Letter from James Long, Secretary, Cork Harbour Commissioners, to Fr. Martin Hyland OFM Cap., Guardian, Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, conveying the condolences of the commissioners on the death of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., 'a distinguished Churchman and Irishman'. Copies of the letter were sent to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. and Fr. Pius Duggan OFM Cap.
Letter from Fr. William OFM Cap., Pantasaph Capuchin Friary, Holywell, North Wales, to Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minster, extending his sympathy on the loss of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., ‘a brilliant member’ of the Irish community
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’.
An image from the funeral of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. at the Santa Inés Mission in California in February 1925.
The issue of 'The Monitor, the family Catholic Weekly of New Jersey’, for 28 Feb. 1925 (No. 9). Two pages of the paper are dedicated in tribute to the recently deceased Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., ‘a priest of Ireland’s Resurrection’.
An image of members of the Third Order of St. Francis on a procession walking past the rear of the Four Courts building on Chancery Street in Dublin. Typescript caption to the print reads 'Members of the Third Order of St. Francis, Church Street, held their Jubilee Procession'.
Photographic prints submitted for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The file includes prints of overseas locations including images of churches and sites of religious interest and devotion. Most of the prints are annotated on the reverse. Some of the annotations provide details of the photographer or studio responsible for the print. The file includes the following images:
• Mission station at Bethel, South Africa.
• Mass at St. Peter’s Square, Rome, on Easter Sunday.
• St. Francis Street, Jerusalem.
• The ancient walls of Jerusalem.
• Crowds at the Apostolic Papal Residence at Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
• A large group of Capuchin friars praying on the road to Assisi, Italy.
• Cathedral of The Sacred Heart, Delhi, India.
• Swiss Guards, Vatican.
• The Passion Play Theatre, Oberammergau, Germany.
• Interior of Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi, Italy.
• The tomb of Pope Pius X, St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome.
• Benedictine Abbey of St Gregory the Great at Downside, Somerset, England.
• Apostolische Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• General Curia, Capuchin Order, Via Piemonte, Rome, Italy.
• Our Lady of Canvey Church, Essex, England.
• Interior of the Papal Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls, Rome, Italy.
• Capuchin Friary, Frascati, Rome, Italy.
• Tomb of Pope Pius IX, Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls, Rome.
• The entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.
• Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Tilbury, Essex, England.
• Scenes during the filming of the Dutch missionary film Ria Rago in Indonesia (released in 1930).
• Bedouin Arab Market in Bethlehem, Palestine.
• A group of boy scouts in the Holy Land.
• Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France.
• St. Nicholas Cathedral, Freiburg, Switzerland.
• St. Joseph’s Church, Sofia, Bulgaria.
• An Abyssinian Warrior and an Abyssinian family.
• Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Chartres, France. (Colour postcard prints).
• The Catholic Church and other buildings and scenes in Chania, Crete.
• British colonial troops perhaps stationed in South Africa. Photograph by F. Czira.
• Docheiariou monastery, Mount Athos.
• Cox’s Bazar, East Pakistan (later Bangladesh).
• Memorial Cross to the Munster Fusiliers at Ypres, Belgium.
• Choir boys from Lourdes before embarking upon a tour of the United States and Canada. 8 Sept. 1931.
• Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• A Catholic church in north-eastern Switzerland.
• The Franciscan Church of the Cordeliers, Freiburg, Switzerland.
• Venetian Canals, Italy.
• Eglise Notre-Dame de Toute Grace, Plateau D’Assy, Haute-Savoie, France.
• Tooting Bec Common, London.
• Snow-covered mountain pass in Montana, United States.
• Mississippi River, Louisiana, United States.
• Mount Fuji, Japan.
An aerial view of Croke Park (Páirc an Chrócaigh), Dublin, in September 1938. The image shows (on the right) the newly-completed Cusack Stand which was officially opened in time for the All-Ireland football semi-final between Kerry and Laois on 21 August 1938.
An aerial view of the town of Drogheda, County Louth, in about 1945.