‘First Impressions of Zambia’ by Fr John T. O'Holohan SJ, Chikuni College, Chikuni Mission, Zambia.

Article entitled ‘Fr. Browne’s Jesuit Ireland’ pp 24 - 29, by Fr Edward E O’Donnell SJ taken from Company, a magazine of the U.S. Jesuits. http://www.companysj.com/v252/jesuitireland/ireland.html http://www.companysj.com/v252/jesuitireland/ireland.pdf
accessed August 2009.

‘Ireland of the Welcomes’. Handwriting of captions by Fr Frank Browne SJ on cover, and photographs by Fr Browne.

Pamphlets ‘Saints and Shrines of Lough Corrib’, Parts 1 and 2, by Fr. Browne, ‘Irish Messenger’ Series.

Booklet commemorating 100 years of the Society of Jesus in Australia entitled 'A Century of Jesuit Achievement 1865-1965.'

Account book detailing Fr Peter Kenney's expenses. Includes details of his travelling expenses to America (1 September 1830 - 3 July 1833, pp. 1-9).

Account book entitled 'The Fund Fr. Callaghan II'. Includes an inscription 'An account of the property of the late Michael Moran which came into the hands of the Executors.'

Account book of Irish Jesuit property. Includes a description of the finances of the Irish Mission account, written by Fr John Fullam SJ. Remarks 'In 1760 this mission had in Paris a capital of £1000 ster. including the deposits of individuals and what belonged to different residences. By the persecution which ensued the whole was nearly despaired of when by Fr Crookshank's activity and cleverness about half that sum was recovered and transmitted to Ireland where Mr Ward placed it as occasions presented.'

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Account books of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes a statement of bequests to the Irish Vice Province (1859, pp. 1-4)

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province. Includes an alphabetical index.

Account book of the Irish Jesuit Province.

Account book of the Jesuit Vice Province of Ireland detailing income and expenditure. Includes an alphabetical index at the back of the volume.

Aerial photographs of Dublin port and Dublin by Ashe Studios Ltd.

Leaflet with details of the AIB sponsored, Spirit of Father Browne photography competition, which has a prize of €5000.

Article from the 'Irish Times' entitled ‘The terrible trouble with Hopkins’ by Arminta Wallace. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0929/1224255430910.html

Letters, telegrams, memoranda and notes relating to Belgian refugees in Ireland. Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ was a member of the Distribution Committee ‘appointed by the Local Government Board to look after the welfare and distribution of the Belgian Refugees arriving in Dublin’. Most of the letters comprise offers to house refugees or concern schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually. Includes:
– letter from Dr Bernard Coyne, Bishop of Elphin (1913-1926) to Lady Moloney seeking her assistance in the securement of a disused barracks in order to provide shelter for Belgian refugee families (21 Oct. 1914, 1p.);
– bills from drapers and household stores for items purchased for the refugees;
– letters relating to troubles between Protestants and the Catholic refugees in Portadown;
– letters to Fr Nolan from refugees and members of the Belgian Refugees Committee;
– lists of names and locations of refugees in Ireland and names and addresses of people who housed refugees.

On 17 October 1914, the Father Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, Thomas V. Nolan, received a letter from the Local Government Board to go down to the North Wall at 7.30am on the 18th and meet the 100 Belgian refugees ‘and one hundred each of the following days’. This was due to ‘a few of your Order, who speak Flemish’. Subsequently, the Irish Provincial became a member of the Distribution Committee which looked after the welfare and distribution of refugees arriving in Ireland. The Irish Jesuits received offers to house the refugees and organised schemes to aid them, both physically and spiritually.

Blessing the fishermen and their boat on the feast of Corpus Christi by Rev Paul O'Flanagan SJ, Mooncoin, River Suir. Caption by Fr Frank Browne SJ on reverse.

Parties:
Rev. Thomas A. Finlay, 35 Lower Leeson Street, city of Dublin (the Settlor); 1st part.
Rev. Thomas A. Finlay, George O'Brien, 40 Northumberland Road, county Dublin, Doctor of Letters and Joseph Hugh Murray, 40 St. Kevin’s Park, Dartry Road, County Dublin, Esquire (the Trustees); 2nd part.

Preamble:
Fr Finlay is entitled to several sums of £1,075 and £1,228.10s 5% state-guaranteed mortgage bonds of the Agricultural Credit Corporation with which he wishes to establish a Rural Industrial Trust Fund.

Terms:
Fr Finlay transfers the money with a view to the formation of the Trust Fund, to the Trustees subject to a number of clauses, including that the Trustees apply the annual income arising from the bonds ‘in aiding or assisting in such manner as they shall consider most beneficial the poorer workers in Rural Industries…in any part of Ireland including Northern Ireland.’

Christmas card from Uachtarán na hÉireann, Mary Robinson and her husband Nick Robinson featuring a photograph of Áras an Uachtaráin, taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ in 1946 and Christmas card from AIB, featuring photograph by Fr Frank Browne SJ of mid-winter at Emo, Laois (1935).

Newspapers clippings of lectures and scrapbook by Fr John Hannon SJ, Professor of Catholic Theology in the National University of Ireland on subjects such as: The Mystery of the Incarnation: The Divinity of Christ, The Eucharist as a sacrament and a sacrifice. Material was collated by Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ.

Two copies of a letter from Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ to Fr Mozzi at the Gesú in Rome. A note explains that ‘it being judged hazardous to direct it to Rome it was sent to Rotterdam in the autumn of 1808’ to be forwarded to the Fr General in St Petersburg. The subject is property belonging to the Society in Dublin (In Latin with small summary in English).

Copies of letters from Rome to English Province re. funds for Irish Jesuits. Includes letters from Frs. Angiolini, Tadeusz Brzozowski, de Zuñiga, and to Frs Marmaduke Stone, William Strickland. Also includes a copy of a letter from Patrick Aloysius Drinan in the Roman College, to Fr Kenn[e]y, on, amongst other subjects, Irish Jesuits in Rome. (In Latin, French and English)

Copies of photographs (taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ) used for the life story of Br Pat Guidera SJ (1900-1992), published by Cherryfield Lodge, Milltown, Dublin.

Copy of a letter from Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick to the Editor of the 'Munster News' entitled 'Irish Emigrants and English Mobs'. The letter refers to Irish emigrants being forced to join the British army to fight in the First World War.

Copy of excerpt from Fr Marmaduke Stone’s reply to Archbishop Troy’s letter of 31 March 1808. Expresses surprise and dismay at the latter’s actions and emphasises that his (Stone’s) letter to Troy was written in confidence. Claims that he knows of no ex-Jesuits who maintain that their Society is canonically re-established in the British Dominions. Refers to a ‘severe letter’ received by him from Cardinal Borgia in relation to the matter. This document also contains copies of correspondence between Cardinal di Pietro and Fr Stone, which are described separately.

Copy of letter from Cardinal di Pietro to Archbishop Troy. States that neither Fr Callaghan nor any of the other surviving Irish ex-Jesuits are at liberty to dispose of their property in any other way but in favour of the Irish bishops. Refers to the claim that a Papal rescript exists, which re-establishes the Society of Jesus in the Kingdom of Ireland, in which case the property of ex-Jesuits would belong to the Society. Letter appears on the same document as a letter from Fr Thomas Betagh to Fr Stone.

Copy of letter from Cardinal di Pietro to Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ. Refers to the appeal made by the prelates of Ireland to Rome in relation to the will of the late Fr Richard Callaghan. Claims that the latter, according to an oath sworn on 23 August 1793, should have left his property to Fr Betagh, and not to Stone. Demands that Stone transmit to Rome an authentic copy of the Pope’s alleged rescript, by which Callaghan believed himself to legitimately free to dispose of the funds of the ex-Jesuits in favour of Stone (In Italian). Letter appears on same document as a copy of the reply to it from Fr Stone, and a copy of an excerpt of a letter from Fr Stone to Archbishop Troy.

Copy of letter from Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ to Cardinal di Pietro - reply to the latter’s letter of 7 October 1809. Refers to Archbishop Troy’s appeal to Rome in relation to the will of Fr Richard Callaghan, and reminds the Cardinal of the oath sworn by all English priests to renounce all pretensions of the Holy See to interfere in civil affairs within Great Britain. Also alludes to the dangers of such interference especially when the Holy See is subject to the rule of Napoleon Buonaparte. Discusses the will of Fr Callaghan in relation to the agreement made by Irish ex-Jesuits in 1793, and asserts that no promise was ever made to leave Jesuit property to the Irish prelates. (In Italian). Letter appears on same document as a copy of the one to which it replies, and a copy of an excerpt of a letter from Fr Stone to Archbishop Troy.

[Copy of] letter [to] Fr Charles Plowden SJ, The writer refers to ‘our friends in Palermo’, and states that ‘relying on F. Genl’s Gruber’s assurance’ he has educated ‘many Eng & Irish to form a future British [province]’. Refers to Archbishop Troy’s interference some years before, which resulted in an order from Cardinal Michele di Pietro that Fr Callaghan was bound to leave to Troy all the property of the extinct Society.

Copy of letter to Fr General regarding the re-admission to the Society of Fr Richard Callaghan, and other matters pertaining to Ireland.

Kodak copy of negatives of Fr Frank Browne photographs of the Titanic, made by the Ulster Museum and presented to Fr John Guiney SJ.

Copybooks containing cuttings from The Irish Catholic reporting on a series of theological lectures given by Fr Finlay as Professor of Catholic Theology in the National University of Ireland. One titled ‘Father Peter Finlay’s Univ [ersity] Lectures 1920-21. The Commandments’ (20 November 1920-28 May 1921); the other containing lectures on ‘The Creation, Fall, and Redemption of Man’; ‘The Sacrament of Marriage’; ‘The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the New Testament’; ‘Confirmation and Extreme Unction’ (7 December 1918-14 June 1919) and lectures on Divine Faith (8 May-18 December 1915).

Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial Cecil McGarry SJ and Fr Felix M. Kalebwe SJ, Jesuit House of Studies, Milltown Park, Dublin, concerning the time and location of his ordination to the priesthood.

A file of letters written during the year 1963 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.
Includes a letter from Fr Bernard Collins SJ, Catholic Church, Chivuna, PO Box 199, Monze to Irish Fr Provincial Charles O'Conor SJ concerning vocations to the Society from the Chikuni mission. Refers to the strike, by students, which took place in Canisius College and remarks 'The affects of the strike are lamentable, I should think, so far as vocations to the Society are concerned' (31 January 1963, 2pp).

• Includes a letter from Fr Patrick J. Walsh, S.J, Archbishop's House, PO Box RW3, Ridgeway, Lusaka to Irish Fr Provincial Charles O'Conor SJ concerning a number of visitors from Northern Rhodesia travelling to Ireland to visit various Government Departments. Asks Fr Provincial if it would be wise for the Irish Province to become involved in the visit (4 September 1963, 1p).

A file of letters written during the year 1964 relating to the Chikuni Mission, Northern Rhodesia.

• Includes a copy of a letter from Irish Fr Provincial Charles O'Conor SJ, Mungret College, Limerick to the Superior of the Mission, Fr Desmond O'Loghlen SJ, PO Box 218, Choma concerning the possibility of opening a University at Lusaka. Remarks 'Should such a thing happen, I think it could raise a lot of very important considerations for us; and I would very much like to be kept well in the picture as to how things develop.' (5 March 1964, 1p).
• Includes a letter from Fr Desmond O'Loghlen SJ, St. Mary's, PO Box 218, Choma, Northern Rhodesia to Fr Charles O'Conor SJ concerning further news about the University project in Lusaka. Remarks 'So far the project is at the blue-print stage…At a meeting on Education convened by Bishop Corboy, I expressed the hope that we should be able to have some part in the University…However…Bishop Corboy is opposed to any undertaking which will take men from Monze Diocese' (24 March 1964, 2pp).
• Includes a letter from Fr Patrick J. Walsh SJ, Archbishop's House PO Box RW3, Ridgeway, Lusaka to Irish Fr Provincial Charles O'Conor SJ referring to the transition to self-government and independence. Remarks that it is going very smoothly 'One can already see the great difference it makes to have a Government which has the interests of all the people of the country at heart' (6 April 1964, 1p).
• Includes a list of science equipment from Tullabeg for transfer to Chikuni (13 May 1964, 3pp).
• Includes a circular letter from Fr Thomas J Martin SJ, Jesuit Foreign Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 concerning the death of Fr Daniel Byrne SJ following a car accident (19 May 1964, 2pp).
• Includes a memorandum written by the Superior of the Mission Fr Desmond O'Loghlen SJ, St. Mary's Catholic Church, PO Box 218, Choma, Northern Rhodesia concerning the addition to the residence at St. Ignatius, Lusaka (25 September 1964, 2pp).
• Includes a copy of a memorandum written by the Superior of the Mission Fr Desmond O'Loghlen SJ, concerning the manpower problem in the Chikuni mission (16 October 1964, 3pp).
• Includes a report of the Religious Superiors Association of Zambia (December 1964, 5pp).

File of correspondence between Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Dublin, Ireland and Monsignor Adam Kozlowiecki SJ (at various times Vicar Apostolic of Lusaka, Archbishop of Lusaka and Cardinal) Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia / Zambia. Includes letters from Fr Paddy Walsh SJ; signed postcard and photograph by Archbishop Kozlowiecki; correspondence on fundraising issues and finance.

Details the history and rules of the club and has photograph of clubhouse on the front and back covers. St Ignatius Rowing Club was located to the right of the Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club and they used to borrow boats in the past.

Cuttings from 'The Catholic Press' of an article entitled 'How the Irish Came to Queensland. The Voyage of the "Erin-go-bragh" and a tribute to Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ'.

Material on Brendan Banks, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 27 August 1911
Entered: 7 September 1932
Left: 6 August 1940

Material on Colm Barry, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 29 November 1906
Entered: 1 September 1924
Left: 17 June 1929

Material on Edmund Coghlan who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 7 January 1840
Entered: 7 September 1861
Left: 1872/73

Material on Eugene Coffey who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 14 November 1901
Entered: 29 September 1925
Left: 15 February 1932

Material on James Baily, who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 12 December 1890
Entered: 18 September 1918
Left: 20 November 1926

Material on James Carey who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 11 December 1903
Entered: 26 September 1923
Left: 19 June 1928

Material on Johan Andrychowski, who departed the Society of Jesus (Minor Polish Province), as a scholastic.
Born: 2 May 1914
Entered: 1 August 1929
Left: 28 March 1941

Material on John Cahill who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 1 March 1911
Entered: 1 September 1928
Left: 19 June 1931

Material on John F.X Bourke who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 1 December 1889
Entered: 7 September 1907
Left: 1913

Material on John G Creagh who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 8 August 1899
Entered: 31 August 1916
Left: 6 August 1925

Material on Joseph P Bourke who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 31 March 1903
Entered: 31 August 1923
Left: [11] March 1930

Material on Maurice Cooney who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 22 July 1917
Entered: 7 September 1935
Left: 8 May 1943

Material on Michael Coyne who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 24 January 1894
Entered: 1 September 1918
Left: 31 May 1927

Material on Michael J Byrne who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 8 August 1910
Entered: 18 August 1935
Left: 24 February 1944

Material on Patrick C Byrne who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 4 November 1911
Entered: 3 September 1930
Left: 23 November 1933

Material on Patrick Clahane who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 4 June 1911
Entered: 16 September 1929
Left: 5 August 1932

Material on Patrick J Carroll who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 30 January 1913
Entered: 3 September 1930
Left: 13 March 1943

Material on Peter Byrne who departed the Society of Jesus, as a brother.
Born: 28 November 1899
Entered: 1 March 1920
Left: 22 December 1943

Material on William Brett who departed the Society of Jesus, as a scholastic.
Born: 14 February 1907
Entered: 1 September 1924
Left: 31 October 1934

Three descriptions of what a Marriage Encounter weekend involves in Ireland.

File of documents related to Marriage Encounter including ‘Marriage Encounter: Resource Community’; leaflets on ‘To know to share to grow in love’; reports on ‘The gifts of daily dialogue’ and ‘Introduction - to scripture dialogue’.

Draft report on the Apostleship of Prayer outlining general observation, facts and figures regarding members and staffing, devotion and finance.

Drafts of letters to Rome in relation to Irish Jesuit funds. (In Latin).

Encounter News, Marriage Encounter Ireland Vol 2 No.4 – Vol 3, No.6.

English translation of letter from Cardinal di Pietro to Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ.

Expression of sympathy on the death of Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ by the delegates to the Annual General Meeting of the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society of which Fr Finlay was Vice-President.

Fees for Robert Browne at St Colman’s College, Fermoy, with envelope (W Browne, Main Street, Charleville, Cork).

File relating to the financing of the Chikuni mission. Contains a letter to Dr Adam Kozlowiecki SJ, Archbishop of Lusaka, from Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ and resume of payments made to the Chikuni mission from 1964-1969.

Holograph letters from Dr Thomas Croke, St Colman’s College, Fermoy, Cork (later archbishop) to Margaret Browne, mother of Bob (Robert Browne): ‘Bob is a very excellent boy. He is not far from being the first in his class’ (3 November 1858).

File of correspondence relating to the illness of Fr Thaddeus Tokarski SJ. Includes letters from Fr Vincent Murphy SJ, Jesuit Missions, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1 and Fr John J. O'Leary SJ, Provincial of Zambian Vice-Province, 53 Senaga Road, P.O. Box 2950, Lusaka, Zambia.

Invitation card for the academicals exercises and distinctions of premiums St Colman’s College, Fermoy, Cork.

Poster recounting the history of Jesuits in Galway and document which give a chronology of the history of Jesuits in Connacht, 1605-, and Galway and St Ignatius Parish Church.

Leaflet entitled ‘Catholic Engaged Encounter, The Weekend Encounter’.

Leaflet on ‘Worldwide Marriage Encounter’ including weekend booking form.

Correspondence mostly between two sisters and the Irish Fr Provincial concerning the sisters’ efforts to contest the will of their late cousin, Josephine Keshan, decd., 1910, who left the administration of her entire estate to the Society of Jesus. The matter was settled amicably.

Letter book containing copies of letters and cables sent to the Hong Kong Mission by the Irish Province.

Letter from Archbishop Troy to Fr Marmaduke Stone SJ. Communicates to Stone the queries sent to the Holy See by the prelates of ‘this Kingdom’ in relation to the suppressed Society and to the administration of the property of the deceased members of the Society, specifically that of the late Fr Callaghan SJ. Includes transcription of replies received.

Letter from Fr Oliver Daly SJ to Fr John Ryan SJ concerning his voyage accompanying Fr John O'Neill back to Ireland. Refers to an incident that took place after Mass on board the ship. Remarks 'I went into the cabin to make my acts of thanks just as I had finished I heard screams of "passenger overboard". The brave captain stopped the steamer at once lowered a boat he (Fr O'Neill) was picked up in 20 minutes. Had he not swam so vigorously...the [ ] hawks who gathered in numbers around him would have picked out his eyes.' Refers to other attempts to commit suicide and remarks: 'There is no doubt that had I known him as well before starting as I do now I should have been afraid to volunteer my services.'

Letter from Mrs Lily Odell, Stile House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England (fellow passenger of Mr Frank Browne SJ on-board the Titanic, who disembarked at Queenstown), addressed 'To the Canon of Queenstown Cathedral), enquiring after a fellow passenger, complimenting Mr Browne’s photographs in the Daily Sketch and describing her holidays in Ireland.

Letter from Joseph Alipius Goold, Archbishop of Melbourne, writing from Brussels, Belgium to Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ concerning an urgent request by Fr Joseph Dalton SJ for a community of teaching nuns to go to Australia.

Letter from Thomas McCreevy, Garland’s Hotel, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London, to Fr Thomas A. Finlay SJ concerning Fr Finlay’s “attitude to Mr Lennox Robinson in regard to his story ‘The Madonna of Slieve Dun’…I presume that you accept Mr Robinson’s repudiation of the suggestion that his story was a parody of the Scripture History of the Incarnation.” Protests about the attitude of a ‘small section of the press in Ireland’ with regard to ‘Christian standards’, defends Mr. Robinson and states ‘I…regard it as binding, in us Catholics particularly, to see that injustice is not done in our name in this matter…I am prepared to urge Mr. Robinson to get the matter considered by the Holy Office itself if necessary rather than submit to the injustice of being treated as a blaspheming parodist.’

1806 1 item, 14 Jun.
1807 - 1811 No letters
1812 1 item, 30 Jun.
1813 3 items, 22 Jan. – 28 Aug.
1814 4 items, 20 Oct. – 20 Dec.
1815 2 items, 3 Mar. – 20 [Oct.]
1816 No letters
1817 2 items, 9 Jul. – 19 Oct.
1818 1 item, 19 Jun.
1819 2 items, Apr.
1820 1 item, 3 Jan.
1821 3 items, Feb. – 18 Apr.
1822 1 item, 20 Apr.
1823 3 items, 11 Jan. – 22 Aug.
1824 - 1825 No letters
1826 1 item, 23 Feb.
1827 2 items, 8 Jan. – 9 Jun.
1828 No letters
1829 3 items, 29 Jan. – 11 Oct.
1830 5 items, Apr. – 25 Sep.
1831 5 items, 18 Jan. – 31 Dec.
1832 3 items, 2 Apr. – 23 Oct.
1833 4 items, 28 Feb. – 10 Dec.
1834 5 items, 15 Apr. – 23 Oct.
1835 1 item, 23 Mar.
1836 5 items, 17 Mar. – 18 Nov.
1837 6 items, 19 Jan. – 5 Oct.
1838 5 items, 27 Jan. – 8 Oct.
1839 5 items, 24 Feb. – 29 Aug.
1840 5 items, 12 Feb. – 5 Dec.
1841 1 item, 27 Feb.
1842 No letters
1843 4 items, 17 Feb.
1844 4 items, 8 Mar. – 18 Jul.
1845 1 item, 24 May
1846 2 items, 5 Jan. – 2 Apr.
1847 1 item, 9 Dec.
1848 No letters
1849 1 item, 19 Oct.
1850 9 items, 10 Mar. – 20 Nov.
1851 8 items, 31 May – 10 Nov.
1852 7 items, 24 Feb. – 30 Nov.
1853 6 items, 8 Feb. – 13 Nov.
1854 2 items, 13 Mar. – 14 Jul.
1855 7 items, 16 Jan. – 17 Nov.
1856 11 items, 5 Mar. – 18 Nov.
1857 16 items, 10 Jan. – 12 Dec.
1858 19 items, 2 Feb. – 4 Dec.
1859 14 items, 15 Jan. – 17 Dec.
1860 17 items, 25 Jan. – 15 Dec.
1861 19 items, 19 Jan. – 17 Dec.
1862 10 items, 15 Feb. – 20 Sep.
1863 18 items, 24 Jan. – 30 Dec.
1864 19 items, 27 Jan. – 31 Dec.
1865 15 items, 22 Jan. – 31 Dec.
1866 18 items, 3 Jan. – 17 Nov.
1867 10 items, 4 Feb. – 14 Dec.
1868 8 items, 28 Mar. – 10 Dec.
1869 20 items, 2 Jan. – 16 Nov.
1870 31 items, 12 Jan. – 30 Dec.
1871 20 items, 9 Feb. – 21 Dec.
1872 19 items, 17 Jan. – 26 Oct.
1873 26 items, 2 Jan. – 11 Dec.
1874 5 items, 1 Jan. – 5 Oct.
1875 11 items, Apr. – 11 Dec.
1876 15 item, Jan. – 29 Dec.
1877 6 items, 26 May – 27 Nov.
1878 7 items, 12 Feb. – 6 Nov.
1879 9 items, 11 Jan. – 11 Nov.
1880 9 items, 9 Feb. – 7 Nov.
1881 16 items, 13 Jan. – 17 Dec.
1882 28 items, 16 Jan. – 29 Dec.
1883 19 items, 10 Jan. – 7 Dec.
1884 16 items, 4 Jan. – 30 Dec.
1885 12 items, 14 Jan. – 18 Nov.
1886 18 items, 5 Feb. – 27 Nov.
1887 22 items, 6 Jan. – 29 Dec.
1888 31 items, 5 Jan. – Dec.
1889 18 items, 4 Jan. – 8 Dec.

1890 Index 2pp
1890 19 items, 27pp 9 Jan. – 13 Dec. pp. 1 – 27

1890 – 1894 Index 2pp
1891 18 items 23 Jan. – 13 Dec. pp. 28 – 51
1892 14 items 19 Jan. – 1 Nov. pp. 52 – 71
1893 34 items 19 Feb. – 29 Dec. pp. 72 – 116
1894 21 items 9 Jan. – 29 dec. pp. 117 – 152

1894 2 items, 23 Dec. – 29 Dec. From Fr. Assistant R. J. Meyer, S.J.
1895 15 items, 10 Jan. – 25 Nov. From Fr. Assistant R. J. Meyer, S.J.
1896 20 items, 5 Jan. – 26 Dec. From Fr. Assistant R. J. Meyer, S.J.
1897 6 items, 2 Mar. – 21 Sep. From Fr. Assistant R. J. Meyer, S.J.
1895 – 1897 Index 2pp
1895 29 items 29 Jan. – 26 Dec. pp. 1 – 37
1896 31 items 10 Jan. – 16 Dec. pp. 38 – 80
1897 44 items 7 Jan. – 31 Dec. pp. 81 – 141

1898 – 1900 Index 2pp
1898 33 items 5 Jan. – 21 Dec. pp. 1 – 51
1899 17 items 30 Jan. – 2 Dec. pp. 53 – 75
1900 26 items 8 Jan. – 30 Dec. pp. 78 – 116

1900 – 1905 Index 2pp
1901 26 items 8 Jan. – 20 Dec. pp. 1 – 39
1902 22 items 1 Feb. – 24 Dec. pp. .40 – 78
1903 20 items 2 Jan. – 20 Nov. pp. 79 – 106
1904 22 items 31 Jan. – 31 Dec. pp. 107 – 140
1905 25 items 17 Feb. – 26 Dec. pp. 141 – 174

1901 2 items, 7 Aug. – 7 Sep. From Fr. Assistant R. J. Meyer, S.J.
1902 3 items, 29 Jan. – 7 Jul. From Fr. Assistant R. J. Meyer, S.J.
1903 3 items, 1 Jul. – 26 Sep. From Fr. Assistant R. J. Meyer, S.J.
1904 5 items, 17 Mar. – 29 Dec. From Fr. Assistant R. J. Meyer, S.J.
1905 10 items, 16 Jan. – 10 Dec. From Fr. Assistant R. J. Meyer, S.J.
1906 14 items, 8 Feb. – 20 Jul. From Fr. Assistant R. J. Meyer, S.J.

17 Nov. – 27 Dec. 1906 Letters from Fr. Assistant James Hayes, S.J. 3 items

1906 – 1909 Index 3pp
1906 17 items 27 Jan. – 30 Dec. pp. 1 – 23
1907 31 items 27 Jan. – 4 Dec. pp. 25 – 66
1908 27 items 12 Jan. – 14 Dec. pp. 67 – 101
1909 27 items 5 Jan. – 18 Dec. pp. 102 – 135

1908 3 items, 23 Jul. – 27 Dec. From Fr. Assistant H. Walmesley, S.J.
1909 10 items, 18 Jun. – 20 Dec. From Fr. Assistant H. Walmesley, S.J.

1910 – 1913 Index 2pp
1910 20 items 7 Feb. – 11 Dec. pp. 1 – 26
1911 30 items 10 Jan. – 28 Dec. pp. 27 – 71
1912 23 items 22 Jan. – 29 Dec. pp. 72 – 98
1913 30 items 2 Jan. – 30 Dec. pp. 99 139

1910 16 items, 14 Jan. – 26 Dec. From Fr. Assistant H. Walmesley, S.J.
1911 13 items, 2 May – 7 Dec. From Fr. Assistant H. Walmesley, S.J.
1912 16 items, 12 Feb. – 11 Sep. From Fr. Assistant H. Walmesley, S.J.
1913 1 item, 3 Jan. From Fr. Assistant H. Walmesley, S.J.

1912 – 1913 12 items 15 Dec. 1912 – 3 Nov. 1913 Letters from Fr. Assistant. No index

1914 No index 30 items 18 Jan. – 10 Dec. pp. 1 – 39

1914 7 items, 8 Feb. – 28 Nov. From Fr. Assistant H. Walmesley, S.J.

1915 – 1916 in one folder
1915 18 items Incomplete No index 28 Apr. – 29 Dec. pp. 40 – 66
1916 30 items No index 6 Jan. – 31 Dec. pp. 68 – 109

1915 15 items, 9 Mar. – 31 Dec. From Fr. Assistant H. Walmesley, S.J.
1916 22 items, 15 Jan. – 30 Dec. From Fr. Assistant H. Walmesley, S.J.

1917 – 1919 Index 3pp
1917 24 items 19 Jan. – 27 Dec. pp. 1 – 61
1918 25 items 27 Feb. – 22 Dec. pp. 62 –97

1917 37 items, 6 Jan. – 22 Dec. From Fr. Assistant H. Walmesley, S.J.
1918 29 items, 4 Jan. – 28 Dec. From Fr. Assistant H. Walmesley, S.J.
1919 4 items, 26 Apr. – 2 Aug. From Fr. Assistant H. Walmesley, S.J.

21 Nov. 1917 – [27 Dec. 1919] Letters to Socius Fr. Michael Browne from Fr. W. MacMahon (Subst. Secr.).22 items

‘General’s letters 1917 – 1921’ ‘Mostly circulars, but including some admissions, Final Vows and appointments of Superiors’:
1917 12 items 2 Jan. – 8 Dec.
1918 18 items 26 Jan. – 3 Dec.
1919 21 items 11 Feb. – 31 Dec.
1920 22 items 19 Mar. – 22 Dec.
1921 5 items 1 Jan. – 5 May

1919 – 1920 In one folder No index
17 Jan. – 1 Dec. 1919 7 items
20 May – 29 Nov. 1920 5 items

1920 – 1923 Index 4pp
1920 11 items 11 Jan. – 18 Nov. pp. 1 – 12
1921 13 items 2 Jan. – 12 Sep. pp. 13 – 28
1922 29 items 30 Jan. – 28 Dec. pp. 29 – 61
1923 23 items 19 Jan. – 18 Jul. pp. 62 – 97

1924– 1925 Index 3pp
1924 30 items 11 Jan. – 3 Dec. pp. 1 – 40
1925 29 items 6 Jan. – 18 Dec. pp. 41 – 90

1926 – 1927 Index 3pp
1926 37 items 27 Jan. – 14 Dec. pp. 1 – 42
1927 46 items 6 Jan. – 27 Dec. pp. 43 – 89

1928 – 1929 Index 3pp
1928 29 items 7 Jan. – 20 Dec. pp. 1 – 37
1929 50 items 24 Jan. – 31 Dec. pp. 38 – 96

1930 Index 2pp
1930 46 items 17 Jan. – 22 Dec. pp. 1 – 49

1931 Index 3pp
1931 52 items 6 Jan. – 25 Dec. pp. 1 – 66

1932 Index 3pp
1932 53 items 23 Jan. – 23 Dec. pp. 1 – 82

1933 Index 3pp
1933 55 items 7 Jan. – 16 Dec. pp. 1 – 64

1934 Index 4pp
1934 61 items 10 Jan. – 24 Dec. pp. 1 – 71

1935 Index 4pp
1935 66 items 2 Jan. – 31 Dec. p. 1 – 78

1936 Index 3pp
1936 63 items 9 Jan. – 27 Dec. pp. 1 – 71

1937 Index 3pp
1937 49 items 14 Jan. – 24 Dec. pp.1 – 53

1938 Index 4pp
1938 49 items 12 Jan. – 25 Dec. pp. 1 – 53

1939 Index 2pp
1939 57 items 2 Jan. – 27 Dec. pp. 1 – 62

1940 Index 1p.
1940 35 items 8 Jan. – 29 Dec. pp. 1 – 37

1941 Index 2pp
1941 43 items 12 Jan. – 31 Dec. pp. 1 – 43

29 April – 4 Aug. 1941 Letters from Fr. Assistant A. Dugré, S.J. to the Provincial and copies of Fr. Provincial’s replies. 7 items

1942 Index 3pp
1942 56 items 16 Jan. – 23 Dec. pp. 1 – 62

1943 Index 2pp
1943 31 items 10 Jan. – 13 Dec. pp. 1 – 44

1944 Index 3pp
1944 46 items 3 Jan. – 28 Dec. pp. 1 – 56

1945 Index 3pp
1945 41 items 10 Jan. – 17 Dec. pp. 1 – 49
1946 Index 3pp
1946 44 items 7 Jan. – 16 Dec. pp. 1 – 55

1947 Index 3pp
1947 76 items 7 Jan. – 22 Dec. pp. 1 – 85

1948 Index 2pp
1948 44 items 13 Jan. – 31 Dec. pp. 1 – 37

1949 – 1950 Index 3pp
1949 25 items 6 Jan. – 23 Dec. pp. 1 – 31
1950 31 items 13 Jan. – 24 Dec. pp. 32 – 66

1951 Index 2pp
1951 39 items 12 Jan. – 30 Nov. pp. 1 – 47

1952 – 1953 Index 3pp
1952 43 items 3 Jan. – 28 Nov. pp. 1 – 47
1953 33 items 8 Jan. – 26 Dec. pp. 48 – 84

1954 – 1956 Index 3pp
1954 44 items 4 Jan. – 23 Dec. pp. 1 – 52
1955 67 items 15 Jan. – 15 Dec. pp. 53 – 132
1956 54 items 12 Jan. – 27 Dec. pp. 133 – 199

1957 No index 50 items 10 Jan. – 30 Dec.

10 Dec. 1957 – 10 Jan. 1958 Letters from Fr. Assistant [and his Secretary]. 5 items

1958 – 1959 Index 1p.
1958 46 items 2 Jan. – 18 Dec. pp. 1 – 50
1959 63 items 8 Jan. – 16 Dec. pp. 51 – 199

1960 Index 1p 31 Jan - 16 Dec 55 items 74pp Latin
1961 No index 7 Jan - 31 Dec 49 items 55pp Latin
1962 No index 4 Jan - 23 Dec 31 items 56pp Latin/English
1963 No index 6 Jan - 12 Dec 47 items 58pp Latin/English
1964 Index 1p 18 Jan - 28 Dec 41 items 50pp Latin

1968 Index 1p 5 Feb - 31 Dec 51 items 72pp Latin/English
1973 Index 1p 23 Jan - 8 Nov 32 items 50pp Latin/English
1974 Index 2pp 4 Jan - 24 Dec 73 items 89pp Latin/English
1975 Index 2pp 16 Feb - 23 Dec 32 items 49pp Latin/English
1976 Index 2pp 2 Feb - 7 Dec 37 items 53pp English
1977 Index 2pp 11 Jan - 29 Dec 37 items 62pp English
1978 Index 3pp 2 Jan - 27 Nov 35 items 60pp English
1979 No index 4 Jan - 17 Dec 30 items 50pp English
1980 Index 1p 10 Jan - 15 Dec 25 items 40pp English
1981 Index 1p 10 Jan - 24 Dec 43 items 86pp English
1982 Index 2pp 8 Jan - 30 Dec 55 items 90pp English
3 November 1981 - 23 March 1982 3 items 3pp English
1983 Index 1p 6 Jan - 29 Nov 40 items 37pp English
1984 Index 2pp 3 Jan - 24 Dec 40 items 46pp English
1985 Index 2pp 16 Jan - 24 Dec 48 items 69pp English
1986 Index 2pp 3 Jan - 15 Oct 44 items 50pp English
1987 Index 2pp 28 Jan - 30 Dec 47 items 49pp English
1988 Index 2pp 22 Jan - 20 Dec 48 items 55pp English
1989 Index 2pp 17 Jan - 5 Dec 47 items 55pp English
1990 Index 2pp 5 Jan - 27 Dec 52 items 78pp English
1991 Index 2pp 16 Jan - 24 Dec 42 items 49pp English
1992 Index
1993 Index
1994 Index
1995 Index
1996 Index
1997 Index
1998 Index
1999 Index
2000 Index
2001 Index
2002 Index
2003 Index
2004 Index
2005 Index
2006 Index
2007 Index
2008 Index
2009 Index
2010 Index
2011 Index

A file of letters from Fr John Fahy SJ (Vice-Provincial of the Vice-Province 19 March 1931-25 August 1939) to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence Kieran SJ. Includes a letter referring to a visit to the Hong Kong Mission. Remarks 'Your men are doing glorious work there I had expected great things; the reality surpassed my expectations. That will become a first class mission.' (25 February 1937, 2pp). Includes a letter referring to plans for a retreat house and scholasticate at Sydney. Refers to the Archbishop of Perth and his desire for the Jesuit fathers to build a college in Perth. Remarks '...he wishes to get the Jesuits into his diocese. It does not seem to have occurred to him that the people of Perth would be expected to support any Jesuit Fathers who work there. So we exchange letters on this question of filthy lucre.' (1 April 1937, 2pp). Includes a letter expressing his thanks to Fr Kieran SJ for writing about the Australian Jesuits studying in Ireland. Remarks '...I am most grateful for your interest in them and your care of them. Other Provincials never write about our men: all we get is the bill and the exam results...' Refers to his own position as Provincial of the Vice-Province. Remarks 'Yes, our period of office is drawing to a close...I long for the day... Boys oh Boys, think of it: no more "relationes", no more triennial papers, no more elenchi, no more building, no more administratio temporalis, no more...peace perfect peace.' (21 April 1937, 2pp). Includes a letter referring to the proposed opening of a scholasticate in January 1938 (25 October 1938, 1p).

A file of letters from Fr John Meagher SJ (Vice-Provincial of the Vice-Province 25 August 1939-1 October 1947) to Irish Fr Provincial (John R. MacMahon SJ and Thomas Byrne). Includes a letter referring to an offer by the Apostolic Delegate to take a minor seminary in New Zealand in 1947. Asks if four or five young priests could be sent out. Remarks 'We have offers of work from practically every Bishop in Australia and must refuse for want of men. Our recruiting is bad and I really don't know what to do to remedy the trouble.' (10 November 1945, 1p). Includes a letter referring to a request by Fr Dan O'Connell SJ for Fr Richard Ingram SJ to help with his work in the Riverview Observatory. (18 March 1946, 1p). Includes a number of letters concerning Fr Cooney and his ill health. Includes a letter remarking 'He (Fr Cooney) wants to return to Hong Kong in September but I think you realise his return there would probably settle his chances of ever doing any more work...I think that Fr Cooney will never be really fit to return to Hong Kong (15 May 1946, 1p). Includes a letter referring to proposals to open colleges in Adelaide and Brisbane. Remarks due to the shortage of Jesuit Fathers that this is impossible. (27 June 1946, 1p).

A file of letters from Fr Oliver Daly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Fr James Murphy SJ concerning his voyage from Ireland to Australia and back to Ireland again accompanying Fr John O'Neill SJ.

Letters from Fr Patrick J. Dalton SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning his theology course and the voyage back to Ireland to begin theology. Includes a letter concerning his new post in Kurseong and explains the delay in going to India due to a misunderstanding with Fr Ryan (15 December 1917, 3pp).

A file of copies of letters from Irish Fr Provincial to the Superior of the Hong Kong Mission concerning the administration of the mission and men destined for work in Hong Kong.

File of correspondence from Irish Jesuits mainly in Chikuni and Choma, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) to Fr Thomas J. Martin SJ, Mission Office, Milltown Park (later Upper Sherrard Street), Dublin concerning the Chikuni Mission (administration, building plans, school life, finance, requests for supplies and general life there). Includes letters from Frs Dan Byrne, Arthur Clarke, Bernard Collins, Tom Cooney, Joseph Mary Gill, William Lee, Joe McCarthy, Tom McGivern, Louis Meagher, Des O'Loghlen, Charles O'Connor and Brian Sharkey.

• letter from Fr Joseph Mary Gill SJ indicating the work he has to do as a teacher as well as been Mission Procurator '...the farm is a big worry. There is something wrong with the cattle and five have just died and a number of the others are sick' (12 October 1950);
• statement by Fr Brian Sharkey SJ entitled 'Some highlights in missionary life for me' which outlines his time at the Chikuni Mission [1951];
• letter from Fr Tom Cooney SJ in which he describes the plant needed from Bord na Mona, 'the 60 K.V.A. would be rather large for Chikuni' (16 September 1953); - Chikuni Mission statistics for the year ending 31st December 1953; - letter from Fr Thomas McGivern SJ which includes plan of a map of the buildings at Chikuni (1 January 1954);
• letter in which Fr Louis Meagher SJ is frustrated with the lack of skills of those been sent out to the mission, 'Could it not be possible to arrange that the brother in Tullabeg be detailed off to give lesson to the scholastics once their names are made known for the missions' (29 September 1956);
• letter from Fr Des O'Loghlen SJ, Choma, Northern Rhodesia informing of the death of Fr Danny Byrne SJ (6 May 1964);
• account of the death of Fr Arthur Cox (11 June 1965).

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from various editors and publishers mostly regarding the purchase and publication of religious books and periodicals, including Fr Stephen Brown’s 'Ireland in Fiction', 'Our Boys' published by the Christian Brothers and 'The Universe'.

Letters from the Consultors of the Chikuni Mission including Frs John Counihan, Arthur Clarke and Bernard Collins.

1924 2 items, 13 Jun. – 3 Jul.
1925 1 item, 21 May
1926 13 items, 19 Apr. – 9 Dec.
1927 22 items, 2 Jan. – 15 Dec.
1928 4 items, 18 Jul. – 10 Nov.
1929 15 items, 19 Feb. – 21 Nov.
1930 16 items, 7 Jan. – 22 Dec.

1941
Letters to Fr Assistant from the Provincial (Fr Adelard Dugré SJ, Manresa House, Roehampton, London) 16 items, 14 Sep. – 23 Dec. English

1942
Letters to Fr Assistant from the Provincial (Fr Adelard Dugré SJ, Manresa House, Roehampton, London) 55 items, 1 Jan. – 14 Dec. English

1943
Letters to Fr Assistant from the Provincial (Fr Adelard Dugré SJ, Manresa House, Roehampton, London) 34 items, 2 Jan. – 29 Dec. English

1944
Letters to Fr Assistant from the Provincial (Fr Adelard Dugré SJ, Manresa House, Roehampton, London) 33 items, 18 Jan. – 28 Nov. English

1945
Letters to Fr Assistant (Fr Adelard Dugré SJ, Manresa House, Roehampton, London) 33 items, 6 Jan. – 28 Nov. English

1946 34 items, 22 Jan. - 26 Nov.
1947 66 items, 23 Jan. – 22 Dec.
1948 54 items, 23 Jan. – 16 Dec.
1949 39 items, 9 Mar. – 16 Dec.
1950 48 items, 4 Jan. – 13 Dec.
1951 53 items, 4 Jan. – 22 Dec.
1952 58 items, 19 Jan. – 22 Nov.
1953 61 items, 17 Jan. – 29 Dec.
1954 62 items, 14 Jan. – 21 Dec.
1955 72 items, 4 Jan. – 9 Dec.
1956 65 items, 6 Jan. – 22 Dec.
1957 72 items, 1 Jan. – 17 Dec.

1958 – 1959 Index1p.
1958 58 items, 17 Jan. – 29 Dec. pp.1 – 59 English
1959 81 items, 1 Jan. – 20 Nov.pp. 60 - 158 English

1960 28 Jan - 29 Dec 60pp
1961 9 Jan - 17 Dec 100pp
1962 6 Jan - 24 Dec 43pp
1963 9 Jan - 26 Dec 110pp
1964 7 Jan - 30 Dec 120pp
1965 4 Jan - 20 Dec 98pp
1966 6 Jan - 26 Dec 123pp
1967 4 Jan - 22 Dec 104pp
1968 4 Jan - 28 Dec 170pp
1969 10 Jan - 3 Dec 111pp
1970 12 Jan - 15 Dec 69pp
1971 5 Jan - 24 Dec 164pp
1972 17 Jan - 22 Dec 107pp
1973 8 Jan - 26 Dec 79pp
1974 3 Jan - 28 Nov 141pp

Papers not numbered.

1975 27 Jan -14 Dec
1976 16 Jan - 22 Nov
1977 4 Jan - 29 Dec
1978 16 Jan - 8 Dec
1979 5 Jan - 20 Dec
1980 9 Jan - 18 Dec
1981 5 Jan - 13 Dec
1982 4 Jan - 10 Dec
1983 12 Jan - 13 Dec
1984 11 Jan - 14 Dec
1985 5 Jan - 12 Dec
1986 6 Jan - 29 Nov
1987 20 Jan - 30 Dec
1988 26 Jan - 16 Dec
1989 5 Jan - 15 Dec
1990 25 Jan - 21 Dec
1991 22 Jan - 23 Dec
1992 24 Jan - 23 Dec
1993 18 Jan - 20 Dec
1994 6 Jan - 29 Dec
1995 5 May - 21 Dec
1996 8 Jan - 20 Dec
1997 3 Jan - 12 Dec
1998 Index
1999 Index
2000 Index
2001 12 Jan - 18 Dec
2002 15 Jan - 19 Dec
2003 9 Jan - 23 Dec
2004 Index
2005 Index
2006 Index
2007 Index
2008 Index
2009 Index
2010 No index
2011 No index
2012 Index
2013 Index
2014 Index
2015 Index
2016 Index
2017 Index

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Catholic Working Boy’s Technical Aid Association, the St. Vincent de Paul and the Lord Mayor of Dublin. Includes memorandum comparing the work of the St. Vincent de Paul in Ireland and Belgium.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from possible candidates and various parish priests seeking information on and interviews to discuss, the possibility of entrance into the Society of Jesus. Also includes applications to join the Society; letters from those who have been accepted and letters concerning financial support from novices’ families.

A file of letters sent by the consultors of the Hong Kong mission to Irish Fr Provincial. The letters contain information on the mission and the opinions of the consultors regarding the mission and its work.

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from the Librarians of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Scotland concerning the medical career of his grandfather’s brother, William Gwynn, MD.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial and printed pamphlets relating to the War. Includes: circular sent to the Irish Fr Provincial from the Irish Volunteers protesting against the proposal to introduce conscription in Ireland;
– letter from the Irish National Aid and Volunteer Dependants’ Fund seeking contributions towards their ‘Gift Sale’ in order to raise funds [for the administration of the campaign against the introduction of conscription];
– circular and printed matter from the Irish War Savings Committee seeking support for their ‘Thrift campaign’;
– letter from the Lord Lieutenant’s Private Secretary regarding a proposal to establish a fund ‘to be devoted to the purchase of literature suited to be despatched to Irish Regiments at the front’, also includes copy of Irish Fr Provincial’s reply;
– letter from Andrew Bonar Law (Treasury Chambers, Whitehall) to the Irish Fr Provincial seeking a subscription to ‘the new War Loan’.
Also includes printed matter on ‘Catholicism and War’; ‘Voluntary Women Patrols’ and an ‘Address From the French Catholic Association for Young People. To the young Catholics – Allies and Neutrals’.

List of those admitted to Society’s English province, including Irishmen, from 1803 on. (In Latin).

Map of the sea journey from Ireland to Australia, via the Cape of Good Hope.

Marriage Encounter Community New-sheet No.1.