Includes; thank you letters and cards from the Ursuline Sisters from Blackrock, Cork, thanking Sr. Anthony [Moloney] and the Presentation Sisters in South Presentation Convent, Cork for their kindness and hospitality when they visited in May 1986; letters and cards to Sr. Rosario thanking her for the help which she has given and asking to have a copy of the picture of Nano Nagle for their convent; three copies of the booklet for prayer which was used when the Ursuline Sisters visited in May 1986; notes from the annals of the Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, established by Nano Nagle, in Douglas Street, Cork, transferred to Blackrock in 1825; letter from Sr. M. Sacred Heart, Ursuline Convent, Thurles, to Father Walsh, dated 25 September 1956, giving details of their foundation; booklet of the Bicentenary Mass of Thanksgiving of the Ursuline Convent, Thurles, 27 September 1987; letter from Mother M.J. Bernard, Ursuline Convent, St. Mary’s, Waterford, to Reverend Father, dated 10 October 1956, including notes from the annals from 1816 to 1956; a photocopied account of the Ursuline Sisters visit to South Presentation Convent, in May 1986; letter from Sr. M. Berchmans, Ursuline Convent, St. Joseph’s, Sligo, to Father Walsh, giving details of their foundation; and photographs of the visit of May 1986.

Includes; letters and cards from Sr. Carmel Kennefick, Presentation Sister from both Crosshaven, County Cork and Globe, Arizona, U.S.A. to Sr. Rosario Allen, South Presentation Convent, Douglas Street, Cork. Some letters were written while Sr. Carmel was on holidays in Ireland. Some letters and cards were written while Sr. Carmel was on mission in Globe. The letters and cards describe their great interest in Nano Nagle and their desire to have her canonised; the design of the new tomb; express concern of one another’s families; newspaper cutting entitled ‘Presentation Sister dies unexpectedly’ and death notice of Sr. Carmel on 10 September 1988. File has been arranged in chronological order.

A report on the various presentation schools educating disadvantaged and disabled students including schools at Nano Nagle School Lixnaw, Saint Paul's School Beech Hill Montenotte, Queen of Angels School Beech Hill Montenotte, Primary School Education for Travelling Children Castleisland, School for 'Special Children' Sexton Street and Roxboro Road, Farranree Secondary School and Our Lady's school for hearing impaired children Douglas with a brief history on each school written in the report.

Correspondence between South Presentation Convent, Presentation Brothers and W. Marsh & Sons negotiating the sale of Nano Nagle House, Douglas Street, to the Presentation Sisters.

Includes; lease, Maurice Roache and Daniel Scannell, Douglas Road (5 February 1699); lease, John Bennet, William Coppinger, Upper Douglas (17 April 1779); lease, Joseph Nagle, John Harper, upper Douglas Road (15 September 1720); lease, South Presentation Convent grounds, Isabelle Harper to Nano Nagle (23 December 1768); Declaration of Trust, John Bemel [?] and William Coppinger, properties Douglas Road (27 February 1796); lease, William Coppinger to Connell O'Connell, two houses lower Douglas Road (15 January 1783); lease, David Nagle to Connell O'Connell, property Parish of Saint John of Jerusalem (18 October 1785).

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.

Map of Douglas Street property drawn up by W. H. M. Brady with original letter.

Includes; drawing of Presentation Brothers Douglas Street National School; drawings of Nano Nagle Hostel.

Includes; details of bequests left to "Nano Nagle Home, Douglas S[ree]t, Cork" by Honoria Barry of Synnot Place, Dublin (6 December 1902); record of sale of estate of Mary McGeran [?] in Glenduff and Currahroe County Cork (28 February 1908).

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).