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Letters of Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap. (1902-1957). The correspondents include Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister; Fr. Kieran O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary; Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Minister; Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap.; Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister. Most of the correspondence relates to missionary activity in the parish of St. Monica’s, Parow, Cape Province, South Africa. The subjects include: arrangements for Fr. Oliver’s journey to South Africa on board the SS Adolf Woermann. (5 Mar.-22 May 1930); a request from Fr. Oliver to ensure that Parow parish is kept in addition to Athlone parish as it ‘contains the biggest coloured school in the vicariate’. (26 Feb. 1931); requests for mass stipends. (15 Jan. 1932); James Carlton Clarkein who wishes to join the Capuchin Order as a lay brother. (3 Mar. 1932); the resignation of Bishop Bernard Cornelius O’Riley, Vicar Apostolic of the Cape of Good Hope. Fr. Oliver wrote: ‘It is the best thing he could have done. He had not the necessary qualities to be a bishop of such vicariate as this’. (22 July 1932); requesting that Matroosfontein parish come under Capuchin ministry. (3 May 1934); the opening of a church in Matroosfontein. (17 Sept. 1935); the future of the Capuchin mission in the Cape Province. (28 May 1940); the difficulties of sending priests to the mission during wartime conditions. (15 Oct. 1940); the opportunity of establishing a mission in the Port Elizabeth Vicariate. (2 Aug. 1949). The file includes a rough sketch map of the Irish Capuchin Mission in the Cape Province. The map also indicates the distances between the various mission stations. With two photographic prints including one of Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap. The other may show his residence at Parow. References are also made to the following Capuchin friars: Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap.; Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap.; Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.; Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap.; Fr. Livinus Keane Cap.; Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.; Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap.; Fr. Marcellus Carroll OFM Cap.

The Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town and the adjacent school of St. Raphael’s. With annotations on the reverse by the depositor, James P. Rigney (a nephew of Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap.), who visited Cape Town and met with Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap.

Souvenir booklet for the 50th anniversary of St. Theresa’s Church, Welcome Estate, Cape Province, South Africa. The booklet includes a year-by-year history of the parish church (and adjoining school) and photographic prints of various Capuchin friars who served as parish priests including Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap., Fr. Ronald Grace OFM Cap. (1931-1984), and Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap. (1923-2004).

A collection of black and white photographic prints mostly relating to Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls from 1936-50. Most of the prints have been captioned by his nephew, Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap. and some were published in Mgr. Killian Flynn as seen from his letters (Ndola, 2003). The file includes prints of Fr. Killian:
• As a novitiate and student.
• With his parents.
• With Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (1897-1980) probably on a ship during their first voyage to Africa in 1931.
• With African porters during a long trek into the bush, 1931-2.
• With Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. (1876-1958) celebrating the opening of the first mission church on 30 Oct. 1932.
• The exterior of the ‘Stone Police Camp’ at Livingstone, the site of the first mission chapel, 1932.
• With Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap., Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap., Fr. Jerome MacQuillan OFM Cap. and Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., 1935.
• With Paramount Chief Yeta III of Barotseland.
• With Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa, Nairobi Cathedral in 1967.
• At the first all-African Bishops’ Conference in Kampala, Uganda, in 1969.
• At the Zambian Episcopal Conference.
• Receiving an MBE in Livingstone.
• Greeting Pope Paul VI in Kampala, Uganda. The Pope visited Uganda from 31 July to 2 Aug. 1969
• With Capuchin friars from East and Southern Africa in 1972.

Ledger of loans and monies supplied to the Irish Capuchin missions in Africa compiled by Fr. Kieran O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary. The ledger includes records of money supplied to Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap. and Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap. to build parish churches in Athlone and Parow, Cape Town, in March 1933. £1,700 was given to Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. to build a friary (14 June 1937), and £1,000 was given to Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. for Livingstone Church in Northern Rhodesia. The accounts also include monies derived from the Seraphic Mass Association (SMA) from Aug. 1931-Jan. 1935. The accounts are signed are by Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. Provincial Minister, 10 Aug. 1937.

Photographic album of Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983). The album contains partially-captioned black and white prints mainly relating to Fr. Jarlath’s time as a missionary in Africa. Some personal, family and travel prints are also extant. The captioned photographs include:
• St. Joseph’s Mission, Mankoya, Northern Rhodesia, 1938.
• Holy Cross Convent, Belfast, 1947.
• Half-length portrait of Fr. Jarlath.
• Half-length portrait of Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.
• Catechumens at Mankoya, Northern Rhodesia, 1939.
• Funeral service at Mankoya, 1939. (The service is celebrated by Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.).
• Temporary church at the Mankoya mission station, Northern Rhodesia, 1938.
• The nativity crib at Livingstone, 1937, with two religious sisters. This print appears on the front cover of Light and Laugher in Africa (1943). See CA AMI/2/7/3.
• Journey to Mankoya, December 1938.
• Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. at the nativity crib in Livingstone, 1937.
• ‘Fr. Terence and self [Fr. Jarlath]’, United States, 1929. Fr. Terence Anglin OFM Cap. died in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, on 12 Sept. 1947.
• Dead lioness at Mankoya, 1939.
• “Iona”, 1939.
• Sancta Maria barge on the Zambezi River.
• Holy Cross Convent, Sancta Maria mission station.
• Sancta Maria mission station, 1941.
• Zambezi River, 1942
• Rush beach, County Dublin, 1947.
• Fr. Molloy and Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. at Portmarnock, County Dublin, 1947.
• Fr. Fergus and nephew, Rockwell, 1947.
• A view of Table Mountain, Cape Town as seen from Athlone parish.
• Cape Flats as seen from Athlone Church, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Fr. Kelly and Bishop Whelan OMI on board the Dominion Monarch, 1947.
• Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. at the Rock of Cashel, 1947.
• Holy Cross Sisters, Athlone, Cape Town, 1950
• Fr. Jarlath and Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. (1911-1968) in Belfast, Aug. 1947.
• Family group on Lambay Island off North County Dublin, 1947.
• Holy Cross postulants, Belfast, 1947.
• Cape Town Docks, South Africa.
• Fr. Jarlath OFM Cap. at Muckross Abbey, County Kerry, 1947.
• An Aer-Lingus DC-3 at Shannon Airport.
• Fr. Jarlath and Fr. Agathangelus at a gathering for Holy Cross professions in Belfast, Aug. 1947.
• Procession of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima at Sichili mission station, 1949. Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. celebrates the Mass following the procession.
• Fr. Jarlath returns to Africa on board a ship in Dec. 1947.
• Fr. Gerard at Lourdes, 1947.
• A group of members of the Third Order of St. Francis at Athlone, South Africa, 1949.
• Full length portrait of Fr. Agathangelus at Athlone Church, Cape Province, South Africa, 1950.
• Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Br. O’Farrell (possibly a Christian Brother) and Fr. Agathangelus.
• Views of the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Province, South Africa, 1950.
• School children at Athlone Church, 1950.
• Coloured teacher at Katima Mulilo, 1949.
• Sister Aneilla Mary and Dr. Barry, Katima Mulilo, 1949.
• Parow parish (South Africa) school girls.
• The dormitory at Parow.
• Local carriers in Barotseland.
• HMS Vanguard at Cape Town Harbour, 1947.
• Views of Betharem near Loudres, 1947.
• View of St. Mary’s Church, Cape Town, South Africa.
• St. Theresa’s School, Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap. in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Dr. Barry’s wedding at Livingstone and at Victoria Falls, 1947.