and Institutions throughout the world, 25 March 1955; reports on schools; application form to enter novitiate from 281 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, California; and newspaper cuttings with the headings: ’Presentation Sisters celebrate 100 Years in United States’, ’Presentation Nuns Mark Centennial’,’ In the Limelight’,’ Mule Train, ‘Shanty’ Living, Marked Early Presentation Days in America’ from The Monitor 5 November 1954 and ‘Nano Nagle Foundress of the Presentation Order’, from The Leader, San Francisco, 13 November 1954; extracts from letter from Presentation Convent, Fargo, North Dakota, 22 April 1957, typed noted on ‘The Presentation Order in North Dakota’; letters from Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1956 and 1957 and notes on ‘The Aberdeen Foundation of the Congregation of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary’; ‘ Sermon delivered by the Most Reverend William O’ Brady, Archbishop of St. Paul, on 19 September 1961, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the coming of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Aberdeen, South Dakota, on 4 October 1886; and letters to Sr. Catherine in 1956; letters from Mother M. Estelle, Dubuque, Iowa in 1936 and 1957 giving details of the Sisters, convents and schools.

Includes; letter from Mother Clare Callaghan to Bishop Coppinger; letter from Dr. Moylan, Bishop of Cork to Dr Troy Archbishop of Dublin, dated 7 November 1788, giving details of Nano Nagle’s life and the mission of the Ursuline and Presentation Sisters; copy of a letter written on 3 February 1814 by Mother Clare Callaghan of the South Presentation Convent, Cork, to Mother Mary Joseph MC Loughlin, foundress of the Presentation Convent, Kilkenny, the subject of the letter is the death of Dean Robert McCarthy, V. G. last superior of the Irish college at Toulouse. He helped the Presentation Sisters through early difficult days and photocopy of a letter from T.P. Bigger to M. F. Tobin, dated 21 August 1802.

Includes; typewritten copies of letters from George’s Hill, Dublin, from Sisters in different convents; letter from Mother M. Angela Collins to Miss Teresa Mullaly dated 31 March 1786, in which she mentions the needs of the poor children and the need for vocations and the qualities which are necessary for the new Sisters; letter from Laurence Callanan to Teresa Mullaly, dated 1 October 1791, in which he mentions the foundation in Killarney and the need for Miss Curtayne to return and the shortage of Sisters, he also mentions that the Rule is not yet ready and is glad to get good news of Mr. Mulcaile; letter from Bishop Moylan to Teresa Mullaly dated 26 June 1794, gives details of the shortage of Sisters, their health and circumstances; letter from M. H. Doyle to Teresa Mullaly, dated 7 July 1794, mentions Mr. Mulcaile and children receiving the Sacraments; letter written on 28 February 1795 by Mrs. M. F. Tobin, Cork Presentation Community to Teresa Mullaly, George’s Hill, re Sisters Doyle and Doran -Foundresses of the Presentation order in Dublin, describing the lives of the Sisters, their health and daily timetable, and the wish to spread the congregation further in Ireland; letter from Mother M Clare O’ Callaghan, “ Cork Convent of the Presentation”, to Sister Magdalen Clinch dated 10 May 1796, letter from M Clare Coppinger to Miss Doyle dated 7 August 1796, letter from M.F. Tobin to Teresa Mullaly dated 1 January 1797, mentioning the political situation in the country; letters from M. F. Tobin to Mrs. Mary M. Clinch, Dublin dated 3 February 1797 and two copies of letter of 1 July 1797; letter from M.F. Tobin to Miss Mary Doyle dated 4 September 1979; letter from M.F. Tobin to M. Doyle, dated 6 April 1799, discussing her family circumstances and her vocation; letter from M.F. Tobin to Magdalen Clinch dated 21 July 1800, letter from Sr. M Angela Fitzsimons to Teresa Mullaly, dated c 25 April 1801; letter from M Clare Coppinger to Miss Mary Doyle, dated 1803, the death of Mrs. Mullaly is mentioned; letter from M. F. Tobin to Miss Doyle, dated 24 January 1805, mentions that Sr. Collins health is not good; letter from M. F. Tobin to Miss Doyle, dated 24 January 1805; letter from M Clare Coppinger to Miss Doyle, dated 11 March 1806; letter from M.F.Tobin to Mary Doyle, dated 23 May 1806, congratulating her on getting the holy habit and mentions that there are now eight Sisters in Killarney; letter from M. F. Tobin to Sr. Bernard (Mary) Doyle, dated 28 October 1806, she describes the new building; letter from M Clare Coppinger to Mary Doyle, dated 12 January 1807; letter from M Clare Coppinger to Sr. Bernard Doyle, dated 3 April 1812, she states that her health is failing; letter from Mother M Clare Callaghan to Mother Ignatius Doran, dated 24 November 1812, Carlow and Kilkenny are mentioned.; letter from M Ignatius Doran from Drogheda to Clare Healy in George’s Hill.
Letters quoted from Hutch, dated 21 may 1784; letters quoted by Burke Savage S. J. , Collins to Mullaly, dated 31 March 1786, letter dated 1 October 1791, Callanan to Mullaly, and letter dated 29 April 1794 Tobin to Mullaly, letter dated 2 July 1810 from McCarthy to Miss Tobin.