A file of letters from Fr William Ronan SJ to members of the community and the Apostolic students at Mungret concerning his fund-raising trip to America.

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.

A file of letters from Fr William Ronan SJ from various locations (convents mainly) to Fr Jean-Baptist René SJ concerning Mungret prior to Fr Ronan's departure for America.

A file of letters from Fr William Ronan SJ to Fr Jean-Baptist René SJ concerning Mungret after Fr Ronan's return from America.

A file of letters from Fr William Ronan SJ to Fr Jean-Baptist René SJ concerning Mungret. The letters were written following Fr Ronan's discovery that Fr Jean-Baptist René SJ was leaving Mungret.

A file of letters from Fr William Ronan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial James Tuite SJ concerning Mungret. Includes a letter written from St Mary's, Athlone remarking that if the Society of Jesus do not take Mungret then it will be offered to the Holy Ghost Fathers (nd, 11pp). Includes a letter written from the College of the Sacred Heart, Crescent, Limerick concerning a meeting with the Bishop (Dr Butler). Remarks that the Bishop did not know that the Society was interested in taking Mungret '…otherwise he would not have consented to Lord Emly's request to invite the Fathers of the H. Ghost' (29 December 1881, 13pp). Includes a letter written from the College of the Sacred Heart, Crescent, Limerick concerning a system of studies for Mungret. Remarks that the trustees have made a condition that agriculture must be taught but have agreed that the teaching of chemistry and botany would fulfil this condition. Refers to the Holy Ghost fathers efforts to get Mungret. (9 January 1882, 8pp). Includes letters relating to Fr Bourke's surrender of Mungret to the Bishop of Limerick (15 January 1882 - 10 February 1882, 4 items). Includes letters relating to the Bishop's acceptance of the Society's terms and conditions for Mungret. Asks Fr Provincial for a subscription to the Apostolic School. Refers to the clear distinction between the Lay school and Apostolic School. (24 February 1882- 6 March 1882, 3 items). Includes letters relating to the decision to follow the University rather than the Intermediate programme of studies at Mungret. (26 March 1882 - 31 March 1882, 4 items). Includes letters relating to the dedication of Mungret to the Sacred Heart. (15 August 1882 - 9 September 1882, 3 items).

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Willie Doyle SJ written during his time as a chaplain attached to the 8th Brigade Irish Fusiliers, 49th Brigade, and the 8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, B.E.F., France. Missing original letter 31 December 1915, but have photocopy.

A file of letters from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ. Includes a letter remarking 'May the Lord reward you for getting us this place; it is like a paradise to come back to after the bustle and rush of the missions' (13 January [1914], 1p). Includes letters volunteering to serve as a war chaplain (4 - 26 November 1914, 3 items).

Letters from Fran Talbot, Malahide, Dublin to Charles Aylmer, Painstown, County Kildare (father of Fr Charles Aylmer SJ).

A file of letters from Francis Knollys, [Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales] to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter thanking Dr. Russell for a publication sent to the Prince of Wales (1 May 1868, 2pp).

A file of letters from Frank Kennedy, 85 Haddington Road, Dublin to Rev. Thomas V. Nolan SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning the estate of James Browne and annuities due to Rev. Eugene Browne.

Letters from Gerard (brother in law), 21 Havelock Street, Glasgow and Pontificio Collegio Irlandese, rOME to Fr William White SJ.

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Gill and Macmillan concerning Fr Gwynn’s proposal to publish works on ‘the Roman Mass in Ireland Before Trent’ (the proposal was rejected) and his memoirs.

A file of letters from Goldwin Smith to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter remembering a pleasant day spent at Maynooth and telling Dr Russell about a book of '...photographic views of the old Oxford which you know so well...' which he will send him. Includes biographical details on Goldwin Smith by Fr Fergal McGrath, S.J. (former Irish Province Archivist).

A file of letters from Henry Bedford, All Hallows, Dublin to Fr Matthew Russell SJ.

A file of letters from Henry Reeve to Dr Charles Russell concerning publications and articles written by Russell and mutual areas of interest and research. Praises Russell's work and discusses the publication of his work in the Review (the Dublin Review) (15 December 1858, 4pp).

A file of letters from Hilaire Belloc to Fr Matthew Russell SJ. Includes a reference to the French elections. ‘Are you not delighted at the result of the French elections? I am. I do not like Kings...’. (30 October [ ], 3pp). Refers to articles he wishes to contribute to the Irish Monthly. (nd, 4pp). Discusses his future career ‘I have for the last week been visiting various people of importance with a view to choosing a profession, I want to be earning soon; I believe that my mathematics...will help me in Engineering - but I never live except when I am on the water.’ Refers also to his writing and describes it as ‘...the work of a boy, it is like those nasty little plums that come on the young wild plumtrees in the forest of Marly.’ Continues ‘But if you ask me why I write as I do, I will tell you this much: that in the circle of newspapers of criticism of perfectly turned verses, of madly-hunted ideas, I am all at sea. I would have it that no man should write who was not a zealot for something and when I desire, I desire the hills and the sea. I desire the faces of men and women not some unjust imitations. And I desire above all that free and happy forbearance and that perfection of charity which this country is absolutely unable to give.’ (5 February 1889, 4pp). Refers to writing and editing and remarks ‘If I ever become an editor I shall accept everything that touches me - irrespective of merit and shall refuse all well known names. There is a club in Paris called “La Decadence” into which no one cannot (sic) be admitted whose work has not been refused three times!’ (20 April 1889, 4pp). Refers to the Great War and remarks that he is looking forward to it ‘It will sweep Europe like a broom, it will make Kings jump like coffee beans on the roaster...’. Asks Fr. Russell to choose a composition from a ‘batch’. (30 June 1889, 4pp). Enquires why some of his verses have not appeared in the Irish Monthly. Remarks ‘I didn’t love it (The Irish Monthly) half as much as I should have done if my “poor thing but mine own” had been in it.’ (nd, 2pp). Refers to a visit he made to Ireland. Observes that ‘The Country is getting richer and it is high time. The Irish have too much political sense to boast of any success: they insist rather on what they need than on what they have, which is the right way to go about politics; but very soon people over here will wake up to find Ireland transformed.’ (1 January 1910, 2pp). Remarks that suggestions have been made to him to write a Catholic essay on the history of England ‘...but the only thing I can afford to write is a Catholic School history...’ (13 January 1911, 1p).

Discuss difficulties arising in relation to the proposed purchase of the field.

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);
• Zambian independence celebrations and the visit of Frank Aiken (October 1964);
• account of the death of Fr Arthur Cox (11 June 1965).

Letters from J. M. Maxwell, Solicitor, 40 North Great George's Street, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning a stipulation by Mr Bailey that the Jesuit Fathers maintain their side of a wall he is erecting on his land.

Letters from J. P. McCarthy SJ, Heythorp College, Chipping, North Oxon. to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Byrne SJ concerning the finances of Hong Kong, in particular Canton.

A file of letters from Jane Barlow, The Cottage, Raheny, County Dublin to Fr Matthew Russell SJ.

Letters from Jeremiah Hogan SJ, Canisius College, Pittwater Road, Pymble, NSW to Irish Provincial Fr John R. MacMahon SJ concerning the results of the Irish Province, Theologians and to the Mission in Hong Kong. Remarks 'There are some civilians in Sydney who were in the prison camps at Hong Kong and gave us some more news. Besides Fr Bodkin has written about his experiences there.'

A file of letters from scholastics studying in the scholasticate, Zi-Ka-Wei, Shanghai, China to Irish Fr Provincial concerning their studies and lives in Shanghai.

Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Laurence J. Kieran SJ from various Jesuits volunteering to become military chaplains following the outbreak of the Second World War. Includes letters from: Frs Michael J. Morrison SJ (See CHP2/29), Arthur Little SJ, Fr Edward J. Coyne SJ, Joseph Garland SJ, Thomas Shuley SJ, Richard Kennedy SJ (See CHP2/23), Leonard Sheil SJ, James McCann SJ and Michael Pelly SJ (See CHP2/33).

Letters from John B. McCluskey SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from John Duff, Castletown, Isle of Man to Fr Matthew Gahan SJ.[Douglas, Isle of Man]. The first letter thanks Fr Gahan for officiating at his marriage. The second letter refers to a debt of money due to Fr Gahan. Remarks that he is not pleased with the tone of Fr Gahan's letter in which he requests repayment. Remarks that he is not liable for the debt and advises Fr Gahan to contact Robert Duff of the late firm owned by Robert and John Duff for repayment of the debt.

A file of letters from John Edward Pigot to Dr Charles Russell. Includes letters concerning the establishment of a club '...to serve (as) a social centre to the Catholic body (4 November 1858, 4pp and 10 November 1858, 8pp).

Refers to monetary gifts given towards the field's development. Also refers to John Walsh and to the Ignatian Sodality's connection with the field. Advises against the purchase of the field, and recommends buying Mrs Pearse's interest in it.

Two letters from John Kenny (born 1784), Ennis, County Clare to Dr Charles Russell concerning information on the Siege of Limerick and the 1798 Rebellion. Remarks 'In reply to your enquiry regarding John MacNamara, I was in his house when he died. This must have been before March 1799...I...have no further recollection of his having stated that he was at the Siege of Limerick than that I well remember his contrasting the mildness of the executions during the Rebellion of 1798 with the wholesale slaughter he himself witnessed in the same place.' (1 April 1863, 4pp). Gives names and ages of those he know whose age exceeded 100.

A file of letters from John O'Hagan to Dr Charles Russell concerning a trip taken by himself and his wife Fanny to Switzerland. Describes the journey and the places they visited.

Letters from John O'Meara, SJ, Regional Seminary, Aberdeen, Hong Kong to Irish Fr Provincial concerning his life and work in the Regional Seminary.

Letters from Kevin and Françoise Smyth to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on various topics, mostly domestic and current academic affairs.

Letters from Lillian Russell, Hereford House, Park Street, London to [John].

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Longmans Group Ltd. (formerly Longmans Green & Co. Ltd.) concerning the publication of 'Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland' by Fr Gwynn and Neville Hadcock. Includes copy of the agreement between the publishers and Fr Gwynn for the book signed on the company’s behalf (6 November 1953, 4pp).

A file of letters from Lord Carlingford to John O'Hagan concerning a '...short memorandum on the Evidence...' Includes a letter remarking that he will raise the issue with the Cabinet (21 June 1883 , 4pp).

A file of letters from Lord Charlemont to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter thanking Dr Russell for his contribution to the Grattan statue (4 February [ ], 3pp).

A file of letters from Lord Dufferin to Dr Charles Russell concerning research that both men are pursuing. Includes a letter referring to Dr Russell's journey to the Holy Land (25 [January] 1864, 3pp). Includes a letter referring to collections of pictures. Remarks that the information is very vague (14 January 1886, 2pp).

A file of letters from Lord Mayo to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter asking Dr. Russell to accept the office of Governor of the National Gallery of Ireland (6 March [ ], 4pp). Includes a letter asking Dr. Russell to assist in a review of the primary education system in Ireland. Remarks 'The Government are [desirous] that all shades of opinion should be fairly represented in the commission...' (16 September 1867, 4pp).

A file of letters from Lord Rosse (The Castle, Parsonstown) to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter congratulating Dr. Russell on his election to President of Maynooth College (22 October 1857, 3pp).

A file of letters from Lord Spencer to John O'Hagan.

Holograph letters from Mary Agnes English, 47 Rue Marengo, Marseille, France to Frs John Bannon and Byrne, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin requesting monies to be sent and general news from France. Includes envelopes with stamps.

A file of letters from Mary Banim, Greenfield, Dalkey, County Dublin to Fr Matthew Russell SJ.

A file containing letters from Mary H. Allies, 3 Lodge Place, St John’s Wood, London to Fr Matthew Russell SJ informing Fr Russell of her father’s death and agreeing to supply information about him for an article.

Letters from Mary Jane Bliss (wife of William H. Bliss), Oxford to Dr Charles Russell concerning the faith that her children should be brought up in. Remarks that her husband wishes all of the children to be brought up Roman Catholic '...he is about to remove Mary our eldest child altogether from my care.' Continues 'As to the boys it is another matter - I wish to be quite fair and just - and it is right that my husband should have some and it seems natural that he should have the boys - while the girls who need a mother's care so much should be left to me. Why should I have to go lonely to Church for the rest of my life?'.

Two handwritten letters from Maureen Cooper, Detached House, Michaelstow, Ramsey Road, Harwich, Essex to her uncle, Fr Henry Gill SJ in which she details local news, her health issues and urges Fr Henry to request more regularly correspondence from family members. Her mother was Cissie Gill, died in 1938, younger sister of Henry.

A file of letters from members of the Clongowes Wood College SJ community (mostly) to Irish Frs Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ (1912-1922), Fr John Fahy SJ (1922-1931) and Fr John R MacMahon SJ (1941-1947) as follows :

1. Letter from Mr Edward F Ryan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning a request to Mr Ryan's mother by the Rector of Clongowes Wood College, Fr Nicholas J Tomkin SJ that outstanding debts be paid to Clongowes for his brother's education at Clongowes. Mr Ryan was a scholastic on Regency at Clongowes at this time (7pp);
2. Letter from Fr Matthew Devitt SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning a letter he had received from The Parish Priest of St Patrick & St Brigit, Clane County Kildare, Rev James Colgan, and this letter is attached. Fr Devitt was lecturing in Milltown Park Sj at the time (7pp);
3. Letter from Fr John Neary SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ thanking him for the number and selection of books which Fr Noland had sent to Fr Neary for the boys (10 September 1913, 5pp);
4. Letter from Mr Matthew Bodkin, Clongowes Wood College SJ, to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ seeking admittance to the Society of Jesus. This letter is dated 27 May 1914, and on 31 August 1914, Mr Bodkin entered the noviceship at St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg (6pp);
5. Letter from Mr Henry A Johnson SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ responding to the Provincial's request that he study Irish. Mr Johnson is suggesting that he sped some time in Galway, in order to get a good start. Mr Johnson was a scholastic at Clongowes Wood College SJ on Regency at this time (27 May 1914, 4pp);
6. Letter from Fr William O'Keeffe SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ suggesting that since the current Prefect of Studies Fr James Daly is to be absent, then Fr Provincial should appoint Fr Dominic Kelly SJ as "full" replacement Prefect of Studies, rather than that task being shared by Fr Kelly and Fr Rector, Nicholas J Tomkin SJ (September 1914, 4pp);
7. Letter from Fr David Gallery SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ representing his misgivings about Fr Provincial's desire to send him to Malta. Fr Gallery perceives it as some sort of "punishment" for an unknown transgression (21 June, 1915, 4pp);
8. Letter from Fr Victor Lentaigne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ thanking him for his letter on the occasion of his 50th anniversary as a Jesuit (30 September 1915, 2pp);
9. Letter from Br James Donoghue SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ requesting permission to visit his family in Dublin (18 August 1916, 3pp);
10. Letter from Fr John A Byrne SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ fulfilling his obligations as a House Consultor (8 January 1920, 6pp);
11. Letter from Fr Martin Corbett SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ suggesting a change in the current custom of ordering and buying goods and supplies for the College. Fr Corbett was Procurator of Clongowes at the time (21 January 1920, 2pp);
12. Letter from Fr Thomas Shuley SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ fulfilling his obligations as a House Consultor (5 January 1925, 3pp);
13. Letter from Fr Michael Meaney SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ fulfilling his obligations as a House Consultor and Prefect of Studies. In this he raises a general question about gossip mongering in the community and Province and its damaging effects. He also encourages Fr Provincial to send Mr Maurice Dowling SJ and Mr Matthew Bodkin, current Regents to Theology. In the case of Mr Bodkin, Fr Meaney suggests that an unhelpful relationship between Mr Bodkin and the Rector, Fr John Joy SJ, is having a negative effect on Mr Bodkin (29 June 1926, 6pp);
14. Letter from Fr Charles Barrett SJ to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ concerning the "Clongowes Certificate" and its recognition by the Registration Council. Fr Barrett was prefect of Studies at Clongowes Wood College SJ at the time. The "Clongowes Certificate" allowed Jesuit scholastics to do the equivalent of the Higher Diploma in Education at Clongowes, and taught by approved Jesuit teachers (12 August 1942, 1p).

Letters from Mercy Simms (nee Gwynn, Fr Gwynn’s first cousin) wife of Archbishop George Otto Simms, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, concerning domestic and social affairs. Includes references to the Gwynn genealogy/pedigree and Fr Gwynn’s research on the subject.

Letters from Michael Walsh, Skibbereen, County Cork to Fr Robert Haly SJ concerning his wish to join the Society as a lay brother.

Letters from Mother Gabriel of the Divine Will, Convent of Firhouse, Tallaght, Dublin to her brother, Fr Patrick Duffy SJ concerning Fr Duffy's health and her own health. Includes a letter referring to the death of Hester Marie (31 August 1897, 8pp).

Letters from Mr Andrew O'Farrell SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Mr Arthur Little SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, concerning musical lessons and his studies.

Letters from Mr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

A file of letters from Mr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ to Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, mostly written from Clongowes Wood College SJ, and one from Plater's Hall, Oxford. He writes mostly about maintaining a relationship with Oxford, by having his name entered on the "books" at Oxford, as well as confirmation of his award of a B.Litt. at Oxford, and the award of the "Cromer Prize" at Oxford. At the time of writing, Mr Gwynn had just returned from private study at Oxford University and was engaged in Regency at Clongowes.

A file of letters from Mr Basil Loughnan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning his teaching work in Australia.

Letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

A file of letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin concerning his studies and results of his exams.

Letters from Mr Edmund Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

A file of letters from Mr Edward J Boyd Barrett SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ. Matters covered in these letters have to do with his writings, and the censorship of same by the Society before publication; the circumstances of and a request to assist his brother Mr Charles Boyd-Barrett; the setting up of the "Clongowes Social Work Club'. Included also is a letter of approval for one article from Fr Dominic Kelly SJ, who had acted as one of the censors. Mr Edward J Boyd Barrett was a scholastic on Regency at Clongowes Wood College SJ during this period of the letters.

Letters from Mr Thomas Hehir SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Mr Henry Croasdaile SJ, Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ. Accompanied by cheques for amounts of money, which constitute his share of property left to him by his mother on her death.

Letters from Mr Jeremiah Austin Hartigan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

A file of letters from Mr Joseph P Walsh SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ to Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ concerning his leaving of the Society. Physical deafness and the unlikely curing of that seems to have been a significant part of his decision (8pp).

Letters from Mr Leo F. Murphy SJ, St Aloysius' College, Milson's Point, Sydney and St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning a swimming carnival and his theological studies.

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 from Mr Patrick Joy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Mr Richard Ingram SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial John R MacMahon SJ asking permission to smoke tobacco.

Letters from Mr Richard O'Mara SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Mr Thomas F. Ryan SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, County Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial concerning the obtaining of a piano for the Juniors and remarking that his brother has just taken up practising as a dentist in Dublin. Asks Fr Provincial to send patients to him.

Letters from Mr Thomas Hehir SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Mr Thomas Montague SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Mr Thomas P Kelly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Mr William Cullen SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

Letters from Mr William Keane SJ, Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ concerning his theology course.

Letters from Mrs Van Wijk, 17 Chelsea, The Esplande, Durban, South Africa to Miss Freda Morris, Shirley Cottages, 6 West Walk, Dorchester, Dorset, England and Fr Patrick Morris SJ, Clongowes Wood College, Naas, County Kildare.

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Neville Hadcock asking Fr Gwynn to participate in the proposed volume, 'Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland'… ‘that is, if I do the sort of donkey work and prepare lists, by counties in the first place, with ref(erence)s of all recorded monasteries marking those in doubt, as I complete a county I could pass it on to you to weed.’ (24 September 1953, 4pp).

A file of letters 17 March [ ]; [5 April [ ] ];18 May [ ] from nuns in the Sacred Heart Convent, Dundrum, County Dublin (Sr. M. Kelly and Sr. H. Roche) concerning their Order and spiritual issues. One of the letters is addressed to Fr Murphy SJ.

File of letters from Patrick (cousin), Conacody, Ardfinnan, Tipperary and Upholland College, Wigan, England to Fr William White SJ.

Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Peter Wait of Methuen & Co. Ltd., concerning their acceptance of his proposal to write a book on the history of the medieval Irish Church. Includes amended copy plan of chapters of the proposed book, sent to Methuen by Fr Gwynn entitled 'The Reform of the Medieval Irish Church' (n.d., 7pp). There is some disagreement about the type of book it should be. Fr Gwynn expressed his wish to gather his essays from the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' and rewrite them to make a single connected story, however Mr. Wait wants a similar book but ‘on a good deal less detailed scale’ (13 January 1953, 2pp). Includes letters from Françoise Henry, U.C.D., to Fr Gwynn, offering to speak to the publishers on Fr Gwynn’s behalf (5, 23 February 1962, 2 items, 2pp each) and the publisher’s letter to Fr Gwynn following (Prof.) Henry’s conversation with them, “I would like a book, and I don’t insist on a ‘text book.’ I would like something that the educated person without specialised knowledge of the subject can read and which would be useful to students as well.” (19 February 1962, 1p.)

Letters from Prof. Geoffrey Hand to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ. Includes news of his appointment to the Fiesole Institute, Florence; his work, colleagues in U.C.D. (where he Lectured in Legal and Constitutional History); family and health.

Letters from Prof. Ross Hoffman of Fordham University, New York, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and Denis Gwynn on personal matters, mainly his work, health and family and discussions on various American Presidents, the Pope and the Church. Includes:
– letter describing his work on arriving at the Manuscript Room in Sheffield Central Library to unpack and sort ‘three boxes (each about 2' by 2' by 8”) of unsorted (Edmund) Burke papers…they are largely the originals of the published letters, but there is also a rich collection of unpublished letters of Earl Fitzwilliam to Burke in the 1790’s and a few other fairly important letters that never have been printed…I am, it seems the first person to examine them since their delivery here…you can imagine how exciting is the experience of turning up, for example, original letters from George III to Rockingham…It is but one of scores, probably hundreds, of museum pieces that are usually kept under lock, key, and glass…collectors would pay fabulous things for these things…There is no one else in the room and I am in a constant state of exaltation, surely this is an experience that comes once in a life-time to one historian in a thousand.’ Also refers to the bomb damage in Sheffield, following the War (1 May 1949, 2pp);
– letter describing his work transcribing the Burke letters – ‘The whole body of documents runs to about 230 letters between 1759 and 1776…they throw a great deal of new light on Anglo-Irish relations, or rather upon Mr. Burke’s idea of those relations’ and his ‘projected book on Burke and the New York Agency, which really is becoming a large work on Burke and the Origins of the American Revolution’ (30 June 1950, 1p.);
– letter to Denis Gwynn concerning a book on Burke and Barry correspondence and his book on Edmund Burke and Charles O’Hara (28 March 1952, 2pp);
– letters on the publication of his books on Edmund Burke and Charles O’Hara and Burke, New York Agent (1956);
– lengthy commentaries on: the American (both internal and external policy, including the Korean and Vietnam Wars and race relations) and British political situations; the awarding of an honorary degree from the National University on him; his book on Lord Charles Rockingham, The Marquis (1973) and
– references to a portrait of Edmund Burke by James Barry in the National Gallery (24 March – September 1973, 4 items).
Also includes letters written by James White, Director of the National Gallery to Fr Gwynn, concerning the portrait which was presented to Trinity College Dublin and ‘is in the Andrew’s Room in the Provost’s House’ (23 August, 4 September 1973, 2 items);
Includes letter to Fr Gwynn from Prof. Hoffman’s daughter, Mary Ellen Flinn, following her father’s death on 16 December 1979. Encloses a memorial card (3 January 1980, 2pp).

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 publishers Browne Nolan Ltd. to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, agreeing to publish his book 'The Reform of the Medieval Irish Church', ‘which, if it will not be a best seller, should certainly enjoy a reasonable sale on publication and a continuing, if limited, demand for many years.’ They are also interested in ‘your short History of the Irish Medieval Church but since Methuens have invited you to write it you may possibly feel some obligation towards them, even though, as you say, you have not yet made a contract.’ Includes summary of book ‘Offered to Browne and Nolan: c.300 pages: to be ready for press in autumn of 1950; to be published in autumn of 1951’ (14 February 1949, 1p.).

Letters from publishers the Clarendon Press, Oxford, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on a proposal by publishers W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd. to reprint Fr Gwynn’s 1920 book 'Roman Education from Cicero to Quintilian'. Includes letters to Fr Gwynn from Heffers (30 June 1956 – 15 July 1960, 3 items), royalty statements from Clarendon Press (1969, 1971, 2 items) and copy of 'Roman Education from Cicero to Quintilian'.

Letters from publishers, the Clarendon Press, Oxford, to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ, concerning the possibility of a reprint of his 1940 book 'The English Austin Friars in the Time of Wyclif'. Includes Fr Gwynn’s copy of book.

Letters from publishers, the Clarendon Press, Oxford to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning his latest book which their Delegates say needs complete revision – ‘the book is not strictly a unified history but a series of disconnected and overlapping studies, which have been published separately already except for chapters XIII and XIV. They have much interest for specialists in the subjects concerned, though not for the general reader or for undergraduates.’

Letters from Rev. Henry Young, St Joseph's to his brother Fr Charles Young SJ on litanies and station pictures. Envelopes indicates material sent onto Fr Edmund O'Reilly SJ, Milltown Park, Dublin, post 1861.

A file of letters from Rev. John Moyersoen SJ, 32 Park Street, Calcutta to Irish Fr Provincial John R. MacMahon SJ concerning the Irish Jesuits who took up positions in the Indian mission following their temporary departure from Hong Kong during the war.

A file of letters from Richard Lyons [second Baron and first Earl Lyons], Arundel Castle, Arundel to Dr Charles Russell concerning information Dr Russell requires from the library in Paris. Includes biographical details on Richard Lyons written by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (former Irish Province Archivist).

A file of letters from Robert Tennant to Lord Thomas O'Hagan. Includes a letter discussing Charles Gavan Duffy's libel suit (he was defended by Lord O'Hagan) (25 June 1842, 7pp). Includes a letter referring to Daniel O'Connell. Remarks 'In every way therefore it would give me high gratification to go up with the address to O'Connell. That he should think it worth his while to wish it is an additional motive.' (17 June 1844, 3pp). Includes a letter referring to recent proceedings. Remarks 'I think I see through your generalities that you are disheartened and - may I say - disgruntled?...So am I. Upon the education question - in the cause of mixed and free education I can stand no compromise or hesitation. It is the hope of our country - the only thing...to make us a country in place of a den of wild sects. Repeal is but a triviality compared to this...I pray God to see the time when she will be a nation...either with or without repeal. (31 May 1945, 4pp).

Letters from Rose (Gayner, nee Gwynn) (Fr Gwynn’s cousin) following the illness and death of Fr Gwynn’s sister, Sheila Moorehead, in December 1981. Includes references to a portrait of their ‘Aunt May’ and a family story about Walter Osborne (Fr Gwynn’s godfather): ‘He was apparently rather dominated by a powerful mother but there was an understanding that he would marry Aunt Lucy. However before the understanding could become an engagement he caught a bad cold, and died of pneumonia’ (8 February 1982, 4pp).

Letters from Rt. Rev. R. O. Hall, Lord Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong and The Home Farm, Lewknor, Oxford to Irish Fr Provincial John R. MacMahon SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin concerning grant in aid schools and the possibility of obtaining an advance of the grants in order to get schools started. Includes a copy of a reply from Fr MacMahon SJ.

A file of letters from S. P. Redington, solicitors concerning the estate of Fr John Errington SJ. Refers to the will of George A. Nicolls (Fr Errington was named, amongst others, as one of the beneficiaries of this will and ultimately came to inherit the estates in Kildare and Westmeath. George A. Nicolls died without issue and his estate passed to his brother Archibald Dowdell Nicolls. The latter also died without issue and the estate was inherited by Fr John Errington SJ).

A file relating to Sir Robert Peel (eldest son of Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister), Chief Secretary for Ireland 1861 - 1865. Includes a letter from Robert Peel to Dr. Charles Russell offering him a position on the Board of National Education (16 January 1864, 4pp). Includes a draft reply from Dr. Charles Russell accepting the position (n.d., 2pp). Includes a letter from Robert Peel to Dr. Charles Russell remarking that he has resigned the position of Chief Secretary for Ireland. Remarks that he is greatly disappointed not to have been able to obtain '...the government sanction...of the House of Commons for the erection of the Chapel so much needed for the use of your students...' (17 November 1865, 5pp).

Letters from Sr. M. Elizabeth, Sisters of Charity, Donnybrook to Fr [ ] concerning his health and spiritual matters.

A file of letters from Sr Mary Baptist Russell, St Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, California to her family in Ireland including her brothers Fr Matthew Russell SJ and Lord Russell of Killowen. Describes her life and work in California and discusses news from Ireland. Includes a letter to Arthur [ ] concerning Lord Russell of Killowen and his re-election but with a lower majority. Remarks 'Folks here do not seem quite so confident of Home Rule as they were a few weeks ago but all seem to say it must come in time.' Refers to Lord Russell's speech in the House of Commons. (7 July 1886, 8pp).

A file of letters from Sr Mary Frances (Frances O'Hagan), Franciscan Convent of the Perpetual Adoration, Drumshambo, County Leitrim to her sister (also a nun) concerning her life in the convent and her joy at joining the community in Drumshambo.

A file of letters from the Superior of the Australian Mission Fr Joseph Lentaigne SJ, St Patrick's College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Fr Daniel Jones SJ (Socius) concerning the Australian Mission and the work being carried out.