Copy of Birth Certificate

This collection documents Rev. McIntyre’s time when he studied at the Canadian College in Rome. The first letters are written on board the ship and continue through his stay and subsequent travels in Florence and Vienna. The letters are filled with his impressions of the city, his duties and studies, college life, and affairs at the Vatican. There is much news of the College of Cardinals, ceremonial inductions, and the comings and goings of Pope Pius XI, with whom McIntyre and his fellow students have an audience. World political affairs are mentioned in passing. All the letters are written to his parents, Richard J. and Jennie (Atolle) McIntyre of Clinton, MA