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Henri Nouwen fonds Dossier
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Van Gogh - resources file

File consists of copies of articles pertaining to van Gogh and a copy of a manuscript on van Gogh by Cliff Edwards at Virginia Commonwealth University. File also contains a copy of a letter of response by Connie Ellis, Nouwen’s administrative assistant.

Letters regarding 12 1/2 Year Ordination Anniversary

File consists of letters regarding the twelve and a half year anniversary of Nouwen's Ordination. The package has been kept together in its original order. The correspondents include:

  • a telegram from Han and Nelson
  • a telegram from Joe (last name unknown)
  • a telegram from Tante Yvonne and Tante Rie
  • a telegram from Mia Janssens
  • a telegram from the van Susante family.
  • a telegram from Tante Puck and Oom Philip van Campen
  • a telegram from W and W van der Grinten
  • a telegram from Wim and Milene (Wolters)
  • a telegram from Paddy and Loliet Kiely
  • a telegram from Seamus and Sophie (Fitzgerald)
  • a letter from Hans van Wissen
  • a letter from Dr. H. A. J. Wegman
  • a letter from Caspar and Anneke (last name unknown)
  • a letter from the Sint- adelbertabdij Abbey (correspondent unknown)
  • a letter from Virginea Scheerman
  • a letter from Kris ter Reide
  • a letter from Tante Mary
  • a letter from W.G. Ramselaar
  • a letter from Tante [Yvonne?]
  • a letter from Rie P[?]
  • a letter from Jan [?]
  • a letter from Tante Corry and Oom Eef (Offerman)
  • a letter from Tante Lien and Oom Jaap (Otto)
  • a postcard from Tante Truus (Derkx-Nouwen)
  • a letter from Tante Hetty (Berghs)
  • a letter from Tante Hetty (Berghs)
  • a letter from Tante Jeanne (Nouwen)
  • a letter from Tante Jeanne (Nouwen)
  • a card [accompanying flowers?] from Dr. H. J. B. Mulders
  • a letter from H. A. van Munster
  • a letter from [Vinent?]
  • a letter form [Vinent?]
  • a letter from Tante Nel Laumans-Ramselaar
  • a letter from [Tante Ella and Oom Jan?] (Leitjen)
  • a letter from Prof. Mr. M. V. M. van Leeuwe
  • a letter from Oom Quirin B. Laumans
  • a card [accompanying flowers?] from Dr. Th. C. de Kruijf
  • a letter from S. C. M. de Jong-Vreeburg
  • a letter from Marie-Thérèse [Honée?]
  • a letter from Dr. P. G. van Hooijdonk
  • a card [accompanying flowers?] from J. Helthuis
  • a card [accompanying flowers?] from G. J. J. Harmelink
  • a card [accompanying flowers?] from Dr. F. J. A. de Grijs
  • a card [accompanying flowers?] from G. A. H. Groothuis
  • a postcard from Didy [Feringa?]
  • a letter from Tante Truus Derkx-Nouwen
  • an envelope from Jan v. Dijk, Joe Wissink, [Marisinus vd Bek?], H[?] vd [Sandt?] and Dave Schlaver
  • an envelope from Tante Truus, Oom Harry, Hubert, Rosemarie, Magdaleen and Joep
  • a letter from Laurien van Campen
  • a card [accompanying flowers?] from C. G. M. Bak
  • a letter from Joop [Bronschot?]
  • a postcard from G. vd Berg (Gerard van den Berg)
  • a postcard from an unknown sender
  • a list of names and addresses from [Louis?] Engels
  • a letter from Maria
  • a letter from Maria
  • a letter from Kees Bak
  • a letter from Ph. M. P. van de Burgt
  • a letter from Joost and Els
  • a letter from Oom G[?] and Tante L[?]
  • a card [accompanying flowers?] from Bernardus Kardinaal Alfrink

Death notice for Truus Derkx-Nouwen

File consists of a death notice for Truus Derkx-Nouwen (November 28, 1911 - January 16, 2006). Further inquiry to Laurent Nouwen revealed that Truus was Nouwen's fraternal aunt.

Postcard scrapbook

File consists of eighteen loose scrapbook pages which contain sixty-two postcards depicting buildings, streets, and other landmarks in the Netherlands and Germany.

Conciliebrief no. 4 by Ramselaar

File consists of two copies of a document entitled “Conciliebrief no.4 – 4e zitting”, written by Msgr. Antonius Ramselaar, in Rome.

Poem to Oma

File consists of a poem for Oma, Nouwen’s grandmother (Maria Rutten?).

Baby Book

File consists of a baby book given to Nouwen’s mother at the time of his birth.

Baptismal records

File consists of a photocopy of Henri Nouwen's baptismal record and birth certificate.

Typescripts of Boisen book

File consists of manuscripts for a book on Anton T. Boisen.

Folder 1 consists of seven typed manuscripts by Nouwen on Boisen. They include:

  • Boisen and Forestry
  • Dr. William Lowe Bryan
  • Boisen and Coe (George Albert Coe (1862-1951) important contributor to religious education in the US)
  • The Symbolic Flower
  • Anton Boisen’s Relationship with Alice Batchelder
  • The Background of a Clinician
  • Boisen and Freud

Folder 2 consists of eight typed manuscripts by Nouwen on Boisen. They include:

  • The Symbolic Flower
  • Dr. William Lowe Bryan (2 copies)
  • Boisen and Freud
  • Boisen and Forestry
  • Boisen and Coe
  • The Background of a Clinician
  • Boisen (2 copies) [3-page document about Nouwen's visit with Boisen in the Elgin State hospital in August 1964]
  • Anton Boisen’s Relationship with Alice Batchelder
    Folder 2 also contains sections of The Symbolic Flower and Anton Boisen’s Relationship with Alice Batchelder, as well as handwritten notes by Nouwen entitled, Richard Cabot and Anton Boisen.

Visit of Conrad T. Fischer - February 19 - March 13, 1991

File consists of correspondence regarding a visit from Conrad Fischer to L'Arche Daybreak. Includes the letter from Fischer requesting to visit, Nouwen's response, and a memo from Nouwen to Sue Mosteller and Joe Vorstermans regarding the visit.

Ordination material

File consists of material from Nouwen’s ordination ceremony on July 21, 1957 in Utrecht and on July 28, 1957 in Scheveningen, including reminder cards, dinner menu and two copies of a photograph of Nouwen as a child playing priest. File also includes copies of Nouwen's ordination certificates from 1955-1956.

Doctoral degree and Police clearance certificate

File consists of photocopies of Nouwen’s degrees and certificates, declarations from October 27, 1988, of Nouwen’s doctorate in Psychology (February 3, 1964) from the department of Social Sciences at the Katholieke Universiteit (University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, NL) and in Theology (October 7, 1971), and a police clearance certificate from the York Regional Police from October 19, 1988. Material in the first folder was likely gathered while Nouwen was applying for Canadian citizenship. File also consists of a second folder of awards, certificates, memberships, and degrees awarded to Nouwen from 1979-1995. A third folder consists of additional copies of degrees, original grade reports, and a letter from Nouwen's brother on the need for these documents for Henri's work in the United States.

Letters from Christopher de Vinck

File consists of six letters from Christopher de Vinck; including excerpts from his book "Simple Wonders" with annotations by Nouwen, and a book proposal “The Journey with Henri Nouwen: Fellow Pilgrims Speak”.

Funeral materials

File consists of materials from various Nouwen funerals including preparation documentation; eulogies; speech transcripts; programs; articles; poems; in memoriam notices; newsletter notices; a funeral guest book; attendance lists; and sympathy notes.

Drafts of Selma 1965

File consists of five copies (three original copies, two original mimeographs) of a draft typescript of "Selma 1965: naar de 'deep, deep south'", about Nouwen's participation in the civil rights march from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL, in 1965. Nouwen wrote this paper while a theological fellow in the program of religion and psychiatry at The Menninger Clinic (Topeka, KS). File also includes a copy owned by L.J.M. Nouwen with annotations.

Materials from Pendle Hill Summer Institute

  • CA ON00389 F4-7-1-2145
  • Dossier
  • 1976 - August 1982, predominant 1982
  • Fait partie de Henri Nouwen fonds

File consists of materials related to Pendle Hill, predominantly to the Summer Institute, a 5-week retreat run between June 28 and early August 1982 where Nouwen taught. There are also materials from the 1970s but they were most likely gathered by Nouwen for use during this event.
There are 36 handwritten pages by Nouwen which appear to be preparation notes for various lectures he gave at the institute. There is also a 6-page typed document by John Mogabgab titled "Pendle Hill Conversations Meeting 4 (October 27, 1977) Summary Notes".
Material that relates directly to the 1982 retreat includes correspondence from Pendle Hill dated May 17, 1982 to the 43 participants in the retreat regarding housing arrangements, health insurance, typewriting and cooperative housekeeping chores. There is also a typed list of all the participants and their addresses. As well, there is a eight page group of typed notes titled "Some Notes for a Five Weeks [sic] Reflection on the Gospel of Luke" as well as sheet music and a Curriculum Vitae of a lay reader from Sydney, Australia. There is also a photocopy of a long-distance phone bill containing a letter from one of Nouwen's suite mates regarding an overpayment. Nouwen's long-distance calls are noted.
File also includes three pamphlets from Pendle Hill, namely Parker Palmer's "Meeting for Learning" and "A Place called Community" and Douglas V. Steere's "On Speaking out of the Silence", as well as some ephemera.
Also contained in this file is a program schedule for a commemoration conference on Thomas Merton, hosted by Columbia University between November 27 and December 10, 1978. It appears that Nouwen cancelled some of his plans for this conference to visit Pendle Hill. See Weekly Calendars 1978.
File also contains an introduction package for the institute consisting of a welcome letter by Parker Palmer and brief staff biographies.

Draft of Ukrainian Diary

File consists of a bound draft manuscript of Ukrainian Diary : July 24 - August 14, 1993. The draft includes a copy of a letter from Nouwen dated November 30, 1993 (on L'Arche Daybreak letterhead) to friends saying he was finally able to finish his Ukrainian Diary and it tells about how Nathan [Ball], Zenia [Kushpeta], Borys [Gudziak], and Nouwen lived while in Ukraine. Nouwen says "If you do not have time to read the whole journal you might just focus on the entries from August 1 through August 11 because those were the dates that we were actually in Ukraine. The entries from July 24 to August 1 are preparatory notes, and the entries from August 12 through the 14th are some reflections after we returned from our trip." He concludes by saying he hopes to finish the text during his time away in January (1994).

Drafts of Power, powerlessness and power

File consists of a draft manuscript and typescript of "Power, Powerlessness and Power", including related correspondence. Folder (1) contains a fax copy of a manuscript and typescript. Folder (2) contains faxed correspondence between Nouwen's administrative assistants, Kathy Christie and Lydia Banducci, and Marion Hollis, of L'Arche Limited (Suffolk, England) and Zizi (last name unknown). Includes a fax copy of an illustration by Zizi (last name unknown), that Nouwen intended to use with this article.

Curriculum vitae

File consists of Nouwen’s curriculum vitae from 1983 and 1986.

Social security documents

File consists of photocopies of Nouwen’s US Social Security card, and a Social Security Summary of Statement of Earnings prior to 1980.

Death documentation

File consists of materials related to Nouwen's death including death certificates; insurance benefits, files, and correspondence; Nouwen's last will and testament; financial records regarding taxes and royalties; memorial cards; notes; arrangements for Nouwen's gravestone; pamphlets from memorial events; instructions for L'Arche Daybreak on responding to inquiries; and the power of attorney for personal care document from 1995.

Certificate of registration to perform marriages

File consists of Nouwen’s Certificate of Registration from the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations authorizing him to legally perform marriages in the Province of Ontario; including material relating to the Marriage Act of the Government of Ontario.

Driving documentation

File consists of a photocopy of a Declaration of Aptitude for driving in the Netherlands with a foreign Driver’s license, and a license renewal form from Massachusetts.

Personal cards

File consists of an envelope containing Nouwen’s Social Insurance card, Ontario Health card, ManuAssist card, York Central Hospital card, and US Social Security card. Also includes his name badge for York Central Hospital Pastoral Services.

Myer-Briggs report

File consists of Nouwen’s report of the results of his Myer-Briggs type indicator personality test; including a photocopy of the description of his personality type.

1981 last will and testament

File consists of a copy of Nouwen’s Last Will and Testament from 1981, including a letter from Nouwen’s father in 1993.

Health insurance documentation

File consists of a summary of Nouwen’s health coverage, including a Blue Cross and Blue Shield brochure, and contract.

Distribution card

File consists of a distribution card issued to Nouwen. This card identified Nouwen and indicated what resources he received following the Second World War.

Curriculum vitae

File consists of Nouwen’s curriculum vitae from 1976 to 1982, including lists of his published works.

Appraisal of chalice

File consists of the appraisal of Nouwen’s ordination chalice (a gift from his Uncle Antonius Ramselaar), from Gem Service, a division of Harold Weinstein Ltd.

Passport and visa information

File consists of official documents, correspondence and information pertaining to Nouwen’s immigration to Canada and legal status from 1986 – 1989. File also consists of Nouwen’s passports (issued by the Netherlands in 1989, 1981, 1963, and 1994; and a military passport), passport photos, travel visa applications, international driving licenses (issued by the Netherlands in 1966, 1980, and 1986), certificates of inoculation and vaccination (issued by the Netherlands, in Dutch and English), and immigration documents and correspondence from 1966 – 1996.

Drafts of Compassion

  • CA ON00389 F4-1-1-24-1, 24-2, 24-3, 24-4, 24-5, 24-6
  • Dossier
  • 1977 - 1980
  • Fait partie de Henri Nouwen fonds

File consists of typescripts of "Compassion". Folder (1) contains draft (1), which is an early hard-bound typescript entitled, "The Spirituality of Compassion: Thirty Reflections" (June, 1977). It was not intended for publication. Folder (2) contains a typescript of 'Chapter VII: Patience' (May, 1979). Folder (3) contains draft (2), which is a soft-bound typescript entitled, "Compassion: Ministry and Spirituality" and is based on the text of a course given by Nouwen at the Gregorian University (Rome, Italy), from February to May, 1978. Folder (4) contains draft (3), which is a hard-bound typescript entitled, "Compassion: A Meditation on the Christian Life" (1978), by Nouwen, Donald McNeill and Douglas Morrison. Folder (5) contains draft (4), which is a hard-bound typescript entitled, "Compassion: Reflections on the Christian Life" (1980), by Nouwen, McNeill and Morrison. Drafts (2), (3) and (4), feature drawn illustrations by Dr. Joel Filartiga. Folder (6) contains a draft of "Compassion" dated February 20, 1978, from the Pontification Gregorian University, followed by a copy of an early draft of "Compassion: ministry and spirituality".

Handouts for fall 1978 lecture course

  • CA ON00389 F4-7-1-2121
  • Dossier
  • [between September - December 1978]
  • Fait partie de Henri Nouwen fonds

File consists of a bound volume of typed and photocopied handouts, including a syllabus, class list and final paper topic list as well as a number of bibliographies on prayer, Merton, western mysticism as well as a list of local monasteries and contemplative centers. There is also a handout titled "Guidelines for Inclusive Language"outlining Yale Divinity School's policy on changing language practices towards greater gender equality.
Articles by Nouwen include "Contemplation and Ministry" and a photocopy of "Solitude and Community" and article published in Worship (January 1978, 13-23). There is an additional loose copy of "Contemplation and Ministry" froma lecture presented at the North American college on Friday, March 10.
Articles by Merton include a prayer and excerpts from "A Letter on the Contemplative Life", "Thoughts in Solitude" and "Seven Story Mountain".
The remaining articles are:

  • Kallistos Ware's "The Power of the Name: The Function of the Jesus Prayer", (introduction to Igumen Chariton of Valamo's) "The Art of Prayer", and "Silence in Prayer: The Meaning of Hesychia".
    -James H. Forest's "Thomas Merton's Struggle with Peacemaking".
    -David Steindl-Rast's "Recollection of Thomas Merton's Last Days in the West" and "A Deep Bow".

Collected class material - volume I

  • CA ON00389 F4-7-1-2099
  • Dossier
  • [between 1974 and 1976]
  • Fait partie de Henri Nouwen fonds

File consists of a bound volume of miscellaneous handouts. The materials were most likely bound between 1974 and 1976. Many of the materials appear to be original typed copies, indicating that they were the originals from which Nouwen created handouts for his students.
The bound volume contains a table of contents that lists sixteen articles. One of the articles is a typescript by Nouwen titled "Case-Recording in Pastoral Education". File also includes a loose copy of this typescript and it includes excerpts from Sir Frederick Treves "The Elephant Man", and "The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha" edited by E.A. Burtt, and a final page titled "The Compassion of William Kurelek" by Frank Murphy, C.M. The remaining articles are:
-"To hell with acceptance" (a sermon)
-a chronology of Christian monasticism.
-Louis Dupre's "The Mystical Experience of the Self and its Philosophical Significance" (copy of article from International Philosophical Quarterly, (vol. 14, pp. 495-511), December 1974)
-Comments and Quotations from Erik H. Erikson's "Identity and the Life Cycle."
-Quotations and Excerpts from Selma H. Fraiberg's "The Magic Years"
-Rabbi Gerald Goldman's "The 'Solitude' of Martin Buber" (from Nefesh III, no.1)
-Robin Greer's "Hospitality in the First Five Centuries of the Church"
-question sheets by Nouwen relating to Seward Hiltner's "The Counselor in Counseling".
-"Jim" from "Religion in America".
-extracts from George Konrad's "The Case Worker"
-Denis McInreny's "Thomas Merton: The Man and his Work" (from Cistercian Studies 27, 1974)
-"Psychological Examination", excerpts from "A Manual for Psychiatric Case Study" by Menninger, Mayman and Pruyser.

  • Karl Menninger's "The Termination of the Contract: The Separation of Two Parties".
    -Some quotations from Menninger, Meyman and Pruyser's "The Vital Balance".
    -typescript of Thomas Merton's "Marxist Theory and Monastic Theoria" (Conference delivered in Bangkok, 10 December 1968)
    Not listed in the table of contents is a typed quotation from Simone de Beauvoir's "The Ethics of Ambiguity".

Drafts of Gracias!

  • CA ON00389 F4-1-1-25-1, 25-2, 25-3, 25-4, 25-5, 25-6, 25-7
  • Dossier
  • 1981-1983
  • Fait partie de Henri Nouwen fonds

File consists of one partial, two complete typescripts and one galley proof of "Gracias!" Folders (1) and (2) contain draft (1), which is an early typescript with a handwritten title page. Folders (3) to (4) contain draft (2), which is a typescript of Latin American journal entries, from October 18, 1981, to March 29, 1982. Folder (5) contains draft (3), which is a partial typescript with some handwritten pages. Folder (6) contains a copy of edited galley proofs. Folder (7) contains additional copies of drafts from October 1981-March 1982.

Handouts for Spiritual Direction and The Spiritual Life and Spiritual Direction courses

File consists of a bound volume of typed and photocopied handouts for the final two courses taught by Nouwen. The table of contents lists 49 items. They are:
-George A. Aschenbrenner's "Consciousness Examen"
-William Barry's "The Experience of the 1st and 2nd Weeks of the Spiritual Exercises", "On Asking God to Reveal Himself in Retreat", "The Prior Experience of Spiritual Directors", Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Counseling", "Spiritual Direction: The Empirical Approach"and "The Practice of Supervision in Spiritual Direction" (written with Mary Guy)
-Paul J. Bernadicou's "The Retreat Director in the Spiritual Exercises"
-Sister Rita Mary Bradley's "Present Day Themes in the 14th Century English Mystics"
-W.R. Callahan and F. Cardman's "The Wind is Rising: Prayer Ways for Active People"
-Gregory Carlson's "Spiritual Direction and the Paschal Mystery"
-Thomas E. Clarke's "The Ignation Exercises -- Contemplation & Discernment"
-William J. Connolly's "Appealing to Strength in Spiritual Direction", "Disappointment in Prayer: Prelude to Growth", "Experiences of Darkness in Directed Retreats", "Freedom & Prayer in Directed Retreats", and "Story of the Pilgrim King and the Dynamics of Prayer"
-Sr. Winifred Corrigan's "Initial Values in Spiritual Direction"
-Sr. Carmen Mary S. De La Vega's "The Prayer of Quiet"
-Thomas Dubay's "The Problematic of Discernment"
-Harvey Egan's "Christian Apophatic and Kataphatic Mysticisms"
-Edward J. Farrell's "The Journal -- A Way Into Prayer"
-David Fleming's "Beginning Spiritual Direction"and "The Experience of God"
-Quentin Hakenwerth's "Group Methods in Spiritual Direction"
-Eugene Geromel's "Depth Psychotherapy and Spiritual Direction"
-Richard P. Hardy's "Christian Mysticism: Some Ecclesial Dimensions"
-Bernard Haring's "A Modern Approach to the Ascetical Life"
-Gerald Keefe's "A Letter to a Person Beginning Spiritual Direction"
-Thomas Kilduff's "Faith Experience: Prayer & Discernment"
-Olivier LaCombe's "Direction Spirituelle"
-George P. Leach's "Growing Freedom in the Spiritual Director"
-Shaun McCarty's "On Entering Spiritual Direction"
-Jean M. Ormerchea's "A Theoretical Approach to Spiritual Direction"
-Kevin F. O'Shea's "Enigma and Tenderness", "Littleness and Kindness", and "The Thorn and the Rose"
-William Peters' "Spiritual Direction and Prayer"
-Judith Roener's "Discernment in the Director"
-Sr. Patricia Ann Rogucki's "Journeying in a Spiritual Direction"
-Robert Rossi's "The Distinction Between Psychological and Religious Counseling"
-Sandra M. Schneiders' "The Contemporary Ministry of Spiritual Direction"
-Michael Herbert Shadick's "Prayer as Spiritual Direction from Within"
-"A Task Force on Social Consciousness & Ignatian Spirituality" (author unknown)
-Douglas V. Steere's "Common Frontiers in Catholic and Non-Catholic Spirituality"
-Ann Belford Ulanov's "What Do We Think People are Doing When They Pray?"
-Adrian Van Kaam's "Dynamics of Spiritual Self-Direction"
-Richard P. Vaughan's "Spiritual Counseling and Prayer"
-William J. Walsh's "Reality Therapy and Spiritual Direction".

File also includes a loose bibliography for the course titled "Spiritual Direction".

Drafts of The peace that is not of this world

File consists of draft typescripts of "The Peace That is Not of This World", a lecture given by Nouwen at St. Paul's Catholic Church, Harvard University, on February 10, 1987. Draft (1) includes a cover letter to some members of L'Arche Daybreak for their comments on the text.
File also includes a typed table of contents for "Seeds of Hope" (1990), an anthology of Nouwen's works edited by Robert Durback, which includes this lecture; two photocopies of the article as it was published in Weavings magazine; and correspondence between Nouwen or Connie Ellis (Nouwen's administrative assistant), and two editors requesting permission to re-print the article. File also includes a copy of About Issues (Aug.-Sept. 1988). One draft was sent to Sr. Mary Threadgold by Nouwen in 1988 and consists of an incomplete page 13.

Handout of a comprehensive bibliography on Christian spirituality for 1985 lecture course

  • CA ON00389 F4-7-1-2225
  • Dossier
  • [between May - July 1985]
  • Fait partie de Henri Nouwen fonds

File consists of three copies of a 67-page bibliography compiled by Nouwen for students of his Boston College class. This bibliography is an exact duplicate of an earlier handout distributed by Nouwen in his spring 1985 course at Harvard Divinity School, except the title page. The collection includes bibliographies on spiritual direction, Western mysticism, Ignatian spirituality, Eastern Christian theology, Hesychasm and Russian spirituality and a list of resource centers on Eastern Christianity. File also includes a loose copy of the bibliography on western mysticism.

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