Descriptive Summary
Reverend Harold F. Ryan, S.J., Catholic authors collection
1934-1935
Ryan, S.J., Harold, F. (1908-1979)
1 archival document box
Loyola Marymount University. Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90045-2659
The collection consists of one box of folders, listed here by folder number. Rev. Harold F. Ryan collected biographical information on various Catholic authors.
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
Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, 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 for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Series number, Box and Folder number, Reverend Harold F. Ryan, S.J., Catholic Authors Collection, 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).
Scope and Content of Collection
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 and Folder List
1
1
Ryan, Harold F., 1908-1979. Biography. Letter to Shane Leslie.
October 5, 1934
1
2
Allers, Rudolf, 1883-1963. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from Vienna.
November 14, 1934
1
3
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from England.
October 18, 1934
1
4
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, 1874-1936. Biography.
undated
1
5
Curtayne, Alice, 1898-. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from Tralee.
October 17, 1934
1
6
Gill, Eric, Biography. Note to Father Ryan from High Wycombe. 2 pages of manuscript with heading "Appendix".
October 29, 1934
1
7
Hallack, Cecily, 1898-1938. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from Sussex.
October 27, 1934
1
8
Hollis, Christopher, 1902-1977. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from Stoneyhurst.
October 18 (year unknown)
1
9
Knox, Ronald, 1888-1957. Biography. Note to Father Ryan from Oxford.
January 11, 1935
1
10
Leslie, Shane, 1881-1971. Biography.
Undated
1
11
Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan written on Cunard liner Aquitania, mailed at Southampton.
November 16, 1934
1
12
Maynard, Theodore, 1890-1956. Biography. Note to Father Ryan, postmarked Emmitsburg, Md.
October 16, 1934
1
13
Patmore, Coventry, 1823-1896. Biography.
Undated
1
14
Reilly, Joseph John, 1881-1951. Biography. Note to Father Ryan from Hunter College, New York.
October 23, 1934
1
15
Sargent, Daniel, 1890-. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from South Natick, Mass.
October 27, 1934
1
16
Walsh, James Joseph, 1865-1942. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from New York.
November 13, 1934
1
17
Watkins, Edward Ingram, 1888-. Biography. Letter to Father Ryan from Norfolk, England. Essay on Coventry Patmore.
Undated
1
18
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. Note to Father Ryan from Devon, England.
Undated
1
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