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An index to articles on Irish Capuchin missionary work in Africa published in 'The Father Mathew Record' from 1929-39. The index was compiled by Fr. Pádraig Ó Cuill OFM Cap.

An original total abstinence pledge card of Anne Burke dated 19 Mar. 1840. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.

An original framed total abstinence pledge card of Mary Farrell dated 18 Nov. 1840. The pledge card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The certificate has been colour tinted by hand.

An original total abstinence pledge card of Walter Walsh dated 28 Feb. 1842. Manuscript annotation on frame reads ‘Presented by J. Walsh, 38 Killeen Road, Rathmines, grandson of the recipient’. The frame backing has a manuscript annotation: ‘February 1936’.

The sub-series contains original manuscript letters of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC which were framed for devotional and exhibition purposes.

Face (front): Profile view of the head of Fr. Mathew. Along outer edge: ‘The Father Mathew OSFC Total Abstinence Association’.
Obverse: Cruciform formula of pledge: ‘From the / Great Glory of God/ and the/ Salvation / of souls / in honour of / the sacred thirst and agony of Jesus / and the sorrowful Heart of Mary / I promise / to abstain from all / intoxicating drinks during / my life / and thus / discourage / their use / in others’.
Images in the four corners of the cross, clockwise, beginning with upper left: Heart surmounted by cross, entwined by crown of thorns, with drops of blood, Heart a fire pierced by sword, with drops of blood; harp; 3 shamrocks.
Two of the medals have green ribbon and pin attachments.

Face (front): Centre: Man and woman on pedestal on which two children are seated. The adults carry a shield surmounted by a cross, with an angel above. The upper part of the shield has a lamb bearing a banner. The man bears a banner with the words ‘sobriety’. The woman bears a banner with the words ‘Domestic Comfort’. Outer-edge inscription reads: ‘In hoc signo vinces’.
Obverse: Cruciform text of pledge. Outer edge inscription reads: ‘Total Abstinence Society, The Very Rev. T. Mathew, President’. Variant inscriptions read ‘Cork Total Abstinence Society …’ or ‘Cork Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Society …’. Inner rim inscription reads ‘Founded 10 April 1838’.
All of the medals in this file have been encased in glass. One is in purple-coloured glass and another in orange-coloured glass. One of the temperance medals is attached to a commemorative medal marking the death of Daniel O’Connell. The front shows a portrait of O’Connell with the wording ‘Daniel O’Connell Esq. MP., The Friend of His Country’ and the obverse a gravestone with ‘D. O’Connell, Born, 6 August 1775, Died, 15 May 1847’ above ‘Catholic Emancipation, Repeal’ with a weeping Hibernia, along with a harp.