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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

Photographic prints assembled by Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. (1920-2008) relating to missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). Some of the prints have been annotated:
Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. and religious sisters with local Christians, c.1955.
Christening of Clare Mary Hudson by Fr. Luke Brown OFM Cap. at Mangango on 2 Feb. 1960.
The exterior of St. Theresa’s Church in Livingstone, Zambia, in 1965.
Fr. Luke and Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. with five Sisters of Mercy from Cork at a Mercy Hospital and School in Kenya in May 1974.
Fr. Luke at an open-air market in Kenya in May 1974.
Fr. Luke at a SEACA Meeting in the Seychelles in May 1974.
Fr. Luke celebrating an open-air Mass at Luampungu, Sichili, in Zambia in c.1976.
Fr. Luke celebrating Mass in Tanzania in Dec. 1976.
The parishioners in Sichili Church, Zambia, in c.1977.
Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. and Fr. Bartholomew Prendiville OFM Cap. at a SEACA Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in May 1980.
Fr. Luke inspecting a ward in the Cheshire Home, Mongu, Malengwa, Zambia, in Aug. 1987.
Fr. Luke with a Sr. Francis visiting various mission locations in Zambia in Sept. 1994.

Photographic print of the reception of Godfrey Sinoula into the Capuchin Order. Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap. and Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. are present.

A collection of prints of Irish Capuchins in Zambia. Most of the prints have been annotated by Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap. (1931-2016). The file includes:
• Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. and Patrick Mayengo ‘with the Litunga, Ilute Yeta’ at the Ngonye Falls (or Sioma Falls) on the Zambezi River in Western Zambia. June 1981.
• Fr. Philip Baxter OFM Cap. near the bridge crossing to Zimbabwe.
• Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. with Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap.
• Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap. with Fr. George O’Connor OFM Cap. and the Most. Rev. Donal R. Lamont, O. Carm., Bishop of Umtali, Zimbabwe.
• Exterior view of Mangango Church (built by Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap.).
• Group photograph of Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap., Fr. Donat OFM Cap. (a Swiss friar), Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. and others at St. Bonaventure’s, Lusaka.
• Fr. Patrick Lynch OFM Cap. and Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap.
• Br. Vianney Holmes OFM Cap., Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. and Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap.
• Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap. on the rope bridge built by the American Capuchins over the Zambezi River.
• Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. at Lukulu.
• Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap. (1931-2016) working as a welder with Sr. M. Matthew. It is noted that Sr. Matthew is from the Falls Road, Belfast.
• Br. Vianney Holmes OFM Cap. with Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
• A Capuchin friar and a religious sister waiting alongside an aircraft in Zambia.
Note: The file includes a cover letter to Fr. Richard Hendrick OFM Cap. (26 Jan. 2010).

Prints showing Capuchin friars (both Irish-born and local brothers) and various churches in Zambia. Many of the prints have been annotated on the reverse:
The perpetual profession of Br. Augustine Mainza OFM Cap. in Livingstone, 3 Oct. 1999.
Br. Charles Chishimba OFM Cap. with Fr. Silvester Flynn OFM Cap. in Assisi House, Lusaka, 10 Dec. 1999.
Retreat group at Assisi House, Lusaka on 10 Dec. 1999. The group includes Fr. Silvester Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., Fr. Damien Loughrey OFM Cap., Fr. Vianney Holmes OFM Cap. and Fr. Bede Dolly OFM Cap.
Altar servers in Malengwa in 2000.
Building work on the extension to St. Conrad’s Friary, Lusaka in 2000. The extension was completed in May 2001.
Friars at a retreat given by Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. in St. Kizito, Monze, Zambia, in 2001.
Fr. John Grace OFM Cap. with Fr. Godfrey Sinvula OFM Cap. at a silver jubilee celebration in Mongu in Apr. 2003.
Friars at a retreat in St. Kizito, Monze, Zambia in April 2005.
Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. at Mangango in 2005.
Fr. Kieran Shorten OFM Cap. at a Corpus Christi Procession in Chinyingi in 2004.
Sunset over the Zambezi River in Chinyingi in 2004.
Bridge in the mist over Zambezi at Chinyingi in 2004. This footbridge was built by Br. Crispin Valeri OFM Cap.
Building a new church at Makanga village, Chinyingi, in 2004.
Fr. Kieran Shorten OFM Cap. and Sr. Immaculata ‘stuck in the mud just after the Sitaka turn-off heading towards Chinyingi during the rainy season in 2004’.
The church at Chinyingi.
A canoe crossing the Zambezi River at Senanga.
Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap., Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap. and Fr. Bede Dolly at Kaoma.
The Capuchin Friary in Mahenge, Tanzania.
Br. Ephrem Onyanga OFM Cap. (Kenya), Br. Dominic Chanda OFM Cap. (Zambia), Br. Francis Chilufya OFM Cap. (Zambia) and Br. Deogratias Mwageni OFM Cap. (Tanzania).
Br. Michael and Br. Mishek at St. Bonaventure’s College, Lusaka, in Zambia, in 2006.
Br. Lawrence Katongo OFM Cap., Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., and Br. Dominic Sanou OFM Cap. at Morogoro, Tanzania, on 29 Oct. 2005.
Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. and Br. Raphael Mwito OFM Cap. at Mangango.
Br. Rod Pieretti OFM Cap. at the site of the proposed St. Joseph’s Home in Livingstone.
Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., Fr. Peter Rodgers OFM Cap. and Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap. in Lusaka on 25 Aug. 2002.
Fr. Daniel and Br. John (a newly-professed Zambian friar) at Mangango mission in April 2001.
Br. Augustine Mainza OFM Cap. (ordained a priest in 2001).
Friars of the Zambian Vice-Province with Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap. in Lusaka.
Fr. Beatus Kinyaiya OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Tanzanian Capuchin Province.
Zambian Vice-Province Retreat Group at St. Kizito, Monze, Apr. 2002. The group includes Br. Mattew Gormley OFM Cap.
Fr. James Connolly with Angolan refugee children in the Catholic church at Mayukwayukwa refugee settlement in the Kaoma district, Zambia, in Apr. 2001.

A local football team at Sichili in Northern Rhodesia. The football in the print is inscribed with the date ‘1960’. Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. are with the group.