Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1960-1968, 1973 (Creation)
Extent
1 folder(s), 24 item(s), 26 page(s)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Br. Antoninus, who later went back to his birth name of William Everson, was a Californian poet associated with the San Francisco Renaissance and Beat movements, publishing under both his secular and religious names. He joined the Dominican Order in 1951 after a second failed marriage and remained a religious brother through his correspondence with Merton. In 1969, he left the Dominicans to enter a third marriage. He founded Lime Kiln Press and taught at University of California, Santa Cruz, which not only allowed him to continue his poetry, but also made him known as a master printer. (Sources: Nelson, Cary [ed]. An Online Journal and Multimedia Companion to the «Anthology of Modern American Poetry». Oxford University Press, 2000. ‹http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/everson/about.htm›.)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
In this correspondence spanning eight years, Merton and Br. Antoninus share some of their work and ideas about art, photographs, books, and poems.
System of arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Note that items from the Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley may not be reproduced without express permission of this institution.. Regulations governing use of the collection can be found here: (‹https://bellarmine.libraryhost.com/index.php/rules›).