Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1963 (Creation)
- 1963 (Creation)
Extent
1 folder(s), 2 item(s), 2 page(s)
Name of creator
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.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Anglican Seminarians".
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 also published letters from Merton to Anglican Seminarians in «The Road to Joy» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A26858205›), pp. 328-329.