File 228 - Letters from Jurjen Beumer

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CA ON00389 C3-2-228

Title

Letters from Jurjen Beumer

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  • November 1984-November 1996 (Creation)

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4.5 cm textual records

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All items in the first two folders are photocopies. File consists of four folders, with many letters written in Dutch.

Folder 1: 142 items consisting mostly of letters exchanged between Jurjen Beumer and Nouwen. Also includes letters to and from L.J.M. Nouwen, The Company, and Yale Divinity School Archives.

Folder 2:
1.1988, April 18: copy of a hand-written letter from Nouwen to Stelling. 3 pages.
2.1988, [October?] 17th: copy of a hand-written letter from Stelling to Nouwen. 3 pages.
3.1989, January 5: copy of a typed letter from Lieven Sercu (Lannoo) to Stelling.
Also includes original shipping envelope.

Folder 3 and 4 both contain the original letters Nouwen wrote to Beumer, along with photocopies of Beumer's letters to Nouwen.

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  • Dutch

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    Title based on contents of the file.
    Jurjen collected the material and sent it to the Archive as a result of the 2010-2011 Letter Project. Margreet Stelling's husband provided copies of the letters related to her.

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    2011 41 ; 2014 14

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    Added by L Whitehead, 29 September 2025
    Revised by L Whitehead, 19 November 2025

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