Includes; letters from convents in Ireland and abroad in response to a circular requesting information and data to help Alfred O’ Rahilly and T. J. Walsh to write the book on Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters; very old letters from the first Presentation Sisters; letters from Bishops and the Ursuline Sisters and letters concerning the building of the convent and school in Ballyphehane, Cork.

Includes; letters from Dean MC Swiney, Carrigaline, dated 23 November, to Rev. Mother 1876, mentioning Thurles; letter Mr. Neville, from Catholic University of Ireland, 86 Stephens Green, Dublin, to Rev. Mother, dated 25 June 1882, mentioning the altar and the bonds and shares; letter from M. Agnes, North Presentation Convent, Clarence Street, to Rev. mother, dated 22 April 1883, letters from Sr. M. de Sales, Castleisland, County Kerry, written in 1908; letter from Fr. Peyton, to Rev. Mother, dated 17 May 1954; letters from Sr. M. Patrick, George’s Hill, Dublin to Rev. Mother, concerning the establishment of a Branch of the Standing Committee for the Conference of Convent Primary Schools, in Cork, dated April and May 1962; note from Sr. M. Aloysius, Fair Street [Drogheda, County Louth], to Rev. Mother dated 24 February 1972; telegram from Nellie and Jim to Sr. Ita for her feast day; letter from Sr. de Lourdes, St. Louis Convent, Carrickmacross, to Sr. Kieran, dated 20 December 1977, letter from Sr. Therese [Browne], Presentation Convent, Youghal, to Rev. Mother, dated 20 October 1953; postcard which has a picture of the Presentation Convent, Tuam, County Galway , from Mary of the Sacred Heart to Rev. Mother M. de Sales; letter from M.C.McHugh, C.S.S.R. , Marianella, Orwell, Road, Dublin, to Mother, dated 14 December 1959, in which he appreciates Father T. J. Walsh’s book on Nano Nagle; and letter from James Bastible, St. Patrick’s Church, Lower Road, Cork, to Mother Agnes, dated 27 September 1969, he appreciates the work of the Sisters in Cork Polio; letters from Presentation convents- Crosshaven, Thurles, Tralee, Midleton, concerning the draft of the new constitutions, letter from Sr. M. Agnes, Turner’s Cross, to Fr. Meenan, dated 5 November expressing delight to know that he is a direct descendant of Nano Nagle; letter from Fr. Anthony Boran, OFM .Cap, Provincial, Capuchin Franciscan Friary, Church Street, Dublin 7 to Rev. Mother dated 11 March 1975, concerning papers pertaining to South and North Presentation Convents; letter from Antionette Cogan (Brownie Leader), 20 Alexandra Villas, St. Luke’s Cork, to Rev. Mother , dated 5 December 1979, thanking her and Sr. Rosario for their time and co-operation during their recent visit; and faded photocopy of a letter dated 2 July 1801 giving an account of the Sisters.

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.

Includes; letters and cards thanking Sr. Rosario for prayer leaflets and relic cards; hospitality; for information on Nano Nagle; requesting booklets on Nano Nagle; from class groups who visited from North Presentation Primary School, Cork; for sharing her time and knowledge; letters from Presentation Associates; letters of thanks for forwarding the Cause of Nano Nagle; for helping with the Trasna Programme. File also includes letters to Rev. Mother, Sr. Patricia [O’ Shea], Sr. Anthony [Moloney], Sr de Sales [Gleeson]; thank you note from Geraldine Nagle and undated letter to Sr. Charles. All documents are in original order. Letters and cards are from many places in Ireland and abroad.

Includes; DVD of Sister Rosario addressing Sisters on relics of Nano Nagle, close ups of relics, Papal Bull at 2.26.

Includes; programme of events for seminar.

Includes; file includes an extract from the “Cork Examiner” 21 April 1951 entitled ‘Famous Cork Nun, Dr. O’ Rahilly to lecture on Nano Nagle; programme for Lecture by Dr. Alfred O’ Rahilly Nano Nagle pioneer of Catholic Education in Cork and Concert, Capitol; Cinema 22 April; two typed pages of extract from Nano Nagle’s life relating to her questing for alms in Cork; photocopy of a letter from Nano Nagle to Teresa Mullally 29 September 1776; letter from Sr. M. Ignatius, Presentation Convent, Carrick-on Suir (29 March 1930) concerning the copy of the Direction and the Revision of the Rules; letter from Maude McHardy, Bray ( 11 September 1932), she is claiming to be a descendant of Nano Nagle and she has a cousin who is very anxious to get the life of the foundress Nano Nagle; letter from M Holland, 8 North Mall (10 January 1933) where he mentions books and paintings referring to Nano Nagle and her family; letter from Arthur Leupold, Portrait Studios, 6a Patrick Street, Cork ( 26 January 1933) in connection with locating three paintings; letter from Sr. M. Joseph, South Presentation Convent, Cork ( 14 December 1944) in relation to an old account book; note with heading Bond for £2000 dated 18 September 1771; notes from “The Cork Journal”, December 1760 mentioning the house at Ballygriffin; handwritten notes on Apostolic Brief, concerning the Sisters taking Solemn vows dated 15 May 1804, Dublin; type written pages of the Annals from June 1801 to September 1803; article on ‘The Girls’ Apostolate of “The Grail”, from America, 21 July 1934 by John G. Rowe; letter from M.F. Tobin, Presentation Convent, 18 September 1803 to John detailing the financial circumstances of the Community after Nano Nagle’s death; notes on the establishment of the Ursulines in Cork; copy of Act of Profession of Mary Anne Collins, in Religion Mary Angela, 15 August 1793; notes in French in relation to the Infant Jesus Sisters – Rouen 1983; notes in relation to women joining enclosed orders; notes on Annonciades-First congregation dedicated to the Sacred Heart; notes on wills in the Nagle family dated 13 May 1812; letter from J.W.Skells, Map Room, British Museum, 21 January 1933 concerning Charles Turner’s painting of Nano Nagle; handwritten notes relating to Mr. Callanan [Fr. Laurence Callanan] and how he helped Nano Nagle to set up the rules which were necessary to establish the congregation; handwritten notes on the Charity Schools; empty brown envelopes addressed to Professor A. O’ Rahilly, University College, Cork, Ireland; notes on the missions Australia, India and England with foundation dates and names of the Sisters who were sent on these missions; Conspectus of the Presentation Order, from its foundation in 1777[1775] to the year 1875, including the date, convent, filiation, First Superior, Diocese, number in Community, 1874, average number of pupils for 1874 and remarks; and notes written in pencil on questions answered by Superiors of Institute professing Simple Vows in their Report to The Holy See (c 1923).

Includes; letters relating to foundations in the United States of America made in San Antonio, Texas, in 1952; Globe, Arizona in 1956; the booklet for the centenary of the arrival of the Sisters in California in May 1955; letters from Sr. M. Patrick Rupert Looney, Presentation Convent, 281 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, California, to Rev. T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh] St. Finbarr’s South, Cork 23 November 1954 and in 1957 to Father Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], Rev. Mother M. Ignatius [Hartnett], and Sr. M. Catherine[Condon]; notes on Outline of Studies – Presentation Convent Schools Saint Joseph High School, Berkeley, California; list dated 12 January 1912, Mother House, Presentation Convent, San Francisco, California giving details of the foundations in the Archdioceses; list of Presentation Convents and Institutions throughout the world, 25 March 1955; reports on schools; application form to enter novitiate from 281 Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, California; and newspaper cuttings with the headings: ’Presentation Sisters celebrate 100 Years in United States’, ’Presentation Nuns Mark Centennial’,’ In the Limelight’,’ Mule Train, ‘Shanty’ Living, Marked Early Presentation Days in America’ from The Monitor 5 November 1954 and ‘Nano Nagle Foundress of the Presentation Order’, from The Leader, San Francisco, 13 November 1954; extracts from letter from Presentation Convent, Fargo, North Dakota, 22 April 1957, typed noted on ‘The Presentation Order in North Dakota’; letters from Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1956 and 1957 and notes on ‘The Aberdeen Foundation of the Congregation of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary’; ‘ Sermon delivered by the Most Reverend William O’ Brady, Archbishop of St. Paul, on 19 September 1961, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the coming of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Aberdeen, South Dakota, on 4 October 1886; and letters to Sr. Catherine in 1956; letters from Mother M. Estelle, Dubuque, Iowa in 1936 and 1957 giving details of the Sisters, convents and schools.

Includes; list of the seven Presentation Congregations and the dates of their foundations: Tasmania 1866; Windsor (Victoria) 1873, Wagga 1874, Lismore 1886, Geraldton 1891, Longreach 1900, and Mosman Park 1907; list of foundations and dates within each congregation in Australia; letters from Sr. M. Sebastian and Sr. Peter, Presentation Novitiate, O’ Neill College, Nagle Avenue, Elsternwich, Victoria, to Sr. Catherine and Father Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], during 1957 and 1958 giving detailed information on the spread of the congregation, the vast distances covered; two copies of a map of Australia showing the location of the convents; report on The Seven Congregations of the Presentation Institute in Australia including the development of its constitutions and the and the union of the seven congregations; letters to Rev. Mother Benignus, Sr. M. Catherine and Fr. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], during 1956 and 1957 from Sr. M. Bernard and Sr. M. Therese from Presentation Convent, Geraldton, Western Australia, detailing the spread of the congregation and the foundations; report from Presentation Convent, St. Mary’s, Lismore, which includes a list of the Branch Convents, foundation dates and dioceses in which they are located, an account of the schools and other works; letter from Presentation Convent, Longreach, Queensland from Sr. M. Ursula; letters from Sr. M. Sebastian, Presentation Convent, Star of the Sea, Gardenvale, S. 4 Victoria, in 1958, to Sr. M. Catherine including details of General Chapters and Professions; letters from Sr. M. Bernard, Presentation Convent, “Iona” Mosman Park , Western Australia, 29 May 1956 to Rev. Mother and to Father Walsh [ Canon T.J. Walsh], on 10 June 1957 including details of their foundations; letters from Sr. M. Xavier Lyman, Mother General of Wagga Foundation, Presentation Convent, “Mount Erin”, Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, to Father Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], including details of the foundations and a diagram of the foundations made from Longreach; and a picture of ‘Mount Erin’.

Includes; photographs of signatures Fr. Laurence Callanan, Bishop Moylan, Jeremiah Collins; photocopy of ‘First page of Constitutions, 1805’; photocopy of ‘Petition of the Archbishops of Ireland’; Extracts, Cork Constitution, 1829; extract from ‘The Southern Reporter of 13 September 1948’; envelope addressed to Rev. Dom. Murphy, R.C.C. St. Peter’s and Paul’s, Cork, Ireland, dated 1841 and entitled ‘Suitable Reforms’; article ‘TRUTH’. Nano Nagle Born 1718 Died 1784 by Rev. Cornelius Mennis, D.D.; diagram on the spread of the congregation from Kildare in 1830 and Kilkenny in 1800; genealogy charts on ‘Nagles of Annakissey’ and ‘Maternal Ancestry of Nano Nagle’; and pages with the heading,’ The Nagle Arms – From Burke’s Encyclopaedia of Heraldry (1851).