Galvin, Eucharista, CSJ

The Ruth Sawyer Papers houses 29 drafts and typescripts of Sawyer's works; publisher contracts; extensive correspondence between Ruth Sawyer and various Sisters of St. Joseph; additional correspondence, including letters from Anne Carroll Moore, Margaret (Peggy) Durand McCloskey, and others; materials related to the dedication of the Ruth Sawyer Collection of children's books at the College of St. Catherine in 1958; Sawyer's various medals (Alexandrine, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Newbery, and Regina); other artifacts, such as Ruth Sawyer’s storytelling dress; audio recordings of Ruth Sawyer, storyteller; family photographs; accounts of Ruth Sawyer's memorial service; and additional biographical material.