Kroeger, Paul - Correspondence., 11/27/1933-07/15/1947

File — Box: 33, Folder: 58

Identifier: GAMMS472.1.2333

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

11/27/1933-07/15/1947

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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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

16 ALS, 1 TLS, and 2 ACS from Paul Kroeger, apparently elected to the Gallery of Living Catholic Authors in 1933, to Sister Mary Joseph. Kroeger resigned from the Gallery in 1947. Correspondence refers to Catholicism, personal religious, romantic, and emotional matters, his family, his proposed marriage to "Miss Sandella," various personal difficulties, his poetry, his art work, and his proposal to become a religious brother.