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Cote
Nom et localisation du dépôt
Niveau de description
Titre
Date(s)
- 1951-1984 (Création/Production)
Importance matérielle
9 folder(s), 215 item(s), 257 page(s)
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
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).
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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.
Mode de classement
Records are arranged by a Record Number based on the original order. Records are also assigned a numeric Series.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Regulations governing use of the collection can be found here: (‹https://bellarmine.libraryhost.com/index.php/rules›).
Accès technique
Conditions de reproduction
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Instruments de recherche
Éléments d'acquisition et d'évaluation
Historique de la conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Sources complémentaires
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.