Papers containing poems by Mary Enda Hughes and materials relating to her poetry. The materials include correspondence, a copy and transcript of a newspaper article, two lists of published poetry and prose with dates and publishers, individual poems with and without handwritten notes, a bound copy of a book of poems entitled Lime Sherbet during Thunder, a copy of a typed manuscript of a book of poems, notebooks, and indexes of poems which appear to refer to earlier versions of Lime Sherbet during Thunder. The correspondence consists mostly of letters from Hughes to Boston College faculty member William Leonard, SJ, with some to Leonard from others, and some from Hughes to others. Most of the poems are undated, but many of them appear to have been sent to Leonard in 1995. The notebooks include drafts of poems, diary entries, notes for courses and retreats, collected passages, and personal administrative notes.