Scale: 9 miles to 1 inch Map of Barotse Province in Northern Rhodesia drawn by A.R. Stevens in 1930. The map shows the area from Balovale to Livingstone. The original key to the map shows the locations of mission stations established by the South African General Mission, the Seventh-Day Adventist Mission, the Plymouth Brethren Mission, and the Paris Evangelical Mission Society. Later endorsements on the map (in pencil) show major roads and railways and the locations of missions and schools founded by the Irish Capuchin friars.
Two Irish Capuchin missionaries (Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the right, and possibly Fr. Serpahin Nesdale OFM Cap.) on the banks of the Zambezi River, Northern Rhodesia.
From left, Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., and Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. outside the mission church in Sichili in Northern Rhodesia.
Photographic album of Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap. (1915-2005). The album contains un-captioned black and white photographic prints. Fr. Albert was resident in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) from 1945-67. The volume contains captioned prints relating to Fr. Albert’s ministry in the country including: • Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with first communicants in Livingstone. • Interior views of the High Altar and Sanctuary of St. Theresa’s Church, Livingstone. • An aerial view of St. Theresa’s Church and the surrounding suburbs of Livingstone. • Views of Victoria Falls, Northern Rhodesia. • Altar servers. • Excursion trips for Altar servers. • First Holy Communion Day in Livingstone in 1948 and 1952. The names of the parents and children are given in captions. • The wedding of Mr and Mrs Butcher in Livingstone. • Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap. (1915-2005) with African religious sisters at an air-strip in Northern Rhodesia.
A collection of colour photographic prints of Victoria Falls and the surrounding area (including Livingstone Island and Forest Gorge) compiled by Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap. The file includes some postcard prints. Some of the prints also show Fr. Hugh Murphy OFM Cap., Br. Daniel O’Brien OFM Cap. and Fr. Declan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. The file includes a typescript copy of an ‘Extract from Dr. David Livingstone’s Missionary Travels on the Zambezi’. The album was compiled by Br. Andrew O’Shea in 1982. The prints are captioned and are held in plastic sleeves. The prints have been removed from the ring folder.
Fr. Killian Flynn receiving an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to African education at a ceremony in Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia, in 1958.
Photographic prints of Irish Capuchin missionaries in Northern Rhodesia. The prints are extant on loose cards taken from a photographic album (CA AMI/2/10/1/2). Most of the prints have been annotated: Capuchin friars at the Maramba mission station. Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. at the Livingstone Capuchin Friary. Confirmations at the Maramba mission station. Fr. Colga O’Riordan OFM Cap. Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1940. ‘Fathers, Sisters and girl boarders, Easter 1941’. The mission car in 1941. A trek to a mission station in 1937. ‘Hoisting a roof on a mission hut’. A local cook with his wife at an Irish Capuchin mission station. The building of the first Capuchin mission church in 1938. The interior of a mission church in 1939. Local game shot outside the mission grounds. Preparations for an eight-week trek through the bush. The Capuchin community in Sichili in 1937 (Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. and Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.). A local teacher and altar servers. The building of the father’s dwelling at a mission station. Scenes on the way to Sesheke (including the local chief’s hut). The Parish Church and Capuchin Friary in Livingstone.
