Subseries A: Letters arranged by Agnes Mongan

Subseries A, 1927-1948, 1976-1978, is arranged in alphabetical order within chronoglogical groupings. It includes correspondence with family members, especially her siblings, colleagues at the Fogg Museum, including Paul J. Sachs, and colleagues at other institutions and within the art world. These include Lincoln Kirstein, Winslow Ames, Myron Bemet Smith, Thomas Carr Howe, Eddie Warburg, and Henry Sayles Francis. The subseries also contains correspondence with organizations and institutions with which Mongan was associated, including the Red Cross, Bryn Mawr College, Institute of Contemporary Art, People and Freedom Group, and correspondence with politicians. Topics include her work at the Fogg Museum and interactions with other art institutions, social life in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Europe, her brother John's service in World War II, and her frequent travels, especially to Europe. For the most part the correspondence consists of letters sent to Agnes. Various financial documents, including bank statements and hotel bills, are scattered throughout.