D'Arcy, Martin C., S.J., Dec. 1956., 12/03/1956-12/23/1956

The Frederick and Maria Shrady Papers consist primarily of correspondence to the Shradys from a variety of friends.

The Frederick and Maria Shrady Papers primarily consists of correspondence from notable religious and literary ficgures. Central to the collection are 391 letters from Martin C. D'Arcy, S.J. to Frederick and Maria Shrady, all of which exhibit the closeness of their friendship with one another and give great insight into the day to day life and thoughts of D'Arcy from the early 1950s until his death in 1976. Also included are letters from figures such as Anne Fremantle, A. J. Cronin, Paul Horgan, John Cheever, Clare Booth Luce, Ned O'Gorman, John Courtney Murray, S.J., Bernard Lonergan, S.J., and John Cardinal Wright. Among many of the letters are also numerous personal references to Evelyn Waugh and W. H. 'Wystan' Auden.