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- 1940-1978 (Creation)
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23pp
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Archival history
The Sister Mary Alicia letters were donated to Kerby A. Miller by Anne Moran of Clare Island, County Mayo on 1 February 1978.
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Scope and content
Letters pertaining to Sister Mary Alicia, a woman who left County Mayo in 1939 to enter a convent in Mullingar, County Meath, at the age of 18. Within weeks she was sent to Rome, Italy, and remained there until after the close of the Second World War. In 1946, she was sent to Little Falls, Minnesota. The first time she returned home to Ireland for a visit was in 1953 at the age of 32. Sister Mary Alicia eventually settled in Milton, Massachusetts.
The series includes: the letter of donation from Anne Moran, Mary Alicia’s sister, which also provides biographical information; a letter and Christmas card sent to Anne by Mary Alicia in 1977 and 1978, respectively; and photocopies of two letter sent by Mary Alicia from Rome to her mother during World War II.