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Photographic album (titled ‘The Cambrian Album’) containing black and white prints of the early Irish Capuchin missionaries in Northern Rhodesia. Some of the prints were later annotated by Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap. The album includes:
• Two views of St. Theresa’s Church, Livingstone.
• Postcard print of the consecration of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. as Prefect Apostolic, 25 Nov. 1936.
• Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. with local Christians. (Fr. Agathangelus was resident in Northern Rhodesia from 1936-49).
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. at Mulobezi. (Fr. Timothy was resident in Northern Rhodesia from 1935-9, Fr. Fintan from 1933-9, and Fr. Christopher from 1933-44).
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. and Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. outside a tent; Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. on the banks of the Zambezi River; Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the banks of the Zambezi; Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. on horseback.
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. and Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. inspecting a van with rifles perched against wheel; A view of a barge crossing a river in Northern Rhodesia.
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. with a fishing rod.
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. hunting wild game in Northern Rhodesia (including leopards and zebras).
• Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. and Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. with a large group of worshippers outside St. Theresa’s Church, Livingstone. Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. was resident in Northern Rhodesia from 1936-49.
• Livingstone Church and adjoining school; Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the banks of a river; a view of Victoria Falls.
• Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the veranda of Livingstone Friary; local Christians with a religious sister at a pageant.
• The installation of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. as Prefect Apostolic (25 Nov. 1936). The photograph includes: Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap., Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap., Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap., Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. and the Most Rev. Aston Chichester SJ, Archbishop of Salisbury, Rhodesia.
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. at Sawmills School.
• Photographs of early missionary churches and buildings.

Photographic album of Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. The album contains un-captioned black and white photographic prints. Fr. Jarlath was resident in Northern Rhodesia from 1936-49. The collection includes some views of local worshipers and parishioners (in Northern Rhodesia and in South Africa). Includes prints of Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Luke Sheehan OFM Cap., Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. (Provincial Minister from 1931-7) with Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. and others, a group of young friars at St. Bonaventure’s Friary, the voyage of the Union Castle Line ship, RMMV 'Cape Town Castle', in December 1947.

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 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

Bound volume containing photographic prints of missionaries mainly in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). The prints do not have accompanying captions. The album includes images of religious sisters (mainly Holy Cross Sisters) with African children, performing health care duties (including neo-natal care) and religious instruction (communion classes). There are also some prints of the Most Rev. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Bishop of Livingstone. The volume also contains some images of churches mainly in Northern Rhodesia. It appears that several prints have been removed from the album.

Photographic albums of Fr. Owen O’Sullivan OFM Cap. The albums cover the years from 1971-1998 and include some personal, family and holiday (Ireland, Poland, Italy, and Bulgaria) photographs and prints relating to Fr. Owen’s missionary work in New Zealand and later in Zambia. He was resident in Zambia from 1978 to 1997. Most of the prints have been annotated by Fr. Owen on the reverse. The prints include:
Album: 1971-1985
Kamanga School, 25 July 1979
The road to Mangango, Sichili, 27 Mar. 1980
Fr. Owen celebrating Mass at Sichili on 24 Aug. 1980
Zambian friars at Limulunga, 25 June 1981
Sioma Church, 1984
Fr. Owen with Fr. Philip Baxter OFM Cap. and Kit Sheehan at the Victoria Falls Hotel, Jan. 1984
River-crossing on the way to Sioma, Oct. 1984
Fr. Flavio Roberto Carraro OFM Cap., Minister General, with friars in Sioma Convent, 15 Aug. 1985
Chief’s mafulo at Sikuma on the Angolan-Zambian border, 8 Aug. 1985
Lisisi Church built by Angolan refugees, 2 Sept. 1985
Litunga’s Palace at Limulunga, 10 Sept. 1985
Paddle pontoon on the Zambezi River, 10 Sept. 1985
Fr. Owen with local villagers and parishioners
Local wildlife including snakes, lizards, crocodiles and elephants
Album: 1984-1987
The Church and Convent at Sioma, Oct. 1984
Sioma Friary, Oct. 1984
Sioma Friary and School, Oct. 1984
Relief Centre Camp at Sioma, Oct. 1984
Zambian Capuchin Chapter, Lusaka, 3-8 Jan. 1985
Local children at Sikanda, a village near Sioma, Jan. 1985
Sioma Falls
Cross marker for Br. Louis de Vylder SJ (d. 29 Apr. 1883)
Boats at Kalabo Harbour, 10 Sept. 1985
Women plastering extension to guest house at Lisisi Church, 3 Dec. 1985
Picnic at Sioma Falls with Cheshire Home Children, 7 July 1986
Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap.
Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap.
Canoe-making near Sibukali, 9 June 1987
Album: 1987-1991
Training session with church council leaders at Mwito, Zambia, 17 Sept. 1989
On the road from Mangango to Mukondo, Zambia, May 1990
Capuchin friars at a retreat in St. Kizito’s, Monze, Zambia, in 1990. The group includes Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. Kieran Shorten OFM Cap., Fr. Philip Connor OFM Cap., Br. Patrick Chinyama OFM Cap., Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap., Fr. Damian Loughrey OFM Cap., Br. Crispin Valeri OFM Cap., Fr. Terence Harrington OFM Cap. (the retreat-giver), Br. Declan O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Fr. Ronan Herlihy OFM Cap., Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap., Fr. Connor Brady OFM Cap., and Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap.
The church and friary at Mangango, May 1990
Album: 1991-1993
Phelim Myambe painting the centenary cross marking ‘the centenary of the Catholic Church in Zambia. It marks the site (1937-1947) of the first Catholic mission in [the] Kaoma District’. Aug. 1991.
The Church of St. Simon and St. Jude at Mangango, 25 Dec. 1991
Dam on River at Mangango, May 1990
Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap. with Sr. Monica Weedon at Mangango FMDM Convent, Jan. 1992
Br. Kevin Crowley OFM Cap. at Mangango FMDM Convent, Jan. 1992
Fr. Angelus O’Neill OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, at Mangango FMDM Convent, Jan. 1992
The ordination of Br. Sylvester Zambala OFM Cap. as deacon at Mangango. The Ordination Mass was celebrated by Bishop Raymond Mpezele, Bishop of Livingstone, on 9 Aug. 1992
The old pontoon at Chinyingi built by Br. Crispin Valeri OFM Cap. The photograph was taken from the adjacent bridge, Nov. 1992
Album: 1994-1998
Fr. Owen with President Mary Robinson and her husband Nicholas at a reception in the Irish Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia, on 30 Sept. 1994
Capuchin friars welcoming Fr. John Corriveau OFM Cap., Minister General, to Malengwa, 12 Feb. 1996
Passion Play at Malengwa, 5 Apr. 1996
The grounds of Malengwa Friary, Feb. 1997
Farewell party for Fr. Owen in Malengwa, Feb. 1997
Capuchin missionaries’ reunion at Kilkenny Friary, 21 July 1997

A ring-binder containing colour photographic prints chronicling a visit to the Irish Capuchin missions at Livingstone, Katima Mulilo (Caprivi Strip), and Sesheke. With annotations from the compiler whose name is given but the signature is indecipherable. The album was given to Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap. The file includes photographic prints of Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. and Fr. Eugene Mooney OFM Cap. with many views of local inhabitants and scenery.

A collection of black and white photographic prints mostly relating to Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls from 1936-50. Most of the prints have been captioned by his nephew, Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap. and some were published in Mgr. Killian Flynn as seen from his letters (Ndola, 2003). The file includes prints of Fr. Killian:
• As a novitiate and student.
• With his parents.
• With Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (1897-1980) probably on a ship during their first voyage to Africa in 1931.
• With African porters during a long trek into the bush, 1931-2.
• With Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. (1876-1958) celebrating the opening of the first mission church on 30 Oct. 1932.
• The exterior of the ‘Stone Police Camp’ at Livingstone, the site of the first mission chapel, 1932.
• With Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap., Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap., Fr. Jerome MacQuillan OFM Cap. and Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., 1935.
• With Paramount Chief Yeta III of Barotseland.
• With Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa, Nairobi Cathedral in 1967.
• At the first all-African Bishops’ Conference in Kampala, Uganda, in 1969.
• At the Zambian Episcopal Conference.
• Receiving an MBE in Livingstone.
• Greeting Pope Paul VI in Kampala, Uganda. The Pope visited Uganda from 31 July to 2 Aug. 1969
• With Capuchin friars from East and Southern Africa in 1972.

A collection of mostly un-captioned photographs of mission churches, schools, hospitals, and other buildings in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). The file includes prints collected for publication in 'The Father Mathew Record' and 'The Capuchin Annual'.
The captioned photographs include images of:
• New church at Mankoya mission station.
• Blessing of the church at the leper compound in Mangango.
• St. Mary’s Girl Boarding School, Maramba (run by the Franciscan Sisters for Africa).
• Front view of the administrative block of the college attached to St. Francis Mission, Malengwa, Mongu. Aug. 1967.
• Holy Cross Convent, Sichili.
• A temporary oratory in the bush.
• A scene near the Sancta Maria mission station.
• First Church at St. Francis Mission, Malengwa, Mongu, built in 1948.
• Primary school at St. Michael’s, Kalabo (built by Br. Joseph Murphy OFM Cap., 1929-2009).
• The old friary building at Maramba.
• Exterior of St. Theresa’s Cathedral, Livingstone.
• A barge landing on a steep bank with steps leading to the land.
• Interior and exterior of St. Lawrence’s Church, Limulunga, Apr. 1970.
• Exterior of Malengwa Church, Mar. 1968.
• Opening day of the Holy Family Church probably at Katima Mulilo.
• Interior and exterior of Lourdes Church, Mongu.
• New church at Shimano, Mangango Mission.
• Mangango Leprosarium Church.
• Church at Kalabo (built by Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap., 1901-1998).
• Church at Mangango.
• Parish Church of St. Joseph, Mangango.
• Church at Sihole.
• Exterior view of the Church of Christ the King, Maramba, Livingstone.
• Maria Assumpta Primary School, Livingstone / ‘One of our first schools’.