File 5479 - Letters from Emile Zwetsloot-Willemars

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CA ON00389 F4-2-5479

Title

Letters from Emile Zwetsloot-Willemars

Date(s)

  • August 1989 - December 1991 (Creation)

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0.5 cm of textual records

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Name of creator

Nouwen, Henri J.M.
(1932-1996)

Repository

University of St. Michael's College, John M. Kelly Library, Special Collections

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File consists of five letters from Emile Zwetsloot-Willemars. Contents of letters are as follows:

  1. December 14, 1991, wishing Nouwen a happy holidays, including a copy of a poem titled "Le Bonheur c'est si petit!"
  2. December 13, [1990], notecard, wishing Nouwen a healthy 1991.
  3. October 18, 1990, long typed letter with handwritten note at the end.
  4. July 31, 1990
  5. November 1989. Includes typed letter from Connie Ellis from December 15, 1989, acknowledging the letter and telling them that Nouwen is away on a "writing retreat" and in seclusion.

File includes a typed letter from August 21, 1989 from Connie Ellis, thanking Zwetsloot-Willemars for his letter on behalf of Nouwen. File also includes a packet of photocopied material in Dutch, including a story titled "De Bloedende Zwaan" by Jeanna Oterdahl, and a poem titled "Jezus."

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  • Dutch
  • English

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    henri-nouwen-fonds.pdf

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    Title based on contents of the file.
    Letter #1 contains annotation: "Dec 23, dictated resp."
    Letter #2 contains annotation: "dictated resp"
    Letter #3 has annotation: "Oct 25, dictated resp"
    Letter #4 has annotation: "Aug 29, Dictated. asked for phone #"
    Letters from Zwetsloot-Willemars are in Dutch.

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    2007 56

    Location

    Box 133 File 7722a

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    Added by L Joson, 5 May 2020

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