Letter from +Russell to +McQuaid. He thanks +McQuaid for his kind advice regarding sending student for further degrees in social science and their being placed as chaplains during their time I UCD. He regrets that he is not in a position to send any priest at the moment. Annotation by +McQuaid.

Copy of typed letter from C.J. Russell, Ass. Secretary, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, enclosing the agenda for a meeting on 13th March, 1954. BOX 5

MacGabhann, L. Telephoned to ask what the Archbishop’s view was of the actress Dawn Adams having a bath in milk in the Russell Hotel?

Handwritten report saying Prescott’s letter and newspaper article from The Tablet enclosed. Saga Films Ltd may offer free films on travel. Book review in The Plough quotes priest praising Connolly Club. Police did not expect Saturday night’s row. Castle group dispersed. Government thinks Communism too remote. A man from Russell Avenue became a Protestant and got a good job at Telecommunications.

Copy letter from +McQuaid to +Russell suggesting he contact the Rectors of the major seminaries and not the schools as experience has shown this is the best method of obtaining priests for the American Dioceses. 1 item

Letters from Fr. Nicholas Russell and Fr. Ernest Farrell seeking permission to establish a centre of prayer and to hold a Holy Hour.

Letter form +Russell to +McQuaid asking for permission to visit some of the schools in the diocese in the hope of finding prospective students for the priesthood. 1 item Rochester, New York

Letter from +Russell to +McQuaid. He has made enquiries into a visit to the Mercy Noviciate in Waterford by Sr. Cabrini and while they had been looking into the sisters had been looking into the use of psychology he describes their invitation as premature. Annotation by +McQuaid.

Letter from +John Russell to +McQuaid outlining the work carried out in his Diocese. He asks that the current Pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish, Alexandria, may be allowed visit All Hallows College and some of the secondary schools in Dublin with a view of getting future priests for his diocese.

Letter from +Russell to +McQuaid. He thanks +McQuaid for his approval and adds that he has chosen priests whom he knows who will concentrate on Church teaching over modern experts.