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Name and location of repository
Nivelul descrierii
Titlu
Date(s)
- 1958-1964 (Creation)
Extent
1 folder(s), 35 item(s), 70 page(s)
Name of creator
Biographical history
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.
Content and structure elements
Domeniul de aplicare și conținut
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.
System of arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
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Conditions governing access
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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Related archival materials
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.