Annie and Elizabeth O'Brien Christitch Papers

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Annie and Elizabeth O'Brien Christitch Papers

1879-1977

http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS1994-039

These papers document the professional lives of Elizabeth O'Brien Christitch and Annie Christitch, Serbian-Irish mother-and-daughter writers and political activists. Their materials include correspondence; drafts and published copies of their writing; ephemera; newspaper clippings; and photographs of their family and the International Council of Women.

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Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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