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An image of the mission car in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, in 1941.

Fr. Carthage Ruth OFM Cap. (left) and Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. (right) on board a ship, probably en-route to South Africa.

File containing photographic prints of the Stewart-Bam residence at Ards House, Creeslough, County Donegal. These are images of the residence (and former owners) before the Capuchin friars took possession of Ards House in 1930. Some of the prints were reproduced in 'A history of Ards' (1991) by Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. The file includes:
• Copy print of the gardens at Ards House in 1859. Fr. David notes that this photograph was taken by David Knox (1821-1895).
• Sir Pieter von Blommenstein Bam in the uniform of a Lieutenant Colonel during the Boer War in South Africa, c.1900.
• The staff of Ards House in 1906. The photograph is annotated on the reverse with the names of the male and female servants.
• Servants and staff welcoming the newly married Ena Dingwell Tasca Stewart-Bam and Sir Pieter von Blommenstein Bam (d. 20 Dec. 1928) at Ards House in 1910. The smaller copy of the print has the following annotation: ‘Taken over 20 years ago, at some kind of reception given to the Stewards by his tenants xx – Sir Peter and Lady Stewart. Arrow on photograph points to present gardener (W. Barr)’.
• An original print of a group with two jarveys outside Ards House in about 1910.
• Copy print of a sketch map of the Ards Estate Home Farm Offices, the property of A.J.R. Stewart.
• Ena Dingwell Tasca Stewart-Bam on the front stairway in Ards House in c.1910.
• A woman with a young child (presumably tenants) outside a cottage on the Ards Estate.

Servants and staff welcoming the newly married Ena Dingwell Tasca Stewart-Bam and Sir Pieter von Blommenstein Bam (d. 20 Dec. 1928) at Ards House in County Donegal in 1910. The smaller copy of the print has the following annotation: ‘Taken over 20 years ago, at some kind of reception given to the Stewards by his tenants xx – Sir Peter and Lady Stewart. Arrow on photograph points to present gardener (W. Barr)’.

An image of construction work on the new Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal. The old friary building (formerly Ards House) stands in the foreground.

A manuscript map showing the locations of stations and churches founded by Christian (mainly Protestant) denominations in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). A reference key gives the dates of arrival of the various congregations and groups in the country. The map is extant on p. 11 in the volume.

A clipping of a report on the murders of Lord Frederick Cavendish, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Thomas Henry Burke, Permanent Secretary for Ireland, in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, on 6 May 1882. The report was published in the ‘Morning Post’ newspaper.

Clipping of a photograph (and article) from the 'Liverpool Daily Post & Mercury' referring to the wedding of Captain Sir Pieter Canzius Van Bloommestein Bam and Ena Dingwall Tasca Stewart of Ards House, County Donegal, at St. Andrew’s Church, Wells Street, London, on 26 July 1910.

‘New Capuchin Friary’. 'The People’s Press', 9 May 1964. The article includes a photograph of an architectural model of the new Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal.

A postcard from Sister Mary Stella Phelan (1925-2001), Medical Missionaries of Mary, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The postcard shows the Cunard White Star liner ‘Mauretania’ which took Sister Mary Stella and Mother Mary Martin to the United States.