File 46 - Interview with Michael Harank

0.6 cm of textual records. - 1 computer disk. - 2 audio cassettes (ca. 3 hrs). - 4 micro videocassettes (ca. 3hrs). - 2 videocassettes (ca. 3hrs).

File consists of an interview with Michael Harank interviewed by Joe Vorstermans in Oakland, CA. Harank is a registered nurse living in Oakland, CA. Harank met Nouwen at 1980 Catholic Worker conference (New York, NY) and through Robert Ellsberg subsequently became his assistant while at Harvard (Cambridge, MA) and in South America. Harank recounts handling Nouwen's correspondence, Nouwen's gestures and assisting in the decision to go to L'Arche Daybreak (Richmond Hill, ON). Themes present in Harank's interview include repression, the Vietnam War, conscientious objection, Holy Cross College (MA), the Catholic Worker Movement, Dorothy Day, Vincent van Gogh, sexuality, AIDS, Bethany House, Nouwen's funeral, Adam Arnett and Laurent Nouwen. Two poems Harank wrote after Nouwen's death are also given in the interview. The interview is transcribed and available electronically or in hard copy.

Title based on contents of the file.
Some videocassettes digitized on 2011 (v1-v4).
The audiovisual material has been removed from the file and is rehoused in audio cassettes box 9, micro videocassettes box 15 and videocassettes box 12. Reference copies of the audio cassettes are available (located with originals).

Added by T Wong, 23 October 2018