File 23 - Interview with Bob Buford

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CA ON00389 C3-1-23

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Interview with Bob Buford

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  • November 30, 2004 (Creation)

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0.6 cm of textual records. - 1 print : col. 13 x 20 cm. - 1 computer disk. - 1 audio cassette (ca. 1hr., 30mins).

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File consists of an interview with Bob Buford interviewed by Joe Vorstermans at the Leadership Network Offices (Dallas, TX). Buford lives in Dallas, TX and is the chairman of The Buford Foundation which holds wilderness camps for troubled youth. Buford was introduced to Nouwen through Malcolm Street of Elderly Care Inc (Fortworth, TX). Buford recounts experiences with Nouwen at the Foundation Conference (Toronto, ON) and The Gathering (Mexico) and through his subsequent work 'Mornings with Henri Nouwen'. Themes present in Buford's interview include 'Half Time', 'Finishing Well', Thomas Merton, Peter Drucker, Nouwen's contradictions and Nouwen as tortured. Photocopied pages of Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself' with annotations and a note from Buford to Joe Vorstermans and a copy of the print created for Peter Drucker's 80th birthday is also in the file. The interview is transcribed and is available electronically or in hard copy.

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      Title based on contents of the file.
      The audio cassettes have been removed from the file and rehoused in audio cassettes box 8. Reference copies of the audio cassettes are available (located with original).

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      Box 2 File 23

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      2005 09

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      SR2005 09 23 12

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Added by T Wong, 23 October 2018

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