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Letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. mainly from authors re articles due to appear in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file includes letters from Mannix Joyce, Elo Press Limited, Michael Smyth, Garret Fitzgerald TD, Ethna Waldron, Vivion de Valera, Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Oliver Snoddy, Major-General Joseph Sweeney, Richard Mulcahy, Kathleen Napoli MacKenna, Basil Payne, Dr. Pádraig Quinn, Dr. S. Bolshakoff, Sidney Ehler, Joan Hayes, Séamus Ó Riain (Dr. James Ryan), Liam Russell, Fr. William Coughlan OFM Cap., Jack Lynch, Richard King, Fr. Michael Duffy OFM Cap., Seán Cronin, Dr. Michael Rynne, Etienne Rynne, Grace Perry, Fr. Paulinus (Seán) Cahill OFM Cap., Fr. Michael Laffin, J.S. Doran, Sr. Alphonsus Foley RSHM, John Turpin, Arthur Speight, Pádraig Tyers, William Nolan, Seán Nunan, Fr. Giles Fitzgerald OFM Cap., Domhnall Ó Murchadha, Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap., Donal Riordan Ó Connor, Fr. Michael Coen, and Daniel Nolan ('The Kerryman').
• The letter from Michael Smyth provides detail on his article on Kildare IRA battalions during the War of Independence in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1970). The letter includes a copy photographic print of Smyth in 1920. (31 Oct. 1969).
• The correspondence of Garret Fitzgerald refers to the publication of an article on the revolutionary-era 'Irish Bulletin' by Kathleen Napoli MacKenna in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1970).
• The correspondence with Daniel Nolan, Director of 'The Kerryman', refer to authors, photographs and sources for articles on the War of Independence to be published in 'The Capuchin Annual'.
• A copy letter from Fr. Henry to Dr. James Ryan (1891-1970) refers to Ryan’s concerns regarding the portrayal of the actions of the IRB during the Treaty debates in an article published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Fr. Henry added ‘That the 1919 history has been written by so many people from the Treaty side is not altogether due to me. The important articles written from the other point of view which had been promised never came, in spite of frequent requests. The tradition of "The Capuchin Annual", as you know, has always been along the other line and it is my intention that it shall remain so’. (25 Feb. 1969).
• A copy letter from Fr. Henry to G. Boland requests photographs of Éamon de Valera’s visit to the United States in 1920. Fr. Henry adds ‘I believe some friend lent Father Senan the pictures [in the 1942 edition of the "Annual"] and I am hoping it was yourself’. (6 May 1969).
• A letter from Fr. Charles J. Travers refers to events in County Cavan during the War of Independence. (14 Oct. 1969).
• Letters to John Stanton & Sons, solicitors, refer to the writings of Daniel Corkery published in 'The Capuchin Annual'.

Copy letters of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mainly to authors and contributors regarding articles published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file also includes requests and orders for editions of the 'Annual'. The file also includes some original letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The correspondents include Fr. T.J. Walsh, Kathleen MacKenna Napoli, Fr. William Coughlan OFM Cap., Monsignor Charles Troy, F.E. Burdett, Michael Bowles, G. Allen Little, Charles C. O’Connell, Donal Ó Luanaigh, Seoirse Bodley, Fr. Daniel Rebain OFM Cap., Myles O’Farrell, Gerard Lyne, Donal Brennan, Richard King, Fr. Simon Conrad OFM Cap., Kevin Faller, Fr. W.J. Hayes, Bishop Cathal Daly, Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Patrick Fahey, G.A. Hayes McCoy, Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Fr. Michael Hurley SJ, Daniel Nolan ('The Kerryman'), Basil Payne, David Marcus, Mannix Joyce, and Richard Roche. The file also includes letters from Dollard Printing House re the arrangements for the printing of the 1972 edition of the 'Annual'.

Copy letters of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mainly to authors regarding articles they intend to publish in 'The Capuchin Annual' in 1973. The file also includes original letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The correspondents include T. Ryle Dwyer, Fr. T.J. Walsh, Grace Perry, Fr. Ambrose Maculey, Fr. Peter Rodgers OFM Cap., Professor J. Weingreen, Edward Fahy, Seán Crawford, Dr. Fergus O’Rourke, Fr. Cyril Kelleher OFM Cap., Alan Denson, Maura Scannell, Fr. Daniel Rebain OFM Cap., Fr. Paschal Rywalski OFM Cap., Minister General of the Capuchin Franciscans, Diarmuid Usual Ó Tuama, Professor Fergus O’Rourke, Fr. Michael Walsh OFM Cap., St. Francis High School, La Canada, California, Kevin Faller, Anne Quinn, Oliver Snoddy, Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Charles C. O’Connell, G. Allan Little, Padraic Fiacc, Gerard Lyne, Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., Grace Perry, Sr. Brid O’Doherty SSL, Fr. Jarlath Waldron, Arthur Mitchell, Fr. Ambrose Macauley, and David Johansen.

Copy letters of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mainly to authors regarding articles they intend to publish in 'The Capuchin Annual' in 1975. Other letters refer to orders and requests for the 'Annual', expressions of gratitude for complimentary copies, and reviews of the text. The file also includes several original letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The file includes letters from Erskine Childers, President of Ireland, Jack Lynch, T. Ryle Dwyer, Rev. J.R. Windsor-Garnett, Bryan MacMahon, Alan Denson, Michael O’Beirne, Maura Scannell, Fr. Diarmuid Ó Laoghaire SJ, Michael W. Murphy, Mannix Joyce, Padraic Fiacc, Charles J. Haughey, Elizabeth May, Fr. Bartholomew Egan OFM, William Grattan Flood, James Lyons, Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Sr. Bernard Boran, Conleth Ellis, Professor Valentine Rice, Oliver Snoddy, Sean Cronin, Arthur Mitchell, E.M. Lysaght, Richard Deutsch, Donal Brennan, Magrit Wagner, Patrick W. Smyth, Fr. Theodore Crowley OFM, Gertrud Lendorff, Fr Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Laura Cahill, Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Gráinne O’Flynn, Fr. Vincent Ryan OSB, and Dermot Keogh.

Copy letters of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mainly to contributing authors in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Some of the correspondence also relates to requests for advertising and subscriptions and permissions to reproduce articles and photographs. Some of the correspondents relate their disappointment on hearing that the 1977 edition of the 'Annual' will be the final publication. The file also includes several original letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The correspondents include Donal Brennan, Edward G. Allen, Sister M. Bernard Boran, Professor Richard Ellman, Christopher J. Finn, Matthew Culligan, John McColgan, Walter McGrath (Cork Examiner), Conleth Ellis, Moira Lysaght, Arthur Mitchell, Kevin Faller, Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. R. Burke Savage SJ, Clongowes College, Patrick Callan, Seán Cronin, John P. Cosgrave, Padraic Fiacc, Monsignor Tomás Ó Fiaich, T. O’Keefe ('Irish News'), Tadgh O’Sullivan (Irish Embassy, Vienna), Bernadette Quinn, Burke Wilkinson, Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Dr. Margaret Sheridan, Maura Scannell, Mary Stack, Charles J. Haughey, Jack Lynch, Tadhg Gavin, and Geoffrey Coulter.
• A copy letter to Bernadette Quinn notes that Fr. Henry ‘kept periodicals and papers for a long time until we came down from the Father Mathew Hall to this office and it was then they were all destroyed’ (28 Apr. 1976).
• A copy letter to Fr. R. Burke Savage SJ refers to the involvement of the Capuchins in the labour movement from 1891-1931 and to the role of Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. in the temperance movement. Reference is also made to the contemporary work of Br. Kevin Crowley OFM Cap. in social outreach. Fr. Henry wrote ‘… beginning in Church Street the Capuchins set up a Clothing Guild for the poor and a Co-operative Work Guild. These have since spread to Cork and Kilkenny. More recently still Brother Kevin [Crowley] has set up a Day Centre in which a number of men who spend the night in the Morning Star and others can spend the day especially in Winter and can have served to them free at least two simple meals’. Fr. Henry also suggests that ‘since Vatican II sodalities seem to have lost their impact’ (9 July 1976).
• A copy letter to Professor Ellmann affirms that Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. ‘has had nothing to do with this place [the Capuchin Periodicals Office] for over twenty years’ (21 July 1976).
• A letter from Fr. Edward, a Passionist priest, St. Joseph’s Retreat, Cloonamahon, Collooney, County Sligo, refers to the decision to cease publication of The Capuchin Annual. He wrote ‘we of the Passionists in County Sligo voice our surprise and disappointment to learn of the conclusion of the “Capuchin Annual” with the 1977 issue and for the future of those how have a genuine love for all that’s nationalist, cultural and the spiritual well-being of the Irish people and we pledge our wholehearted support to any effort to be made for its survival’. (22 Nov. 1976).
• A copy letter to Dr. Margaret Sheridan suggests that Fr. Henry believed ceasing publication was ‘a mistake’ but it had not caused him ‘any personal grief’ (22 Dec. 1976).

Letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. mainly from authors re articles due to appear in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1967). The file includes letters from Máire Brugha, Elizabeth Corr, John P. Barton, Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Bonnie Kate Shaw (Columbia Records Book Publishing), Fr. Michael Hurley SJ, Kevin Faller, Fr. John Heuston OP (a brother of Seán Heuston), Fintan Brennan, the Cork Examiner, the Connaught Tribune, Edward MacLysaght, Seamus Fitzgerald, Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., C.F. Neenan, Florence O’Donoghue, Mannix Joyce, Seán Ó Luing, Richard King, Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Sidney Ehler, William O. Bush, Brian Lenihan, Alison King, Piaras Mac Lochlainn, Brian Mac Giolla Pádraig, the Kilmainham Jail Restoration Project, Richard Mulcahy, M.W. O’Reilly, Seán T. O’Kelly, Basil Pyne, Liam Russell, Fr. Jerome Kiely, Dr. S. Bolshakoff, Seán Ó Luing, Michael McDonald, Seán Ó Síocháin, Julester Shrady Post, Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap., Rev. James Good, Rev. Daniel J. O’Donovan, Bryan MacMahon, Professor John M. Barkley, and Thomas Wall

The subseries contains many letters to Fr. Henry Rope mainly from Irish correspondents. These letters were later sent by Father Rope to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. for preservation in the Irish Capuchin Archives in Dublin. Father Rope's notable correspondents included George Noble Plunkett, William Frederick Paul Stockley (and his wife, Germaine Stockley), Mary MacSwiney, and Andrew Hilliard Atteridge. The letters refer to a range of literary matters and contributions written by Father Rope for religious periodicals (including several publications produced by Irish and British Jesuits). The letters include references to Catholic literature and spirituality, academia, and the writings of various authors. Many of the letters mention the contemporary political situation in Ireland, particularly during the revolutionary period, and include commentary on events in Britain and in Europe.

This section contains many letters to Fr. Richard Henebry mainly from Irish correspondents. The files includes personal correspondence with many of the letters containing references to the activities of the Conradh na Gaeilge (Gaelic League), Irish language scholarship and activism, Henebry's academic career, and to Ring College (Coláiste na Rinne) in the Waterford Gaeltacht (Gaeltacht na nDéise).

This subseries includes a large collection of the correspondence of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The subseries includes letters from many prominent Irish political, literary, artistic, and religious figures. Notable correspondents include Maud Gonne MacBride, Jack B. Yeats, Georgie Yeats, Seán O’Sullivan, Michael Healy, and the sculptors Clare Sheridan and Seamus Murphy. Prominent Irish writers represented in the correspondence include Pearse Hutchison, Benedict Kiely, Seamus MacManus, Francis MacManus, Francis McCullagh, Kathleen M. Murphy, William Frederick Paul Stockley, Germaine Stockley, Ernie O'Malley, Daniel Corkery, Máirín Cregan, D.L. Kelleher, Helena Concannon, Alice Curtayne, and Denis Gywnn. Other notable correspondents include Aodh de Blacam, Frank Duff, Aloys Georg Fleishmann, Michael A. Bowles (the founder of the National Symphony Orchestra), Frank Ryan, Thomas MacGreevey, Sophie Raffalovich O’Brien, Robert Monteith, T.J. Kiernan, Margaret Mary Pearse, Joseph Patrick Walshe (Irish Ambassador to the Holy See), Victor Waddington, and Charles E. Kelly. The collection also includes letters from significant political figures such as Seán T. O’Kelly, Gerald Boland, James Ryan, Richard Mulcahy, and Seán MacBride.

Letters from several Irish language authors and cultural revivalist figures such as Monsignor Pádraig De Brún, Tomás Ó Con Cheanainn, Seán Ó Súilleabháin, Seán Ó Cuirrín, Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (‘Torna’), Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (‘An Seabhac’), Tomás Ó Muircheartaigh, Seán Ó Ciarghusa, Gearóid Mac Spealáin, Aindrias Ó Muimhneacháin and Críostóir Ó Floinn are also present in the collection. There are also many letters from prominent religious and church figures such as Archbishop John D’Alton, Archbishop Joseph Walsh, Bishop William MacNeely, Fr. Thomas O’Donnell CM (Rector of All Hallows College, Dublin), Archbishop Redmond Prendiville, Archbishop Thomas O’Donnell, Fr. Paschal Robinson OFM, Archbishop Gerald O’Hara, Bishop John Dignan, Archbishop Anselm Edward John Kenealy OFM Cap., Archbishop Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., Canon Patrick Rogers, Fr. Terence L. Connolly SJ (Librarian, Boston College, Massachusetts), and Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. Fr. Senan’s most prolific correspondent (in terms of quantity of letters) was Joseph O’Connor (Seosamh Ó Conchubhair), a writer from Fossa near Killarney in County Kerry. O’Connor seemingly exerted an early literary influence on Fr. Senan who consistently addressed him as ‘teacher’. The writer invariably signed his letters to Fr. Senan by using the pen name ‘Jocundus’. The files also include letters from Capuchin friars, advertisers, sales representatives, printers, and other individuals involved in the production of the ‘The Capuchin Annual’.