Reverend Harold F. Ryan, S.J., Catholic Authors Collection
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Reverend Harold F. Ryan, S.J., Catholic Authors Collection
Collection number: 003
William H. Hannon Library
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
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- Uknown library staff member.
- Date Completed:
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Reverend Harold F. Ryan, S.J., Catholic Authors Collection
Dates: 1934-1935
Collection number: 003
Creator:
Ryan, S.J., Harold, F. (1908-1979)
Collection Size:
1 archival document box
Repository:
Loyola Marymount University. Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90045-2659
Abstract: The collection consists of one box of folders of biographical information on various Catholic authors that the Rev. Harold
F. Ryan, S.J., collected.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount
University.
Publication Rights
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Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher
must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility
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executors.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Series number, Box and Folder number, Reverend Harold F. Ryan, S.J., Catholic Authors Collection,
003, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.
Acquisition Information
The date of the transfer of this collection to the Department of Archives and Special Collection is unknown. Perhaps it came
to the department on the death of Harold F. Ryan, S.J., (a professor of English at Loyola Marymount University) on his death
in 1979.
Processing Information
The date and person responsible for the processing of this collection is unknown.
Biography
Father Harold F. Ryan, S.J., was born in Sunnyside, Utah, in 1908 and died in 1979. He served as a professor of English at
Loyola University (which later became Loyola Marymount University) in Los Angeles, California. He was instrumental in the
development of the Department of English at then Loyola University and later served as Dean of the Graduate School (1954).
Collection Description
This colleciton consist of biographical information on, and personal letters, of, important Roman Catholic authors that Reverend
Harold F. Ryan, S.J., collected in hopes of establishing a gallery at Loyola University of their letters, biographies, photographs,
and memorabilia. This reflected his interests in Roman Catholic authors as a professor of English at Loyola University and
then Loyola Marymount University.
Names of note in this collection include Jacques Maritain, Evelyn Waugh, and Hilaire Belloc.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into nineteen folders, arranged alphabetically by the names of the Catholic authors. The only
exception is the first folder (containing information about Reverend Ryan).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Ryan, Harold F., 1908-1979
Ryan, Harold F., 1908-1979 -- Correspondence
Catholic authors -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Box 1, Folder
1
Ryan, Harold F., 1908-1979. Biography. Letter to Shane Leslie.
October 5, 1934
Box 1, Folder
2
Allers, Rudolf, 1883-1963. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from Vienna.
November 14, 1934
Box 1, Folder
3
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from England.
October 18, 1934
Box 1, Folder
4
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, 1874-1936. Biography.
undated
Box 1, Folder
5
Curtayne, Alice, 1898-. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from Tralee.
October 17, 1934
Box 1, Folder
6
Gill, Eric, Biography. Note to Father Ryan from High Wycombe. 2 pages of manuscript with heading "Appendix".
October 29, 1934
Box 1, Folder
7
Hallack, Cecily, 1898-1938. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from Sussex.
October 27, 1934
Box 1, Folder
8
Hollis, Christopher, 1902-1977. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from Stoneyhurst.
October 18 (year unknown)
Box 1, Folder
9
Knox, Ronald, 1888-1957. Biography. Note to Father Ryan from Oxford.
January 11, 1935
Box 1, Folder
10
Leslie, Shane, 1881-1971. Biography.
Undated
Box 1, Folder
11
Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan written on Cunard liner Aquitania, mailed at Southampton.
November 16, 1934
Box 1, Folder
12
Maynard, Theodore, 1890-1956. Biography. Note to Father Ryan, postmarked Emmitsburg, Md.
October 16, 1934
Box 1, Folder
13
Patmore, Coventry, 1823-1896. Biography.
Undated
Box 1, Folder
14
Reilly, Joseph John, 1881-1951. Biography. Note to Father Ryan from Hunter College, New York.
October 23, 1934
Box 1, Folder
15
Sargent, Daniel, 1890-. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from South Natick, Mass.
October 27, 1934
Box 1, Folder
16
Walsh, James Joseph, 1865-1942. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from New York.
November 13, 1934
Box 1, Folder
17
Watkins, Edward Ingram, 1888-. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from Norfolk, England. Essay on Coventry Patmore.
Undated
Box 1, Folder
18
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. Note to Father Ryan from Devon, England.
Undated
Box 1, Folder
19
Empty envelopes addressed to Father Ryan; letter from Sarah J. Bloom, Miss Cather's secretary; unsigned note saying that Mr.
Chesterton's photograph was sent as requested.
Undated
