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– brief history of ‘The College of St. Stanislaus (formerly “Tullabeg”)’ in an unknown nineteenth century hand (1860s, 4pp) and
– ‘Historia Collegii St.i. Stanislai Tulliolani in Hibernica per annos 1884 –5–6’ by Fr William Joseph Butler SJ (1 May 1886, 9pp).

Information on the school. Includes:
– notes on staff and statistics (n.d., 2pp);
– printed advertisement for College (n.d., 1p.);
– printed advertisement for the College, with lithograph of the College exterior and grounds (n.d., 6 copies);
– results of Easter examinations at the College (1869, 3pp);
– printed circular from Fr George C. Kelly SJ informing parents of the amalgamation of St. Stanislaus College, Tullabeg with Clongowes Wood College, county Kildare (26 June 1886, 1p.)

Letters to Fr Provincial from various members of the community at Tullabeg, mostly from Fr Rector - Fr William Delaney SJ (1870-1880), Fr Aloysius Sturzo SJ (1880-1883) and Fr George Kelly SJ (1883-1886) - largely concerned with administrative and financial matters. The subjects of the letters are noted on many of the envelopes accompanying them.

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 relating to the kind of faculties granted to Fr John Gately SJ, of Tullabeg by Bishop Nulty. Includes letters to Fr Gately from Fr William Delaney SJ, and from Bishop Nulty himself.

Various types of printed cards: advertisement cards ‘Intermediate Distinction List, 1880’ (c1880, 2 items); programmes for dramatic events held at the College (1883, 1884, 2 items) and ‘Fixtures of St. Stanislaus’ College’ Cricket Club (1884, 1 item).

Programme for feast of St. Stanislaus at St. Stanislaus College, Tullamore; ‘The Sleeping Draught’ and ‘Cherry Bounce’.

Statements of accounts. Some material in Latin. Includes handwritten list of Jesuit Rectors of Tullabeg.

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).

Correspondence and documents relating to the use of boats on the Grand Canal by students of St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg. Includes note by Fr John Joy SJ, Rector of Tullabeg (9 October 1933); note from Fr James McCann SJ to Fr John Joy SJ, Rector of Tullabeg referring to the restrictions on the use of boats and that his brother, James McCann (McCann Stock & Share broker) advises to sign the indemnity, and he will 'fix up the mater with the Board meeting to-day' (9 October 1933).