Includes; file includes small size photograph of the signatures of Srs. Nano Nagle, Elizabeth Bourke, Mary Ann Collins, Mary Fouhy, signed 29 September 1781 and also Laur [Laurence] Callanan’s signature; photographic negatives of original drawing by Grogan of South Gate Bridge and jail 1796 property of University College, the Exchange Cork 1793, and photographic negative of J. O’ Connell’s copy of the original drawing by West, 1770 View of Castle Street and The Exchange, Cork about 1770; two small black and white memorial cards of Alfred O’ Rahilly’s ordination to the priesthood on 18 December 1955 at Blackrock College, Dublin; black and white photograph of Community Room ( location unavailable); brown envelope addressed to Professor A. O’Rahilly, Director of the Library, University College, Cork, Eire dated 27 April 1951; handwritten notes of Nano Nagle’s will, giving detailed explanation of her wishes concerning both the Sisters and her relatives; notes on establishing the Sisters on a solid financial situation dated 27 October 1785, Dr. M. [Bishop Moylan] Killarney to [Father] Callanan; notes on Miss Nagle’ s Conduct in Life, written just after her death describing her helping the poor children and distressed widows for nearly forty years; handwritten page signed by Frances Doyle, South Presentation Convent, Cork, on 5 April 1832 concerning arrears of interest of the late Edmond John Harrold Esq., M.D., administrator and legate of the late Joseph Nagle Esq. of Calverleigh, to the late Margaret Tobin; letter from Sr. M. Columba of the Rosary, Presentation Convent, Galway, 21 January 1930 enclosing a picture of the convent and hoping to get the book on the life of the foundress soon; three copies of Reprint from IER, November 1932 ,’ A letter about Miss Mullaly and Nano Nagle’, edited by Professor Alfred O’ Rahilly, also includes handwritten notes on the extreme weather conditions and hardship for the people of Cork during the severe winter of 1739; two copies of Reprint from IER November 1932 including an article on Miss Mulally and Miss Nagle; and exercise book with the heading Rev Val Bodkin p118 and Luke Craner on the front cover, it outlines the draft of the Apostolic Brief and the Instructions and the history of Nano Nagle and the Sisters.

Includes; letters from convents in Ireland responding to a circular requesting information about their foundations from Rev. Mother, South Presentation Convent, Douglas Street, Cork. Letters giving details of the beginnings of the foundations; who helped fund the foundations, the kindness of benefactors, social conditions and circumstances of the local people; the poverty which they encountered, how the material needs of the children were provided for, how the convent and school buildings began, sometimes the Sisters and classrooms were in temporary buildings until suitable buildings were built; at times Sisters moved from existing convents to establish new foundations, sometimes the Sisters remained in the new foundations and at other times these Sisters returned to the convents from which they originally came when a sufficient number of new Sisters were trained as many women from the local areas saw the needs and joined the Congregation; reports of how the Sisters travelled; the connection with the local bishops and clergy is mentioned; Sisters are aware of the need for a publication on the ‘Life of Nano Nagle’; they express interest in the Cause of Nano Nagle and their wishes for her beatification, they are enquiring about the cost of the book and considering how many copies they will be able to afford to purchase; Sisters send best wishes to the Sisters in South Presentation Convent, Cork, Sisters who have visited South Presentation Convent, Cork, express their gratitude for the hospitality which they experienced there, the number of Sisters in the Communities, mention of the lay Sisters and the number of students in schools are given.
Letters came from the following Presentation convents in Ireland; Bagenalstown, County Carlow, 23 February 1926, Ballingarry, County Tipperary, 19 November 1925, Baltinglass, County Wicklow, Cashel, County Tipperary, 14 December 1925, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, 19 November 1925, Castleisland, County Kerry, 20 November 1925, two letters from Carlow dated 20 November 1925 and 20 June 1926, Clonmel, County Tipperary, 23 October 1925, Clondalkin, County Dublin, 25 November 1925, Crosshaven, County Cork, two letters dated 16 November 1925 and December 1925, letter from Dingle, County Kerry, 21 December 1925, a photograph of the convent and the church, typed pages from the Annals from 1829 to 1866, Doneraile, County Cork, 16 November 1925, Drogheda, County Louth, 16 and 21 December 1925, photograph and note from the convent in Dundrum, County Tipperary, 23 November 1924, letter from Dungarvan, County Waterford, 28 November 1925, letter and notes from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Fermoy, County Cork, 10 November 1925, also gives information on the foundations made in Tasmania and New Troy, New York, George’s Hill, Dublin, 16 November 1925, Galway, 28 January 1926, Kildare, 19 November 1925, notes on Kilcock, County Kildare and the missions which were founded from there, Killarney, County Kerry, 17 November 1925, Kilkenny, 12 January 1926 mentions Durrow and Kilmacow also, Limerick, 7 December 1925, Lismore, County Waterford on 16 November 1925 , mentions Sodalities, Evening Classes and opening of the Secondary School, lunches for pupils, Lixnaw, County Kerry, 19 November 1925, Maynooth, County Kildare, 25 November 1925, Maryboro’ Queen’s County, Midleton, County Cork, 19 November 1925 mentions Archdeacon Hutch and the secondary school, Millstreet, County Cork, , 5 December 1925 includes notes which mention music classes and the welfare of the poor children, Milltown, County Kerry, Mitchelstown, County Cork, 8 December 1925, includes notes on its foundation, music rooms and music lessons are mentioned, Mullingar, County Westmeath, 14 December 1925, Portadown, includes three letters dated 27 September 1925, November 1925 and November 1925 mentions that this convent was a transfer of the Sisters from Granard, mentions evening classes for the girls working in the factories and makes a request for suitable postulants. Rahan Tullamore, County Offaly, Rathmore, County Kerry, 29 November 1925, 22 November 1925, Gerald Griffin Street, North Presentation Convent, 19 November 1925, Tuam, County Galway, December 1925 includes an account of the foundation, Terenure, Dublin, 19 January 1926, Thurles, County Tipperary, 8 January 1926, Tralee, County Kerry, 1 December 1925, Waterford, 18 November 1925 , 8 July 1929 and 2 November 1929 mentions the photograph of the convent but no photograph is included, letter from Wexford including photographs of the convent, and letter from Youghal, County Cork dated 17 November 1925.

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 to Mrs M.C Callaghan, Presentation Convent, Cove Street, Cork, from St. Mary’s College, dated 10 June 1813; letter to Mrs Clare Callaghan, Presentation Convent, Cork from her niece Mary Callaghan, dated 8 April 1824, giving news of her family; photocopy of a letter addressed to Mrs McLoughlin, Presentation Convent, Kilkenny, dated 12 August 1835; typed copy of letter of Mother Aloysius Moylan to Mother Joseph McLoughlin, P.C. Kilkenny, 12 August 1835; photocopy of a letter addressed to Mrs Austen, Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, dated 23 March 1835, mentions rent for property, the Presentation Sisters, Joseph Nagle, and Right Rev Francis Moylan, (Bishop Moylan), 31 August 1801; letter to Mrs. R. Doyle, S. Presentation Convent, Cork, from Presentation Convent, George’s Hill, dated 17 January 1839, mentions the veiling material, the dreadful storm, the effects of the storm on the Sisters in Drogheda, Galway, Mullingar, Richmond and Rahan, where the buildings were damaged, Sr. Clare Callaghan’s health, details of the foundations in James Street, Richmond, Drogheda, Richmond, Maynooth, Mullingar, and the success of the foundation in Limerick; letter to Mrs M de Pazzi Leahy, South Presentation Convent, Cork, from M. Magdalen from Presentation Convent, Manchester, dated 1 April 1839, mentions Sr. Clare, the health of the Sisters, the six hundred students in the school, the Sunday school and hundreds of adults for instruction, many Protestant children are anxious to become Catholic; letter to Mrs. Shea, dated 10 January 1807, concerning the donation for the building of the vestry rooms of the chapel; letter to Mrs. Francis Doyle, South Presentation Convent, Cork dated 27 April 1847, from Presentation Convent, George’s Hill, this letter has been overwritten and difficult to read; letter addressed to Mrs. Francis Doyle, South Presentation Convent, Cork, from George’s Hill, Dublin, dated 21 October 1845, mentions Mother Clare; letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew to Mrs Cronin, dated 24 July 1846, concerning a new altar stone; typed copy of the same letter; letter from Theobald Mathew to Mrs. Bernard Hogan, dated 18 March 1857, enquiring about her family; letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew, New Orleans, Louisiana to Mrs de Pazzi Leahy, South Presentation Convent, Douglas Street, Cork, Ireland, dated 13 May 1850, mentions Sr. Mary Clare, that the schools are crowded; letter from Presentation Convent, Marlborough, 54; an account of the life of Mother Ignatius Verling, dated October 1869, she was one of the foundresses the convent in Fermoy; letter from Ursuline Convent, to Mother Mary Joseph, South Convent, Cork dated 14 March 1876, concerning religious books for novices; letter to Mrs. Leahy, SP Convent, Douglas Street, relating to Mrs. Donovan and the change in valuation of the farm; letter from P.C. Cullen, 59 Eccles Street, Dublin, to Vey Rev Dean Neville, dated 29 September 1877, concerning indulgences in Ireland and abroad; letter from the Ursuline Convent, Cork, dated 20 November 78, concerning books for the novices; letter from Fr. Benson to Rev. Mother; letter to Sister Elizabeth, from Calverleigh Court, Tiverton, North Devon, about 1915, mentions the photo and how the property was inherited; and two copies of a letter to Mother Joseph, Presentation Convent, Douglas Street, Cork, from Louis C. Nolan, O.P. Rome, dated 28 May 1925, expressing an interest in the cause of Nano Nagle; booklet entitled "Pioneer Total Abstinence Association ... International Seminar Cork" (1988).

Includes; letters from Fr. T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], 3 October 1954 to Miss O’ Rahilly concerning a nineteenth century poet – Diarmuid O Longaigh; letter to Mother Catherine on 20 February; letter of 17 February 1960 to the Holy Father in French and in English giving the history of the congregation; letter to Mother Benignus relating to the printing of the book; letter to Mother de Sales from Fr. T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], Parochial House, Durrus , County Cork, 29 October 1968, concerning the use of the buildings on Douglas Street; letter to Sr. Catherine, 16 September 1971, including a map of Ballygriffin; letters to Father Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], from Finbarr Ryan, Arch. P.S. Port of Spain, 31 December 1959, paying tribute to him for his work on the life of ‘Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sister’s; letter from James Canon Bastible, University College, Cork, 12 December 1959, to Rev. Mother congratulating her on Fr. T.J. Walsh’s [Canon T.J. Walsh], book, ‘ Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters’, letter from S. Perosazz, Department of Education, Dublin, 28 June 1956 to Fr. T.J. Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], concerning access to reports made by inspectors on the Presentation schools during the nineteenth century; letter from M. Gregory, O.S.B., Benedictine Abbey, Kylemore, Clifden, County Galway, 15 July 1955, stating that due to fire in their archives two years previously any information which they had on Nano Nagle was burnt; letter from D. Joseph Dowdall O.S. B., Glenstal Priory School, Murroe, County Limerick, 22 May 1955 to Father Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], relating to the microfilming of documents; letter from Fr. F.X. Marin, St. Patrick’s , Via Piemonte, 60 Rome (125) to Fr. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], concerning the examination of the Prop. Documents; letter to Father Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], from Patricia O’ Connell, Evening Press, 6 April 1955 in relation to the death notice of Joseph Nagle; letters from Browne and Nolan Limited, Publishers, 41 -42 Nassau Street, Dublin, to Rev. Mother on 10 September 1958 concerning the publishing of Fr. T.J. Walsh’s, [Canon T.J. Walsh], book; letters from M.H. Gill and Son, 50 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin to Fr. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], Mother Benignus, Mother Ignatius concerning the publication of the book and its cost; two copies of 1775 – 1975 Sermon on the occasion of the Bi- centenary Celebrations of the Presentation Sisters, St. Finbarr’s Church Cork 24 December 1975, T.J. Walsh [Canon T.J. Walsh], December 1975; Nano Nagle, Undaunted Daughter of Desires A Study in Sanctity, T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], October 1975; letter from T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J.Walsh], Parochial House, Blackrock, Cork, 18 September 1980 to Sister Lucy, Presentation Generalate, Monasterevan, County Kildare; letter from T.J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], Parochial House, Blackrock, Cork to Sister Rosario [Allen] concerning the plans for the Nano Nagle tomb; letter from Carol Nagle Fish, 54 Prairie Avenue, Buffalo, New York, 14207, 25 January 1985, requesting information on her ancestors and claiming that she is related to the Nagles; newspaper article, ‘ Canon Walsh: The Final Respects’; leaflet, ‘ Office for the Dead and Funeral Mass’, Very Rev. Canon T. J. Walsh, [Canon T.J. Walsh], 27 June 1984; and notes on layout of chapters for the book, ‘ Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters’.

Includes; Certified copy of Marriage settlement, William Cray, Pierce Nagle, Sarah Nagle, Patrick Sarsfield, John Galway (19 May 1770); Certified copy Deed, John, James, and Thomas Prendergast (19 April 1882); Statement of Claim, copy Writ of Summons, Rearden versus Murphy (4 March 1890); Certified copy Memorial to Deed of Conveyance, Thomas and James Prendergast to South Presentation Sisters (1 May 1894); Writ of Possession, Thomas Byrne and Mary Connolly (13 January 1902); Deed of Assignment, Mary Connolly to Thomas Byrne (14 May 1902); building receipts (1937); rent receipts (1938 - 1955).