Includes; letter in French to Rev. Mother, dated 1859; letter from Luke Keating to Rev. Mother and Sir, dated 8 September 1874; letter from P. Paola Molinari, S. J. Rome, dated 4 December 1973, giving details of his arrival; five letters from Sr. Gabriel, Presentation Convent, Clayfield, Enderley Road, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia dated January 1964 to December 1965, to Mother de Sales; expressing concern about the lack of vocations, changes in government regulations concerning schools, changing the religious habit in different countries; the chapters and amalgamations; letter from Sr. Gabriel Hogan, from New Guinea, telling of life on the missions there and adapting the religious habit; letter from Fr. Michael Green in Rome to Rev. Mother, dated 24 October 1964, concerning the direction of the tabernacle and the seating in the chapel; letter from Michael Magner to Rev. Mother, dated 3 October 1963, concerning the sale of the land in Ballygriffin; letter from M. Bernard Ryan, Matlock to Rev. Mother M. de Sales Gleeson, 1966, authorizing her to act as Delegate to accept the vows of Sr. Mary Killian Cusson; letter to Sr. Rosario, dated 20 August 1979, mentions the visit to Ireland and seeing the relics of Nano; letter from Margaret George and Eileen Bendeich, New South Wales, to Mother de Sales and Community, recounting all their connections with the Presentation Sisters for generations; letter to His Excellency, The Most Rev. John Panico, J. U. D. Apostolic Delegate to Australia, concerning the seven groups of Presentation Sisters in Australia seeking a common rule; letter from Sr. M. Patrick Rupert, from California to Rev. Mother Benignus, dated 24 October 1952, mentions making corrections in previous documents; letter from Sr. M. Dorothea, New York, to Sister, dated 31 May 1966; letter from Mother M. Antonine, Sacred Heart Convent, Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.A., to Mother de Sales, dated 18 November 1964, giving details of their ministries in schools, a children’s home and small hospitals, and co-operation among different groups of Presentation Sisters; letter from Sr. M. Camillus, Sacred Heart Convent, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, to Mother M. Agnes, dated 12 November 1972, mentions the publications on Nano Nagle; letter from Sister Brigid Kavanagh, Sacred Heart Convent, Fargo, North Dakota, to Mother de Sales, dated 3 January 1979, tells her about her study of Nano Nagle for her research paper and requests help in obtaining access to primary sources as soon as possible; letter from Sr. Brigid Kavanagh, Sacred heart Convent, Fargo, North Dakota, to Sr. Rosario, dated 27 September 1979, thanking her for her help with the research; copy of a letter from Sr. M. Josephine, Powell Lombard Street, California, to – dated, 5 October 1901, expressing concern that some Sisters are not following the intentions of Nano Nagle and telling of the large number of poor children they are helping; letter from M. Dominic Cunningham, St. Michael’s Presentation Convent, Croydon, undated claiming that Nano Nagle taught her great -grandmother and photo of group also included; letter from Sr. Regina Vickers, St. John’s Newfoundland, to Sister Superior, undated, ordering books; letter from M.M. Joseph, The McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, to Mother and Sisters, dated 8 January 1912; three letters from Helen Clayton, Wimbledon Park, London, to Sr. Rosario, dated between July 1979 and September 1979, thanking her for her help and hospitality; letter from Sr. M. Berchmans, St. Mary’s, Presentation Convent, Lismore, Australia, to Rev. Mother, dated 8 September 1951; and letter from Sr. Ann Mary, St. Mary’s, Presentation Convent, Lismore, Australia, to Mother de Sales, dated 30 June 1975, concerning the updating of the Constitutions.

Typed letter to Fr. Diffney from Una Byrne. The IHA had a Brains’ Trust in the Mansion House. Fr. Corcoran was well able for Donal Nevin and held his own. Mr. Maloney, Secretary of the Contemporary Club, has resigned. Will be a loss as he kept an eye on liberal speakers. Replaced by Miss Pepita Keating, daughter of Justine Keating. The Communist Party have converted No. 37, Pembroke Road into flats. Are holding meetings in Pembroke Hall. She (Una) refuses admittance, but Art McArdle reporting to her.

Handwritten report from “Grandmother”. Anthony Coughlan was sub- editor of The Daily Worker and The Irish Democrat in England. Prime mover in the Connolly Club. In May 1961 met Michael O’Leary, Justin Keating, Igo, Frank Edwards, Miss Simms. O’Leary has been picked to stand for Labour in South Central Constituency.

Letter from +Cohalan to +McQuaid. He thanks +McQuaid for agreeing to place Fr Keating as a chaplain to the Irish Sisters of Charity in Sandymount and informs +McQuaid that Fr Keating would be glad to be asked to teach at the North Strand Technical School.

Handwritten report. Justin Keating going to continent for agricultural research. Being sent by Government. Was refused permission to go to the US some years ago by Dillon, but evidently P. Smith does not mind. Keating a member of the British Communist Party and is active here. Smith condemned Dr. Lucey at a meeting some months ago.

Typed copy of the cover letter from Mrs. M. Keating and Donal Nevin giving a Press Statement on the West European Conference for the amnesty of Spanish political prisoners and exiles.

Typed report of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Conor Farrington was refused visa to study in USA. Justin Keating also refused. Anthony Morrison was married to Maria Timmons in 1957 and is unemployed at present. Mrs. O’Connell’s report is awaited. Mrs McAuley’s husband makes vestments. She was appointed to the Adoption Board at the instance of Maureen Keane. Is a source of trouble to Fr. Barrett and the Government. She is a Socialist of the Welfare State type tends to be anti-clerical and anti-nun. Frank Edwards and his wife are soured and bitter. Their son and daughter practice their religion. Eamonn Lyons was an activist in the Connolly Association in England. Spoke at a Public Meeting in Abbey Street. His mother is a practicing Catholic and Lyons did not undertake propaganda work in the area in which his family resides. Regarding the motor trade and the Iron Curtain Countries, George and Pirek, two Czechs, are trying to push trade in the motor business. Imminent merge of the CIU and the TUC. Fr. Kent spoke of certain aspects of the proposed union of these congresses of Trade Unions.

Includes; letters from Sr Raphael Considine, in Australia to Sr. Rosario Allen, South Presentation Convent, Cork, dated 1980 to 1999. In her letters Sr. Raphael thanks Sr. Rosario for her hospitality each time she visits South Presentation Convent. Sr. Raphael gives updates on her progress of the books which she is writing on Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters. She gives details of her visits to the Presentation Sisters missions in India, Pakistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Philippines. Sr. Raphael makes arrangements for other Sisters and lay people to visit South Presentation Covent. File also includes a letter to Sr. Anthony Moloney, Sr. Lelia Kaar and Sr. Ambrose; Letter from Sr. Raphael to the Sisters requesting their help to enable her to write a short book on explaining the changes in apostolic religious life after Vatican11; Presentation Mission Link November 1994; and letter from Sr. Bernadette Keating,” Cove Lane”, St. James Parade, Elsternwick 3184, to Presentation Sisters, 21 Ashdene, South Douglas Road, Cork, Ireland, 12 May 2000, giving details of Sr. Raphael’s last illness and death and including the eulogy given at her funeral.