Sister Mary Paulita Kerrigan letter to Charles Henry Alston

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Object Details

Creator

Kerrigan, Mary Paulita (Helen), Sister, 1921-

Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977

Subject

Kerrigan, Mary Paulita (Helen)

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

2 letter : handwritten ; 25 x 16 cm. (letter); 22 x 14 cm. (newspaper clipping)

Summary

Sister Mary Paulita thanks Alston for his tutelage at the Art Student's League in New York, where she spent the summer.
Letter is written on stationery of Clarke College in Dubuque, where Kerrigan was an artist-in-residence.
Signed: Sister Mary Paulita, B.V.M.
She enclosed a newspaper clipping with a photo of herself sketching the construction site of the CBS building in New York.

Citation

Mary Paulita (Helen) Kerrigan. Sister Mary Paulita Kerrigan letter to Charles Henry Alston, 1962 Aug. 19. Charles Henry Alston papers, 1924-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

1962 Aug. 19

Record number

(DSI-AAA)15325

Type

Correspondence

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Charles Henry Alston papers, 1924-1980

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_15325