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Creator: Tanzania, Mtindii, Gare, Kongei, Mpunga, Pope Paul VI

Photographs taken in the Rosminian missions in Tanzania showing locals and Rosminian priests.

This series consists of photographs documenting Irish Capuchin missionary activity in Oregon and California, including images connected with ministries in Mission Santa Inés, in Mendocino County, and later, in the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco. The collection features numerous prints of churches, friaries, and clergy portraits, highlighting the transition from rugged missionary work in rural Oregon to the establishment of permanent parishes and schools in large urban centers in California.

Key Themes

Early Missions (1900-1909)
Mission Santa Inés: Highlights the order’s early presence at this historic California mission. Photographs show the original belfry before its 1911 collapse and the ‘convento wing’ before it was demolished. Other images capture glimpses of friars traveling by horse and trap through forty miles of Oregon forest to reach scattered settlers.

Oregon & Northern California (1910-1920s)
Oregon Expansion: Documents the first Mass in Hermiston (1910) and the exterior of St. Thomas’s Church in Redmond (1919).
Mendocino County, California: Several images show various wooden churches and clergy residences in Mendocino and in the town of Ukiah.

Growth in Los Angeles (1923)
A file documenting the construction of the church and school of St. Lawrence of Brindisi in Watts, Los Angeles.

Community & Leadership
Individual and Group Portraits: Numerous photographs showing various Capuchin friars and visitations of Provincial Ministers from Ireland.

The section includes photographic images of both the old Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House, the seat of the Stewart-Bam family) and the present-day Friary and House of Studies (now a retreat and conference centre) built on the same site in the 1960s. There are also images of Capuchin friars who resided at Ard Mhuire and prints of the surrounding towns, scenic landscapes and sites of historical and religious significance.

A small collection of prints and photographs mainly connected with the Father Mathew Feis in Dublin.

Series consists of one photograph album containing black and white and coloured photographs of Presentation Convent Listowel, Presentation Sisters and important events such as Jubilees; the Centenary celebration in 1944; community outings; photographs from inside the convent; the grounds outside; the local views from the convent; the headstones in St. Michael’s cemetery; the mission in Lumberton, New Mexico, Sr. Cecilia O’ Connell; Sr Julie Watson, in Pakistan, in 1989; Sr Dympna Nunan’s 100th birthday in March 2002; 150th anniversary celebrations in 1994; Sr Berchmans Cagney’s 100th birthday in 1976; the visit of two Pakistani Sisters in 2006; and Farewell to the Presentation Sisters in Holy Cross Convent, Listowel August 2007.

large photo of Sodality of Our Lady, with names attached (June 1924); ladies of Sodality in white gowns (10 May 1936); photo of ladies of Fermoy Sodality on the 100th anniversary of the founding of Fermoy Presentation Convent (1938); undated photos of ladies of Sodality attending Mass; undated photos of ladies of Sodality at social events; loose page with names written on it.

A collection of photographs taken that depict convent life. This includes photographs of Turner's Cross Convent Building, of South Presentation Convent and of the Presentation Sisters. Also includes photographs taken on the day of Turner's Cross Convent's closure.