File 199 - Letters from Marc van Campen

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CA ON00389 C3-2-199

Title

Letters from Marc van Campen

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  • 1986-1987 (Creation)

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5.5 cm of textual records

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

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File consists of:
Letters written by Nouwen to van Campen
Folder 1:
1) February 11, 1986 original hand-written letter from Nouwen to van Campen. 9 pages.
2) February 13, 1986 original hand-written letter from Nouwen to van Campen. 17 pages.
3) February 17, 1986 original hand-written letter from Nouwen to van Campen. 21 pages.
4) February 28, [1986?] original hand-written letter from Nouwen to van Campen. 19 pages.
Attached: undated original, hand-written note [from van Campen to Nouwen] 1 page.
5) April 2, 1986 original hand-written letter from Nouwen to van Campen. 19 pages.
6) April 18, 1986 original handwritten letter from Nouwen to van Campen. 17 pages. Includes annotations by van Campen
7) September 18, 1986 photocopy of a hand-written letter from Nouwen to van Campen. 7 pages in addition to a title page and outline.
8) January 1987 original handwritten letter from Nouwen to van Campen. 2 pages double sided.
9) Sept 19, 1986 large manila envelope, addressed to Marc van Campen. Mailed from Richmond Hill, ON Canada.
Folder 2:
1) February 17, 1986 photocopy of a hand-written letter from Nouwen to van Campen. 21 pages. (Original is in folder 1).
2) February 17, 1986 photocopy of a hand-written letter from Nouwen to van Campen. 21 pages. (Original is in folder 1).
Folder 3:
1) Undated photocopy of a typed manuscript “GOD-MET-ONS Brieven aan Marc over Jezus door Harrie J.M. Nouwen.” Contains letters written to van Campen between February 11 and September 18, 1986. 70 pages in addition to a title page and outline.
Attached: large manila envelope addressed to van Campen, from Nouwen. Daybreak return address.
Other material:
Folder 4:
1) December 1985-January 1986. “Door Interview: Henri Nouwen” in The Wittenburg Door Number 88, p 10-15,18-19.

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  • Dutch

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    henri-nouwen-collection.pdf

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    Title based on contents of the file.
    van Campen collected the material and sent it to the Archive as a result of the Nouwen Archive Letter Project 2010.
    Several letters show damage from water, creasing, smudges, and stains.

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    2010 89

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    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Added by L Whitehead, 24 September 2025

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