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A record of the administrative appointments and personnel changes decreed during a meeting of the Custos Provincial and Assistants held on 15 September 1949, at St. Francis of Assisi in Los Angeles. Signed officially by Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap., Custos Provincial, the roster assigns Capuchin Franciscan friars, fathers, and brothers to specific leadership and supportive roles across fourteen distinct regional sites.

Report of the canonical visitation of various Third Order lay fraternities in the Western United States compiled by Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap., Commissary of the Third Order. Father Joseph notes that the visitation was undertaken despite unfavourable wartime travel conditions and low expectations for robust local rallies. It was affirmed that the most effective strategy to boost church attendance and achieve meaningful results for the Third Order (T.O.) would be to conduct a solemn Triduum for peace with victory under Third Order auspices in parishes where the fraternities were established. Consequently, Father Joseph notified fraternity directors across the Coast and Oregon of the visitation dates, though Directors Adrian Sharkett and Ambrose Brunton from Mendocino County (Ukiah and Fort Bragg) quickly responded that holding a Third Order rally in their area was entirely out of the question. Information on fraternities in various locations are made in the report.

Photographs of Capuchin friars playing golf at a course in Fort Bragg in California. The group includes Fr. Leo Sheehan OFM Cap. and Fr. Conleth Killian OFM Cap.

Photograph of Fr. Anthony Holmes OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., Fr. Ferdinand Glenny OFM Cap., and Fr. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap. in Hermiston, Oregon

A group of Capuchin friars with musical instruments in the Kilkenny Friary in c.1905. Identifiable individuals include:
Front row (seated):
First on the left: Br. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. (1881-1961)
First on the right: Br. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap. (1885-1961)

Second row (seated):
First on the right: Br. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. (1874-1938)
First on the left: Br. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. (1880-1952)

Third row (standing):
First on the right: Br. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925)
Second on the right: Br. Cyril O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1887-1921)
Third on the right: Br. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. (1880-1968)
Second on the left: Br. Gregory O’Kelly OFM Cap. (d. 9 Apr. 1947)
First on the left: Br. Philip King OFM Cap. (1885-1952)

Fourth row (standing):
First on the right: Br. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935)
Second on the right: Br. Malachy Hynes OFM Cap. (1879-1955)
Third on the right: Br. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap. (1880-1942)
Forth on the right: Br. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (1881-1962)
Second on the left: Br. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap. (1879-1965)
First on the left: Br. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971

Studio photograph of Fr. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap. (1879-1965).

Photograph of Fr. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap. and his brother (who is also a religious).

Photograph of (right) Fr. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap. at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Roseburg, Oregon.

Photograph of Fr. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap., Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., and Fr. Isidore Kennedy OFM Cap. at Our Lady of Angels School in Burlingame, California.

A photograph of (from left to right) Fr. Gabriel Harrington OFM Cap., Fr. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap., Fr. Camillus Killian OFM Cap., Br. Francis Treacy OFM Cap., and Fr. Bernardine Harvey OFM Cap. The photograph was most likely taken outside St. Mary of the Angels on Church Street in Dublin.