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University of St. Michael's College, John M. Kelly Library, Special Collections
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Memorial album

File consists of a memorial album created by Henri Nouwen's father, Laurent J.M. Nouwen, after Henri died in 1996. The album consists of photographs of Henri Nouwen, Nouwen's grave, Nouwen's funeral service, memorial cards, programs, letters, articles, and song lyrics for "Henri's Song".

Photographs of "One Heart at a Time" gala

File consists of twenty-eight photographs of the "One Heart at a Time" 25th anniversary gala of L'Arche Daybreak, held February 3 and 4, 1995, at the Winter Garden Theatre (Toronto, ON). The gala consisted of skits performed by Daybreak's dance troupe, the Spirit Movers, and by other members of the L'Arche Daybreak community; the gala was followed by a reception.

Abbey of the Genesee file

  • CA ON00389 F4-13-14055
  • File
  • 1982 - 1996, predomonant 1982 - 1985
  • Part of Henri Nouwen fonds

File consists of twelve letters from Brother Christian at the Abbey of the Genesee between 1982 and 1996, predominantly 1982-1985. File also contains a photograph and copies of two articles with one of the articles referring to Nouwen's death.

Art/artists - Resources file

File consists of two copies of Rembrandt’s self-portrait, a Spring 1989 newsletter from The Pierpont Morgan Library with an article mentioning Rembrandt and a guide to the Rembrandt exhibit at the Rijksmuseum with a small print of the Rembrandt's Prodigal Son. Also included is a postcard depicting "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee" by Rembrandt and a slide featuring the same painting.

File also consists of an article about an art installation titled "Celestial Vault at Kijkduin" by James Turrell. This was an installation in the dunes near The Hague, created by Turrell (an American artist). There is also an article titled "Een cilinder vol zeegeruis" by Jan Wolkers, a Dutch author and artist.

Photographs of Nouwen and others at Yale Divinity School symposium

File consists of twenty-eight photographs of Nouwen at receptions (one at the home of Mary Carney), following a symposium at Yale Divinity School where Nouwen gave the keynote address on March 30 and 31, 1995. Nouwen was accompanied by Bill Van Buren and Joe Vorstermans.

El Salvador file

File consists of materials pertaining to the play “A peasant of El Salvador” and its performance at Yale Divinity School that was organized by Nouwen in 1983. File also includes a promotional package for the play, the contract for the performance and a promotional photograph.

Icon framing file

File consists of materials relating to icons such as a newspaper article, a letter from Sharon Gill Jones and two photographs of an icon Jones painted. File also includes a map and guide to Cologne and the cathedral.

Icon reproductions file

File consists of graphic material such as photographs, colour slides, negatives and proof sheets related to icons. File also contains an article on one of the icons and several postcards depicting icons. Some of the icons photographed in this series appear in Nouwen's book "Behold the beauty of the Lord: Praying with icons" and it is possible that these photographs were used in the book. The icons include: "The savior of Zvenigorod", "The virgin of Vladimir", "The Holy Trinity", and the icon that Nouwen used for his 25th anniversary ordination card. The file also contains two photographs, Item P2939 of an unidentified icon and Item P2940 a photograph of a cheery blossom tree in full bloom.

Icons from France file

File consists of several stamps and postcards of icons such as Saint Sharbel, The Holy Trinity and The virgin of Vladimir. File also contains a photograph of a painting of Saint Sharbel (Item P2921) and a photograph of an icon of Mary and Jesus, possibly by Peter BTSR Korsuiskia (Item P2922).

Latin America - Bolivia file

  • CA ON00389 F4-13-14190
  • File
  • 1982 - 1988, predominant 1986 - 1988
  • Part of Henri Nouwen fonds

File consists of letters from Félix Gregori and Alcibíades Rodriguez Suarez as well as newsletters pertaining to Latin America called "Andean focus" and "Update". File also contains a photograph attached to the letter dated December 23, 1986, in which Alcibíades Rodriguez Suarez asks Nouwen to sponsor his four month old son to be baptized.

Lent - resources

File consists of materials regarding Lent, including an invitation to participate in common Lenten disciplines from Dayspring Team; booklet titled "Keeping Lent in our Home"; text titled "The Passion"; notes; and correspondence regarding planning Lent activities. File also contains a photograph of a mosaic of Jesus.

Letter to Janet Munro

File consists of a letter to Janet Munro from Henri Nouwen regarding his performance as a clown on his 60th birthday. It is titled "Response by Henri Nouwen (to replace "Life as a Daybreak Pastor"). Nouwen writes "The call to be reborn as a clown really had a lot of significance for me and I do feel that all the members of the Daybreak community helped me in this marvellous rebirth. Now I will need a lot of help to use the years ahead of me to grow up as a reborn clown so that I can announce the good news of Jesus with new conviction and new hope. As Pastor of Daybreak I am glad that I can invite everybody of the community to be reborn and to be clowns for God." He mentions Easter, Holy Week, Connie's illness, Lori's baptism, Mark and Moahengi's reception into the Catholic Church, and the first communion of several people. All of these events "became part of the large mystery of our becoming through Jesus the beloved sons and daughters of God." Includes a photograph of Nouwen as a clown.

Peru file

File consists of materials relating to Peru, such material include letters written in Spanish, Peru Update newsletters and a newspaper article. File also contains two photographs attached to the letter dated August 21, 1984.

Photograph of Helene Corbin

File consists of a laminated photograph of Helene Corbin (1983-1991) with note printed on back with name, dates of birth and death, and note in French about her L'Arche home.

Rabbula: Icon of glory file

File consists of materials relating to the Rabbula: Icon of Glory, these materials include three photographs of icons with a sticky in S. Ron's hand: "The Slide Program Icon Glory will offer the information on these."; two audio cassette tapes of the slide show and a paper copy of a slide show. The file also contains a manuscript pertaining to Rabbula Gospel. The materials appear to have been given to Nouwen by S. Ron.

Sabbatical scrapbook

File consists of a scrapbook created by members of L'Arche Daybreak as a gift for Nouwen for his sabbatical in 1995. It consists of photographs of the Woodery, Green House, Genesis Place, card from Centre Street, card from Thelus [George], Peter Rotterman, David Gray, card (with photograph of a sunrise) from Wendy, note from The Hermitage, notes from the Red House, notes from Friends (Judy & Alan Steers, Mary Bee, Martha [Crealock?], Stephanie & Joe Vorstermans and family, Beth), notes from Seniors, notes from the Big House, notes from Office Folks (Wayne & Susan, Wendy & George, Tracey, Jennifer; Myrna, Sue Mosteller), the New House, Church Street, photographs, Stephenson.

Unidad Escolar file

File consists of correspondence between Nouwen and Unidad Escolar between August 1986 and September 1987. File includes copies of typed letters from Nouwen to Unidad Escolar. File also contains six photographs depicting the construction of a building, the photographs are attached to the letter dated November 4, 1986.

Assorted blank postcards

File consists of various blank postcards. Subjects include churches and cloisters, landscapes, and some church figures. Included are postcards from Austria, Germany, New York City, Jerusalem, Israel, photograph postcards of the S.S. Maasdam ship of the Holland America Line, and Rome.

Photograph album of military experiment

File consists of one photograph album containing photographs of a military experiment in which Nouwen participated, during his time as a military chaplain. The photographs show some of the experiment and training, but most photographs are candid photographs of those also involved in the exercise while off-duty. These candid photographs include mealtimes, cleaning, and socializing. Nouwen is included in six photographs.

Also included in the album is a card thanking the participants of the experiment. The phrase is, "Aangeboden door de Commissaris der Koningin in de Provincie Gelderland, in samenwerking met de Stichting Bevordering Bescherming Bevolking, aan de deelnemers aan oefening Copex" ["Offered by the Queen's Commissioner in the Province of Gelderland, in collaboration with the Foundation for Promoting Civil Defence, to the participants in exercise Copex"]. Henri Nouwen signed his card.

Photograph album of trip to Spetsai, Greece

File consists of one photograph album containing photographs from a trip taken to Spetsai [Spetses], Greece in August 1963. Nouwen had at least two travel companions (one unknown man and one unknown woman), as they are featured in a few of the photographs. There are notations in Nouwen's hand labeling the photographs, giving names of some of the locations, which include Daphne [Daphni monastery], Piraeus, Mivas, and Dappia. Nouwen is in four of the photographs.

Letter from Jane Bernhardt

File consists of a letter from Jane Bernhardt, a portrait artist painting portraits of imprisoned peace activists.

Photographs of Nouwen, Joe Child and others

File consists of three photographs of Nouwen, wearing a gray suit and dark tie, Joe Child, and others, at the "One Heart at a Time" 25th anniversary gala of L'Arche Daybreak, held February 3 and 4, 1995, at the Winter Garden Theatre (Toronto, ON).

Letters from Michael Christensen

File consists of letters from (Rev.) Michael J. Christensen of the Golden Gate Community Mission in San Francisco, CA., as well as copies of Christensen's articles "The Mystery of Kairos" and "The Mystery of Kenosis".

Letter from Mary Doyle

File consists of a letter from Sr. Mary Joan Doyle, DC, regarding the status of the boy's dormitory she cares for in Cochabamba, Bolivia, which Nouwen raised funds for.

Interview with Maxine Clarke Beach

File consists of an interview with Maxine Clarke Beach interviewed by Michael Christensen and Rebecca Laird at the Lily Guard Hotel in Ocean Grove (NJ). Beach lives in Chatham, NJ and is Vice-President of Drew University and Dean of the Drew Theological School (Madison, NJ). Beach met Nouwen as a student of Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) from 1983 to 1985. Beach recounts experiences with Nouwen at the Catholic Retreat Centre (Boston, MA) and a 1991 speaking engagement at the Scarrett Bennett Centre (Nashville, TN). Themes present in Beach's interview include social justice, ministry in Africa, 'The Wounded Healer' and 'The Genesee Diaries'. There is a colour print in the file of Beach posing on stone steps with flowers in the background. The interview is transcribed and is available electronically or in hard copy.

Photographs

Series consists of colour and black and white photographs (including negatives) accumulated by Nouwen, and colour slides taken by him and others. Photographs not taken by Nouwen were gathered mainly from friends and acquaintances through correspondence, over a period of approximately 30 years. The photographs were stored by Nouwen and his administrative assistant(s) in files, or displayed on one of several large bulletin boards Nouwen used in his office and photograph albums compiled. Some photographs that arrived with correspondence were kept in the General Files series with their letter of origin, while others which were not clearly attached to a letter were separated and added to this series.

Subject matter depicted in the photographs include professional portraits of Nouwen; Nouwen in both his professional and private capacities at: the Yale and Harvard Divinity Schools, and at L'Arche Daybreak (leading church services, at birthdays and Christmas celebrations), religious events (baptisms, first communions, ordinations and weddings); as well as his travels to Peru and Bolivia, the United States, France, and other countries; and with his family in the Netherlands both as a child and as an adult. Photographs also depict Nouwen's friends, their families, and L'Arche Daybreak assistants and core members. In addition, a large number of photographs in this series (approximately one fifth), document Nouwen's time spent in Germany with a flying trapeze troupe, The Flying Rodleighs.

Slides were taken by Nouwen of Martin Luther King, Jr’s civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, AL, in March 1965; of the University of Notre Dame; vacations, including a trip to Greece; and of Nouwen with Rodleigh Stevens of The Flying Rodleighs in 1995.

This series is arranged in three sub-series:

1.15.1. Photographs Accumulated by Henri Nouwen
1.15.2. Early Personal Photographs
1.15.3. Photograph Albums

The series include both file- and item-level descriptions. Photographs and slides are arranged in chronological order where possible.

Photographs of New Mexico

File consists of 116 photographs taken in New Mexico, most likely taken by Nouwen while on a trip to New Mexico with his parents. These photographs mostly feature landscapes and buildings: desert, forests, and rock formations. Some photographs feature the San Miguel chapel at San Miguel Mission, the Chaco Canyon ruins, some Pueblos, and a red Volkswagen Beetle car, which Nouwen and his parents likely drove while in New Mexico. Several of the photographs feature Nouwen's parents. Three photographs feature Nouwen.

Photographs of Nouwen's trip to Cancun, Mexico

File consists of nine photographs of Nouwen, wearing a blue short-sleeved collared shirt, in Cancun, Mexico for The Gathering Conference (November 2-4, 1995), with Nathan Ball and Joe Vorstermans, and Linda and Bob Buford.

Letters from Frank Gerry

File consists of letters from Frank Gerry, writing from the Philippines, as well as a copy of the journal "Life Forum".

Letters from Chaplain Frank Hamilton

File consists of letters from Frank M. Hamilton, a chaplain in the Presbyterian Church and later in the U.S. Army, including a photo card featuring two photographs of Nouwen giving a lecture.

Photographs of Nouwen at St. Paul's Bookcentre

File consists of two photographs of Nouwen, wearing a blue collared shirt and red polkadot tie, at St. Paul's Bookcentre (Toronto, ON), on December 3, 1995, for their "Spirit of Christmas" event.

Letters from Frances Kersjes

File consists of letters from Frances Kersjes, writing from Cochabamba, Bolivia, and two (one very long) typed letters from Nouwen.

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