Letters, 1926-89

Component identifier:

Series 1

Content Summary:

Originals of letters written to family members including a large number of letters written while residing in India, 1934-36. The letters contain her observations on India, accounts of her marriage, the birth and progress of her son Kim, missionary work and the death of her husband. The series also includes copies of circular letters written to friends throughout her life.

Other letters by McCutcheon are in series 2, 3 and 8.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were donated to the Library by McCutcheon's literary executor Dr John Garrett in 1992. Two small additions (tapes of McCutcheon's funeral and memorial service and personal correspondence of Sister Constance (Paul) Fairhall) were donated in 1993. A third addition was donated by June Epstein in 2001. This material includes letters from McCutcheon to Madeline Crump, 1978-1991, letters from Anne McCutcheon, Leonore Collard, Mary Learmonth and others to Crump, 1990-1998, photographs (7) of McCutcheon and others, 1932-1970, and other papers.

Names:

Garrett, John, Dr.

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