File 225 - Letters from Tom Karlin

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CA ON00389 C3-2-225

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Letters from Tom Karlin

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1980-September 1994 (Creation)

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0.1 cm 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 Tom Karlin and his family:

1980: original hand-written note to Karlin kids enclosed with a letter sent to Tom Karlin. Includes a sketch of flowers by Nouwen.
1981, October 31: hand-written letter to Tom Karlin. Instituto de Idiomas (Bolivia) letterhead. Double sided.
1983, February 10: original typed letter to Karlin family. HDS letterhead. 1 page.
1983, July: original hand written post-card to Karlin family. Sent from France.
1994, April 23: original typed letter to Tom Karlin. Henri sent this letter when he heard of Ida Karlin's cancer.
1994, September 21: copy of a typed letter from Nouwen to Tom Karlin. Henri wrote this letter two weeks after Ida's death. Daybreak letterhead.

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henri-nouwen-collection.pdf

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Title based on contents of the file.
Karlin gathered the material and sent it to the Archive as a result of the 2010-2011 Letter Project.
Karlin had been a Trappist monk and then was a part of the Catholic Workers house in Tacoma.