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- 1976-1987, 1989-2000 (Creation)
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3 cm of textual records
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File consist of personal correspondence from Robert Jonas and Margaret Bullitt-Jonas to Henri Nouwen. Included are updates about their family and professional pursuits; seasonal greetings; an overview of a manuscript by Jonas; letters from Bullitt-Jonas’s mother Sarah Doering; a letter from Carl MacMillan inviting the Jonas’ to visit L’Arche Daybreak; a Winter 1993 edition of the Cowley featuring Bullitt-Jonas’ “Being Touched by Truth; Being Left with Love” about her daughter Rebecca; a course outline for Bullitt-Jonas’ Spring 1994 course “The Life of Prayer”; and photocopies of articles for Nouwen. Also in the file is correspondence between Robert Jonas, Sue Mosteller and Kathy Christie regarding Jonas’ writing about Nouwen, text edits and reaction to Michael Ford’s Wounded Prophet. Included are manuscripts by Jonas titled “Daybreak” and “Henri Nouwen: Prophecy, Passion, and Paradox”.
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File contains Nouwen’s personal correspondence.
Annotations in pen by Connie Ellis, Kathy Christie and an unknown hand appear on several of the letters.
See the Henri Nouwen fonds, the Henri Nouwen Oral History Project series and the Windborne Productions files for records and photographs pertaining to Robert Jonas.
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- Jonas, Robert A. (Subject)
- Bullitt-Jonas, Margaret (Subject)
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Added by T Wong, 16 March 2021