Reference code: GB-0034-UC/P55
Title: A. C. Leonard Papers
Dates of creation: 1902-2004
Extent: 3 boxes
Held by: Ushaw College Library
Origination: Anthony Leonard (1925-1991)
Language:
English
Father Anthony (Tony) Leonard was born on the 14th April 1925 and was ordained at Ushaw on 24th July 1949. After ordination he served as assistant priest at St. Peter's, Low Fell, Gateshead. He joined the Royal Air Force as chaplain in August
1959 and remained until his retirement in 1975. Thereafter he became chaplain to the Ursulines of Jesus at Longridge Towers; after his departure he was chaplain to the La Sargesse Sisters at Shoreston Hall for his last eight years. He died on the
11th November 1991.
The artefacts in this collection have been transferred to Ushaw's object store.
The printed material will be catalogued separately in due course.
Papers of Fr Anthony Leonard, including exercise books, menus, and other ephemera collected during his time as a seminarian at Ushaw; papers as an assistant priest at St. Peter's, Low Fell, Gateshead, and the La Sargesse Sisters at Shoreston
Hall, including diocesan pilgrimages to Lourdes, papers of religious societies and confraternities; correspondence; and personal papers
Donated by Mary Leonard, September 2021
Open for consultation.
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from pg.library@durham.ac.uk 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
1. Ushaw Papers
2. Priest's Papers
3. Personal Papers
Clean duplicates have been removed.
No further accruals expected
Word-processed list provided by the donor
Royal Air Force Museum
Papers of Fr Leonard's Royal Air Force chaplaincy https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/default/archive-collection/
1. Ushaw PapersUC/P55/A1 March 1936
Rules of the game of Cat and of Keeping Up
Revised by authority.
17, [1] pages
UC/P55/A2/1-4 1937 - [?1949]
Plays at Ushaw:
4 items
UC/P55/A2/1 1937
Script for
Puss in Boots
Written by the Very Rev Dr F. Wilkinson, president of Ushaw, 1876
18 pages
UC/P55/A2/2 1941
Playbill for
1066 and all that
[4] pages
UC/P55/A2/3 [?1940 x 1949]
Playbill for
The Mikado of the town of Titipu
1 sheet
UC/P55/A2/4 [?1940 x 1949]
Photographs of scenes from
The Mikado of the town of Titipu in the grounds of Ushaw College
8 BW prints
UC/P55/A3/1-7 [1937 x 1949]
A. C. Leonard's Ushaw photographs:
70 BW prints
UC/P55/A3/1 [1937 x 1949]
A. C. Leonard
6 BW prints
UC/P55/A3/2 [1937 x 1949]
A. C. Leonard with friends
14 BW prints
UC/P55/A3/3 [1937 x 1949]
Other individuals
3 BW prints
UC/P55/A3/4 [1937 x 1949]
Class and team photographs
35 BW prints
UC/P55/A3/5 [1937 x 1949]
Cricket and cat matches
3 BW prints
UC/P55/A3/6 1947
Ushaw boys playing in the snow
1 BW print
UC/P55/A3/7 [1937 x 1949]
Views of Ushaw
8 BW prints
UC/P55/A4 1939
A. C. Leonard's scribbling diary, mostly rough jottings
1 diary
UC/P55/A5 1939 - 1940
A. C. Leonard's autograph book
Signed by students at Ushaw College
1 notebook
UC/P55/A6 March 1940 & March 1942
Conference of Catholic Colleges Religious Examination certificates presented to A. C. Leonard for passing his Inter-Collegiate Religious School and Higher Certificate Examinations
2 certificates
UC/P55/A7 14 - 25 July 1941
Oxford and Cambridge School Examination Board papers for various subjects
1 bundle
UC/P55/A8 [25 November] 1943
Menu for “Ye Philosophers' Feast”
1 menu
UC/P55/A9 March 1944
A. C. Leonard's address book
1 volume
UC/P55/A10 [7 September 1948]
“The Ushaw Song”
1 printed item
UC/P55/A11 [?1936 x 1949]
Ushaw Christmas card from “Frank”
1 item
UC/P55/A12 [?1936 x 1949]
A. C. Leonard's exercise books for various subjects, including English, Grammar, Syntax, Essays, Latin and Greek, Law and Philosophy, and the History of Philosophy
16 notebooks
UC/P55/A13 [?1936 x 1949]
Loose-leaf jottings and notes on Ushaw matters
1 file
UC/P55/A14 2 September 1951
Diocesan celebrations in honour of the 13th centenary of the death of St. Aidan to be held in the grounds of Ushaw College, Durham, on 2nd September 1951
34, [2] pages
UC/P55/A15 1958
150th year of Ushaw College 1808+1958
16 pages
UC/P55/A16 18 June 1973 - [?1990]
Letter, address list, card and photograph relating to Ushaw reunions
4 items
2. Priest's PapersUC/P55/B1 25 September 1943 - July 1989
Language: English and Latin
Ordination papers of A. C. Leonard, including fides ordinum for Tonsure, Reader, III and IV Minor Orders, sub-deaconate, and deaconate, correspondence congratulating him on his ordination to the priesthood, three
presentation copies of
The ordination of a priest (Latin text for the ordination ceremony) given to his mother, father and aunt, and correspondence congratulating him on anniversaries celebrating his ordination
1 file
UC/P55/B2 1934 - 1968
Papers relating to Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Gateshead, including formal anniversaries of the church and photographs of ceremonies
2 files
UC/P55/B3 [?1930 x 1990]
Prayer cards for various occasions, including anniversaries of other priests' ordinations, deaths of parishioners, and prayers for various religious causes
3 files
UC/P55/B4 8 April 1949 - 13 July 1984
Letters to and about A. C. Leonard, mostly appointments to various positions within the Church
6 letters
UC/P55/B5 24 May 1950 - April 1982
Papers relating to clerical societies, notably deceased members of the Northern Brethren Fund
1 file
UC/P55/B6 25 July 1949 - 1956
A. C. Leonard's register of manual Masses
Also includes Northern Brethren Fund Masses
1 volume
3. Other Personal PapersUC/P55/C1 1902 - 1939
Cuttings from various (mostly Catholic) newspapers on numerous topics, notably the Church's response to fascism and communism
Also includes a supplement to the
Tyneside Catholic News with pictures of popes (from St. Peter to Leo XIII)
1 file
UC/P55/C2/1-4 15 September 1931 - 1959
Personal items
3 items
UC/P55/C2/1 15 September 1931
A. C. Leonard's First Holy Communion certificate
1 certificate
UC/P55/C2/2 1943
National identity card for A. C. Leonard
1 item
UC/P55/C2/3 1947 - 1950
Motorcycle licence for A. C. Leonard
1 licence
UC/P55/C2/4 1949 - 1959
A. C. Leonard's passport
1 item
UC/P55/C3 1932 - [?1990]
Personal correspondence, birthday and Christmas cards
Includes a letter from Rev Nicholas H. Brown to A. C. Leonard, dated 4 July 1941, commenting on the war
1 file
UC/P55/C4 1937 - 1938
Papers relating to pilgrimages to Lourdes
Includes a file of photographs of the pilgrimage (2 outsize)
2 files
UC/P55/C5 1991 - 2004
Papers relating to the death of A. C. Leonard, including correspondence and memorial cards sent to his family, an order of service for his requiem mass, and press cuttings
Also includes later papers relating to the death of Fr George Forster (a friend of A. C. Leonard)
1 file
