File 18 - Interview with Jurjen Beumer

0.8 cm of textual material. - 1 picture ; col. : 15 x 10cm. - 1 computer disk. - 1 audio cassette (ca. 1hr., 30mins).

File consists of an interview with Jurjen Beumer interviewed by Peter Naus in Haarlam, The Netherlands. Beumer is Director and Pastor of Oecumenisch Diaconaal Centrum Stem in de Stad in the Netherlands, or Voice in the City, a religious-based welcoming house for people in distress. Beumer wrote the biography 'The Spirituality of Henri Nouwen' published in 1996. The interview is transcribed and is available electronically and in hard copy. All transcriptions and recordings are in Dutch. Brief English notes from the interviewer are available in the file. They include, "His story was fascinating, informative and balanced in its description and evaluation of Henri as a person and of his work. This is perhaps not surprising given that Jurgen wrote the first biography about Henri. He raised some intriguing and important questions. It's unfortunate we did not have enough time to pursue them."

No publication of this material, in whole or in part, without the permission of the Archivist.

• Dutch

Title based on contents of the file.
The photograph and audio cassettes have been removed from the file and re-housed in photographs box 7 and audio cassettes box 8. Reference copies of the audio cassettes are available (located with original).

Added by T Wong, 23 October 2018