Ryan Catholic Authors Collections

Collection 003
Reverend Harold F. Ryan, S.J., Catholic Authors Collection

The collection consists of one box of folders, listed here by folder number. Rev. Harold F. Ryan collected biographical information on various Catholic authors. With the exception of the first folder (containing information about Rev. Ryan), this collection is organized alphabetically by the names of the Catholic authors.

1. Ryan, Harold F., 1908-1979
Biography
Letter to Shane Leslie, Oct. 5, 1934

2. Allers, Rudolf, 1883-1963
Biography
Letter to Father Ryan from Vienna, Nov. 14, 1934

3. Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953
Biography
Letter to Father Ryan from England, Oct. 18, 1934

4. Chesterton, Gilbert Keith 1874-1936
Biography

5. Curtayne, Alice, 1898-
Biography
Letter to Father Ryan from Tralee, Oct. 17, 1934

6. Gill, Eric
Biography
Note to Father Ryan from High Wycombe, Oct. 29, 1934
2 pages of manuscript with heading "Appendix"

7. Hallack, Cecily, 1898-1938
Biography
Letter to Father Ryan from Sussex, Oct. 27, 1934

8. Hollis, Christopher, 1902-1977
Biography
Letter to Father Ryan from Stoneyhurst, Oct. 18, n.y.

9. Knox, Ronald, 1888-1957
Biography
Note to Father Ryan from Oxford, Jan. 11, 1935

10. Leslie, Shane, 1881-1971
Biography

11. Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973
Biography
Letter to Father Ryan written on Cunard liner Aquitania, mailed at Southampton, Nov. 16, 1934

12. Maynard, Theodore, 1890-1956
Biography
Note to Father Ryan, postmarked Emmitsburg, Md., Oct. 16, 1934

13. Patmore, Coventry, 1823-1896
Biography

14. Reilly, Joseph John, 1881-1951
Biography
Note to Father Ryan from Hunter College, New York, Oct. 23, 1934

15. Sargent, Daniel, 1890-
Biography
Letter to Father Ryan from South Natick, Mass. Oct. 27, 1934

16. Walsh, James Joseph, 1865-1942
Biography
Letter to Father Ryan from New York, Nov. 13, 1934

17. Watkins, Edward Ingram, 1888-
Biography
Letter to Father Ryan from Norfolk, England, n.d.
Essay on Coventry Patmore

18. Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966
Note to Father Ryan from Devon, England, n.d.

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.