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Nombre y localización del repositorio
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Fecha(s)
- 1951-1984 (Creación)
Extensión
9 folder(s), 215 item(s), 257 page(s)
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Historia biográfica
Dom John Eudes Bamberger stepped down as abbot of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Genesee in 2001. He came to Gethsemani in 1951 after having read «The Seven Storey Mountain» in the navy. He was sent to Washington, D.C., for studies in the psychiatric field and later helped Merton and Fr. Matthew Kelty in screening new applicants to the novitiate. (Source: The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia, pp. 22-23).
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Alcance y contenido
In these intramural letters, Merton and, at that time, fellow monk of Gethsemani, Bamberger, exchange thoughts about community life, the admission of new novices, and about each others writing. In some of these letters, Merton expresses problems he has with some of the monks serving as typists who do not agree with his work, and he questions whether the Gethsemani community understands or benefits from some of the Sunday conferences he is giving.
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Records are arranged by a Record Number based on the original order. Records are also assigned a numeric Series.
Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos
Condiciones de acceso
Regulations governing use of the collection can be found here: (‹https://bellarmine.libraryhost.com/index.php/rules›).
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See also two letters from Merton to Bamberger published in «The School of Charity» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A26858206›), pp. 331-332 and 378. For other records related to Merton's health, see also the "Doctors' reports" file.