Eileen Egan's Mother Teresa Collection

This is a collection of Mother Teresa material compiled over the years by Eileen Egan of New York City, author of the Christopher Award winning biography, Such a Vision of the Street: Mother Teresa, The Spirit and the Work (1985). Ms. Egan served for many years in the Indian Affairs division of Cath...

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Format: Archival Material
Language:English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Albanian, Arabic, Swedish
Created: The American Catholic Research Center and University Archives 1954-2000
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Summary:This is a collection of Mother Teresa material compiled over the years by Eileen Egan of New York City, author of the Christopher Award winning biography, Such a Vision of the Street: Mother Teresa, The Spirit and the Work (1985). Ms. Egan served for many years in the Indian Affairs division of Catholic Relief Services (CRS). She also assisted the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) in its overseas efforts and edited the international newsletter of the Co-Workers of Mother Teresa. Eileen Egan's Mother Teresa Collection features a wide variety of documents and memorabilia useful to persons studying her cause and career. Included are correspondence to and from Mother Teresa, audio cassettes of her lectures, press releases and newspaper clippings, photographs, and numerous books. Many of the latter are in Spanish, German, Dutch, Japanese, and French. Of special interest are the compiled newsletters of both the international and American Co-Workers of Mother Teresa, as well as Teresa's correspondence with Ms. Egan and the Missionaries of Charity.
Physical Description:12 linear feet; 21 boxes