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A file relating to the agreement between Dr Daniel Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne and the Society of Jesus and the administration of Newman College by the Society. Includes letters from Fr Albert Power SJ, Rector of Newman College to Irish Fr Provincial, Frs Martin Maher and William Lockington, and correspondence between Dr Daniel Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.

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Correspondence between the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, the War Office and T. Stratton, Staff Officer to Principal Chaplain (R.C.), concerning the demobilisation of various Irish Jesuits and the need for chaplains for transport ships to Australia.

Documents relating to Fr Austin Hartigan's service as military chaplain. Includes:
– certificate appointing Fr Hartigan chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Land Forces (Temporary) (12 January 1916, 1p.);
– letters written to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ by Fr Hartigan while serving in Mesopotamia with the Connaught Rangers (20 March 1916 – n.d., 5 items);
– documents relating to Fr Hartigan's death in Amara on 16 July 1916 (from jaundice) (27 July 1916 - 15 August 1918, 12 items).

Draft letters, unsigned, from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr James O'Dwyer concerning the position of Rector of Newman College and explaining why Fr O'Dwyer service as Rector was not continued.

Letter from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to Fr Patrick Connolly SJ concerning a poem written by Fr Canavan. Praises the poem but remarks that it cannot be published.

A file of copy letters from Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Nolan SJ, St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin to the Presiding Officer, Passport Department, Ministry of National Service, Victoria Street, London SW seeking passports for Frs Thomas J Moore, John Nerney and Albert Power to travel to Australia.

A file of letters, and one article, to and from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ, concerning a new building at Clongowes Wood College SJ - the "1929" building

• article from 'The Clongownian', entitled "Structural Changes in Clongowes 1814-1932" (8pp);
• copy of undated commentary notes on the 'New Buildings, Clongowes Wood College' from Fr John Fahy SJ (2 copies, 1p each);
• letter from Fr Timothy Corcoran SJ, St Ignatius, Leeson Street Dublin, in response to a request from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ for his views on the new building at Clongowes (14 May 1927, 2pp);
• letter from Fr George R Roche, Mungret College SJ, Limerick, in response to a request from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ for his views on the new building at Clongowes (17 May 1927, 2pp);
• letter from Fr Thomas V Nolan, St Francis Xavier, Gardiner Street, Dublin, in response to a request from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ for his views on the new building at Clongowes (17 May 1927, 3pp);
• letter from Irish Fr Provincial John Fahy SJ to Fr General Wlodimir Ledóchowski SJ's English Assistant Fr John Coyne SJ indicating the desire to build a new building at Clongowes (in Latin, 23 May 1927, 3pp);
• response to Fr Fahy's letter to Rome, in Latin (8 June, 1927, 1p);
• further response to Fr Fahy's letter to Rome, in Latin (19 June 1927, 1p);
• response to 19 June 1927 letter from Rome by Fr Fahy outlining the process of decision making. in Latin (18 November 1927, 2pp);
• response to 18 November 1927 letter of Fr Fahy from Rome, in Latin (9 December 1927, 1p);
• formal letter from Fr Fahy that Clongowes be allowed to borrow monies for the purpose of the new "1929" building, in Latin (19 April 1929, 1p);
• letter from Mr Joseph Wrafter, Stonecutters Union of Ireland, Trades Hall, Capel Street, Dublin, to Fr Fahy, raising concerns about new materials that may be used in the new building at Clongowes - stone from abroad and a new substance called "cement". He is urging Fr Fahy to use only Irish stone on the buildings (14 May 1929, 1p).