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• Letter from M. Holland to Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. referring to an article in the 'Cork Examiner' on the Botanic Gardens in Cork. He writes ‘It is a pity a more detailed history has not been written as the cemetery contains many most interesting monuments of historical interest to Cork people’. 18 July 1930. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Note re the ‘New Cemetery’ (St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork) established by Fr. Mathew. It reads ‘To put a stop to the loathsome custom of exposing the dead poor in coffins outside their miserable dwellings until alms sufficient to meet the expenses of their burial were laid on the lids of the coffins I set apart a portion of the Cemetery for the free internment of the destitute’. Typescript, 1 p.
• Cutting of an article by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. titled ‘Why Fr. Mathew bought the burial ground?’, 'Cork Examiner', 8 Dec. 1981. The article refers to the purchase of St. Joseph’s Cemetery (part of the Botanic Gardens) in 1830. Fr. Nessan notes that it ‘became the first public cemetery in Cork’. Clipping, 1 p.
• Cutting of an article by William Howitt titled ‘Memoir of Father Mathew’ published in 'The People’s Journal', 1847. The article has an engraving of Fr. Mathew by H. Anelay dated 15 Aug. 1846. The article refers to the establishment of St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Cork by Fr. Mathew. It reads ‘Fr. Mathew purchased the Botanic Gardens, and allowing them to retain their former agreeable walks and statuary, the best specimens of the native genius of Hogan, he converted them into a cemetery, not for Catholics alone, but for members of every other Christian denomination. To the poor burial is allowed gratis, and the moderate fees derived from others are all devoted to charity’. With typescript copy extracts from the article. Printed and typescript, 11 pp.
• Copy clipping of an article by Richard I. Henchion on St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork, 'Holly Bough', Dec. 1986. The article refers to the history of the cemetery and graveyard inscriptions. Clipping, 2 pp.
• Cutting of an article by Charlie Wilkins titled ‘Botanical Gardens of Lilliput’ referring to the history of St. Joseph’s Cemetery (formerly the Botanical Gardens) established by Fr. Theobald Mathew in 1830. 'Cork Examiner', 9 Jan. 1997.
• Photocopy from Sr. Evelyn Bolster, 'A history of the Diocese of Cork / from the Penal Era to the Famine' (Cork: Tower Books, 1989), pp 278-9. The extract refers to Fr. Mathew’s role in establishing St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Copy print, 2 pp.

• Cutting of an article by Fr. Nessan titled ‘Much-loved Holy Trinity and the Cork Capuchins’, 'Cork Examiner', 26 Mar. 1982. The article provides an illustrated history of the church.
• Copy article titled ‘Father Mathew’s Church / Blessing of a new Bell’, 'Cork Examiner', 27 Apr. 1896. An annotation by Fr. Nessan notes that Humphrey O’Donovan, the bell’s donor, died on 7 May 1904 aged 49 years. Typescript, 3 pp.
• Copy article titled ‘Opening and blessing of the sanctuary extension in Holy Trinity Church’, 'Cork Examiner', 20 Apr. 1906. Typescript, 4 pp.
• Timeline of important events in the history of Holy Trinity, Church, Cork. The timeline refers to important architectural extensions and embellishments to the church. Typescript, 1 p.
• Photocopy of a booklet commemorating the re-opening and blessing of Holy Trinity Church following its interior renovation. 28 Nov. 1982. The booklet provides a short ‘historical retrospect’ in relation to the church. Copy print, 2 pp.

• Photocopy of an article by Colm Kerrigan, ‘Temperance and the Irish in West Ham’, 'Essex Journal', Spring 1982, pp 20-3.
• Photocopy of an article by Colm Kerrigan, ‘Father Mathew and teetotalism in London, 1843’, 'London Journal', 11, No. 2 (1985), pp 107-114. With a copy of the article transcribed by Fr. Nessan. Typescript, 13 pp.
• Cutting of an article by James A. Whelan titled ‘When Fr. Mathew toured America’, 'Evening Echo', 2 Jan. 1980.

The series contains a large collection of historical research notes, correspondence and transcripts relating to the life and temperance campaign of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The series has been divided into seven sub-series and includes compilations of research notes created by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1876-1965), Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1875-1953), and Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. (1915-1997), Capuchin friars who undertook extensive research into Fr. Mathew’s life and ministry. Note that (in most instances) the date element refers to the original date of creation of the document or the time-period to which the research pertains.

Notebook with references and extracts by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. to McKenna’s unpublished history of Fr. Mathew’s temperance movement. The notes are arranged under various headings including:
His piety
His humility
His priestly character
His mode of life
Regarded as a saint
Working cures
Results of his work
His trials in his temperance work
Rules of his society
Manuscript, 41 pp.
• Note by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. re the travels of Fr. Mathew and James McKenna, his principal secretary, from May 1844 to Nov. 1845. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Notes from McKenna’s 'The History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland'. Typescript, 28 pp.
• Notebook containing an index to and summary of James McKenna’s unpublished ‘History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland’. The notes contain references to speeches of Fr. Mathew on temperance and brief summaries of the content of McKenna’s text. Manuscript, 69 pp.

• Notes compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. on Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC from 1841-5. The notes include transcribed copies of letters from Daniel O’Connell to Fr. Mathew (26 Oct. 1844) and from Fr. Mathew to Mr. Buckingham (20 Oct. 1844). The principal source was probably James McKenna’s ‘History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland’. Manuscript, 16 pp.
• Extract from McKenna’s ‘History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland’ re Fr. Mathew’s temperance campaign in Liverpool and his attitude towards distillers. ‘I have no personal hostility to distillers or brewers or vendors of strong drink’. Typescript, 2 pp.
• Extracts from John Francis Maguire’s 'Father Mathew / A Biography' and ‘History of the Temperance Reformation by James McKenna, chief travelling secretary to the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew’ confirming that Fr. Mathew first arrived in Cork in about 1814. The extracts are by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Typescript, 1 p.

The subseries contains material assembled with a view to undertaking a beatification process for Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The files include evidence and investigations into cures attributed to the intercession of prayers at Fr. Mathew’s grave in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Cork.

Three copybooks of Fr. Nessan containing extracts from Fr. Mathew’s correspondence principally relating to his organisation of the temperance campaign. The copybooks contain partial indexes to the contents. The topics covered include ‘political attitudes’, ‘pecuniary embarrassments’, ‘temperance medals’, ‘temperance bands’, ‘English temperance mission’, ‘Legislative aid for temperance’, and ‘Fr. Mathew’s attitude to the abolition of slavery’.

The sub-series contains research notes, correspondence and publications on Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1876-1965). Fr. Stanislaus served as Provincial Archivist for the Capuchin Order in Ireland from 1919 to 1958. During this time, he worked assiduously to collect and record any events connected with the history of the Irish Capuchins. In the course of this research he assembled a good deal of material relating to Fr. Mathew and his championing of the temperance cause.