File 14001 - Letters by Thomas Merton

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CA ON00389 F4-12-1-14001

Title

Letters by Thomas Merton

Date(s)

  • 1967 - November 1968 (Creation)

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0.2 cm of textual records

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Name of creator

(1932-1996)

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Scope and content

File consists of eight mass-mail mimeographed letters from Thomas Merton. File includes seven letters sent from the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky and one letter from Merton’s Asia trip, sent from New Delhi, India, November 9, 1968.

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  • Dutch

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    Title based on contents of the file.

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    Some letters contain handwritten annotations in Dutch, in Nouwen's hand.

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    Accession Number

    2000 01

    Location

    Box 332

    Previous Item Number

    38-235

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    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Added by L Joson, 5 July 2018

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