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The minutes start with the first council meeting held at Saint Joseph's, Blackrock, on 19 September 1873. At this first meeting, it was decided what the order of day would be from 4am rising to 9pm lights extinguished. The order of day was to change more than once in future meetings. Many other things were also proposed and decided in meetings.

Signed and with wax seal after each meeting.

An attested copy of a memorial originally dated 6 July 1910, from Very Reverend Thomas Morrissey CM of Saint Joseph’s, Blackrock, to Louisa Forde of South Devon England, regarding properties on Temple Road, Blackrock. Also includes page of notes from 1932 about the property.

An attested copy of a memorial originally dated 29 August 1878, from Georgina Alma of Blackrock to John Carroll of Blackrock, regarding properties on Sweetman’s Avenue which Reverend John Burrowes had previously demised to Thomas Christie.
Also includes page of notes from 1932 about the property.

An attested copy of a memorial originally dated 5 April 1827, from Henry Sibthorpe of Palace Street, City of Dublin, to John Latouche Powell of Mecklenburg Street, City of Dublin, regarding properties on Sweetman’s Avenue, Blackrock. This land was formerly in the possession of Daniel Grennan. Also includes page of notes from 1932 about the property.

Memoir by a Vincentian, Father Tom Davitt CM, on his time as a seminarian at Saint Joseph's, Blackrock, from 1946 to 1947.
The memoir was published as an article in Colloque 50, Winter 2004, pp. 107-134, and is available on this page: http://www.diskon.ie/colloque.html

An account by Father Stanislaus Brindley CM, of UCD Studies for Blackrock seminarians in the 1940s. Also published online in Colloque 50, Winter 2004, pp. 135-140, available online at the same link as above.

Also an account by Father Davitt, who as part of his studies in Saint Joseph's, went to visit the Maison-Mere (Vincentian Mother House) in Paris in 1949.

Printed booklet entitled 'Matricula' which gives a list of 'the names of past students who are still living' who went to All Hallows College. It was published by Browne and Nolan Limited. It also has a list of the names of the current students.