Barr, Isabel Harriss - Correspondence., 09/21/1951-02/18/1960

File — Box: 2, Folder: 50

Identifier: GAMMS472.1.138

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

The Individual Authors Series contains correspondence, manuscripts, questionnaires from the Gallery of Living Catholic Authors, photos, publications, and clippings relating to individual authors who were accepted or considered as members of the Gallery of Living Catholic Authors established by Sister Mary Joseph, S.L., in 1932. The series is arranged alphabetically by author. Boxes 1-66.

Dates

09/21/1951-02/18/1960

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Extent

From the Collection: 125 Linear Feet (84 boxes and 1 oversized folder)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Correspondence from Isabel Harriss Barr (later Mrs. Pietro Aria), elected to the Gallery of Living Catholic Authors in 1951, to Sister Mary Joseph includes 10 ALS, 28 TLS, postcards, and Christmas Cards. Barr refers to her writing, her sculpture, her statue of "Our Lady of Letters" adopted by the Gallery as the official representation of the Gallery's patroness, and her travels. She also mentions Phyllis McGinley Hayden, Anne Wolfe, Father D'Arcy, Alfred Noyes, and Catherine Neale and discusses various personal and family matters such as her first husband's death in 1957 and her marriage to her second husband, Pietro Aria, in 1959.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BARR, ISABEL HARRISS - CORRESPONDENCE OUTGOING: Autographed Letter

OUR LADY OF LETTERS STATUE: Autographed Letter

MCGINLEY, PHYLLIS - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

NOYES, ALFRED - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

NEALE, CATHERINE - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

WOLFE, ANNE - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

D'ARCY, MARTIN [S.J.] - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter