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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.

A copy of a promotional booklet for St. Francis Seminary in Flintridge, California. The booklet is illustrated with images of various Irish Capuchin foundations across the United States. This promotional or informational publication was designed for prospective students considering the Capuchin Franciscan seminary.

Clippings from ‘The Monitor’ and the ‘Watts Review’ (dated January and February 1924 and 1926) documenting the expanding influence of the Irish Capuchin Franciscans from Watts to San Francisco. The primary focus of the articles is Archbishop Hanna’s decision to place the Visitation Parish in San Francisco under the care of the Irish Capuchins.

Photograph of a group of mourners at the grave of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in Mission Santa Inés in California. The group includes Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap., and Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap.

Photograph of (from left) Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., and Fr. Bernard Clery OFM Cap.

A souvenir postcard or letter folder featuring the historic Carmel Mission (Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California. The item was addressed to Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap. in Kilkenny. The mission was founded by Saint Junípero Serra OFM in 1771.

A clipping of an article reporting on a for a solemn high Mass to honour the Fr. Sebastian Brennan OFM Cap., on his fiftieth anniversary (golden jubilee) of joining the Capuchin Order. During the morning Mass, Father Sebastian renewed his solemn vows, assisted by several other friars including Urban Riordan, Fintan Roche, Adrian Sharkett, and Finbarr O’Callaghan. The celebration drew a procession of all priests from Mendocino and Lake counties, featured congratulatory telegrams from Archbishop Hanna and the Capuchin Provincial Minister.

Photographs of the exterior of St. Thomas’s Church, Redmond, Oregon. Manuscript annotations read ‘St. Thomas’s Church, Redmond, Oregon’. On reverse: ‘Preached my first sermon in this Church, 28 Dec. 1919, Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap.’

Photograph of a group of seven Capuchin Friars in Ukiah, California. Manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘circa 1925 at Ukiah’. The group includes Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap. and Fr. Raphael Quinn OFM Cap.

Photograph of a group of Capuchin friars on a religious retreat in Bend, Oregon. Manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘Retreat, Bend Oregon, 1945, Br. Patrick, Frs Valerian, Venantius (retreat master, American Province), Fr. Vincent and Fr. Urban’.