| Description | Comprising:
- material relating to the book 'God's Ambassadress: St Bridget of Sweden', a biography of St Bridget of Sweden written by Helen M. D. Redpath (Sister Mary Dominic) and published by The Bruce Publishing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1947. It includes drafts, invoices, correspondence and press clippings;
- a notebook marked 'Syon. Extracts for Reading and other things. Vol. I. June 1922', containing mainly extracts relating to spirituality and history, but also including some original poetry;
- a notebook containing manuscript pencil notes entitled 'Diary of Pilgrimage - Lent + Easter 1922, Lucerne, Rome, Monte Cassino, Rome, Assisi, Siena, Florence, Bologna, Milan, Paris, March 6th-May 5th';
- a booklet entitled 'Richard Most Blessed, Father thou & Brother. Written by Sr. M Dominic Redpath O.SS.S. Syon Abbey, Marley, S. Brent, Devon', containing a biography of the martyr and monk of Syon Abbey, Saint Richard Reynolds, and dated 1960;
- a booklet entitled 'Sr M Dominic Redpath's OSSS translation Antiphon etc from The Bridgettine Breviary';
- a booklet containing manuscript extracts from sermons? of Abbot Anscar Vonier O.S.B. A note inside reads 'An aged and clumsy scribe' and is signed 'S.M. Dominic';
- a small bundle of notes on spiritual matters;
- an envelope of assorted notes;
- a manuscript account of Sister Mary Dominic's family home, written by her biological sister, Alice Redpath;
- an unbound volume of typescript pages entitled 'An Anthology of Prose & Verse 1876 1936', compiled and typed by Lucy Redpath for Sister Mary Dominic and sent it to Syon Abbey in 1936 for her 60th birthday. Contains several clippings, including postcards and photographs;
- and a collection of poems and stories written by her biological sister, Alice Redpath. |