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Photographic prints compiled for an article by Breandán Ó Riordáin titled ‘New Light on Old Dublin’, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1972), pp 53-63. The file includes prints of various artefacts found in excavations at Winetavern Street and at High Street, Dublin. With a printed sketch map of the areas excavated

Photographic prints (stills) from the 1936 film 'The Dawn'. This was the first full-length Irish feature film with sound. 'The Dawn' was made by Hibernia Films and was produced and directed by Tom Cooper. Scenes from the film were shot in and around Killarney, County Kerry. The film tells a tale of romance and tragedy set against the backdrop of the War of Independence. The cast included 250 amateur actors drawn from the locality. Some of the cast were IRA veterans of the War of Independence. Several of the prints show reconstructions of an ambush on British forces.

Photographic prints compiled for an article by Patrick D. Molumby titled ‘Lighting Dublin’, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1973), pp 75-85. The file includes many images of lamps and public lighting in Dublin taken by K. Mullen, Dublin Corporation photographer.

Photographic prints of the noted Irish opera singer Margaret Burke Sheridan (1889-1958). The file includes the following images:

• The birth-place of Margaret Burke Sheridan in Castlebar, County Mayo.
• Burke Sheridan with Hilde Gueden (1917-1988), soprano, at the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
• Burke Sheridan with Delia Murphy Kiernan (1902-1971) and her family.
• Burke Sheridan with Gladys Swarthout (1900-1969), opera singer, at the opening night of the Metropolitan Opera in 1955.
• Burke Sheridan with Burton G. Tremaine, a noted art collector, at the opening night of the Metropolitan Opera in 1952.
• Burke Sheridan with Vincent O’Brien.
The file also includes newspaper clippings ('Irish Press', 'Sunday Review') of tributes paid to Burke Sheridan following her death.

Photographic prints compiled for an article by Jim Fahy titled ‘Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1974). One of the prints shows the unveiling by Brian Lenihan of a memorial plaque in Ballygar, County Galway, in 1969.

Photographic prints compiled for an article by Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. (1902-1979) titled ‘The Irish Capuchins in Cape Town and Zambia / from virgin mission territory to diocese’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975). The file includes images of Capuchin friars, Franciscan Missionary Sisters, hospitals, clinics and schools established by religious congregations, and locals availing of care and education at these establishments. The file includes the following images:

• The official opening of Mongu Training College, Zambia, in 1970.
• St Francis Mission, Malengwa, Mongu, Zambia.
• Irish Christian Brothers in Mongu, Zambia.
• Classroom block, St. John’s College, Mongu, Zambia.
• Irish, French and African teachers in Mongu, Zambia.
• Doctor O’Connor ministering to three women suffering with leprosy at St. Joseph’s Mission, Mangango, Zambia.
• African Franciscan Missionary Sisters with Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
• Sisters teaching African children in an open-air class in Basutoland (later Lesotho).
• Bishop O’Shea saying the rosary at a leper grotto in Mangango.
• Group of secondary school girls at Malengwa.
• Blessing of a new church at Shimano near Mangango Mission, Zambia. The print shows Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Dermot Duffy OFM Cap. and Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap.
• Fr. Conor Brady OFM Cap. (1923-1993) at the grave of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. (d. 12 July 1944) in Sihole.
• President Kenneth Kaunda at the opening of Sesheke Hospital, Zambia.
Note: See also Introduction and Guide to the Papers of the Irish Capuchin Missions in Africa

Photographic prints compiled for an article by T.F. O’Sullivan titled ‘The Big House’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1977). The file includes prints of the interior and exterior of Borris House, the ancestral home of the MacMurrough Kavanaghs in County Carlow, and a depilated shopfront possibly in Borris. The prints are credited to T.F. O’Sullivan. The file also includes images of Glashganny Lock on the River Barrow.

A framed photograph of John McCormack (1884-1945), the Irish tenor, dedicated to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap. It is signed by his wife, Lily McCormack, and dated 1946.

Copy prints compiled for an article by Dermot Keogh titled ‘William Martin Murphy & the origins of the 1913 Lockout’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1977), pp 130-58. The file includes copy prints of contemporary newspapers covering the Lockout dispute and images of William Martin Murphy, James Connolly and Jim Larkin.

Copy prints compiled for an article by Michael Corcoran (1930-2018) titled ‘Six decades of Irish Road Transport’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1977), pp 325-39. The file includes many historical prints of trams, buses and other forms of public transport