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Guide to the Daniel J. O'Hanlon, S.J. Papers 5600 OhaD
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Curia Files

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Curia Files reflect the relationship between the individual Jesuit and the Provincial and his officers. The series contains correspondence; vital, academic, and sacramental records; and biographical information.
 

Correspondence

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Included in this series are letters to the O'Hanlon family, 1950-1992; Christmas form letters; folders of correspondence filed chronologically, 1955-1992; and other folders of letters filed alphabetically by author. When Father O'Hanlon served as consultor for the Vatican Secretariate for Non-Bellievers, 1966-1973, he filed that correpondence separately.
 

Topical Files

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The bulk of Daniel O'Hanlon's papers are topical files which cover a wide range of issues, organizations, events, and individuals. A few folders have been added to the original files.
 

Conferences, 1957-1987

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Daniel O'Hanlon frequently participated in religious conferences in the United States and internationally. His interest in ecumenism was early reflected in his participation in Conference Catholique pour les Questions Oecumeniques in Belgium in August 1957. He was a part of Jesuit Ecumenists in the 1960s and 1970s and the Buddhist-Christian dialogue in the 1980s.
 

Courses taught, 1965-1990

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Courses taught by Daniel O'Hanlon are grouped under the institution: Alma College, 1964-1966; Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley, 1968-1972 and 1980s; and the bulk under Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (JSTB), 1971-1990.
 

Publications

Box 37

Books

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Daniel O'Hanlon published only three books, as well as his doctoral dissertation. Included in his papers are: The Influence of Schelling on the Thought of Paul Tillich, excerpt from his dissertation (1958), and What's Happening to the Church? (1974).
Box 37-38

Articles, 1962-1991

Biographical note

Daniel O'Hanlon published many articles during his lifetime, most related to theology, ecumenism, Eastern religious practice, and prayer. Most of the publishers were Catholic periodicals such as Concilium, Commonweal, and National Catholic Reporter.
Box 39

Book Reviews, 1961-1985

Box 39

Audiocassettes

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Daniel O'Hanlon taught and practiced yoga as an approach to personal prayer. In the 1980s he published several audiocassettes such as "Yoga as Preparation for Prayer."
Box 39

Letters to editor, 1963-1978

Box 39-40

Unpublished writing

Box 40

Correspondence with publishers and authors, 1965-1980

Box 40-43

Personal Journals, 1949-1992

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The series contains two notebooks: "Points of Meditation" 1949-1951, and "Learning and Teaching Theology" 1952-1958. There are loose notes with several interviews from the late 1950s and a spiritual biography, 1972-1973. Beginning in June 1973 Father O'Hanlon maintained a continuous hand-written and annotated journal until 12 January 1992, numbered pp. 1-4228.
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Project Interviews, Center for Study of New Religions in America 1978

History

The Center for Study of New Religions in America awarded a grant to Daniel O'Hanlon with graduate student, David Hackett, in 1978 to interview young Americans living in Asia about their attitudes to the United States and religion. They completed seventy interviews, mainly in Nepal near Kathmandu. The series contains correspondence between Daniel O'Hanlon and David Hackett, project description and questionnaire, files on interviewees, audiocassettes and transcripts of interviews with related materials, and articles describing the project.
Box 48

Memorabilia

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Clippings and articles about Daniel O'Hanlon, 1952-1995, are included here, as well as a copy of an interview with him in Chaper 7 of Lost Christianity by Jacob Needleman, pp.145-151. Awards, holy cards, a Taizé press card, and an introductory letter from the Dalai Lama, 1973, are contained in this series.
 

Sound recordings

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This series of audiocassettes is divided into music tapes, probably used for meditation and retreats; retreat presentations from the 1980s; and miscellaneous recordings related to yoga and Buddhism.
Box 51

Microfilm

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Dissertations on microfilm (8 items), requested between 1955 and 1958, include O'Hanlon's own dissertation from 1958, as well as seven others related to Paul Tillich and Rudolf Bultmann.
Box 52

Photographs

Box 52-59

Slides

History

Many of the photographs of Daniel O'Hanlon were taken as slides. The bulk were taken in Europe, particularly in Rome, and include some glass slides. In Rome there is a series of slides of the catacombs. His 1957 trip to the Mediterrean includes Italy, Greece, Turkey, the Holy Land, and Egypt. There are two commercial series: Shrine of St. Peter and the Vatican (1957) and Memoriae Romanae Santorum et Beatorum S.J.. His sabbatical year in India and Asia, 1973-1974; Sivanamda Ashram, 1976; and the New Religions interview project, 1978, are well-documented in slides.
Collection Contents
Curia Files
Correspondence
Topical Files
Conferences,
Courses taught,
Publications
Books
Articles,
Book Reviews,
Audiocassettes
Letters to editor,
Unpublished writing
Correspondence with publishers and authors,
Personal Journals,
Project Interviews, Center for Study of New Religions in America
Memorabilia
Sound recordings
Microfilm
Photographs
Slides
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