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A bound volume with a gilt title on the front cover which reads ‘Newspaper Cuttings’. The volume contains numerous original letters and newspaper clippings offering mainly favourable testimonials on ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1942). The volume contains content from many prominent politicians (Seán T. O’Kelly), clergymen, artists (Jack B. Yeats), writers (Patrick Kavanagh), and diplomats (John loader Maffey, David Gray, and Eduard Hempel). Includes letters to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. from Archbishop Joseph Walsh, Daniel Corkery, Bishop Patrick Lyons, Canon Patrick Rogers, Bishop Thomas Keogh, Seán MacEntee, Oscar Traynor, George Noble Plunkett, Bishop Edward Doorly, Gerald Boland, Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Justin Hyland OFM Cap., Bishop James Staunton SJ, Gerturde Parry, Thomas McEllistrim, Bishop James Joseph MacNamee, Robert Maire Smyllie, Art O’Brien (Art Ó Briain), Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap. (refers to T.J. Kiernan’s arrival as Irish ambassador to the Holy See), and Eamonn Cooney.

Negative film transparencies of various photographic prints and documents used to illustrate commemorative features on the 1916 Rising in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1942) and in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1966). Several of the prints show rebel leaders, scenes of destruction in the aftermath of the Rising, and an illustration showing the execution of a rebel leader in Kilmainham Jail.

A bound book, formerly ‘The Works of Ruskin / library edition / Vol. II’, in which clippings relating to the 1916 Rising taken from contemporary newspapers have been laid in. The clippings (including many printed photographs and illustrations) cover the fighting and the subsequent executions of the rebel leaders. The volume includes contemporary accounts mainly taken from loyalist publications, including the ‘Irish Times’, ‘Daily Sketch’ and ‘Weekly Dispatch’. The volume also includes articles from the ‘Cork Free Press’. The end pages of the volume contain clippings relating to the Civil War and material re the deaths and executions of leading republicans during the latter stages of that conflict. A few articles from the late 1930s and early 1940s (presumably compiled by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.) are also extant in the volume. Inserts include typescript ephemera mainly from anti-Treaty and republican sources during the Civil War. The volume is not paginated.

Photographic prints compiled for an article by G. Allan Little titled ‘A tale of a Convent’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1973), pp 118-123. The file includes images of Catholic religious in Elgin, Scotland.

A volume containing printed galley-proofs of advertisements and name plates used in 'The Capuchin Annual'. A manuscript annotation on the inside front cover affirms that these advertisements are no longer in use.

An index and account book of advertisers with 'The Capuchin Annual'. The companies/individuals (with addresses) are listed alphabetically with manuscript entries relating to the amounts paid for advertisements in editions from c.1973-77.

Advertising drafts (including copy illustrations and transparencies) for Brownlee Bros Ltd., Carroll’s Cigarettes, Cara matches, Asbestos Cement Ltd., John Jameson & Sons and Toyota Cars.

Photographic prints of aerial views of Irish towns and notable landmarks. Most of the prints were created by the Irish Air Corps. Some of the images are from the 'Irish Press'. The prints were seemingly acquired with a view to publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file includes the following images:
• Shelbourne Park, Dublin.
• Ballsbridge, Dublin.
• Castle Golf Course, Rathfarnham, Dublin.
• Clongowes Wood College, Clane, County Kildare.
• Carlow Town.
• Kilkenny City.
• Marino, Dublin. The print shows large tents pitched on the grounds of the Casino in Marino. The tents may have had some connection with the International Eucharistic Congress (1932).
• O’Connell Street, Dublin.
• Windy Arbour, Dublin.
• Port of Dublin.
• Bective Abbey, County Meath.
• Gaeltacht Park, Whitehall, Dublin.
• St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, County Kildare.
• Kilworth Army Camp, County Cork.
• Curragh Army Camp, County Kildare.
• Drogheda, County Louth.
• Croke Park, Dublin.
• The Hill of Tara, County Meath.
• Wicklow Town.
• Wexford Town.
• Foynes, County Limerick.
• Three Air Corps’ Avro Ansons flying over the Irish countryside.