A file of House Consultor letters from Fr James Daly SJ, Clongowes Wood College SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan. These letters are written by Fr Daly to the Irish Fr Provincial on a variety of matters concerning the community and college. Fr Daly was at the time the Prefect of Studies to 1917 and also a House Consultor. Most are the regular bi-annual letters written to Fr Provincial by House Consultors in each community. Fr Daly's health began to deteriorate in 1917 and he was changed to Coláiste Iognáid SJ for one year as a teacher. He was reassigned to the Clongowes Wood College community in 1918, and his mission was to care for his health. He spent some time over these years at St John of God's, Stillorgan, Dublin, from where he wrote the final letter (22 December 1920, 2pp).

A file relating to Fr James Whitaker SJ. Includes biographical details and information on his family (family history written in 1895 by James Whitaker, Senior) including his brother (Br Francis de Sales Whitaker O.S.J.D, M.B. (Co-founder of the House of St John of God, Stillorgan, County Dublin).

Letter from James Whitaker (father), writing from Mooresfort, County Tipperary to Fr Patrick Hughes SJ. Encloses a cheque for £15 to cover his son James Whitaker’s half-yearly pension (not included). Adds that his son Frank is in Clongowes, and that he intends to send another son there (2pp, 25 May 1887).