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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-A-057-#6
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Item
Title
1961-07-26 (#02), transcript to Merton, 'When I write about spiritual things I would prefer to write you in Spanish as it is'
Date(s)
- 1961 July 26 (Creation)
Extent
4 page(s); Transcript copy of a letter, i.e., re-typed or re-written after original.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Evora Arca de Sardiña was born in Cuba, attended high school in New York, and returned to Cuba in 1950. In Cuba, she was involved in social work the poor. When Castro came to power in 1959, she fled to the United States with her husband and her five sons and settled in Miami. Her husband, Eugenio, was part of the CIA-trained anti-Castro assault force captured at the Bay of Pigs. (Source: «Witness to Freedom».)
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First lines: "When I write about spiritual things I would prefer to write you in Spanish as it is easier for me."... Contents index: translation of letter in file.
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Languages of the material
- English
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Immediate source of acquisition
The donor or source was: Shannon, William H.