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Titel
Datum(s)
- c.1840-1846 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
15 pp; Manuscript and typescript
Context
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archiefbewaarplaats
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Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
• Letter from James A. Clark, St. John’s Seminary, Brighton, Massachusetts, to Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., requesting information on sources pertaining to Fr. Mathew’s temperance campaign in the United States. With a copy reply from Fr. Stanislaus giving an outline of the relevant sources extant in the Irish Capuchin Archives in Dublin. Fr. Stanislaus refers to James McKenna’s 'History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland'. He notes that McKenna 'recorded Fr. Mathew’s activities from 1838 to 1844. He died in Cork in 1846. This MS volume is at present in our Archives here in Dublin’. 19 Apr. 1953-17 June 1953. Typescript, 3 pp.
• Notes taken from 'The American Tour of Fr. Mathew' by James A. Clark. The extracts were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Letters from Diarmuid O’Donovan, Crawford School of Art, to Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. re busts of Fr. Mathew executed by the sculptor, John Hogan. O’Donovan writes ‘Are your busts both marble? It has been suggested to me that one of yours is a plaster cast’. He also enquires whether the two low-relief masks in stone on either side of the west door of Holy Trinity Church are Hogan’s work. 11 Sept. 1954-16 Nov. 1954. Manuscript and typescript, 3 pp.
• List of errata in 'Father Theobald Mathew: Apostle of Temperance' by Rev. Patrick Rogers (1945). The list was compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Note by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. re a lady named Mrs White from Commons’ Road in Cork who was a frequent visitor to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Reference is also given to an entry in a 'Cork Directory' for 1844 which notes that Fr. Denis McLeod OSFC was resident in 41 Cove Street, Fr. George Brennan OSC in 42 Cove Street, Fr. Mathew at 7 Cove Street and Fr. J.P. O’Connell OSFC at 3 Blackamoor Lane. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Extracts from Rev. James Birmingham’s 'A memoir of the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew / with an account of the rise and progress of temperance in Ireland' (Dublin, 2nd edition, 1840). The extracts were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Typescript, 6 pp.