Series 36 - Father James Brogan manuscript

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Father James Brogan manuscript

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  • 1906-1978 (Creation)

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Patricia Dillon (niece of Father Brogan) of Scariff, County Clare donated the photocopy to Kerby A. Miller per letter of 17 April 1978.

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Photocopy of 'A Young Priest's Letter: Ordained for the Rocky Mountain Mission' written in Montreal in April 1906 by Father James Brogan (1869-1947) following his ordination. Brogan was a native of County Clare who went to New York in 1892 to entrer the Jesuit ministry. After training in the Pacific Northwest and receiving his ordination, Father Brogan would go into teaching. Among a number of positions across the northwestern United States, he served as president of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington between 1913 and 1920. Inserted into the photocopy is a copy of Brogan's 1947 obituary and a copy of the letter of donation.

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