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A photograph of a group of Capuchin friars on their ordination day in September 1902. The group includes Bernard Clark OFM Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., Fr. Francis Hayes OFM Cap., Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Fr. Finbarr O’Callaghan OFM Cap., and Fr. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap.

Photograph of (from left) Fr. Sylvan Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. Anthony Holmes OFM Cap., Fr. Finnian Carroll OFM Cap., and Fr. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap. in California.

A note with dates and names tracking the arrival and assignment of Irish Capuchin friars to the United States from 1902 to 1926.

The Early Years (1902–1910):
• 1902–1908: Lists Luke (Fr. Luke Sheehan) in Aden, confirming his early mission work in Arabia before moving to America.
• 1910: Shows the initial arrival in Oregon with Luke and Casimir in Hermiston, and Leonard in Harrisburg.

Growth and Expansion (1911–1915):
• 1911: Records Benignus in Harrisburg and Camillus and Edward in Roseburg. A note indicates Edward returned in 1923.
• 1913: Notes the arrival of Fr. Brendan (O’Callaghan) in November, who would later become a long-term leader in Abbottstown.
• 1915: Mentions the arrival of Adrian, Ferdinand, and Anthony in September.

Post-World War (1919–1926):
• 1919–1920: Shows a new wave of friars, including Raphael, Gabriel, Urban, Stephen, Vincent, and Ambrose.
• 1924: A particularly busy year for arrivals, listing Pacificus, Finbarr, Isidore, Albert, Reginald, and Damian.
• 1926: The final entries on this sheet record Berchmans and Enda arriving in January.

Photographs associated with the visitation of Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. to the United States. Fr. James visited the United States for several months in 1936. Many of the photographs show Father James with missionaries at the newly-constructed novitiate building (St. Patrick’s) in Wilmington in Delaware. The file includes photographs of Fr. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap. (1879-1965), Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. (1875-1963), Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. (1894-1980), Fr. Cyprian O’Leary OFM Cap. (1905-1977), Fr. Fergus Lawless OFM Cap. (1904-1991), Fr. Conleth Killian OFM Cap. (1895-1950), Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap. (1880-1942), Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. (1898-1953), Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. (1880-1952), Fr. Finbarr O’Callaghan OFM Cap. (1879-1963), and Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. (1874-1951). A manuscript annotation on the cover reads ‘Found these in attic in Bonies [St. Bonaventure’s Hostel, Cork], Pat’.

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

Chronicle entry documenting the administrative appointments and formal religious milestones of the Capuchin Franciscan Order at Rochestown, County Cork, between 20 August and 17 September 1907. The upper portion of the page details executive decisions made during a Provincial Chapter held at St. Mary of Angels, Church Street, Dublin, assigning key roles at Rochestown to friars: Very Rev. Father Kevin, B.A., D.Ph. (elected Guardian); Very Rev. Father Jarlath (appointed 3rd Definitor, Vicar, and Master of Novices); Very Rev. Fr. Edwin, B.A., B.Ph. (appointed 1st Definitor and Rector of the College); Rev. Fr. Adrian (Vice Dean of the College); Rev. Fr. Bonaventure (Assistant Vice Dean and Professor of Drawing and Mathematics); and Fr. Chrysostom (Vice Master of Novices). The lower entry records a ceremony held on the Feast of the Sacred Stigmata and officiated by Father Jarlath, during which six cleric brothers (Br. Patrick, Br. Daniel, Br. Raphael, Br. Killian, Br. Ferdinand, and Br. Antony) made their Simple Profession at the friary.

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.

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.

Photograph of a group of clerics at the ordination of Fr. Anthony Harris OFM Cap. in Bend in Oregon. A typescript caption on the reverse reads ‘Group taken at the first ordination in the new church at Bend, Oregon. L. to R. Fr. Emilian [Meade], the newly ordained [Fr. Anthony Harris], ordaining prelate [Bishop Francis Peter Leipzig]: Fr. Virgilius Murtagh, Fr. Stephen Murtagh, Fr. Adrian Sharkett. Between the Archbishop and Fr. Virgilius is Fr. William Coughlan, pastor at Bend, and on his left Fr. Leopold O’Riordan’. The image is credited to Loy’s Studio.