Draft stories by Diarmuid Breathnach, 31 Victoria Road, Rathgar, Dublin, titled ‘Pretension’, ‘Clonmacnoise’, ‘When the robe was rent’, and ‘Nationalism’.
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’.
File containing illustrations for 'The Capuchin Annual' by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. (1910-1958). These humorous black-ink drawings depict aspects of Capuchin Franciscan life and were regularly published in the 'Annual'. Fr. Gerald also served as assistant-editor of the publication. The themes include Christmas festivities, pranks and mischiefs involving Capuchins (some of the friars depicted, including Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., were known to Fr. Gerald), sports, music, everyday chores and religious rituals.
File containing illustrations by Fr. Francis Xavier Dent submitted by John Mescal for potential publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. A letter (19 Mar. 1976) from Mescal to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. notes that Fr. Dent gave him final versions of his poems and some accompanying illustrations in about 1964, shortly before his tragic death. Mescal notes that poems by Fr. Dent were published in 'The Capuchin Annuals' in 1952, 1953-4, and in 1955, and expresses his hope that Fr. Dent’s final poems and illustrations can be published in the Annual. The file includes a bound volume with sketches titled ‘Mary, Mother of Sorrows’, and many ink illustrations drawn by Fr. Dent 'Annual' from c.1952-61. Includes images of the Nativity, St. Joan of Arc, landscapes and still-lifes. With newsletters from St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Highbury, London (May- July 1959).
Off-prints (black and white and alternative colour designs) of the front-cover of 'The Capuchin Annual' showing St. Francis and the wolf by Seán O’Sullivan RHA.
Banner illustration for articles celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1960), p. 193. Printed on a fashion plate board.
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.