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- c.1933-1940 (Creation)
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42 pp and 17 loose prints; 29.6 cm x 24.5 cm; Bound volume; Black and white print
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Photographic album (titled ‘The Cambrian Album’) containing black and white prints of the early Irish Capuchin missionaries in Northern Rhodesia. Some of the prints were later annotated by Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap. The album includes:
• Two views of St. Theresa’s Church, Livingstone.
• Postcard print of the consecration of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. as Prefect Apostolic, 25 Nov. 1936.
• Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. with local Christians. (Fr. Agathangelus was resident in Northern Rhodesia from 1936-49).
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. at Mulobezi. (Fr. Timothy was resident in Northern Rhodesia from 1935-9, Fr. Fintan from 1933-9, and Fr. Christopher from 1933-44).
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. and Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. outside a tent; Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. on the banks of the Zambezi River; Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the banks of the Zambezi; Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. on horseback.
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. and Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. inspecting a van with rifles perched against wheel; A view of a barge crossing a river in Northern Rhodesia.
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. with a fishing rod.
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. hunting wild game in Northern Rhodesia (including leopards and zebras).
• Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. and Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. with a large group of worshippers outside St. Theresa’s Church, Livingstone. Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. was resident in Northern Rhodesia from 1936-49.
• Livingstone Church and adjoining school; Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the banks of a river; a view of Victoria Falls.
• Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the veranda of Livingstone Friary; local Christians with a religious sister at a pageant.
• The installation of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. as Prefect Apostolic (25 Nov. 1936). The photograph includes: Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap., Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap., Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap., Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. and the Most Rev. Aston Chichester SJ, Archbishop of Salisbury, Rhodesia.
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. at Sawmills School.
• Photographs of early missionary churches and buildings.
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Some of the prints are detached and are loose within the volume. There are also some duplicates and reproductions of photographs from the album extant in the file. These include: Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. and Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. on the Sawmills’ train in Northern Rhodesia; a postcard print of the installation of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. as Prefect Apostolic (25 Nov. 1936). See also CA AMI/2/10/2/5.
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- Flynn, Killian, 1905-1972, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- Roche, Fintan, 1898-1953, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- Herlihy, Agathangelus, 1911-1968, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- O’Shea, Timothy Phelim, 1902-1979, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- Gough, Jarlath, 1902-1983, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- Nesdale, Seraphin, 1897-1980, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- Crowley, Christopher, 1904-1984, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- Butler, Casimir, 1876-1958, Capuchin priest (Subject)
- O’Hanlon, Oliver, 1902-1957, Capuchin priest (Subject)