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Letters to Fr Kieran Hanley SJ, Rector, Tullabeg, from Fr Senan Timoney SJ and Fr Brian Grogan SJ concerning the work of the Commission On Studies and Training of Ours.

Correspondence between Fr Richard Coyne SJ, Librarian, Tullabeg, and Theo Snoddy, editor, Dictionary of 20th century Irish artists and S.B. Kennedy, Assistant Keeper, Department of Art, Ulster Museum, in relation to the three sculptures by Laurence Campbell in the Domestic Chapel at Tullabeg.

Copies of covering letters from Brother Luke [ ], De La Salle Monastery, Muine Beag, county Carlow, to Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (27 February-9 March 1940), enclosing notes and copies of letters relating to the Conwell brothers, Eugene, Edward and Henry, who entered Tullabeg College in 1831 (11 December1832-21 July 1848).

Correspondence, mostly letters to Fr Provincial from the Rectors of Tullabeg and other priests, on administrative matters and domestic arrangements. Two documents reference St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg amalgamation with Clongowes Wood College in 1886. Includes:
– letters concerning villa expenses (3, 29 July 1902, 2pp and 2pp);
– letters from Fr James Murphy SJ, Rector of Tullabeg to various priests of the community on domestic matters (27 June, 26 October 1907, 3pp and 2pp);
– letters to Fr Provincial from Fr Martin Maher SJ, Rector of Tullabeg on administrative and domestic matters (28 October 1912-4 May 1918, 45 items);
– letters concerning Jesuits willing to serve as military chaplains (9 July 1915-9 October 1916, 9 items);
– letters from Fr William A. Sutton SJ, concerning his publications (2 September 1913 – 5 December 1914, 2 items);
– letters from Fr Hugo Mulhall SJ (29 September 1914-December 19[ ], 2 items);
– letters from Richard O’Reilly SJ (30 January 1913-10 June 1917, 4 items);
– letters from Ignatius Gartlan SJ concerning Jesuit chaplains (1 June 1915-25 [ ] 19[16], 4 items);
– letters from Stephen Brown SJ concerning his book Ireland in Fiction (22 September 1915 –14 August 19[16], 3 items);
– letters from Joseph Darlington SJ (1 September 1918-7 January 1919, 5 items);
– letters from Charles Mulcahy SJ (October 25, December 29, 2 items) and
– letters to Fr Provincial from members of the Society at Tullabeg on various matters, mostly literary and personal (2 January 1913-8 August 1917, 11 items).

Letters to Father Provincial from Frs. Aloysius Sturzo (1 item, first page missing), William Delany, (on financial and administrative matters relating to the College) (2 items) and Thomas Molloy, on relations between the College and the local clergy and the question of land and farms in the vicinity (1 item).

Letters to the Fr James Murphy SJ, Rector of Tullabeg from Matthew Gaffney, Bishop of Meath, concerning issues such as the granting of ordinary faculties and visits to Tullabeg. In one letter Bishop Gaffney writes, ‘I hope you are not extinguished after all the light you shed on us. You strongly established your own fame, but you literally elevated your order, high as had been its station’ (4 August 1899).

Letters to Fr Kieran Hanley SJ from Provincial, Fr Brendan Barry SJ concerning the annual status; notes by Fr Hanley for his annual General’s Letter.

Letters to Fr Kieran Hanley SJ, Rector, Tullabeg, from Fr Brendan Lawler SJ and Fr Provincial Brendan Barry SJ relating to financial issues, such as the daily charge for visitors staying in province houses and the funding of building work in the college.

Letters to the Fr Michael Connolly SJ, Rector at Tullabeg concerning various issues relevant to the community. Includes letter from Fr Thomas Byrne SJ, Irish Provincial, relating to the reading of banned books by novices, from Fr James Naughton SJ, Secretary of the Society of Jesus relating to the sending of philosophical codices to Fr General and from T. Duffy, Honorary Secretary, Mullingar Golf Club, waiving green fees for members of the Society of Jesus.

Lists of Retreats. Includes:
– complete lists of Retreats for years 1962 – 63 to 1967 – 68 inclusive (6 items);
– ‘Men Weekend Retreats and Days of Recollection’ for years 1962 - 63 to 1968– 96 inclusive (7 items);
– Boys’ School Retreats (1962 – 1968, 2 items) and
– Ladies Days of Recollection (1968 – 1970, 9 items).