File 22 - Interview with Tim Bruner

0.6 cm of textual records. - 2 photographs ; col. : 10 x 15cm. - 1 computer disk. – 1 audio cassette (ca. 1hr., 30mins).

File consists of an interview with Tim Bruner interviewed by Gabrielle Earnshaw at the Henri Nouwen Archives and Research Collection at St. Michael's College (Richmond Hill, ON). Bruner lives in Bloomington, IN and is an eighteen year old student. Bruner met Nouwen as a toddler living at L'Arche Daybreak. Most of Bruner's early life was spent with Nouwen including Thanksgiving dinners, Easter Mass, First Communion and vacations to Cape Cod and Holland. Nouwen helped Bruner grieve for his father, John O'Brien, creating a book of memories and celebrating anniversaries and Father's Day. Themes present in Bruner's interview include the father figure, death, grief, role model, belovedness, fruitfulness, Nouwen's funeral and Nouwen's legacy. The interview is transcribed and is available electronically or in hard copy.

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

Added by T Wong, 23 October 2018