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Calendar of Irish Capuchin missionaries in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and South Africa from 1929-38 giving details of where each friar was stationed and the time spent at each mission station. Includes a clipping of an article on the Irish Capuchin mission in Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia, taken from 'The Father Mathew Record'. The extract is extant on pp 42-5 in the volume compiled Fr. Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap. (1912-1989).

Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. (centre) with Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. (right) and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (left), probably onboard a ship during their first voyage to Africa in late 1931.

Cutting from the Irish Press reporting on the departure of Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap., Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. and Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. for Northern Rhodesia.

Studio photographic print of (left to right) Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. and Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. in Ireland before their departure for the African mission.

Photographic print of Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. and Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. at Loanja mission station.

Fr. Timothy Phelim O'Shea OFM Cap. (kneeling, left), Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. (standing, left), Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. (standing, right) and Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (kneeling, right) in Northern Rhodesia in about 1932.

The first mission station at Loanja, Barotseland. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘cleared and built in virgin bush. Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. in the foreground / Our habit this was'.

(From left) Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale on Victoria Falls Bridge in Northern Rhodesia.

A bound volume containing printed copies of block pulls for photographs and illustrations published in 'The Capuchin Annual' and in 'The Father Mathew Record'. The volume is titled ‘Letter Book’ (gilt-title to spine) and contains carbon-paper pages. The volume includes a wide variety of copy images and illustrations:
• Photographs by T.J. Molloy.
• Buildings and scenes in Dublin.
• Drawings by Seán MacManus (p. 57).
• Ships and nautical imagery.
• Aircraft.
• Irish mythological characters and imagery.
• Christmas and nativity scenes (pp 122, 141).
• Illustrations from the Irish Revolution (pp 79, 112, 113).
• Drawings by Richard King.
• Children and cartoon characters.
• The interior of Father Mathew Hall, Cork (p. 122).
• Irish Capuchin missionaries in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia).
• Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal.
• Author and contributor photographs.
• Portraits of Irish Capuchin friars.
• Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
• Illustrations of Franciscan life by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap.
• Bust of Fr. Theobald Mathew by John Hogan (p. 336).

Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. (seated on left) with Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., (seated on right), Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea (standing on left) and Fr. Christopher Crowley (standing on right) in Livingstone.