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A collection of mostly un-captioned photographs of mission churches, schools, hospitals, and other buildings in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). The file includes prints collected for publication in 'The Father Mathew Record' and 'The Capuchin Annual'.
The captioned photographs include images of:
• New church at Mankoya mission station.
• Blessing of the church at the leper compound in Mangango.
• St. Mary’s Girl Boarding School, Maramba (run by the Franciscan Sisters for Africa).
• Front view of the administrative block of the college attached to St. Francis Mission, Malengwa, Mongu. Aug. 1967.
• Holy Cross Convent, Sichili.
• A temporary oratory in the bush.
• A scene near the Sancta Maria mission station.
• First Church at St. Francis Mission, Malengwa, Mongu, built in 1948.
• Primary school at St. Michael’s, Kalabo (built by Br. Joseph Murphy OFM Cap., 1929-2009).
• The old friary building at Maramba.
• Exterior of St. Theresa’s Cathedral, Livingstone.
• A barge landing on a steep bank with steps leading to the land.
• Interior and exterior of St. Lawrence’s Church, Limulunga, Apr. 1970.
• Exterior of Malengwa Church, Mar. 1968.
• Opening day of the Holy Family Church probably at Katima Mulilo.
• Interior and exterior of Lourdes Church, Mongu.
• New church at Shimano, Mangango Mission.
• Mangango Leprosarium Church.
• Church at Kalabo (built by Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap., 1901-1998).
• Church at Mangango.
• Parish Church of St. Joseph, Mangango.
• Church at Sihole.
• Exterior view of the Church of Christ the King, Maramba, Livingstone.
• Maria Assumpta Primary School, Livingstone / ‘One of our first schools’.

Excerpts (probably compiled by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap.) referring to missions given by various Capuchin friars to tertiaries and sodality groups in the parish of Mount Bellew in County Galway. The extracts appear to have been taken from contemporary editions of the 'Franciscan Annals'.

A table showing the number of week-long missions given by the ‘Mission Staff’. The information is listed under the name of the Capuchin friar and the number of weeks on missions from Sept. 1910 to July 1912.

'Mission magazine of St. Patrick’s Missionary Society' (Kiltegan Fathers), Aug.-Sept. 1974 (Vol. 40, No. 6), containing a report on work of Catholic missionaries in Zambia.

Information fliers giving news of Irish Capuchin missionaries in Zambia. Includes reports from Br. Xavier Cox OFM Cap., Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap., and Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap. With statistics and personnel information re friars in the Diocese of Livingstone and in the Cape Province, South Africa.

Copies of Mission News providing details of the personnel of the Capuchin missions in South Africa and in Zambia. Reference is made by Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. to work at the mission station at Senanga on the banks of the Zambezi River. Other topics include distressing scenes at the Capuchin mission of St. Anthony’s in Sioma as a result of warfare in neighbouring Namibia (otherwise known as South West Africa). The text refers to the relief efforts of Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. and Fr. Patrick Mayungo OFM Cap. (Apr. 1981). A list of Capuchin personnel in houses and foundations in the Cape Province (South Africa) and in the Diocese of Livingstone for January 1981 is also given.