2. Descriptive List (Web) – Sources for Early Irish Capuchins
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1 Irish Capuchin Archives Descriptive List Sources for the history of the early Irish Capuchins Collection Code: CA/EMT A collection of historical transcripts and other sources relating to the Irish Capuchins. The collection includes transcribed material and surrogate copies of records covering the years from the foundation of the Capuchin mission in Ireland in 1615 to the re-establishment of the Irish Province of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in 1885. Compiled by Provincial Archivist December 2017 No portion of this descriptive list may be reproduced without the written consent of the Provincial Archivist, Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Ireland, Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin 7. 2 Table of Contents Context ................................................................................................................................................... 4 History ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Archival History ................................................................................................................................. 5 Content and Structure ........................................................................................................................... 5 Scope and content .............................................................................................................................. 5 System of arrangement ...................................................................................................................... 6 Creation Dates .................................................................................................................................... 6 Postnominal Abbreviation .................................................................................................................. 6 Access and Descriptive Control ............................................................................................................ 7 1. The Early Irish Capuchin Historians ..................................................................................................... 8 1.1. Fr. Nicholas Archbold OSFC (1589-1650) ..................................................................................... 8 1.2. Fr. Robert O’Connell OSFC (c.1623-1678) .................................................................................. 11 1.3. Commentarius Rinuccinianus......................................................................................................... 13 1.3.1. Transcripts ........................................................................................................................... 14 1.3.2. Correspondence .................................................................................................................. 19 1.3.3. Related Material ................................................................................................................. 20 2. Compilations of Archival Sources and Research Notes .................................................................... 22 2.1. Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1876-1965) ........................................................................ 22 2.1.1. Bound volumes ................................................................................................................... 23 2.1.2. Correspondence regarding Historical Research .................................................................. 34 2.2. Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1875-1953) .................................................................................. 38 2.2.1. Bound volumes ................................................................................................................... 39 2.2.2. Correspondence regarding Historical Research .................................................................. 40 2.3. Fr. Francis Hayes OFM Cap. (1866-1946) ................................................................................... 41 2.4. Fr. Benvenutus Guy OFM Cap. (1860-1927) .............................................................................. 46 2.5. General Historical Research on the Irish Capuchins .................................................................. 47 2.6. Biographical Research .............................................................................................................. 131 3. Transcripts from European Archival Collections ............................................................................. 136 3.1. Archivio Generale Cappuccini (Capuchin General Archives), Rome ........................................ 136 3.1.1. Calendars and transcripts ................................................................................................. 136 3.1.2. Procurator General Records ............................................................................................. 142 3.1.3. Analecta Ordinis Minorum Capuccinorum ....................................................................... 142 3.2. Les Archives de l’Aube, Troyes, and Archives Départementales de la Haute-Marne, Chaumont, France.............................................................................................................................................. 144 3.2.1. Bound Volumes ................................................................................................................. 145 3.2.2. Catalogues ......................................................................................................................... 159 3 3.2.3. Indexes and Lists ............................................................................................................... 160 3.2.4. Surveys, Maps and Visual Material ................................................................................... 164 3.2.5. Published Sources ............................................................................................................. 166 3.3. Archivio di Stato, Milano (Milan State Archives) ..................................................................... 167 3.4. Archivio della Sacra Congregazione de Propaganda Fide (Archives of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide), Vatican .......................................................................................................... 170 3.5. Archives of the Pontifical Irish College, Rome ......................................................................... 176 3.6. Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Archives Nationales de France ................................... 177 3.7. The British Library .................................................................................................................... 179 3.8. The National Archives .............................................................................................................. 181 3.9. Belgian Archives ....................................................................................................................... 182 3.10. Spanish Archives .................................................................................................................... 184 4. Administrative Papers ..................................................................................................................... 186 4.1. Correspondence ....................................................................................................................... 186 4.2. Ordination Papers .................................................................................................................... 192 5. Historical Annals of the Irish Capuchin Province ............................................................................ 193 Fig. 1: ‘A Capuchin Franciscan Chronicler’. Archivio Generale Cappuccini (Capuchin General Archives), Rome. Source: http://www.ibisweb.it/bcc/agc/index.html 4 Identity Statement Title Sources for the history of the early Irish Capuchins Creation Dates c.1520-1900; predominately c.1615-1885 Creator(s) Irish Capuchins Level of Description Fonds Extent 30 boxes Context History The Irish Capuchin Archives holds a rich collection of copies of source documents from various European libraries and archives relating to the early history of the Irish Capuchins. This collection of transcribed material and surrogate copies of archival sources covers the years from the foundation of the Capuchin mission to Ireland in 1615 to the reconstitution of the Irish Capuchin Province in 1885, and includes documents relating to ministries in Ireland and abroad. It should be noted that this manuscript series is an artificial collection as it is not the result of any one scholar’s collecting activity. The collection was formed by a desire to accumulate a corpus of material vital to the history of the Irish Capuchins. The reconstitution of the Irish Capuchin Province in 1885 provided an additional incentive to those who were interested in rediscovering the history of the friars in Ireland. In 1882, the Cork-born friar, Fr. Benvenutus Guy OFM Cap. (1860-1927), referred to the almost complete lack of written records relating to the early history of the Irish Capuchins. He noted that the ‘Irish Capuchin Province dates back to the early part of the seventeenth century … had suffered many a sad vicissitude … not the least of which was that it was left bereft and destitute of archives and particular historical accounts’. (CA/EMT/5/3). Acutely aware of the dearth of reliable archival records relating to the role