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Draft short story by Charles C. O’Connell titled ‘Brother Officer’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1969).

Draft short story by Patrick Tierney titled ‘Unpaid Servant’. The story was published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975).

Draft articles submitted by Mary A. Elliot, Station House, Castlefinn, Lifford Post Office, County Donegal. The articles are titled ‘The road to the rainbow’, ‘The fairy coach’, ‘Mischief in the bog’, ‘Tim the tailor’s pipe’, ‘The golden thimble’ and ‘The fairy millers’.

Circular letter from Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. enclosing an advertisement flier for 'The Capuchin Annual' (1940). The flier notes that the 'Annual made its appearance in 1930 and was sold out within a month: of course, only 2,000 copies were printed. It was a new type of Christmas publication for Ireland and it was very favourably reviewed. From a modest 2,000 the circulation has grown to 25,000 …’. The flier also profiles some of contributors, articles, and artistic and photographic features to appear in the 1940 edition.

Letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. mainly from authors re articles due to appear in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file includes letters from Mannix Joyce, Elo Press Limited, Michael Smyth, Garret Fitzgerald TD, Ethna Waldron, Vivion de Valera, Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Oliver Snoddy, Major-General Joseph Sweeney, Richard Mulcahy, Kathleen Napoli MacKenna, Basil Payne, Dr. Pádraig Quinn, Dr. S. Bolshakoff, Sidney Ehler, Joan Hayes, Séamus Ó Riain (Dr. James Ryan), Liam Russell, Fr. William Coughlan OFM Cap., Jack Lynch, Richard King, Fr. Michael Duffy OFM Cap., Seán Cronin, Dr. Michael Rynne, Etienne Rynne, Grace Perry, Fr. Paulinus (Seán) Cahill OFM Cap., Fr. Michael Laffin, J.S. Doran, Sr. Alphonsus Foley RSHM, John Turpin, Arthur Speight, Pádraig Tyers, William Nolan, Seán Nunan, Fr. Giles Fitzgerald OFM Cap., Domhnall Ó Murchadha, Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap., Donal Riordan Ó Connor, Fr. Michael Coen, and Daniel Nolan ('The Kerryman').
• The letter from Michael Smyth provides detail on his article on Kildare IRA battalions during the War of Independence in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1970). The letter includes a copy photographic print of Smyth in 1920. (31 Oct. 1969).
• The correspondence of Garret Fitzgerald refers to the publication of an article on the revolutionary-era 'Irish Bulletin' by Kathleen Napoli MacKenna in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1970).
• The correspondence with Daniel Nolan, Director of 'The Kerryman', refer to authors, photographs and sources for articles on the War of Independence to be published in 'The Capuchin Annual'.
• A copy letter from Fr. Henry to Dr. James Ryan (1891-1970) refers to Ryan’s concerns regarding the portrayal of the actions of the IRB during the Treaty debates in an article published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Fr. Henry added ‘That the 1919 history has been written by so many people from the Treaty side is not altogether due to me. The important articles written from the other point of view which had been promised never came, in spite of frequent requests. The tradition of "The Capuchin Annual", as you know, has always been along the other line and it is my intention that it shall remain so’. (25 Feb. 1969).
• A copy letter from Fr. Henry to G. Boland requests photographs of Éamon de Valera’s visit to the United States in 1920. Fr. Henry adds ‘I believe some friend lent Father Senan the pictures [in the 1942 edition of the "Annual"] and I am hoping it was yourself’. (6 May 1969).
• A letter from Fr. Charles J. Travers refers to events in County Cavan during the War of Independence. (14 Oct. 1969).
• Letters to John Stanton & Sons, solicitors, refer to the writings of Daniel Corkery published in 'The Capuchin Annual'.

Copy letters of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mainly to authors and contributors regarding articles published in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file also includes requests and orders for editions of the 'Annual'. The file also includes some original letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The correspondents include Fr. T.J. Walsh, Kathleen MacKenna Napoli, Fr. William Coughlan OFM Cap., Monsignor Charles Troy, F.E. Burdett, Michael Bowles, G. Allen Little, Charles C. O’Connell, Donal Ó Luanaigh, Seoirse Bodley, Fr. Daniel Rebain OFM Cap., Myles O’Farrell, Gerard Lyne, Donal Brennan, Richard King, Fr. Simon Conrad OFM Cap., Kevin Faller, Fr. W.J. Hayes, Bishop Cathal Daly, Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Patrick Fahey, G.A. Hayes McCoy, Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Fr. Michael Hurley SJ, Daniel Nolan ('The Kerryman'), Basil Payne, David Marcus, Mannix Joyce, and Richard Roche. The file also includes letters from Dollard Printing House re the arrangements for the printing of the 1972 edition of the 'Annual'.

Copy letters of Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mainly to contributing authors in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Some of the correspondents relate their disappointment on hearing that the 1977 edition of the 'Annual' will be the final publication. The file also includes several original letters to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The correspondents include the Most Rev. Thomas Norris, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Fr. Cothrai Gogan CSSp., John O’Leary, Rosemary Shevlin, Fr. Emmanuel Gilbin OFM, Maurice Farley, Moira Lysaght, Donal Brennan, Seán Cronin, Bernadette Quinn and Matthew J. Culligan, Yale Club, 44th Street, New York. The letter from Matthew Culligan suggest that Fr. Henry contact IBM in order to ‘computerize the "Annual"’. (7 June 1977).

A bound volume containing photographic prints complied for publication by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. A manuscript annotation on the spine reads ‘Views’. Most of the prints are not captioned. Many of the prints are of scenic locations in Ireland (particularly on the western coast), and of major Catholic churches and places of worship. The album includes the following prints (the index number refers to the pagination within the volume):

4. Thatched cottages in The Claddagh, County Galway.
5. The statue of St. Patrick on the Hill of Tara, County Meath.
6. Café at Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland.
7. Belfast Hills (Black Mountain) overlooking Belfast.
8. The un-restored McCarthy's Tower and Cross of the Scriptures at Clonmacnoise, County Offaly.
9. Exterior view of Queen’s University, Belfast.
10. Chapter Room, Mount Melleray Cistercian Abbey, County Waterford.
11. Loreto Convent, Kilkenny.
12. Large crowd hearing mass on O’Connell Bridge, Dublin, at the Eucharistic Congress, Dublin, 1932.
13. The weekly walk at the Carthusian Monastery of St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England.
14. View from a bay window at Ards House (Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary), County Donegal.
15. The refectory, of St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England.
16. Church Street, Dublin, looking towards North King Street.
17. The Library, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny.
18. The Open-Air Swimming Pool, Victoria Cross, Cork city.
19. The refectory, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny.
20. The garden of the Capuchin Friary, Church Street.
21. The sanctuary, Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny.
22. The statue of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC on O’Connell Street.
23. The unveiling of the Four Masters Monument in Donegal Town by the Most Rev. Dr. William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe.
24. City Hall, Cork.
25. Front of the Church, St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, England.
26. Four Courts’ and Capel Street Bridge, Dublin.
27. The destroyed Colegio Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas, Madrid, May 1931.
28. Healy’s Pass, Glengarriff, County Cork.
29. Laneway in Killarney, County Kerry.
30. Kilkenny Caste.
31. Owenreagh River Valley, Killarney, County Kerry.
32. Community Choir, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny.
33. Interior of Church of St. Francis, Kilkenny.
34. Exterior of St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny, County Donegal.
35. A missionary ambulance in British Somaliland. An annotation on the reverse reads: ‘My “house on wheels”, head-quarter, Berbera, Fr. Adoldf, Berbera, British Somaliland’.
36. The cloister garden, Capuchin Friary, Pantasaph, North Wales.
37. The cemetery, Capuchin Friary, Pantasaph, North Wales.
38. Catholic religious procession through Holloway, London in May 1931.
39. Reception Lodge, Mount Melleray Cistercian Abbey, County Waterford.
40. Re-opening of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims, France. Note: The Cathedral was officially re-opened in 1938.
41. Exterior of the Church at the Capuchin Friary at Frascati, Rome.
42. Collegio Internazionale S. Lorenzo da Brindisi, Frascati, Rome.
43. Aerial view of Drogheda, County Louth.
44. The ‘Forty Steps’ (or Cromwell’s Quarters), Dublin.
45. The beach at Rossbeigh, County Kerry.
46. Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk.
47. Lake Isle of Innisfree, County Sligo.
48. The Customs House, Dublin
49. Rosses Point, County Sligo.
50. Strandhill Beach, County Sligo.
51. The Cathedral Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nathy, Ballaghadereen, County Roscommon.
52. Holy Trinity (Father Mathew Memorial) Church, Cork.
53. The Tower Mount at the Mount Melleray Cistercian Abbey, County Waterford.
54. The Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin.
55. The exterior of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School, Burlingame, California.
56. Tobernalt Holy Well, County Sligo.
57. Father Mathew Statue, Patrick’s Street, Cork.
58. The Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Ennis, County Clare.
59. Aerial view of Waterford city showing Redmond Bridge.
60. Altar at the Capuchin Church of Saint Felix of Cantalice at Centocelle, Rome, Italy.
61. East Window, Interior of the ruins in Loughrea Abbey, County Galway.
62. Interior of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Tilbury, London.
63. Monument to Cardinal Massaia in Frascati, Rome.
64. Exterior of the Church of the Sacred Heart, New Delhi, India.
65. Exterior of the Cathedral Church of St. Mel, Longford Town.