Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1963-1968, 1971-1973 (Creation)
Extent
2 folder(s), 45 item(s), 70 page(s)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Canon Arthur MacDonald (Donald) Allchin was an Anglican priest who came to know Merton through Dr. Dale Moody of the Baptist Seminary in Louisville. When he first met Merton, Allchin was at Oxford and served as librarian for Pusey House and as a student chaplain. He would later become Canon Residentiary at Canterbury Cathedral, England (source: «The Hidden Ground of Love»).
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Allchin, Arthur MacDonald, Canon".
System of arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Regulations governing use of the collection can be found here: (‹https://bellarmine.libraryhost.com/index.php/rules›).
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
See published letters from Merton to Allchin in «The Hidden Ground of Love» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A26858207›), and references to Allchin in «The Road to Joy» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A26858205›) and «The School of Charity» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A26858206›), pp .