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The file includes photographic prints of prominent individuals compiled for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. Many of the prints are annotated on the reverse. The file includes prints of the following individuals:
• Pope Pius X (1835-1914) (Postcard print).
• Pope Benedict XV (1854-1922).
• Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) (Postcard print).
• Pope Pius XII (1876-1958).
• Cardinal Joseph MacRory, Archbishop of Armagh (1861-1945), at his consecration in the Aula di Benedizione, Vatican. 19 Dec. 1929.
• W.T. Cosgrave (1880-1968) with Cardinal Joseph MacRory and other clerics.
• Members of the Dublin Corporation Lane Bequest Claim Committee including Mary Sheehy Kettle (1884-1967), widow of Tom Kettle, J.J. Howe, secretary to the City Manager, and J.J. Reynolds, councillor.
• Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara OFS (1900-1999).
• Saint Leopold Bogdan Mandić OFM Cap. (1866-1942).
• Seán MacBride (1904-1988).
• Neil Armstrong (1930-2012).
• David Giles (1926-2010), BBC Director.
• Richard King (1907-1974).
• Douglas Hyde (1860-1949).
• Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911-1978).
• Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) (Postcard print).
• Robert Kennedy (1925-1968).
• Most Rev. August Hlond SDB (1881-1948), Cardinal Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw, and Primate of Poland. (Lying-in-state following his death on 22 Oct. 1948).
• Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), Indian politician.
• Jack Lynch (1917-1999) at a religious procession in Cork.
• Seamus Murphy, sculptor (1907-1975).
• Cliff Michelmore, broadcaster (1919-2016).
• Patrick Hillery, politician and President of Ireland (1923-2008).
• Seamus Hughes, first announcer on 2RN (later Radio Éireann).
• Gerard A. Hayes-McCoy, historian (1911-1975).
• Most Rev. Arthur Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury (1904-1988). One of the photographs shows Archbishop Ramsey with the Most Rev. John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin, during a visit to Archbishop’s House, Drumcondra, Dublin.
• Most Rev. John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin, with President Seán T. O’Kelly at a garden party in honour of the Boston Pilgrims at the Iveagh Gardens, Dublin.
• John A. Costello (1891-1976) with an unidentified Franciscan friar.
• William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne (1868-1942).
• Delia Murphy Kiernan (1902-1971).
• Elisabetta Barbato (1921-2014), an Italian operatic soprano.
• Rev. Brother Bernardine, a Marist brother, Sligo.
• Very Rev. Adrian Convery CP, Irish Provincial Minister of the Congregation of the Most Holy Cross and Passion.
• Very Rev. P. McLoughlin, Salesian College, Pallaskenry, County Limerick.
• Fr. Mannes Cussen OP.
• Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. (1936-2010) at the Berlin Conference for Peace in 1972.
• Fr. Charles O’Mahony, Superior, House of St. Camillus, Order of Clerics Regular Ministers of the Sick.
• Mervyn Wall (1908-1997).
• Fr. Rudolph Blockinger OFM Cap., Kansu, China. He worked as a missionary in China from 1922 until he was expelled by the Communists in 1952.
• Philip Monahan, Cork’s first city manager.
• Máire Cotter.
• Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. and Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983) with dignitaries in Dublin.
• Most Rev. Edward Byrne, Archbishop of Dublin (1872-1940).
• Most Rev. Patrick Morrisroe, Bishop of Achonry (1869-1946).
• Most Rev. Michael Fogarty, Bishop of Killaloe (1859-1955).
• Most Rev. Jeremiah Kinnane, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (1884-1959).
• G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936).

A volume containing copies of outgoing letters written by Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. The volume includes letters to:
• Sister Mary Magdalen, Convent of Mercy, Ennis, County Clare, referring to the appointment of Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap. as editor of 'The Father Mathew Record' (26 Feb. 1958).
• Fr. Jerome Kiely
• Fr. Gabriel Loughrey STL
• Piaras Mac Lochlainn
• Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap., re an article on his work as a missionary on St. Helena which was published in 'The Father Mathew Record' (14 Mar. 1958).
• John T. Collins
• Monsignor Pádraig de Brúin, President, University College Cork, requesting a tribute article for the late Margaret Burke Sheridan to be published in 'The Capuchin Annual'.
• K.M. Murphy
• Doran Hurley
• Dollard Printing House
• Alison King
• Francis Mac Manus
• Fr. Denis Keogh OFM Cap.
• Sidney Z. Ehler
• Seán Ronan, Irish Consulate, Chicago, regarding the circulation of The Capuchin Annual in the United States ‘which has improved’ (25 Mar. 1958).
• Tadhg Gavin
• Fr. Leo Clifford OFM
• Arthur O’Callaghan

Photograph of a large group of Capuchin friars (from the Holy Trinity community) at the cross over the grave of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Cork. Fr. Jarlath Gough OSFC (19102-1983) is among the group. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Fr. Mathew’s Grave, Botanic Gardens, Cork’

Letters from the Most Rev. Owen McCann (1907-1994), Archbishop of Cape Town, to Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap. (1923-2004) , Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap., Provincial Ministers, and Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983) reporting on the missionary efforts of the Irish Capuchins in Parow (Parish of the Immaculate Conception); Matroosfontein (Parish of the Holy Trinity); Athlone (St. Mary of the Angels); Welcome Estate (St. Theresa’s); Langa (St. Anthony’s). The Archbishop also requests that an Irish Capuchin priest (Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap.) be sent to St. Helena and Ascension Island – part of the Cape Town Archdiocese. He writes: ‘There are 5,000 persons on [St. Helena] Island but only 3 to 4 Catholics at present … the prospect of conversions is uncertain. The Anglicans are well established. The schools are under the Government, as also the hospital’. Reference is also made to an application of Ronald Hinrichsen, a convert from the Dutch Reformed Church, to join the Capuchin Franciscan Order (24 Sept. 1952); to the death of Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap. and the resulting vacancy in Parow parish (16 Aug. 1957); to a draft agreement with the Capuchins re Belgravia parish which has been separated from Parow (1 July 1961); to the need for new priests to meet the growing population in the Cape Flats district (20 June 1966); to Archbishop McCann’s desire to see Fr. Carthage Ruth OFM Cap. return to South Africa (4 Nov. 1968). Later, Archbishop McCann expresses his condolences on hearing of the death of Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. (22 Mar. 1984).

Scrapbook of Fr. Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap. (1912-1989) re the history and personnel of the Irish Capuchin mission in Africa. Fr. Albeus arrived in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1942. The scrapbook includes cuttings from missionary periodicals including 'The Father Mathew Record', hand-drawn maps of mission stations and churches, and personal recollections and memoranda by Fr. Albeus re the Capuchin mission in Africa. The volume contains the following sections:
• Photographic prints of the early Irish Capuchins missionaries: Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap.; Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.; Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap.; Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap.; Fr. Alban Cullen Cap.; Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap.; Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.; Fr. Livinus Keane OFM Cap.; Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap.; Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap.; Fr. Marcellus Carroll OFM Cap.; Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap.; Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap.; Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap.
• List of African missions of the Capuchin Franciscan Order (with the names of mother provinces).
• Calendar of priests in the Irish Capuchin mission to Africa arranged under year, number and total. The calendar runs from 1929-39.
• Personal and mission record (with photographic prints) for Irish Capuchin friars in Africa. Details are given of where the friars were stationed and the duration. Information is given in respect of:
Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. First Superior of African Missions.
Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap.
Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap. (with postcard print of the Church at Parow, South Africa, dedicated on 8 Dec. 1935).
Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. (with circular letter from Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. re the appointment of Fr. Killian as Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls).
Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (1897-1980)
Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap.
Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.
Fr. Livinus Keane OFM Cap.
Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap.
Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983)
Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. (1898-1983)
Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap.
Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. (died in Northern Rhodesia in 1944)
• Calendar of Irish Capuchin missionaries in Northern Rhodesia and South Africa from 1929-38 giving details of where stationed and the time spent at each mission station. (pp 42-3).
• ‘The religion of the Blacks’. Manuscript. Sub-title reads: ‘Paper read for the Bonaventure’s Philosophical and Historical Society, Tuesday, January 17th 1937’. (insert at p. 47). The article was possibly compiled by Fr. Declan McFadden OFM Cap.
Maps include:
• Districts of Northern Rhodesia showing density of population. (p. 9)
• Detailed manuscript map showing locations of various Christian missionary stations in Northern Rhodesia. (p. 11).
• Map of Northern Rhodesia showing areas of Tsetse-Fly and Sleeping Sickness infestation (p. 15).
• Map re population and infant mortality in Northern Rhodesia (p. 17).
• Printed map of Cape Town, South Africa (p. 22).
• Manuscript map of the Cape Province, South Africa, showing principal towns and the locations of Capuchin churches at the Welcome Estate, Matroosfontein, Parow, Langa and Athlone. Scale: 2 miles to 1 inch. The key also provides the distances between the aforementioned mission churches. (Insert at p. 27).
• Population map of Barotseland (arranged by district). With information re the number of Protestant schools in the region. (p. 45).
Photographic prints include:
• Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. crossing the River Kafue, Northern Rhodesia, with a truck on a barge. Aug. 1937. (p. 27).
• Fr. Marcellus Carroll OFM Cap. with altar boys. (p. 27).
• St. Louis Mission School at Langa; Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap. (priest at Langa in 1935); groups of children at Langa, with Sister Romana and Sister M. Vianney. (p. 29).
• Missionary scenes at Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (p. 33).
• The Friary at Livingstone and Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. (p. 34).
• Missionary scenes at Loanja, Northern Rhodesia. With Fr. Livinus Keane OFM Cap. and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (p. 37).
• Prints from 'The Father Mathew Record' of the ‘first Christians at Loanja, Easter, 1936’; ‘adult Christians at Loanja and a group at St. Francis’s School, Livingstone’. (p. 39).
• Br. Dominick O’Callaghan OFM Cap. (p. 44).
• The three Capuchin churches in Africa: Parow, Livingstone, and Athlone (p. 48).
• Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap. (full length portrait); Sr. M. Vianney at Langa in 1936; First communion group at Langa, 1936. (p. 49).
• Fr. Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap. (half-length portrait). (p. 50).
• Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. (half-length portrait). (p. 51).
The volume also contains newspaper cuttings re a Capuchin-organised pilgrimage to Knock, County Mayo, organised by Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap. and Fr. Maurice Dowd OFM Cap. (p. 66).

A small album containing photographic negative sheets relating to the work of Irish Capuchin missionaries in Africa. The album has the following index to the negatives:
• Sr. M. Vincent and Sr. Bernadine
• Maramba Orphanage
• Sr. M. Vincent and orphans
• Mass at Grotto, Feb. 11th
• [Biamba?] and child
• Bishop with group at Maramba
• First communion at Sawmills
• Fr. Peyton
• Fr. Peyton with Sawmills children
• Mankoya Church
• Sichili orphans
• Sichili friary and convent
• Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. and class
• Sr. Theresa in village
• Sichili trade school
• Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. (1928-2006)
• Teaching the sign of the cross
• Maramba first communion. March 1956
• Maramba baptisms. Easter 1956
• Fr Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. at Sichili Hospital
• Paramount Chief at Maramba