Author: P.F. Cook Publisher: St. Louis, Missouri: The Knights of Father Mathew Language: English Full title: 'Father Mathew and his work / an address delivered by Mr. P.F. Cook, at the Knights of Father Mathew Banquet at the Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., on Monday evening, October 12, 1908'.
A decorative silver trowel commemorating the laying of the top-stone of the Father Mathew Statue on Sackville (O’Connell) Street, Dublin, on 13 Oct. 1890. The inscription on the trowel reads: ‘The Father Mathew Centenary / Presented to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin on the occasion of the laying of the top stone of the pedestal of statue to the Great Apostle of Temperance Rev. Theobald Mathew. Signed on behalf of the Committee / Charles A. Cameron FRCSI, Archibald J. Nicolls LLB, George Noble Plunkett, Henry Wigham. Hon. Secs., Central Committee, Mansion House, Dublin, 13th Oct. 1890’. The silver is hallmarked.
A commemorative statuette (or figurine) of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The statuette is inscribed on the base: ‘Rev. Father Mathew’. The figurine shows Fr. Mathew in a long black frock coat holding a top-hat in his left hand.
Publisher: Maidstone: G.H. Graham Format: Journal; published as a special edition of the 'Temperance Worker', xxviii, no. 214 (Oct. 1890) to mark the Father Mathew Centenary, Oct. 1890 Language: English Full title: 'Father Mathew / the Great Apostle of Temperance / His Life and Work … also a centenary poem, 1790-1890, especially written by Dr. Dawson Burns'.
Author: Patrick Rogers Publisher: Dublin: Browne and Nolan Ltd. / The Richview Press Language: English Ink stamp on inside front cover reads: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Fathers, Church Street’. Foreword by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. (1897-1962).
Publisher: Baile Atha Cliath: Ó Bruain & Árthr Language: English and Irish Full title: 'Fáilte / organ of aonach na Bealtaine / Grand Temperance Fete / Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin / 1907'.
Author: Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap. (1870-1954) Publisher: Dublin: M.H. Gill and Son Ltd. Language: English Full title: 'Footprints of Father Theobald Mathew OFM Cap. / Apostle of Temperance'
Framed letter of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, Imperial Hotel, Dublin, to Richard Dowden referring to the harsh sentence handed down to a sailor at a court martial in Cove (Cobh) Harbour. Fr. Mathew wrote ‘Strict discipline it is true, must be enforced in Her Majesty’s Fleet, but from the Report of the Trial, it is evident that the miserable culprit, was a habitual drunkard, and consequently a lunatic, and should be treated as such …’.
Framed letter of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, Cork, to Ms [recipient not given] referring to the shortage of food in the city. The letter reads ‘It would afford me pleasure to forward a supply of food but I deeply regret to say that my stock of Indian meal is exhausted. I soon disposed of the three hundred barrels I had for the relief of the destitute. Almost the entire support of the poor strangers who crowd our city is thrown upon me. Eighteen hundred weight of Indian meal is daily cooked in my boilers. Next week, I must have double the quantity as the other public kitchens will be closed’.