File 6021 - Letters from Mary Elizabeth O'Brien

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CA ON00389 F4-2-6021

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Letters from Mary Elizabeth O'Brien

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  • July - December 1992 (Creation)

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0.5 cm of textual records. -- 9 photographs : col. ; 10 x 14 and 9 x 12.5 cm

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(1932-1996)

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File consists of four letters and a card from Mary Elizabeth O'Brien, expressing appreciation for Nouwen's writing and discussing her work as a nurse researcher exploring physical and psychosocial coping in life threatening illness, including HIV/AIDS. File also includes a letter from O'Brien to Doubleday requesting her first letter be forwarded to Nouwen, photocopies of pages from her books where she quotes Nouwen, a few pages and an outline (in draft form) of a book in progress showing how she wants to incorporate Nouwen's ideas, and photographs of the AIDS memorial quilt (organized through The NAMES Project, San Francisco, CA). File also includes a copy of a typed letter from Nouwen.

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      See item level descriptions for P3133-P3141 for more details.

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      Title based on contents of the file.
      File includes 9 photographs.

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      2000 01

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      Box 141 File 8260

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Added by L Joson, 25 May 2020

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