Miriam Gallagher, R.S.M. letters
Content Description
Original and photocopied correspondence between Sister Miriam Gallagher, R.S.M.; H.L. Mencken; Odell Shepherd; and others.
Dates
- Creation: 1925-1960
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Biographical / Historical
Born on August 9, 1886, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, to parents Hugh Gallagher and Brigid Bonner, both from Donegal, Ireland. At seventeen, she left a teaching position to enter the convent of the Religious Sisters of Mercy at Wilkes-Barre. She continued teaching under RSM auspices at numerous high schools and universities including Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania, where she taught creative writing. She was founding editor for the order’s Thinker’s Digest for eighteen years until it ceased publication in 1957. Sister Miriam contributed both poems and prose to Catholic magazines including Catholic Literary World. Her literary circle included writers H.L. Mencken, poets Richard Le Gallienne, Odell Shepard, and John Hall Wheelock.
Sister Miriam died, June 28, 1966, at Mercy Heights Hospital, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Sources:
- Hoehn, Matthew. Catholic authors: contemporary biographical sketches, 1930-1952. (Newark, N.J.: St. Mary’s Abbey, 1948-52).
- Archives at sistersofmercy.org
Extent
0.20 Linear Feet (1 Hollinger Slim Document Case)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Sister Miriam Gallagher, R.S.M., c. 1962
- Title
- Miriam Gallagher, R.S.M. letters
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Georgetown University Library Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, D.C.
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
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