File 189 - Letters from Jim Forest

5 cm of textual records

File consists of correspondence between Jim Forest and Henri Nouwen. File includes correspondence with Nouwen's family; Nouwen's various administrative assistants over the years; and Nouwen's acquaintances. Correspondence is in the form of printed e-mails; original and copied letters both typed and handwritten including 2 form letters; postcards; notices; pamphlets regarding Nouwen; copies of Nouwen's response to Forest's book, "a Pilgrim to the Russian Church" (New York: Crossroad, 1988); and appended articles.

Printed emails are to and from Jim and Nancy Forest and Nouwen, Laurent Nouwen, Connie Ellis, Robert Ellsberg, Paul del Junco, and others (sent from January 25, 1988, to November 3, 2006; printed on April 25, 2007).

Letters are mainly original typed and signed. 22 of the letters were sent to Forest on Nouwen's behalf by his various administrative assistants, including Sylvia Thayer Zaeder, Jane Mansfield Bouvier, Carol Platinga, June E. Hagen, Michael Harank, Elizabeth (Betty) K. Mahan, Peter Weiskel, and Connie Ellis. 3 letters are to Forest from Nouwen's family, including Paul Nouwen (brother), Laurent Nouwen (brother), and Laurien van Campen (sister). 58 copies of letters are to Nouwen from Forest. 2 copies of letters are to Nouwen from Nancy Forest-Flier.

File is separated into the following four folders:

• Folder 1: 1976-1980 (Includes an item list of articles by or regarding Nouwen; mostly clipped from magazines and newspapers)
• Folder 2: 1981-1985
• Folder 3: 1986-1990+
• Folder 4: Emails

Title based on contents of the file.

Added by T Wong, 21 March 2022