MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Ryan, John Joseph Thomas, Archbishop, 1913-2000
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1968, 1971
Volume: 6 item(s); 9 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Archbishop Ryan thanks Merton for his visit to Alaska and invites him back the following spring. Ryan was making arrangements for Merton to inspect a cottage near Cordova, Alaska, for a possible site of a new hermitage.
Biography
Archbishop Joseph T. Ryan began his tenure in the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska, in 1966. He writes to Merton from Alaska. He later served as archbishop of the United States Military.
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See also "Fox, James" for one letter from Ryan to Dom James Fox from 1961 (Fox was Abbot of Gethsemani and Ryan was a monsignor representing the Catholic Near East Welfare Association).
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