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- 1980-2003 (Creation)
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0.5 cm of textual records. - 3 photographs : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.2 cm or smaller. - 8 photographs : col. ; 17.7 x 12. 7 cm or smaller
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File consists of correspondence between Nouwen and Mike Sibley, Pat Sibley, and William (Bill) Parry. Correspondence includes letters between the Henri Nouwen Society and Pat Sibley on the possibility of donating Nouwen's letters to the Henri Nouwen Literary Estate. These letters contain annotations on what letters were sent to the archive. File also contains a hand-drawn map of Losone, Switzerland by Nouwen with an accompanying note explaining it. File includes photographs of the "Holding Giving" statue commissioned by Nouwen for L'Arche Daybreak sent to Parry from Nouwen and a scrapbook page with photograph clippings of Nouwen.
Letter details as follows:
1) 1980, February 12 or December 2 - typed unsent letter to Nouwen
2) 1981, September 21 - copy of typed letter written by Mike to Nouwen
3) 1981, October 6 - original typed letter written by Nouwen to Mike and Pat
4) 1981, October 9 - copy of typed letter written by Mike to Nouwen
5) 1994, January 7 - original typed letter written by Nouwen to Pat
6) 1995, March 13 - original typed letter written by Nouwen to Bill (William)
7) 1991, black and white photograph of “Holding Giving” statue (photograph has been scanned)
8) 1995, March 13 - original typed letter written by Nouwen to Pat.
9) 1996 October 11 - copy of handwritten letter by Pat to Wim and Henri's family
10) 2003 July 23 - original handwritten letter written by Pat to Judy Grimes
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- Parry, Elizabeth Sibley (Subject)
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Revised by T Wong, 6 October 2021