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This sub-series contains correspondence relating to Frances Condell's other activites during her last term as councillor.

Correspondence with Joseph E. O’Connor, National Archives and Records Service, Washington D.C., and with Robert P. Chalker, Counselor of the US Embassy in Dublin, relating to the John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Project. Condell is asked to contribute to the project, the purpose which is to record interviews with colleagues and contemporaries of the late President. The letters deal in the main with arranging a suitable date for the interview. A related brochure is attached to one of the letters.

Copy note from Charles and Connie O’Neill, Greens Farm, Clearwater, Connecticut, with New Year’s greetings.

Correspondence with R. R. (‘Roz’) Zuger, 160 East 89th Street, New York 28, mainly relating to a Texan friend of Zuger’s seeking a cultured travelling companion for his forthcoming visit to Ireland. The letters also convey social and professional news.

This series contains speeches and addresses delivered by Frances Condell in her capacity as councillor and mayor.

Address given to the Annual Irish Fair, Hollywood, Florida, during Condell’s visit to the United States in March 1966.

This series contains press cuttings collected by Frances Condell reflecting her personal interests and her role as councillor and mayor.

Press cuttings relating to Condell’s election as member of Limerick City Council. Also a press cutting concerning the low poll in the elections.

Press cuttings relating to President Kennedy’s visit to Ireland in June 1963. Among the featured events is the conferring of the Freedom of Limerick on Kennedy by Condell. Included is a copy of the special supplement, ‘A Pictorial Record – President Kennedy in Ireland’, published with the Irish Times on 26 June 1963, and a copy of the Limerick Ardfert Aghadoe Diocesan Magazine featuring a photograph of Condell and Kennedy on the front cover.

Press cuttings featuring Condell at Clonakilty Festival (which she opened), and in the company of the Irish Ambassador to Italy after receiving an honorary MA degree at Trinity College. Also four press cuttings with no obvious link to Condell: the opening of the Cork ICA Drama Festival in 1967; a charity shop in Dun Laoghaire operating in aid of the Downs Syndrome Association; a column from the 'Irish Times' by Myles na gCopaleen about his education in UCD; and an article on Pierre Salinger’s Senate campaign.