‘A Rondeau for Father Doyle’, Convent of the S[acred] Heart, Vancouver, Canada.

‘Chief Baptiste George and gran daughter beside some rock paintings’ and ‘Indian boys sketching paintings to be used for making Indian designs’ (279A1), and other craft works. This may relate to the area around Kelowna and Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, therefore not taken by Fr Frank Browne SJ. Captions on reverse are not in Fr Browne’s hand. The photograph of 'Indian boys sketching' has stamp of Stocks Photographer, Penticton.

File relating to the admission of Fr Herbert J Dargan SJ to the Society of Jesus and subsequent correspondence mainly related to his time as Tertian instructor at the Jesuit house at Tullabeg, County Offaly (1977-1986).

Builders of a nation: a history of Jesuits in English Canada, 1842-2013
Novalis, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2015
Authors: Joseph B. Gavin (Author), Jacques Monet (Editor), John D. Meehan (Editor)

File of correspondence between Fr Kevin O'Dwyer SJ and his Irish Provincials. Material relates to his time in Australia, York, Limerick, London, Amsterdam, Nova Scotia, Montreal, New York, Iowa and Singapore.

Pamphlet entitled 'Irish Jesuits in Foreign Missions From 1574 to 1773' by Fr John MacErlean SJ (n.d., 14pp) and typescript of same, consisting of brief biographical sketches of the following 41 Irish Jesuits:

Brazil:
Thomas Field (1549 – 1626);
Richard Cary or Carew (1619 – 1696);
Ruperto de Campos (Robert Field) (1637 – 1712);
Thomas Lynch (1685 – 1761);
William Lynch (1712 – 1774);

Canada:
John William Butler (1703 – ?);

Goa:
James Grace (1644 – 1673);
Francis Skerret (1683 – 1721);
James Alyward (17?? – 17??)

Mexico:
Michael Wadding (1586 – 1644);
John Vasquez (1631 – 16?);
Stephen Font (de la Fuente) (1631 – 1673);
Cornelius Guillereag (MacGiolla Riabhaigh) (1635 – 1671);
John Munoz (Muñoz de Burgos) (1645 – 1700);
Thomas Butler (1722 – 1790);
Thomas Arsdekin (1721 – 1767);
Joseph Arsdekin (1743 – 1788);

Nuevo Reino:
Francis Lea (1605 – 1675);
Ruperto de Acuna (Kyne?) (1620 – 1675);
Thomas Lewis (1648 – 1721);

Paraguay:
Thomas Field (1549 – 1626);
Thomas Browne (1656 – 1717);
William Leny or de Leny (Delaney?) (1692 – 1769);
Thaddeus Enis (? – 1769);
Andrew Stritch (17? – 1773);
Thomas William Browne (? – ?);
Ignatius Walter (1625 – 1672);
Maurice Ophelan (1693 – 1772);
Michael Lynch (1701 – 17??);
John Brand (1712 – 17(62));
James Woulfe (1724 – 1783);

Philippine Islands:
John Baptist (1581 – 1630);
Francis O'Driscoll (1630 – 1682);
Richard O'Callaghan (1728 – 1807);
Charles O’Dwyer (1729 – 1772);

West Indies:
John Stritch (1616 – 1681);
John O'Daly (1663 – 1738);
James Galway (1655 – 1732);
Roger(?) Maguire (Louis de Magloire) (1701 – 17??) and
Philip O'Reilly (1719 – 1775).

Letters to Fr Stephen Bates SJ from and about Jesuit ex-students of the Crescent. Includes correspondence between Fr Bates and Fr James Finucane SJ, in which the latter attempts to identify subjects in various photos, and also gives information on the activities and careers of several ex-pupils. Also includes letters from Fr Peter Halpin SJ, which contain memories of his days as a pupil at the Crescent. Other correspondents also attempt to identify subjects in photos, write about their memories of their own schooldays, and give brief biographies of other ex-pupils, both lay and clerical.

Letter from Charles Russell, Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, Canada to [ ] concerning his visit to Canada. Remarks that a University conferred the degree of L.L.D. on him. Concludes 'How Ellen (Charles Russell's wife) will descend from her semi-regal state when she once more sets foot on British soil I know not!'

Letter from Eugene O'Curry, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin to T. D. Mc [ ], Montreal, Canada regarding a draft of $100 sent to O'Curry to purchase books. O'Curry apologises for the delay explaining that some volumes he wished to purchase were not available and that he fell ill on two occasions. O'Curry refers to the death of his son in 1857 and his wife in 1858. Concludes that he is still working on the Brehon Laws and that he has published the first twenty one lectures given by him to the Catholic University.

Letter to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Joyce Lorimer (Ontario, Canada) on their mutual research interests in the West Indies.

A file of letters realting to Fr Thomas Byrne SJ. Includes a letter from Fr John L Swain SJ, Borgo S. Spirito, Rome to Irish Fr Provivnial Charles O'Conor SJ concerning an emergencvy operatiopn performed on Fr Byrne in Rome (22 December 1963, 1p); letter from Fr Bernard Lonergan SJ, Regis College, 3425 Bayview Avenue, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada to Fr Thomas Byrne SJ, thanking him for suggesting that Fr General be asked to allow Fr Lonergan more free time to write (21 Decmeber 1967, 1p).

Letters from Fr Joseph Carrière SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

A file of letters from Fr William Ronan SJ to Fr Jean-Baptist René SJ concerning his fund-raising trip to and around America. Includes typescript copies of the letters by Fr Thomas Morrissey SJ.

Letters from Mr Martin Hanley SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ on board a New Zealand shipping company boat concerning the voyage from Australia to England. Describes an encounter with the American naval fleet off the east coast of America.

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr Edmund Colledge, O.S.A. (Pontifical College of Medieval Studies, Toronto, Canada and Austin Friars School, Carlisle) on various academic matters and their mutual colleagues, including Dr. Katherine Strnad; Walsh. Includes references to Archbishop Richard FitzRalph (12 February 1975, 1p.) and a proposal that Dr Bernard Muir (of the English Department, University of Melbourne) undertake research on the Drummond Missal.

Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning financial matters and;
– a complaint about an individual Jesuit with regard to his behaviour while conducting a retreat for nuns (See also ADMN/3/36);
– a draft deed of trust for the Father Delany Exhibition (See also ADMN/3/13);
– the health and financial affairs of various scholastics;
– the proposal for the establishment of a [school] at Tullabeg by the Society of Pious Missions;
– a conference of Jesuit Fathers in Chicago for the purpose of adopting a Provisional Constitution of the ‘Frequent Communion Guild’;
– requests for money from various individuals;
– the campaign to appoint a Catholic Director to the Board of Directors of the Clogher Valley Railway (the Society are shareholders in the Railway);
– the appointment of Jesuits to various offices;
– a petition to the British government ‘to show mercy to Roger Casement’;
– a proposed portrait of Archbishop Walsh by Sir John Lavery;
– a profit and loss account of the Irish Monthly for year ending 31 August 1914 (See also ADMN/3/20; 66; 67);
– the work of St. Joseph's Young Priests (See also ADMN/3/53);
– lists of locations of Retreats and names of priests giving Retreats for 1912 and 1913 (See also ADMN/3/36; 41);
– suggestions for Retreats given by Jesuits, by Dr Patrick Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (1896-1926) and memorandum on the scheme to establish a small lending library in Milltown Park for priests (See also ADMN/3/12; 38).

File of mission material relating to Fr Kevin O'Dwyer SJ. Includes passport, passport photographs, photographs, personal record, announcement of deate, memorial card, obituary, newspapers articles, and correspondence between Fr O'Dwyer and Frs Thomas J. Martin and Vincent Murphy, Mission Office, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Ireland.

Notes and letters on the history of Baymount. Handwritten and typed notes by J T Gwynn on the history of Baymount (3 June 1948) and letter from James G. O'Connor, Solicitor to Fr Coyne SJ on the history (23 June 1948). Letter from Fr Thomas Shuley SJ to Fr Sean McCarron SJ, Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin referring to a book on the life of Mrs Ball which says that she bought Baymount Castle in 1847 and it was taken over by some Sisters from Rathfarnham Abbey (18 August 1848). Letter from F. John L. Evans, 39 James Street South, Hamilton, Canada to Fr Donal Mulcahy SJ, Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin thanking him for his hospitality in showing him the home of his ancestors and the copy of the history of the house (5 June 1967).

Offprint of an article ‘Hopkins’s Friends and Colleagues’ by Fr Thomas J. Morrissey SJ (National College of Industrial Relations, Dublin) from Richard F. Giles (ed.) 'Hopkins and Dublin: The Man and the City' (pp.194-209) (Ontario: Hamilton, 1988).

A file relating to research carried out by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ on his family tree.

Teachers of a nation: a history of Jesuits in English Canada, 1842-2013 (Volume 1)
Novalis, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2015
Authors: Joseph B. Gavin (Author), Jacques Monet (Editor), John D. Meehan (Editor)

Thesis entitled 'The notion of religious conversion in the parochial and plain sermons of John Henry Newman' in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Licentiate in Theology at Regis College, Toronto, Canada.