Handwritten letter to Fr. Mangan from Jim O’Brien. Is sending a copy of membership card for the Leo League. Wonders if it is prudent to ask the Archbishop whether the Leo League should form branches in the parishes which want it. Would be under the direction of a priest from the parish. O’Brien wants to fade out as he is not best man for the job.

• Letter from Fr. O’Riordan, Baldonnell Camp to Fr. Mangan regarding the duties of a censor. 2 July 1951

Letter from Roisin Ni Lathasaigh, Runai Oinigh, to Fr. C. Mangan asking permission for the Clergy and Christian Brothers to attend the National Drama Festival. And also nuns when needed to control their pupils. Film (see also Communications files XXVI) Censorship Appeals Board and National Film Institute

Letter from Fr. Cecil Barrett to Fr. Mangan regarding ‘Nighmare Alley’.

Letter from E. Hardiman, Egan Film Service to Fr. Mangan regarding films, he will show, of a Catholic nature. This include ‘Sanctuary of the Heart’, ‘The life story of the Cur d’Ars’ and ‘Isle of Sinners’. He will at a later stage show ‘Angel on my shoulder’ and ‘Miracle of Milan’. He hopes the Archbishop will help him get these films as it is quite difficult due to small audiences. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Letter from John Fitzpatrick to Fr. Mangan regarding Catholic writers using a new literary genre created by Joyce. He is inclined to answer that Mr. Edmonds is suitable to join a group of Catholic writers using this technique.

Letter from Fr. Thomas O’Reilly, North William Street to Fr. Mangan regarding a leaflet by Charbel Press on St. Philomena. It was produced under the direction of Fr. Paul O’Sullivan, O.P. Annotated by +McQuaid.

Letter from William Gill to Fr. Mangan informing him that the revised version of Cronin’s Primer of Social Science has arrived.

Typed letter to Fr. Mangan from M.A. Croker, Secretary, Royal National Hospital for Consumption for Ireland (Newcastle, Co Wicklow), requesting permission for the reservation of the Blessed Sacrament in the Hospital Chapel when the present permission ceases.

Correspondence between J. Elliott, Deputy Secretary, Dublin Board of Assistance, and Fr. C. Mangan relating to the re-opening of St. Clare’s Infant Hospital as accommodation for the aged and infirm. It is hoped that religious services shall take place in a Day Room. The Archbishop would prefer that there should be an Oratory with reservation of the Blessed Sacrament.