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- 1915-2018 (Creation)
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91 files, 120 items and 402 digital objects; Manuscript, typescript, printed, newspaper clipping, bound volume, photographic print, negative sheet, 35 mm colour slide, 8 mm magnetic tape, audio-cassette tape, VHS cassette tape, and TIFF file.
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This series includes records relating to Irish Capuchin missionary work in Zambia (previously Northern Rhodesia) which commenced in 1931. The series contains correspondence, visitation reports, minutes, newsletters and missionary magazines, travelogues, linguistic material, regional histories, and personal mission journals. The collection also includes a very large collection of photographic albums and prints. The papers are a rich source for church and mission history. As the work of the missionaries in Zambia embraced not just evangelism, but also, for example, education, medical work, language study and translations, and the development of local agriculture and industry, these records are a valuable source for study across a wide range of research interests.