Letters from Lillian Russell, Hereford House, Park Street, London to [John]
- IE IJA N/10/23
- File
- 9 - 16 March 1887
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Letters from Lillian Russell, Hereford House, Park Street, London to [John].
Letters from Lillian Russell, Hereford House, Park Street, London to [John]
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Letters from Lillian Russell, Hereford House, Park Street, London to [John].
Letters from Longmans Group Ltd. concerning the publication of 'Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland'
Part of Irish Jesuits
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).
Letters from Lord Carlingford to John O'Hagan
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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).
Parkinson-Fortescue, Chichester, 1823-1898, 2nd Baron Clermont and 1st Baron Carlingford
Letters from Lord Spencer to John O'Hagan
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A file of letters from Lord Spencer to John O'Hagan.
Spencer, John Poyntz, 1835-1910, 5th Earl Spencer and lord lieutenant of Ireland
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Letters from Major G.T. Noel, Hotel Julia, Pontaven, Finisterre, France and Temple Guiting House, Winchcombe, R.S.O., Gloucester, England. Describes his holiday in France after news of the Titanic disaster, request for copy of photograph of Bob and thanks for sending on a copy of The Belvederian, which contains Browne’s article on the Titanic.
Holograph letters to Frank Browne SJ from those who disembarked with Mr Browne SJ at Queenstown (Cobh), Cork and relatives of those who perished on the Titanic to Mr Frank Browne SJ. With Kodak envelope with note by Fr Browne, ‘Letters recd ap. 1912 concerning Titanic’.
Noel, G.T., Major
Letters from Mary H. Allies to Fr Matthew Russell SJ informing Fr Russell of her father’s death
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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.
Allies, Mary Helen Agnes, 1852-1927, Catholic historian, writer and translator
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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?'.
Bliss, Mary Jane
Letters from Maureen Cooper, Harwich, Essex to her uncle, Fr Henry Gill SJ
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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.
Letters from Mr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Gwynn, Aubrey, 1892-1983, Jesuit priest and academic
Letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Power, Cyril, 1890-1980, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Edmund Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Edmund Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Power, Edmund, 1878-1953, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Henry A Johnston SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Thomas Hehir SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Johnston, Henry A, 1888-1986, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Henry Croasdaile SJ, Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England to Fr Thomas Wheeler SJ
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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.
Croasdaile, Henry, 1888-1966, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Jeremiah Austin Hartigan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Jeremiah Austin Hartigan SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Hartigan, Jeremiah Austin, 1882-1916, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters from Mr Patrick Joy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Patrick Joy SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Joy, Patrick, 1892-1970, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Richard O'Mara SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Richard O'Mara SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
O'Mara, Richard Francis, 1884-1977, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr T. Cain and from Michael Harteny
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Letters from Mr T. Cain, Headmaster, Coleridge Street School, Hove, England (26 October 1945) and from Michael Harteny (Sergeant), Kilnagrange, Kilmacthomas, County Waterford (12 November 1945) and on behalf of Christopher Flynn, Delgany, County Wicklow (21 March 1946) to Fr Charles Doyle SJ and Professor Alfred O'Rahilly concerning their recollections of the date of death of Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
Cain, T
Letters from Mr Thomas P Kelly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Thomas P Kelly SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
Kelly, Thomas Patrick, 1890-1977, Jesuit priest
Letters from Mr Willie Doyle SJ, 1897-1906
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Holograph letters and typewritten letters by Mr Willie Doyle SJ while: at Clongowes Wood College to his mother and father, and sister Lena (6 April 1897 - 1898); undertaking philosophy at Enghien, Belgium to his mother and father (2 October 1898 - 3 June 1899); at St. Mary’s Hall, Stonyhurst College, England to his mother and father (14 October 1900 - 31 March 1901); at Clongowes Wood College to his mother and father, and sister Mai (18 December 1901 - 5 August 1903); undertaking theology at Milltown Park (23 December 1904 - Easter 1906).
Letters from Mrs Van Wijk, Durban, South Africa to Miss Freda Morris and Fr Patrick Morris SJ
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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.
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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).
Hadcock, Neville, -1980, historian
Letters from Patrick (cousin) to Fr William White SJ
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File of letters from Patrick (cousin), Conacody, Ardfinnan, Tipperary and Upholland College, Wigan, England to Fr William White SJ.
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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.)
Wait, Peter, publisher
Letters from Prof. Geoffrey Hand to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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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.
Hand, Geoffrey Joseph Philip, 1931-2016, Professor and former Chairman of Irish Manuscripts Commission
Letters from Prof. Ross Hoffman of Fordham University, New York
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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).
Hoffman, Ross John Swartz, 1902-79, American historian, author and educator
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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'.
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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.
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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.’
Part of Non-Irish Jesuit material
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).
Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, 1817-1887, 1st Earl Lyons and diplomat
Letters from Rose Gayner to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ
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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).
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
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.
Hall, Ronald, 1895-1975, Anglican Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong
Letters from R.W. May, 1 Gresham Road, Brixton, S.W., London
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Letters from R.W. May, 1 Gresham Road, Brixton, S.W., London, (Mrs Lily Odell is his sister) enquiring after fellow passengers, requesting copies and promising to share photographs, and thanks for sending on a copy of The Belvederian, which contains Browne’s article on the Titanic.
May, R. W.
Letters from Sir William Cope to Dr Charles Russell
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Cope, Sir William Henry, 1811-1892, Clergyman
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A file of letters (one is original, 5 May 1869, 4pp, the other nine are copies) from the Duke of Norfolk to Dr Charles Russell concerning his family and the various events in their lives. Includes a letter concerning his son's new residence (Dervent Hall, Sheffield). Remarks '...the Catholic element is sadly wanting and gives a desolate feeling. We have a priest and portable altar with us and I hope the first masses which can have been offered here since the reformation will bring a blessing on my son's taking possession.' (20 August 1868, 1p).
Fitzalan-Howard, Henry, 1847-1917, 15th Duke of Norfolk
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
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.
Nolan, Thomas V, 1867-1941, Jesuit priest
Letters from Thomas Downing (T. D.) Kendrick
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Letters from Thomas Downing (T. D.) Kendrick, Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, British Museum, London, England to Fr Frank Browne SJ thanking him for helping with Celtic and Anglo-Saxon carvings and supplying photographs, and enclosing list of Norfolk sites.
Kendrick, Sir, Thomas Downing, 1895-1979, archaeologist and art historian
Letters from Thomas W. Allies to Fr Matthew Russell SJ
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A file of letters from Thomas W. Allies, 82 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London, England, Inishbofin, County Galway, Ireland and 3 Lodge Place, St Hohn's Wood, London, England to Fr Matthew Russell SJ.
Allies, Thomas William, 1813-1903, English historical writer
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A file of letters from Wilfred Ward to Fr Matthew Russell SJ concerning the letters of Dr Charles William Russell required by Fr Matthew Russell SJ for a biography of his uncle. Remarks that the early letters which he (Ward) has date to ca. 1802 - 1839 and refer to the Dublin Review. Asks Fr Russell if he has any papers relating to Cardinal Newman.
Letters from William E. Gladstone to Dr Charles Russell concerning research on British history
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A file of letters from William E. Gladstone to Dr Charles Russell concerning research on British history that both men are involved in. Includes a letter referring to correspondence held in the Vatican Archives that would be of interest (20 August 1864, 3pp). Includes a letter referring to Maynooth College and repairs that need to be carried out (16 November 1864, 4pp).
Gladstone, William Ewart, 1809-1898, prime minister and author
Letters from William George Ward to Dr Charles Russell
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A file of letters from William George Ward to Dr Charles Russell concerning his writing and Dr Russell's criticism of same. Refers to Dr Newman's Apologia and to the Dublin Review (7 January 1865, 8pp, 10 January 1865, 3pp and 21 January 1865, 8pp).
Ward, William George, 1812-1882, theologian and mathematician
Letters from William H Gladstone to Dr Charles Russell thanking Dr Russell for a pamphlet
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A file of letters from William H. Gladstone to Dr Charles Russell. Includes a letter thanking Dr Russell for a pamphlet. Refers to the death of Lord and Lady Kildare's daughter (2 January 1867, 4pp). Includes a letter assuring Dr Russell that he will make an appeal to his father (W.E. Gladstone) on behalf of '...Mr. Du Noyer's family...' (the artist George Victor Du Noyer). (13 May 1871, 2pp).
Gladstone, William Henry, 1840-1891, British Liberal Party Member of Parliament
Letters from William Henry Bliss to Dr Charles Russell
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A file relating to William Henry Bliss. Includes letters from William Bliss to Dr Charles Russell and copies of Dr. Russell's letters to William Bliss. Includes 4 letters from William Bliss to Fr Matthew Russell SJ concerning the publication of the correspondence in the Irish Monthly (22 March 1880 - 24 September 1893, 4 items).
Bliss, William Henry, 1835-1909, scholar
Letters from Willie Doyle, 1886-1896
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Holograph letters and one typewritten letter by Willie Doyle: as a schoolboy in Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, England to his brother Bob and mother (30 May 1886 - 9 April 1887); as a Jesuit novice at St Stanislaus, Tullabeg, County Offaly to his mother and father, and sisters Mai and Lena (8 August 1891 - 9 July 1892); as a scholastic at Milltown Park, Dublin to his father and brother Bob (31 May - Christmas 1893) and to Brother Cahill on finishing his noviceship (8 June 1893) and at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to his mother and father, and brothers Bob and Charles (3 September 1894 - 23 August 1896).
Letters regarding admissions to the Society of Jesus
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.
Walsh, William Joseph, 1841-1921, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
Letters relating to Fr Denis Murphy's work on behalf of the cause of the Irish Martyrs
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A file of letters relating to Fr Denis Murphy's work on behalf of the cause of the Irish Martyrs. Includes Fr Ryan, Reginlad Walsh O.P., Fr John Morris SJ, Percy Barron (Cistercian Priest), Sr Benedict Maria, Gilbert Dolan (Benedictine monk), J Clement Fowler (Benedictine monk),
Letters to Dr Charles Russell concerning his book on the Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti
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A file of letters to Dr Charles Russell concerning his book on the Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti, 'The life of Cardinal Mezzofanti; with an introductory memoir of eminent linguists, ancient and modern', Longman, Brown, and Co, London, 1858
The letters offer praise and compliments to Dr Russell and suggestions for a second edition of the book. The following is a list of the people who wrote to Dr Russell concerning his book on Cardinal Mezzofanti:
25 March 1859; George [ ]
7 June 1858; P. J. [Aerts]
17 April - 7 May 1855; Edward Badely
23 August 1866; L'Abbe Blanchot
19 January 1859; [ J. B. Borrcho]
4 February 1863; F. C. Brooke
25 August - 3 November 1858; Lord Broughman
11 July 1860; A. Bruni SJ
16 October 1858; [ ] Bunsen
6 May 1858; L. Major Cavagnari
13 April - 26 August [ ]; John Dalberg Acton (Lord Acton)
3 [ ] 1858; Luigi Da Via
22 December 1859; Joseph Barnard Davis
n.d.; Auguste Donnet
19 May [ ]; James E. Doyle
11 February 1859; [Fernando]
21 April 1958; Goodwin Son & [ ]
5 May 1858; Thomas Grant
5 October - 1 December 1858; Imperial Austrian Legation
19 - 28 April 1860; Evan Jones
4 July 1858; Pierre Le Croix
23 April 1858 - 9 March 1860; Longman Brown and Company
6 May 1858; E. C. Lewis
[1858]; Henry E. Manning (later Cardinal)
17 June 1858; Patrick F. Moran (later Cardinal)
25 May 1858; John Morris
[ ] 1858; A. Pezzanat
5 - 10 May [1858]; E. H. Reeves
19 April 1852; James Roche
2 March 1858; James Hope Scott
12 May 1858; [ ] Shilman
15 June 1858; W. H. Smyth
[1858]-[1859]; James Spencer Northcote
5 May 1858; A. P. Stanley
15 [ ] 1856; Franco Venditti
9 May 1858; Dr. [Wals]
19 April 1855; Charles Ward[ ]th
29 March 1858 - 12 February 1863; Thomas Watts
[1857]; Vladimir Petcherine
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Prof. Nancy Pollard Brown, (Professor of English, Trinity College, Washington) and Dr Peter Beal, concerning a seventeenth-century transcript of Robert Southwell’s 'Rule of Good Life' in Milltown Park, Dublin.
Brown, Nancy Pollard, 1921-2015, professor
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning his friend Fr Matthias Bodkin SJ
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ concerning his friend Fr Matthias Bodkin SJ. Includes letter of condolence written to Fr Gwynn following Fr Bodkin’s death in 1973, from Mrs Brigid Hardwick, Stonyhurst College, Lancashire (4 November 1973, 4pp) and Alan Denson.
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dom Aelred Watkin, Downside School, Bath
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dom Aelred Watkin, Downside School, Bath, on:
– various documents, including: copy of extracts ‘from a fourteenth century list of the Glastonbury muniments (Marquis of Bath’s MS
f. 54)…they may be of interest to scholars of Irish medieval history’ (2 March 1950, 3pp);
– Irish connections with Glastonbury;
– a paper Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ suggested on the sermons of St Caesarius of Arles and the Monastic Tradition, for publication in the Downside Review (May 1950, 2 items).
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dom Daniel Rees, Downside Abbey, Bath
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dom Daniel Rees, novicemaster [and librarian] Downside Abbey, Bath, relating to various research queries from Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ and the exchange of books between Milltown Park Library and Downside, including a ‘complete bound set of the Downside Review’ (24 June 1975, 2pp).
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Christopher Hohler
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Letters (some incomplete) to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr Christopher Hohler (Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, and Oslo) on a wide range of topics including:
Includes offprint of chapter by Dr Hohler entitled ‘Some Service Books of the Later Saxon Church’ from David Parsons (ed.) Tenth Century Studies (1975), pp.60 – 83 (24pp) with notes, pp.217 – 227 (11pp). Also includes notes by Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ on the Hohler correspondence (3pp & 3 envelopes).
Article entitled ‘A breviary from St Mary’s Abbey, Trim’, Rioght na Midhe, 290-298, by Fr Aubrey Gwynn.
Hohler, Christopher, 1917-1997, medievalist and art historian
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Dr John Morrall (Senior Lecturer in Political Science, London School of Economics) concerning his candidature for the Leaky Chair of Medieval History at T.C.D. and Fr Gwynn’s agreement to act as a referee.
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Edward Schofield (Department of Manuscripts, British Museum) on his publications about England and Basel, with references to ‘the difficult matter of the succession to Irish sees’ and a proposed trip by Fr Gwynn to London.
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from John Eric Colledge of the English Language Department, University of Liverpool, on his academic publications and research, including his proposal to lecture in U.C.D. on St. Nicholas of Flüe, an ‘illiterate contemplative.’
Colledge, John Eric, 1910-1999, academic and Roman Catholic priest
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr Edmund Colledge O.S.A.
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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.
Colledge, John Eric, 1910-1999, academic and Roman Catholic priest
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr Patrick J. Dunning, C.M.
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Fr Patrick J. Dunning, C.M. (President of St. Patrick’s College, Armagh). Includes:
Also includes references to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ ‘presenting to U.C.D.’ his ‘most valuable card-index on Irish Medieval History, together with your most valuable correspondence with distinguished scholars. I am sure the History Department will be delighted with this generous presentation’ (23 July 1975, 2pp). (Inquiries to the Archives Department, U.C.D. in February 1998 revealed that no such presentation was made, either to the Library, History or Archive Departments in U.C.D.)
Dunning, Patrick, Vincentian priest
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Geoffrey Scott, O.S.B., Douai Abbey, Reading
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Geoffrey Scott, O.S.B., Douai Abbey, Reading, following Neville Hadcock’s sudden death on 2 January 1980. (Neville had donated some material to the Library before his death, while his books were sold at auction)
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Gilbert Laithwaite
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Gilbert Laithwaite (an Old Clongownian, 1907-1911) to whom Fr Gwynn frequently sent his publications.
Laithwaite, Sir, John Gilbert, 1894-1986, Irish-British civil servant and diplomat
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Sarah Wimbush, Archive Research Assistant, National Portrait Gallery, London, seeking information on any known portraits of Stephen Lucius Gwynn (Fr Gwynn’s father), as part of her work in cataloguing Edwardian portraits, one of which is a portrait by Sir William Rotherstein of Stephen (1915). Includes list of known portraits of Stephen (1p.) and photocopy of the portrait (1p.).
Wimbush, Sarah
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Neville Hadcock
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Neville Hadcock. Discusses his academic work on French dioceses and maps of monastic Britain; his family, his health and that of his wife Jeanne; their book Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland, high crosses, the Tridentine Mass and the introduction of the New Liturgy.
Hadcock, Neville, -1980, historian
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Prof F.X. Martin, O.S.A. (Department of Medieval History, U.C.D.) introducing Dr Michael Richter, (Department of Welsh History, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth) and letter from Dr Richter to Fr Gwynn concerning his edition of the ‘Canterbury Professions.’ Includes:
– reprint from 'The Downside Review' of Richter’s article 'Archbishop Lanfranc and the Canterbury Primacy' – Some Suggestions (Vol. 90, No. 299, April 1972, p.110 – 118);
– photocopies of ‘the relevant pages’ of 'Canterbury Professions', (1973);
– partial draft of Dr Richter’s manuscript on Church Reform in Britain and Ireland after the Conquest ([1969], p.29 – 78 and appendices and footnotes).
Martin, F. X., 1922-2000, Augustinian, historian and activist
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Prof. Jack Watt with references to Watt’s family
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Prof. Jack Watt (History Department, University of Hull and University of Newcastle Upon Tyne) with references to Prof. Watt’s family; news of other academics; a proposed paper of his on ‘John Colton, colonial official and archbishop’; the current political situation in Northern Ireland; Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ’s publication of the Sermon Diary of Archbishop Richard FitzRalph; Prof. Watt’s research work on the fifteenth century and various volumes of the series 'New History of Ireland'.
Watt, Jack, historian
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Richard Southern on various academic and personal matters
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from Richard Southern (Balliol College, All Souls College and St. John’s College Oxford), on various academic and personal matters, including the arrangements for Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ to lecture at Oxford in March 1962.
Southern, Sir, Richard William, 1912-2001, medieval historian
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various academics (including Valéria Flint) mostly relating to aspects of the life of Honorius Augustodunensis. Includes offprint ‘The Career of Honorius Augustodunensis’ by V.I.J. Flint, University of Auckland, New Zealand from Revue Bénédictine (Vol. 82, Nos. 1 – 2, 1972, p.63 – 86).
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Letters to Fr Aubrey Gwynn SJ from various priests and academics (mostly Fr Andrew Gray, St Hugh’s Charterhouse, Horsham, Sussex) concerning the discovery in the Public Record Office, of a foundation charter of a Carthusian charterhouse in Ireland at Kinaleghin (Kinalahan, Kinalekin or Kilnaleghin) by John de Cogan in 1267; and the publication of Fr Gray’s resultant article on Kinaleghin. Includes: colour photograph of Fr Gray (13 September 1957);
Letters to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ
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A file of letters to Fr Bartholomew Esmonde SJ. A brief précis to the letters is included in the file.
Letters to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ
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A file of letters to Fr Charles Aylmer SJ. A brief précis to the letters is included in the file, and list of Irish Jesuits (1831).
Letters to Fr Henry Gill SJ from Mary Maura Ostyn, O.S.B., Prioress of Ypres
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to Fr Henry Gill SJ from Mary Maura Ostyn, O.S.B., Prioress of Ypres, 11 Harwood Avenue, London, England asking Fr Gill to salvage the contents of the Benedictine abbey at Ypres. Contains details of all the convent’s treasures and where they have been hidden. Includes letter from Baron H. Kervyn de Letterrhov[e] concerning the destroyed treasures.
Ostyn, Mary Maura, 1868-1940, Benedictine sister
Letters to Fr Henry Gill SJ from various scientists and scientific institutions on his research
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to Fr Henry Gill SJ from various scientists and scientific institutions on his research. Includes:
Royal Dublin Society, 1731-
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A file of letters written by various people to Fr Robert Haly SJ:
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Dr Robert M. Theobald
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Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Dr Robert M. Theobald. Includes: copy of letter sent to him as Editor of ‘Baconia’ from an irate native of Stratford-on-Avon (10 Jan. 1903, 2pp); letter to Fr Sutton from Dr Theobald’s cousin, W. Theobald (29 Apr. 1903, 2pp); letter to Dr Theobald from Walter Begley (see also J18/43) (30 May 1904, 4pp & envelope); letter from Dr Theobald enclosing newspaper articles consisting of a review of 'Passages from the Autobiography of a Shakespeare Student' by R.M. Theobald and a letter to the Editor of 'The Morning Post' from an Edwin Durning–Lawrence (27 Dec. 1911, 3 items) and letters to Dr Theobald from a ‘P.S.’ (n.d., 2 items).
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Walter Begley
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Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from Walter Begley (Greencroft Gardens, Hampstead, London, England).
Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from William [Smedley]
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Letters to Fr William A Sutton SJ from William [Smedley] (CheyneWalk, London).
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Alan Birmingham SJ written during his time as a chaplain
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Letters to Irish Fr Provincial John MacMahon SJ from Fr Alan Birmingham SJ written during his time as a chaplain attached to the 2nd Battalion, The Loyal Regiment in Sussex and Northern Ireland; 32 Casualty Clearing Station in England and France; 4 Army Group Royal Artillery, B.L.A. in France and Germany; 150th Infantry Brigade in Southern India and the Indian Artillery Centre, Kamaredi. Includes description of his role in the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944 (16 November 1944, 4pp) and his last letter written on his way home (29 September 1946, 2pp).
Birmingham, Alan, 1911-1991, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit Missions
A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial from Irish Jesuits on their way to the Hong Kong mission describing their journey by air.
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ
File of letters to Irish Fr Provincial James Murphy SJ. Includes an index/précis to the letters.
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial Laurence J. Kieran SJ from Fr Richard L. Guilly SJ (Senior Catholic Chaplain, British Troops, Northern Ireland) concerning his proposed visit to Dublin, news of the Jesuit chaplains under his care and arrangements for chaplains regarding banking in England (encloses a list of the ‘ordinary emoluments due to chaplains’ (17 May 1941, 3pp and 1p.).
Guilly, Richard Lester, 1905-1996, Jesuit priest, bishop and chaplain
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ
A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial Nicholas Walsh SJ. Includes an index/précis to the letters by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
Letters to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ
A file of letters to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas Brown SJ (term 7 May 1883 - 2 February 1888). Includes an index/précis to the letters by Fr James Rabbitte SJ.
Part of Irish Jesuits
Letters to scholastic William Sutton SJ from fellow Jesuits, Frs Heinrich Thiemann (Stonyhurst) and Edmund O'Reilly (Milltown Park) on philosophical matters.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Fergus Cronin SJ
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Fergus Cronin SJ written during his time as a chaplain while serving in the Royal Artillery Service Corps in Barry, South Wales; the Faeroe Islands; 101 Military Convalescent Depot, Grange Camp, Bedford and with Paiforce in Iraq. Includes:
Cronin, Fergus T, 1909-1990, Jesuit priest
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr James McCann SJ written during his time as chaplain
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr James McCann SJ written during his time as chaplain to the 4th Reserve Battery, R.G.A., Winchester and Sialkot C.F.A. 4th Cavalry Division, Supply Column, B.E.F., France. Also includes items relating to the ill health (The Prince of Wales', Hospital for Officers), renewal of Fr McCann’s contract as chaplain and his demobilisation. (See also CHP1/10/1 which is a letter from Fr McCann to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ 12 June [1917]).
McCann, James, 1875-1951, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John Burden SJ
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John Burden SJ written while serving as chaplain in Catterick Camp, Yorkshire and with the 6th King’s Own Scottish Borders in Northumberland; in Nottingham (where he was promoted to Senior Chaplain (S.C.F. (R.C.) ); in India, South Africa and Iraq with Paiforce (Persian and Iraq Forces); 114th Rest/Transit Camp; 162nd Transit Camp in Damascus and Palestine. Some letters in the form of airgraphs. Includes his last letter written on 28 March 1946 concerning his release from the Army in May.
Burden, John, 1907-1974, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John Hayes SJ written while serving as chaplain
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Letters and airgraphs to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr John Hayes SJ written while serving as chaplain attached to 393 Battery, 99th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery; in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire; with 144 Regiment, R.A.C. in Rufford Abbey, Ollerton, Notts., Aldburn Camp, Herts., Minstead and Malwood, Lyndhurst, Hants., Risborough Barracks, Folkestone, Kent; with the 6th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Rye, Sussex and 36th Indian Division in India and Northern Burma. Fr Hayes was made Senior Chaplain (S.C.F. (R.C.) in his division in January 1944. His last communication is a New Years note for 1945 (28 November 1944, 1p.).
Hayes, John, 1909-1945, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Joseph McSweeney SJ written while serving as a chaplain
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Joseph McSweeney SJ written while serving as a chaplain in the R.A.F. at R.A.F. College, Cosford, Wolverhampton and at R.A.F. Station, Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Includes his first letter to the Irish Fr Provincial written from Cosford (June 1945, 1p.).
McSweeney, Joseph, 1909-1982, Jesuit priest, chaplian and missioner
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Leo Donnelly SJ
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Leo Donnelly SJ written while serving as chaplain in Great Yarmouth and Stalham, Norfolk with the 11th York and Lancasters; in 35th Casualty Clearing Station; 73rd General Hospital, Hatfield; with 5th Kings Regiment in Scotland; 10th Beach Group in France; 9 [Lines of Communications] Unit in France and 2nd Battalion of the Irish Guards.
Donnelly, Leo, 1903-1999, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Matthias Bodkin SJ written during his time as chaplain in the Royal Navy based at R.N. Base, Derry, Northern Ireland (refers to trips to the Arctic Circle and Western Australia) and serving on the battleship H.M.S. Anson in the East. Includes;
Bodkin, Matthias, 1896-1973, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Maurice Dowling SJ
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Maurice Dowling SJ written during his time serving as a chaplain in the 11th General Hospital in Peebles; Military Hospital, Drymen, Scotland; with the Shetland Defence Forces in Lerwick; in North Africa with the 58th [Heavy Anti-Aircraft] Regiment, Royal Artillery, B.N.A.F.; 3 L.C.U.; with the 167th Field Ambulance, C.M.F. and 2nd A.G.R.A., C.M.F.; with the 4th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks. in Norfolk and 2nd Army and 21st Army Group in Germany. Includes his first letter written to the Provincial from the 11th General Hospital (1 January 1942, 2pp), Fr Dowling’s memorial card (with photograph), and airgraphs from North Africa.
Dowling, Maurice J, 1896-1965, Jesuit priest, chaplain and missioner
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael O'Meara SJ written during his time as a chaplain
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Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael O'Meara SJ written during his time as a chaplain in Squire’s Gate Camp, Lytham St Annes, Blackpool; Abbots Lea, Woolton, Liverpool; Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire; Park Lea, Park Lane, Salford; Upper Chine School, Shanklin, Isle of Wight; with the 44th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade, B.L.A. in France and Holland; 8th Infantry Brigade, B.A.O.R. in Egypt and I.S. Lan. R., M.E.F. in Egypt.
O'Meara, Michael F, 1909-1998, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael Pelly SJ written while serving as a chaplain
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Fr Michael Pelly SJ written while serving as a chaplain with 11th York and Lancaster Regiment (218th Infantry Brigade); in Otley, West Yorkshire; The Military Hospital, York; with the British North Africa Force in North Africa; 1st Battalion, The Buffs, C.M.F. in Italy; in 93rd British General Hospital, C.M.F. and in the School of Infantry, Warminster, Wiltshire. Includes Fr Pelly’s first letter to the Provincial written from Bridlington (23 April 1942, 1p.) and letters describing the monastery of Cassino following the battle of Monte Cassino (30 May 1944, 2pp), being in Rome on the day it was taken by the Allies and his ‘semi-private audience with the Pope’ (30 June, 29 July 1944, 2 items).
Pelly, Michael C, 1907-1990, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial from Jesuit Fathers and Provincials seeking help in various matters relating to post-war travelling arrangements and material aid. Includes letters from Jesuits from Germany, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary seeking opportunities to study in Ireland and correspondence between Irish Fr Provincial and the Department of External Affairs concerning the visit of a German scholastic to Ireland to complete his studies.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial John McMahon SJ from Mgr J.M. Coghlan
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial John R McMahon SJ from Mgr John M. Coghlan (Principal Chaplain (R.C.) concerning the chaplains’ release from the Army; the War Office’s request to retain the services of a number of them and the urgent need for Jesuits to work on the Hong Kong Mission. Includes copy letter to Fr Edward J. Warner SJ (Staff Chaplain to Mgr. Coghlan) from the Irish Fr Provincial in reply to the War Office’s request to retain the services of Fr Conal Murphy SJ. ‘I am sorry to say that I am worse off than ever for men, having received the other day a cable from Fr Joy, the Superior of our Hong Kong Mission, asking me to send out twelve men. As he and his fellow-missioners have been through a very rough time, as you can well imagine, I am anxious to send this help as soon as possible…I regret very much, then, that I cannot spare Fr Murphy, as I know by experience what it means to have vacancies yawning wide around one and none to fill them!’ (1 October 1945, 2pp).
Also includes letters to Irish Fr Provincial concerning Fr Richard Kennedy ‘ex P.O.W. from (the) Far East’ (7 January 1946 – 17 January 1947, 5 items).
Coghlan, John, 1888-1963, Roman Catholic Monsignor and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial mostly from various Jesuit Superiors/Rectors seeking Irish Jesuits to fill teaching and other posts left vacant following and during the War. Includes requests from Bombay, Madeira, Calcutta, Ceylon and Malta.
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial relating to education, finance and formation
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning:
– the creation of a new entrance to Manresa House in Dollymount and the sale of the old gate lodge to the developer of the site (see also ADMN/3/43);
– various Consultors’ opinions with regard to Fr. General’s Letters on The Social Apostolate;
– the Irish Hierarchy’s opinion of the Health Bill of 1952;
– ‘the dangers there is for Catholics to go to Trinity College’ (see also ADMN/3/38);
– copy of a ‘Report of the Jesuit Schools in the Archdiocese of Dublin on the Programme for Religious Instruction in the Primary Schools’ (see also ADMN/3/57);
– a lectureship in mathematical-physics in U.C.D.;
– the requirements for the post of lecturer in Cosmology in U.C.D.;
– the death of Fr James Magan SJ and
– letter and memorandum to the Provincial concerning Latin study in the Novitiate.
Also includes letters from President Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh (see also ADMN/3/59) concerning his audience with the Pope and sending Christmas greetings and copy of Irish Fr Provincial’s reply.
Part of Irish Jesuit chaplains
Letters and telegrams to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from the Senior Chaplain (R.C.), Australian Imperial Force, [Fr Thomas King] and Frs William Feran and John H Wright, Farm Street, London concerning Fr Sydes’ death in London on 15 November 1918 as a result of bronchitis and thrombosis.
Feran, William, 1869-1942, Jesuit priest
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ following Fr Willie Doyle’s death
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ following Fr Willie Doyle’s death in action on 17 August 1917, from Fr Kerr McClement, Archbishop’s House, Westminster, Fr William Feran SJ, English Province, Farm Street, London and Fr M. O'Connell, Senior Chaplain (R.C.), H.Q., 16th Division, B.E.F..
Feran, William, 1869-1942, Jesuit priest
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Bernard Page SJ written during his time as a chaplain with the No. 2 Cavalry Field Ambulance, B.E.F., France. Includes letter of complaint to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ (12 April 1917, 6pp) re Fr Page and Fr Page’s replies (22 – 30 April 1917, 3 items).
Page, Bernard F, 1877-1948, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Edward Sydes SJ
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Sydes written just before and during his appointment as chaplain serving with the 2nd Australian Division, A.I.F, in France.
Sydes, Edward J, 1863-1918, Jesuit priest and chaplain
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Henry Potter SJ written during his time as military chaplain in Chelmsford, Essex, Lowestoft, Suffolk and Norfolk Military Hospital, Norwich.
Potter, Henry, 1866-1932, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ mainly from Archbishop’s House, Westminster
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ mainly from Archbishop’s House, Westminster, London, England concerning the nomination of various Irish Jesuits as chaplains to the forces. Includes letters concerning Fr Joseph Wrafter’s nomination as chaplain to prisoners of war in Holland, a move contested by the Provincial who saw it in effect, as ‘putting him (Fr Wrafter) on the shelf’ (26 December 1917 – 15 January 1918, 3 items).
McClement, Fr Kerr