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A group of Maureen O'Hara family correspondence

29 November 2016, 12:00 EST
New York

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A group of Maureen O'Hara family correspondence

Comprising 41 letters, most autograph but a few typed, approximately 87 pp, most with transmittal envelopes, some on airmail envelopes, 1943-1977, with several small Christmas and birthday cards. Most of the letters in this lot are from O'Hara's uncle Benny in Ireland and date from the 1940s, and are addressed to O'Hara as "Mrs. Will Price" as well as to her husband, "Lieutenant Will Price." Mainly, her uncle warmly reports back to her about their family in Ireland; in one, he congratulates Price on the birth of their daughter Bronwyn. There are also four letters from O'Hara's mother and three from her father, as well as several from her sisters, including Peggy FitzSimons, who became a nun, Sister Margaret Mary. Several letters are to O'Hara's brother, Charles FitzSimons. A 1957 letter is from Maude Currie, wife of actor Finlay Currie, O'Hara's co-star in Kangaroo (1952).

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