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Photographic album of Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap. The album contains many black and white photographic prints (on card) of views of the Capuchin Mission at Santa Inez, California. First leaf contains a memorial card for Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. who ‘died in exile for the Republic of Ireland at Santa Barbara, USA, 14 Feb. 1925’. The album contains:
Photograph of Fr. Urban Riordan OFM Cap. and Fr. Leo Sheehan OFM Cap. outside a house in Ukiah, California.
Photograph of Most Rev. Edward Joseph Hanna, Archbishop of San Francisco, with a confirmation group of Native American children.
Photographs of the mourners at the funeral of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (Feb. 1925). The photograph is captioned: ‘Fr. Urban [Riordan OFM Cap.], Peter Murray, Fr. Stephen [Murtagh OFM Cap.], Rev. Paul Dillon, Eamon Martin, Mrs [Mary] McWhorter, Fr. Dominic [O'Connor OFM Cap.], Mrs [Sara] Mellows, Fr Leo … Funeral, Fr. Albert, Feb. 1925’.
Portrait photograph of an ‘Indian Girl’, Ukiah, California.
Photograph of Br. Conrad standing in front of the portico of Santa Inez Mission.
Photograph of a group of ‘Californian Indians (Pomo), Ukiah, 1925’.
Photograph of a group of ‘Pomo Indian Boys, 4.1.25’.

A photograph of (left) Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. with (centre) an Observant Franciscan and another Capuchin friar most likely in California in the United States.

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, giving a detailed account of the various problems and issues at the funeral of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in Mission Santa Inés in California. The majority of the letter is taken up with expressions of Father Fenelon’s intense dissatisfaction with how Fr. Albert’s burial was handled. Against his specific instructions for a simple burial, a metallic/steel casket was placed over the coffin. This was requested by a Mr. Murray on behalf of the Irish Society in Los Angeles. Fr. Joseph attempted to countermand this order, but upon arriving at the undertaking parlor, he found the body already sealed in the steel casket, which the undertaker claimed could not be removed without ‘blowing the seal’.

Fr. Joseph had instructed that the grave be dug behind the Sacristy at the Santa Inés Mission. However, he arrived to find the grave already started in a different location, near the old Tower. The justification given was that the original site was part of an old burial ground containing ‘a number of Indians’. He affirms that Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. was master of ceremonies at the funeral service and that Fr. Gabriel Harrington OFM Cap. sang the Mass. The Watts Choir travelled to provide music and Father Fenelon said a few words at the conclusion of the service.

File relating to the complaints made by John Joseph Mitty, Archbishop of San Francisco, against the Irish Capuchins. Includes a documentary statement outlining the charges made by Archbishop Mitty in respect of the general conduct of the friars and a refutation of the same by Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap., Custos Provincial. The file includes testimonial letters (in favour of the Irish Capuchins) from John Joseph Cantwell, Archbishop of Los Angeles, outlining the service of the Capuchin fathers in Mendocino County in California. Also includes a letter from Fr. James P. Cantwell, Pastor, St. Brigid’s Church, San Francisco, California and notes from Sister M. Beata OP and Sister M. Rufina OP, The Albertinum Boarding School, Ukiah, California. A letter (26 March 1940) from Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, reads:

‘The fact is, although I have not said it in so many words, that the Archbishop [John Joseph Mitty] wants to get us out of Burlingame. It is just too good a plum for the Capuchins or for any other Religious Order. On March 28, when he informed me that he would not let us build there, he said, “Why can’t you build somewhere else?” – clearly showing that it was not a question of injury to religion but to the finances of the secular clergy. It is a well known fact that he does not like the Religious Orders. Some of them have brought their case to Rome already. And the Jesuit Provincial has mentioned our work in a letter to his Father General who is continually kept informed of the attempted encroachments of the Archbishop on their rights in San Francisco’.

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 Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap. with Bishop Francis Peter Leipzig during the former’s visitation to the United States. The group includes Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap., Fr. Adrian Sharkey OFM Cap., and Fr. Emilian Meade OFM Cap. The image is credited to Loy’s Studio, 55 Glady’s Avenue, Hermiston, Oregon.

A photograph of Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, with the community of friars in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Fr. Peter is seated (middle). Fr. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. is seated (first on the left). Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. is seated (first on the right). Br. Didacus Kelleher OFM Cap. is standing (first on the right). Fr. Aidan O’Reilly OFM Cap. is standing (first on the left). Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap. was on visitation to the Irish Capuchin missions in the United States in 1924.

A photograph of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. and Sarah Mellows standing at the graveside of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. in Mission Santa Inés in California. Other individuals in the group include Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap., Rev. Paul Dillon, and Mary McWhorter.

Letter from Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, confirming that he has sent Fr. Stephen Murtagh OFM Cap. to Santa Inés to cover for Fr. Albert, who remains ill. He plans to call on Fr. Reginald to help cover local Masses while other friars are away on missions. Father Fenelon also refers to upcoming missionary travel for various friars, and improvements to the parish infrastructure in Watts.

Letter from Fr. Cyprian O’Leary OFM Cap., Wilmington, Delaware, to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. affirming that he has received the ‘necessary delegation’ for the formal religious profession (vows) of two novices, Brothers Walter and John. He also refers to the reception of Cornelius C. Kelly.