Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
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Title
Date(s)
- 1963-1967 (Creation)
Extent
1 folder(s), 19 item(s), 32 page(s)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Stefan Baciu was a poet and professor of romance languages whose works include surveys of Latin American surrealistic poetry and themes of communism in poetry. He was editor of the literary magazine, «MELE». During his time of correspondence with Merton, he is first in Seattle and later in Honolulu.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Baciu, Stefan".
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
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Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
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Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Three of Merton's letters to Barciu are published in «The Courage for Truth» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A30158809›), and Baciu is referenced in a 1967/07/28 letter to Ernesto Cardinal, published in «The Courage for Truth» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A30158809›). See also Sub-Section D.7 for an article with references to Thomas Merton and signed by Baciu and inscribed to Merton, "Baciu, Stefan; 'Beatitude South of the Border: Latin America's Beat Generation.'"