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An ‘American Account’ tracking the finances of Fathers Thomas Dowling OFM Cap. and Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap. during their mission from February 1923 to August 1924. Reference is made to how funds were raised in the United States and the costs associated with international missionary travel. The total funds managed during this period amounted to £1004. 13s. 7d. A significant portion (£168. 12s. 4d.) was spent on their ‘outward journey’ to the United States. Costs included passports (£2. 17s. 6d. each), and tickets (£32 each).

A clipping of an article detailing several administrative updates and appointments made by Archbishop Edward J. Hanna. The article lists new assignments made by the Council of the Archbishop. Notable pastor appointments include Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., Pastor of the new parish of Our Lady of the Angels, Burlingame. The majority of the clerics listed have Irish surnames.

Photograph of a group of Capuchin friars taken on the occasion of a visitation by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. The group includes (standing) Fr. Fergus Lawless OFM Cap., Fr. Laurence Dowling OFM Cap., Fr. Conleth Killian OFM Cap.; (seated) Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap., Fr. Joseph O’Mahony OFM Cap., and Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap.

An image of possibly Fr. Paul Neary OFM Cap. on a horse and trap in a forested area in Oregon. The print is annotated (in pencil) on the reverse: ‘Myself and my horse and trap on a trip up north to look after scattered people. I took the picture myself. Was all alone in forest 40 miles from home. I am wearing a white dust coat’. With a later addendum (in pen) by Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap. confirming that it is Fr. Paul Neary’s handwriting. It is possible that is a misidentification as the friar in the image could be Fr. Thomas Dowling who visited the United States to begin preparatory work for the establishment of an Irish Capuchin mission in Oregon.

Photograph of a group of Capuchin friars during the visitation of Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to the United States mission. The photograph was most likely taken in Ukiah, California. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Standing: Fr. Anthony Holmes (d. 1947), Fr. Ambrose Brunton (d. 1976), Fr. Urban Riordan (d. 1973), Fr. Raphael Quinn (d. 1940), Br. Seraphin O’Reilly (d. 1925); Seated (left to right) Fr. Joseph Fenelon (d. 1963), Fr. Peter Bowe (1856-1926), Fr. Thomas Dowling (d. 1951), Fr. Sebastian Brennan (d. 1936)’. The print is credited to Wagar Photo, Ukiah.

A group of Capuchin friars outside the new St. Francis parish rectory in the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California.

A group of Capuchin friars outside the new St. Francis parish rectory in the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California.

Photograph of a group of Capuchin friars in Ukiah, California. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Circa Summer 1923. [standing]: Fr. Berchmans Cantillon (d. 1942), Fr. Raphael Quinn (d. 1940), Fr. Thomas Dowling (d. 1951); [seated]: ‘Fr. Anthony Holmes (d. 1947), Fr. Leo Sheehan (d. 1959), Fr. Urban Riordan [d. 1972]’.

A group of Irish Capuchin friars in Ukiah, California. The group comprises Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., Fr. Raphael Quinn OFM Cap., Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap., Fr. Leo Sheehan OFM Cap., Fr. Anthony Holmes OFM Cap., and Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap.

A file of photographs of Capuchin friars in Watts, Los Angeles, California. The prints show the construction of St. Lawrence of Brindisi School, the church and a residence for the friars in Watts. Includes images of Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap., Mission Superior, Fr. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap., Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap., Fr. Gabriel Harrington OFM Cap., and Fr. Juan Antonio de San Juan en Persiceto OFM Cap., Minister General of the Capuchin Order. A manuscript annotation on the covering envelope (by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap.) reads ‘Views in Watts, Los Angeles / a new Church has seen been erected in Watts by the late Fr. Thomas Dowling of Kilkenny’. Two of the prints are dated: 12 May 1923 and 19 September 1923.