A file of letters from Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, a senior official in the Roman Curia. All the letters are written from Rome. One letter is dated 6 September 1801 with the remaining four seemingly dating from May to August 1817. The letters are unsigned and a few may be incomplete. With a covering envelope annotated ‘Consalvi’.
A file of original letters to Antoinette Sterling, an American operatic and ballad singer. The file also includes letters to her husband John MacKinlay (the couple married in 1875). Most of the letters are related to Antoinette Sterling’s musical career. The file includes correspondence from several contemporary (mainly British) singers, music hall entertainers, actors, actresses, and other performers and artists.
A collection of autograph slips and ephemera seemingly collected by Dr. James McCausland. The file includes a letter from George McVeagh, solicitor, to McCausland (11 March 1947) referring to autograph collections. The file also includes envelopes addressed to McCausland containing numerous autograph slips. The autographs are mostly of government officials, politicians, and representatives of the landed gentry. Includes the autographs of Lady Megan Arvon Lloyd George (1902-1966), Michael Foot (1913-2010) the Labour MP for Devonport, and Eamonn O’Neill (1882-1954), Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 1939 to 1943. The file also includes a letter to James McCausland from a Mr. Stanley, enclosing ‘autographs of the 1947 Triple Crown Team’ (15 April 1947).
Letters from Mother Mary to Dom Gerard, prior of the Abbey.
Sans titreSent to and by the former Prior of Glenstal in 1939
Sans titreLetters to Dom Idesbald Ryelandt on administration of Glenstal. Many from Abbot Celestine Golenvaux. Includes some personal letters
Two items in their own folder, labelled GF BDG, Preliminary survery 1926 and letter P.Seo Braun Nov 1936
Documents from 1919- 1926. Covering various aspects of purchasing the monastery and setting up.
Letters relating to the foundation of Glenstal Abbey in 1927.
History of the Welsh and Irish Mission, with a background history of both countries as an introduction.