Catalogue of the Lisbon College: Sullivan Papers

Reference code: GB-0298-LC/P8
Title: Lisbon College: Sullivan Papers
Dates of creation: 1919-1997
Extent: 6 boxes
Held by: Ushaw College Library
Origination: Lisbon College
Language: English, with some Latin and Portuguese

About the creator

James Sullivan was born in Halifax in 1903. He was educated at St Bede's Catholic Grammar School before training for the priesthood at the English College in Lisbon where he was ordained in 1929. He then took a degree in canon law at the Angelicum in Rome before returning to Lisbon College as a staff member and becoming vice-rector in 1934. In 1936 he returned to England to take up a post on the staff of St Joseph's Seminary in Leeds. He became its vice-rector in 1939, until the seminary closed towards the end of that year. He served in two parishes in the diocese before, in 1948, being appointed president of the college in Lisbon until its closure in 1973. In 1977, he went to the English College in Rome and stayed there for 20 years. Here he developed an interest in the issue of women priests in the Catholic Church and was an active campaigner in promoting its cause. In 1997, in frail health, he decided to return to Leeds and settled at Mount St Joseph's, Headingley, until his death on 10 January 1999.

The correspondence and diaries cover James Sullivan's presidency at Lisbon College, the negotiations surrounding the closure of the college and the transfer of its archive and library to Ushaw College, and his time subsequently at the English College in Rome, notably his campaign to promote the issue of women priests. There are also transcripts of lectures and sermons on a variety of religious topics, as well as draft articles on spiritual subjects and the history of Lisbon College. There are also papers and photographs relating to personal achievements, particularly his Diamond and Golden Jubilees, and his appointment as protonotary apostolic and O.B.E.

Accession details

Lisbon College closed in 1973 and this collection, along with the rest of the Lisbon Archive and Library, was transferred to Ushaw College by Mgr James Sullivan.

Conditions of access

Open for consultation.

Copyright and copying

Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Lisbonian Society and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material

Arrangement

1. Correspondence

2. Subject Files

3. Diaries

4. Lectures and Sermons

5. Articles

6. Photographs

7. Illustrations

8. Personal Papers

Catalogue

Correspondence

LC/P8/1/1 23 May 1929 - 8 December 1951
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly on his ordination and early career, as well as his role as president of the English College in Lisbon; including: the sisters of the [?Jesus College] to Sullivan congratulating him on his ordination (23 May 1929); Nellie Sullivan (Sullivan's sister) to James on her journey to Rome and her impressions of the city and the VEC (29 May 1929); R. Sullivan to James describing his life at the St John's seminary in Nellore (11 November 1929, 29 January & 17 November 1930); printed letter from the members of the Assumption Sodality of the Catholic cathedral in Madras to Sullivan on his departure (4 January 1930); Peter [?] to Sullivan on the potential closure of Lisbon College (9 July 1945); W.M. Attree & [?Lawrie] to Sullivan on Winder's imminent resignation from his position as president of the college (28 June, 7 August 1945); Winder to Sullivan on his appointment as a canon (31 May 1946); J. Dougherty, Archbishop Griffin, John Winder, Edgar Protage, and others, to Sullivan on his appointment as president of Lisbon College (12, 13 November, 27 December 1947, 19 January 1948); and Bishop Murphy (Shrewsbury) to Sullivan, with Sullivan's reply, on plans by the bishops of Shrewsbury and Plymouth to assist the college in its financial difficulties (15 November, 8 December 1951)
1 file (57 letters)

LC/P8/1/2 15 November 1946 - 18 February 1947
Letter book of James Sullivan following his appointment as delegate and representative for the convents, mostly a brief description of letters received, including from the Little Sisters of the Poor in Leeds, Our Lady of Mercy in Boston Spa, the Convent of Mercy in Leeds, and other convents, on the granting of faculties and other matters of procedure
1 volume

LC/P8/1/3 15 March 1952 - 23 October 1961
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly during his time as president of the English College in Lisbon, including: staff appointments, progress of students, regulations for ordinations, college history, and the general management of the college, as well as: letters from Bishop Murphy (Shrewsbury) and Bishop Grimshaw (Plymouth) to Sullivan, with Sullivan's replies, on their plan to assist the college in its financial difficulties (15 March, 17 April, 13 May, 7, 18, 25 October 1952); a report from a Lisbonian meeting (not printed in the Lisbonian (1953); and Bishop Carmel (Leeds), the nuncio to Sullivan on his appointment as domestic prelate (12, 19 March 1954)
1 file (83 letters)

LC/P8/1/4 13 April 1962 - December 1966
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly during his time as president of the English College in Lisbon, including: staff appointments, progress of students, reports from Lisbonians, the syllabus, college history, and the general management of the college, as well as: Anthony Bartlett to Sullivan on a valuation of the Lisbon silver (27, 29 November 1962, 14 May 1963); Roland [?Duffy], Bishop Murphy reporting on the Second Vatican Council (28 December 1962, 27 December 1963, 17 September, 1, 10 November 1964); V. Winder and Bishop Murphy to Sullivan on the adoption of the vernacular in the mass (2 March, 13 April 1965); R. Velarde to Sullivan on the problems faced by the Catholic church in the modern world (16 March 1965); Bishop Murphy, [?J.D.] to Sullivan on female contraception (13 April, 7, 25 October 1965); correspondence between Sullivan, Mrs Mary Campbell and Dr McClintock on the establishment of an ecumenical group (7, 14, 17, 21 January, 1 March 1966); and Paul Sartori to Sullivan on the lack of implementation of the decrees of the Second Vatican Council in his Holywell parish (9 March 1966)
1 file (106 letters)

LC/P8/1/5 6 January - 23 December 1967
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly during his time as president of the English College in Lisbon, including: staff appointments, progress of students, reports from Lisbonians, the syllabus, college history, and the general management of the college, as well as: Joe Swann to Sullivan on Fr Davis's defection (10 January); Kevin Hartley to Sullivan describing his mission in Kenya (4 May 1967); Rev Frederick H. Bronkema, Kenneth H. [?] to Sullivan on Sullivan's visit to Fatima and his private audience with the pope (15, 17 May 1967); and [?Lawrence] on the establishment of a vocational college in Brazil based on Vatican II principles (3 December 1967)
1 file (69 letters)

LC/P8/1/6 10 January - 31 December 1968
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly during his time as president of the English College in Lisbon, including: staff appointments, progress of students, reports from Lisbonians, the syllabus, college history, and the general management of the college, as well as: [?Lawrence] to Sullivan on his role in the running of a vocational college in Brazil based on Vatican II principles (5 May, 20 June 1968); and [?Colin] to Sullivan concerning a controversy surrounding his advice in the confessional on the use of contraception (22 May 1968)
1 file (61 letters)

LC/P8/1/7 6 January - 23 December 1969
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly on attempts to appoint a Dogma professor, as well as a letter from Fr Michael Woodward to the staff and students of Lisbon College on his work among the working class district of Valparaiso (Chile) (27 November 1969)
1 file (99 letters)

LC/P8/1/8 12 January - 29 December 1970
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly on the discussions surrounding the National Conference for the Secular Clergy at Wood Hall
1 file (43 letters)

LC/P8/1/9 12 January 1971 - 5 October 1972
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly on the closure of the college, but some letters refer to other subjects such as: Rev T. Worden (Upholland College), Rev M.J. McConnen (Beda College) to Sullivan on the National Conference of Priests (17 January 1971); Sullivan to Bishop Guazelli, with reply, on Bishop Holland's visit to the college (7, 13 May 1971); and Laughton D. Fox to Sullivan on the Ratio Fundamentalis (2 June 1971)
1 file (78 letters)

LC/P8/1/10 24 February - December 1973
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly on the closure of the college, in particular Phillip Loftus (president of Ushaw College), Archbishop Murphy, Derek Holmes, Ian Doyle and others, to Sullivan, with replies, on arrangements for sending the Lisbon library and archive to Ushaw College, as well as G.F. Sadler & Co to Sullivan on arrangements for the college properties and funds (18 October 1973)
Also includes a draft article by Sullivan for the Ushaw Magazine on the recent history of the closure of the college (December 1973)
1 file (30 letters)

LC/P8/1/11 2 January - 30 December 1974
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly on the closure of the college, in particular Phillip Loftus (president of Ushaw College), Derek Holmes, Ian Doyle and others, to Sullivan, with replies, on sending the Lisbon library and archive to Ushaw College. Some letters also concern other items, including: Loftus to Sullivan and Sullivan to Bernard Payne on the paintings, (14 January 1974); Sullivan to Bernard Payne on the vestments (10 September 1974); and Payne to Sullivan on the crucifix (8 November 1974). A letter from Archbishop Dwyer to Sullivan also relates to the nomination of Bishop Guazelli as Sullivan's successor in the event of Lisbon College being reopened in the future (28 November 1974)
Also includes the British Historical Society of Portugal Annual Report for 1974
1 file (79 letters)

LC/P8/1/12 1 January - 22 December 1975
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly from Rev Michael Sharratt, John Ellis and Bishop Guazelli on arrangements for sending further books and other items (including the sundial) to Ushaw College, and arrangements for the Lisbon Room, as well as Archbishop Murphy to Sullivan, Robert Harvey to Sullivan, the Midland Bank to Sullivan, Sharratt to Robert Harvey, and Sharratt to Sullivan on the sale of the college properties and funds (30 May, 7 &16 July, 10 August, 13 October, 27 November 1975). Letters from [?Patrick] to Sullivan and Susan Lowndes to Sullivan also refer to the unstable political situation in Portugal (15 July, 2 & 23 November 1975)
1 file (54 letters)

LC/P8/1/13 January - 13 December 1976
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly from various correspondents including Alfred Norris, Bishop Holland, Grace Thornton, B. Reynolds, Wilfred Quirke, Philip Loftus, Francis Stilwell, Susan Lowndes and others, congratulating him on his OBE. The rest of the correspondence is mostly from friends and Lisbonians and is of a personal nature
Also includes notes by P.M. Cookson on Lisbon fund accounts
1 file (34 letters)

LC/P8/1/14 7 January - 20 December 1977
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of Alfred Norris to Sullivan with an account of a recent meeting of the British Historical Society of Portugal (7 January 1973); Michael Sharratt to Sullivan, with a reply from Sullivan, on the Ushaw College Lisbon Fund (with attached reports) (18 December 1976 - 13 January 1977); Patrick to Sullivan on the political situation and its effects on the quality of life in Lisbon (18 October 1977); and Sharratt to Sullivan on the appointment of Cookson as Ushaw's new president, and his progress with the Lisbon archive (20 December 1977)
1 file (19 letters)

LC/P8/1/15 3 January - 25 December 1978
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: John Stilwell to Sullivan on the storage of the painting of St Thomas, and the sale of the college (3 January 1978); Archbishop Dwyer to Sullivan on Sullivan's appointment as protonotary apostolic (26 May 1978); [?Mike] to Sullivan on Robert Harvey's death (13 June 1978); and Alfred Norris to Sullivan on the sale of the college property to the Conservatorie of Music (24 September 1978)
1 file (34 letters)

LC/P8/1/16 4 February - 16 December 1979
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: Sullivan to John Stilwell, and Stilwell to Sullivan, George Hay to Sullivan, Hay to J.H. Cullen, [?Patrick] to Sullivan on sending the St Thomas painting to the VEC (16 March, 13 July, 6, 7 November, 7 December 1979); Alfred Norris to Sullivan on the reorganisation of the archives of the British Historical Society of Portugal (19 March 1979); and Sullivan to Michael Sharratt, with a reply from Sharratt, on further additions to the Lisbon archives (23 September, 5 October, 16 December 1979)
Also includes various cards and letters of congratulation to Sullivan on the occasion of his Golden Jubilee
1 file (31 letters)

LC/P8/1/17 8 January 1980 - 25 December 1982
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: R.C. Kite to Sullivan, with a draft reply from Sullivan, John Stilwell to Sullivan on the difficulties of exporting the St Thomas painting from Lisbon to Rome (17 April, 18 May 1980, 26 June 1981); Alfred Norris to Sullivan on the British Historical Society of Portugal being forced out of their residence at the old Lisbon College, as well as the progress of the society (27 May 1980); Chris and Jacqueline Brown to Sullivan on the pope's survey of the use of Latin in the mass and the decline in standards of the English Catholic Church generally (8 December 1980, 4 June 1981); description of the Catholic community in Market Drayton (12 June 1981); [Sister Mary of the Assumption] (Carmelite Monastery, Poole) to Sullivan on the reception of the pope in Britain (21 June 1982); and Sullivan to [?Colin] on the possible reopening of Lisbon College (23 October 1982)
1 file (93 letters)

LC/P8/1/18 23 January 1983 - 25 December 1984
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: Sullivan to Michael Sharratt on rumours of the reopening of Lisbon College (10 April 1983, 18 January 1984); and Sullivan to Victor (photocopy), Archbishop Murphy to Sullivan, Sullivan to Sharratt, concerning legal issues surrounding the will of Pedro Coutinho and the Misericordia (10, 13 July 1983, 13 January 1984)
1 file (76 letters)

LC/P8/1/19 4 January 1985 - 25 December 1986
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: Bill Wilby to Sullivan on his missionary work in Santa Cruz, Bolivia (7 January 1985); Sullivan to [?Colin] on investments in Lisbon College (20 May 1985); Sullivan to Michael Sharratt, Sullivan to Michael Williams on writing a history of the college (10 December 1985, 13 December 1986); and Trevor Stephens to Sullivan describing the pope's visit to Alice Springs, Australia (30 November 1986)
1 file (53 letters)

LC/P8/1/20 6 January 1987 - 25 December 1988
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: Sullivan to Bishop [?], Sullivan to Michael Sharratt on the writing of a history of Lisbon College (4, 26 February 1987); Pope John Paul II to Sullivan on his 85th birthday (April 1987); a photocopy of a letter from Sullivan to Bishop Guazzelli in February 1988 on the sale of the college property (19 May 1988); and Trevor Stephens to Sullivan on his opinion of the growing trend of modernism in the Australian Catholic Church (29 November 1988)
1 file (30 letters)

LC/P8/1/21 January 1989 - 10 December 1990
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: Sullivan to Michael Sharratt on the writing of a history of Lisbon College (25 January 1989); greetings cards from various friends congratulating him on his Diamond Jubilee, as well as a newspaper cutting from the Evening Courier (August 1989); Sullivan to Cardinal [?] on the establishment of the Lisbon College Fund (20 August, 26 September 1990); and Sullivan to Bishop Guazzelli (photocopy) on the question of the sale of college property (10 December 1990)
1 file (55 letters)

LC/P8/1/22 January 1991 - December 1992
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: Sullivan to Fr Doyle (photocopy) on a review by John Dominon of Sullivan's book Journey to Freedom (January 1991); Sullivan to Tom Holton (photocopy) offering his advice on Holton's thesis on the election of popes (25 May 1991); Sr Mary of the Assumption to Sullivan on the closure of the Carmelite monastery in Poole (11 August, 26 September, 7, 29 November 1991, 3 January, 19 April, 21 July 1992); and Trevor Stephens to Sullivan recalling his celebration of Midnight Mass in India (22 November 1992)
1 file (27 letters)

LC/P8/1/23 2 February - 25 December 1993
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: Sr Mary of the Assumption to Sullivan on the closure and sale of the Carmelite monastery in Poole (2 February, 10 April, 15 June, 20 July, 14 October 1992); [?T. Watty] to Sullivan, P. Lowndes Marques to Sullivan on the death of Susan Lowndes Marques, with two press cuttings (11, 16 February, 8, 9 March 1993); correspondence between Sullivan and Major Tom Johnstone on the White Ensign at Lisbon College (6 August - 19 September 1993); Sullivan to Mrs Smith, with a reply from Smith, concerning the publication of his opinions on Humane Vitae and contraception in the Tablet (3 September 1993); and Robert Esdale to Sullivan (enclosing a briefing paper), Sr Mary of the Assumption to Sullivan, on the question of women priests and celibacy (September, 10 October 1993).
Also includes greetings cards and letters from various friends congratulating Sullivan on his 90th birthday
1 file (46 letters)

LC/P8/1/24 10 January - 25 December 1994
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: Sr Mary of the Assumption to Sullivan, Edith Miller to Sullivan, [?Rob] to Sullivan on the question of the ordination of women priests (28 January, 14 February, 2 April, 23 May, 2 July, 23 November 1994)
1 file (58 letters)

LC/P8/1/25 2 January - 25 December 1995
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: Miss Catharine Rachel John to Sullivan (enclosing papers), Margaret McCrisken to Sullivan, Michael Elmer to Sullivan, Ronald Edean to Sullivan on the subject of Francis Tregian (21 March, 23, 28 April, 7, 13, 19 May 1995); Bishop Christopher Budd (Plymouth) to Sullivan on the ordination of two married priests (23 May 1995); Paul J. Daly to Sullivan on Sullivan's election as an Honorary Member of the Association of the Venerable College of St Thomas de Urbe (9 June 1995); and Sullivan to Miss McAleese (photocopy) on the question of women priests (5 December 1995)
1 file (68 letters)

LC/P8/1/26 5 January - December 1996
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: Sullivan to Cardinal [?], Sullivan to Bishop Guazzelli, Sullivan to Mgr Arthur Roche, with a reply from Roche, Sullivan to Michael Sharratt on the ownership of the Lisbon College properties (7, 23 March, 11 September, 9, 25 October 1996); Sullivan to [?Gerry], and Sullivan to Michael Sharratt on Sullivan's proposal to the Lisbonian Society for the funding of various initiatives (including lectures and donations for the upkeep of the Lisbon Room at Ushaw College) (22 July, 28 September 1996)
Also includes a typescript of a eulogy by Paul R. Gallagher on Archbishop Derek Worlock
1 file (79 letters)

LC/P8/1/27 13 January - 28 September 1997
Correspondence with James Sullivan, mostly news from friends and Lisbonians of a personal nature, with the exception of: John B. Stilwell to Sullivan on documents relating to the college properties (19 March 1997); and Patrick to Sullivan (his uncle) on his work in the parish of Tambogande (August 1997)
1 file (28 letters)

Subject Files

LC/P8/2/1 1971 - 1997
Papers, mostly Sullivan's correspondence and draft articles, relating to Lisbon College affairs following its closure, including the sale of college property and funds, the possibility of reopening the college, as well as draft articles and notes on various aspects of the college's history
1 file & 1 volume

LC/P8/2/2 1984
Papers, including correspondence and notes, concerning information about St Joseph's Seminary, Leeds
1 file

LC/P8/2/3 1986 - 1997
Papers, including draft articles, lectures, correspondence and notes, on the subject of women priests
2 files

Diaries

LC/P8/3/1 October 1919
Diary of James Hopkins with a brief description of his journey to the English College in Lisbon
Also includes a photograph of Lisbon College
1 notebook
Inscription inside front cover: "From Mrs Goodwin to James"

LC/P8/3/2 19 October 1927 - 10 March 1929; January 1989 - 21 September 1990
This diary is divided into two sections.
The first, written between 19 October 1927 and 10 March 1929, records Sullivan's descriptions of life as a student at Lisbon College, including his thoughts on spiritual matters, sports games, other students and teachers, and feast days
The second, written between January 1989 and 21 September 1990, is more of a memoir, recording Sullivan's thoughts looking back on college life with descriptions of its various aspects
1 notebook

LC/P8/3/3 1952
Diary of James Sullivan, written during his time as president of Lisbon College, being mostly daily descriptions of his routine, meetings with various people and aspects of college life, notably a description of the very first play performed at the college (2 January); his conversation with Mgr Henson over the secretive nature of Cullen's appointment as president (3 January); his lunch with Belgian priests who described their experiences in the Dachau concentration camp during the Second World War (19 January); the funeral service in honour of King George VI (10-15 February); complaints from the Phils students over the meagre portions of food (11 May); his pilgrimage to Fatima (7 June); the relic of St Francis received at San Domingos (21 October); and the archbishop [?of Westminster's] visit to the college (2 November)
No entries between 20 June and 12 October
1 volume

LC/P8/3/4 1 February - 21 April 1957
Diary of James Sullivan, written during his time as president of Lisbon College, being mostly daily descriptions of his routine, meetings with various people and aspects of college life, notably a special meal to celebrate William Godfrey's enthronement as archbishop of Westminster (11 February); and an account of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Lisbon including Sullivan and the Lisbon College staff meeting her and the duke of Edinburgh (18 - 19 February)
1 file

LC/P8/3/5-19 14 July 1972 - 30 June 1975
Diaries, and one letter book, of James Sullivan, written during his time as president of Lisbon College, being mostly records of conversations with the English bishops and others on the arrangements for the closure of the college
15 notebooks

Lectures and Sermons

(a) Lectures
Reference: LC/P8/4/1

LC/P8/4/1/1 3 July 1945
Manuscript transcript of a speech given by Sullivan ( “The Toast of Alma Mater”) at the Lisbonian Society Dinner
1 speech

LC/P8/4/1/2 1946
Manuscript transcript of a speech given by Sullivan to the C.E.G. in Leeds concerning the importance of its work
1 speech

LC/P8/4/1/3 [?1946]
Notes and a manuscript transcript of a lecture by Sullivan on the subject of priestly celibacy
1 notebook

LC/P8/4/1/4 August 1968
Manuscript and typescript copies of a speech by James Sullivan entitled “The significance of the ecumenical movement in the light of the Second Vatican Council”
1 lecture (2 copies)

LC/P8/4/1/5 May 1978
Manuscript transcript of a lecture by James Sullivan entitled “Introductory lecture to Moral Theology”
Given to a group of students at the Venerable English College, Rome
1 lecture

LC/P8/4/1/6 12 January 1979
Manuscript transcript of a paper given at a conference by James Sullivan entitled “Ecumenicalism and the spiritual life”
1 conference paper

LC/P8/4/1/7 20 December 1984 - 19 January 1985
Speech by James Sullivan broadcast on Radio Vaticana, entitled “Age, Wisdom, Grace”
In three parts
3 cassettes

LC/P8/4/1/8 15 January 1994
Word processed note by James Sullivan entitled “Points to be made in any future revision of 'An Undelivered Lecture'”
2p

LC/P8/4/1/9 [?1995]
Word processed transcript of a talk given by Mgr Thomas Flood, probably to the Mothers' League or Union of Catholic Mothers in the 1930s, on the topic of Portugal
1 speech

LC/P8/4/1/10 [1997]
Word processed transcript of a speech by the rector of the Venerable English College on the occasion of James Sullivan's farewell dinner
Also, includes a word-processed transcript of Sullivan's speech on this occasion
1 speech

(b) Sermons
Reference: LC/P8/4/2

LC/P8/4/2/1-2 1941
Sermons preached by James Sullivan at The Sacred Heart, Ilkley
2 sermons

LC/P8/4/2/3 [1944/5]
Manuscript transcript of a sermon given by James Sullivan at Bradford
1 sermon

LC/P8/4/2/4 13 April 1988
Manuscript and word processed transcripts of a sermon preached by James Sullivan in the Church of St Thomas, Venerable English College, on the occasion of the feast of Saint Martin and Sullivan's 85th birthday
Includes a cutting of the sermon published in The Venerable
1 sermon (4 copies)

LC/P8/4/2/5 30 May 1989
Manuscript and word processed transcripts of a sermon preached by James Sullivan in the Church of St Thomas, Venerable English College, on the occasion of his Diamond Jubilee
Includes a cutting of the sermon published in The Venerable
1 sermon (4 copies)

LC/P8/4/2/6 9 July 1989
Manuscript and word processed transcripts of a sermon preached by James Sullivan at St Mary's, Bradford, on the occasion of his Diamond Jubilee
1 sermon (2 copies)

LC/P8/4/2/7 10 September 1989
Manuscript and word processed transcripts of a sermon preached by James Sullivan at St Bernard's, Halifax
1 sermon (2 copies)

LC/P8/4/2/8 19 May 1993
Word processed transcripts of a sermon preached by James Sullivan in the church of St Thomas, Venerable English College, on the occasion of his 90th birthday
Includes a cutting of the sermon published in The Venerable
1 sermon (3 copies)

LC/P8/4/2/9 18 July 1993
Manuscript and word processed transcripts of a sermon preached by James Sullivan at St Mary's, Bradford
1 sermon (2 copies)

LC/P8/4/2/10 20 September 1993
Manuscript and word-processed transcripts of a sermon preached by James Sullivan at the requiem mass for Dr Charles H. Talbot, held at the Church of St Elizabeth of Portugal, Richmond
1 sermon (2 copies)

Articles

LC/P8/5/1 1983
Typescript copies of an article by James Sullivan entitled “Before memory fails”
Subsequently published in The Venerable
1 article (2 copies)

LC/P8/5/2 1984
Typescript copies of an article by James Sullivan entitled “Memory rambles on”
Subsequently published in The Venerable
1 article (2 copies)

LC/P8/5/3 [?1990]
Photocopy of a manuscript copy of a letter sent to [?a Catholic newspaper] on his memories of Rome
3f

LC/P8/5/4 19 December 1990
Typescript copy of an article by James Sullivan entitled “The Assumption”
1 article

LC/P8/5/5 1994
Draft article and papers relating to Fr Thomas Williams's research on Fr Peter Wilcock and the Lisbonian dominance of St Anthony's, Liverpool
1 file

LC/P8/5/6 12 March 1996
Typescript copy of an article by Michael Williams entitled “Patronage, protection and privilege in nineteenth century Lisbon”
1 article

LC/P8/5/7 30 September 1996
Typescript copy of an article by James Sullivan entitled “Our Lady of Fatima”
1 article

LC/P8/5/8 October 1997
Typescript copy of an article by James Sullivan entitled “Sister Mary of the Assumption”
1 article

Photographs

LC/P8/6/1 May 1929
Ordination at Lisbon College, including Stephen Diggins, James Sullivan, David Deegan, Frank Jennings, James Finn, Thomas Henry Drury, and James Edmund Hopkins
1 BW print

LC/P8/6/2 [?1929]
Group photograph of Lisbon students [?including James Sullivan)
1 BW print

LC/P8/6/3-4 [?1930]
Views of Lisbon
2 BW prints

LC/P8/6/5 [?1965]
Mgr James Sullivan next to Pope Paul VI at Fatima
1 colour print

LC/P8/6/6-9 [1976]
James Sullivan receiving his O.B.E.
1 BW/4 colour prints

LC/P8/6/10-13 16 July 1979
Mass in celebration of Mgr James Sullivan's Golden Jubilee at St Mary's, Bradford
4 colour prints

LC/P8/6/14-19 6 December 1979
Visit of Pope John Paul II to the Venerable English College in Rome
6 colour prints

LC/P8/6/20-23 [?1990]
James Sullivan [?in Lisbon]
4 colour prints

LC/P8/6/24 [?1990]
Pat Saunders sitting in front of a fireplace with candlesticks from Lisbon College
1 colour print

LC/P8/6/25-27 [?1990]
James Sullivan at a social event
3 colour prints

LC/P8/6/28 April 1996
John and Eileen Mahler with James Sullivan
1 colour print

Illustrations

LC/P8/7/1 [?mid 20th century]
“The English College of Inglesinhos” by [?Coates]
1 print of a watercolour
Size: 325 x 430 mm

LC/P8/7/2 [?mid 20th century]
“Corpo Santo” by [?Coates]
1 print of a watercolour
Size: 325 x 430 mm

LC/P8/7/3 1978
Sketch of James Sullivan
1 sketch (rolled)
Size: 400 x 580 mm

Personal Papers

LC/P8/8/1 28 June 1930
James Sullivan's ordination certificate
1 item (rolled)

LC/P8/8/2 [?1974]
Notes by Fr James Madison of his memories of Lisbon College
1 volume

LC/P8/8/3a-b 1976
Printed material relating to the Order of the British Empire, as well as Sullivan's certificate of appointment to the Order
1 certificate and 1 file

LC/P8/8/4 11 April 1978
Certificate appointing James Sullivan a protonotary apostolic
1 item

LC/P8/8/5 November 1985 - July 1997
Papers, including notes, drafts, and correspondence, for Sullivan's projected memoir
1 file

LC/P8/8/6a-b August 1989
Greetings cards from Pope John Paul II and a card [?from the Venerable English College] with 67 signatures congratulating Sullivan on his Diamond Jubilee
2 items

LC/P8/8/7a-c 30 March 1995 & 29 March 1996
Newspaper cuttings with obituaries for Fr Fergul Shannon (and prayer card) and Fr Laurence Richard McMaster
3 items