Typed letter to +McQuaid from Owen Kelly, President, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Bank Street, Belfast, informing him that a large number of men and girls regularly arrive in Belfast from Dublin looking for work and many of them get stranded.

Typed letter to Dr. O’Connell from Maire C. Nic Entee, Secretary, Dept. of External Affairs, enclosing the Catalogue of the Missionary Sacred Art Exhibition held in Lisbon. Count Gerard O’Kelly, Charge d’Affaires in Lisbon, suggests that an effort might be made to have it shown in Dublin. Asks that he ascertain +McQuaid’s views on the matter.

Letters to Fr. Williams from Anthony Kelly, Sandymount, and Norbert O’Leary, Eccles Street, forwarding donations to the Archbishop’s collection for the distress in the North. Donations from the United Stated and South Africa.

Copy of typed letter to Mrs Kelly from J.A. MacMahon. His Grace very much regrets that he does not feel called upon to intervene in the matter of the Arms Trial. 55/ January-July

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Sheila M. Kelly, 98, Wainsfort Rd., Terenure. Her husband was caught in a change of Government policy and as a result his army career came to an abrupt end. Accuses the Government of corruption, chicanery and lack of integrity.

Part of a letter to +McQuaid from [Mrs Kelly] enclosing a copy of her husband’s book on the Arms Trial.

Invitation to +McQuaid to attend a Reception at the Mansion House on the occasion of conferring the freedom of the city to President S.T. O’Kelly and Cardinal D’Alton. 56/

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. Its function this year is to report to + McQuaid in detail on officials of the various trade unions. Each member was given 22 trade unions with names of officials. The V. Rev. Chairman had a report, compiled by the Knights of Columbanus in 1948, on Communist members and their activities. Fr. Crean was delegated to approach Colonel Callaghan, the Head of Army Intelligence, to update the list of Communist Party members. Information was sought on journalists Brian O’Neill, Tony Malone, Annie Kelly, Maurice Hickey, Don Rooney and Michael McInerney.

Letter from John Kelly to +McQuaid informing him that he intends to give the diocesan licence for publication for a book entitled ‘Send Forth Thy Light’, by Rev. Robert Nash S.J.

Letter from John Kelly to +McQuaid informing him that he intends to give the usual ‘Nihil Obstat’ to ‘Visitations: The Film Story of the Medical Missionaries of Mary.’ The author is Andrew Buchanan.