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- 1958-1964 (Création/Production)
Importance matérielle
1 folder(s), 35 item(s), 70 page(s)
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Notice biographique
Jaime Andrade was an Ecuadorian sculptor and engraver from Quito. Merton commissioned him to do a statue of the Virgin Mary and child Jesus in dark wood for the novitiate library.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
In this letter to an artist, Merton begins by commissioning a statue, but begins to explore the possibility of founding a new monastery near Quito. The English translation of the 1958/11/16 letter is a copy from the Gethsemani Abbey Archives and was enclosed in a letter sent from Dom James Fox to Abbot General Gabriel Sortais, see "Fox, James, Dom" file.
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Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Usage permission for letters to Merton from Columbia University must be obtained from the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Regulations governing use of the collection can be found here: (‹https://bellarmine.libraryhost.com/index.php/rules›).
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Sources complémentaires
See published letters from Merton to Jaime Andrade in «The School of Charity» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A26858206›), pp. 107-109, 111-115, and 248; see also "Endara, Julio".
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Caption of headline photo: Jaime Andrade sends a slide of some of his mosaic art in his August 1964 letter.