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- December 14, 2004 (Creation)
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0.4 cm of textual records. - 1 audio cassette (ca. 1hr., 30mins).
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File consists of an interview with James E. Dittes interviewed by Michael Christensen (location unknown). Dittes lives in Hamden, CT. Dittes met Nouwen in the early 1960s through Seward Hiltner of the Menninger Clinic (Topeka, KS) and subsequently chaired the search committee that brought Nouwen to Yale Divinity School (New Haven, CT). The interview is not transcribed; there is a statement of recollection by Dittes in the file however identifying the following themes: Nouwen's transition to Yale, Nouwen's relationship with colleagues including Dean Colin Williams, Nouwen as unconventional, Nouwen's tenure at Yale and the departments of Theology and Psychology at Yale.
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No reproduction of this material without permission of the Archivist. Audio has been digitized.
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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 originals).
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- Dittes, James E. (Subject)
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Added by T Wong, 23 October 2018.
Revised by S Rogers 1 August 2024.