Letter from Richard Smyth, 924 Summit Avenue, New York City, to Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, regarding a proposal for the reparation of the bodies of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., the latter from a ‘non-Catholic cemetery in Oregon, USA’. He affirms that ‘it was impossible to make any move before this time, as one or more of the political parties in Ireland would use the occasion to forward their own political interests’.
Draft articles by Patrick Cunningham, 24 Clare Street, Dublin, titled ‘Some inscriptions on stone’ and ‘Portmarnock’. The former article refers to gravestone inscriptions in Dublin. Cunningham notes that this article ‘is the result of research made by an unemployed worker’.
Article titled ‘Agriculture as a source of employment’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1961), pp 145-153. The draft article was written by Lieutenant-General M.J. Costello and is dated 18 Nov. 1959 at the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee, College of Commerce, Rathmines, Dublin.
Draft of an article by Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap. titled ‘Reflections on the morality of the 1916 Revolution’ submitted for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The draft is dated 21 March 1966.
A draft titled ‘Report from Polish Affairs / A Calendar of Events’. The article was probably prepared for Sidney Ehler’s article, ‘Millennium Poloniae’, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1967).
Drafts of an article by Fintan Brennan titled ‘Recollections of IRA’s men fight for POW treatment in Parkhurst Prison, 1920-1922’. With a covering letter from Brennan to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. (28 Nov. 1966). The article was published as ‘Prisoners’ Experiences’ in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1969), pp 57-64
Draft of an article by Fr. Clifford J. Stevens titled ‘Father Flanagan of Boys Town’. The article was written in 1967 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Boys Town, Nebraska, by Fr. Edward Joseph Flanagan. Fr. Stevens was a graduate of Boys Town and served as a chaplain in the United States Air Force stationed in Japan.
Drafts of an article by Séamus Ó Ríain (Dr. James Ryan) titled ‘Dáil Éireann’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1969). The draft is dated 23 Sept. 1968.
