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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-A-036-#26
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1959-04-19 (#01), TALS[x] from Merton, 'The statue finally arrived safely three days ago and is now installed in the'
Date(s)
- 1959 April 19 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter with holograph annotations.
Name of creator
(1915-1968)
Biographical history
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
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First lines: "The statue finally arrived safely three days ago and is now installed in the novitiate library."...
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Languages of the material
- English
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Immediate source of acquisition
The donor or source was: Gift of the Andrade family.