1971-04-15, TLS[x] to Center from Barzan, Jacques, 'I have looked in likely places for any letters I may have received from my friend'

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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-B-025-#2

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1971-04-15, TLS[x] to Center from Barzan, Jacques, 'I have looked in likely places for any letters I may have received from my friend'

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  • 1971 April 15 (Creation)

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1 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter.

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(1907-)

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At the time of correspondence with Merton, Jacques Barzun was serving as Provost of Merton's alma mater, Columbia University. In a letter to the Merton Center in 1971, Barzun mentions that Merton was a friend and one-time student.

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First lines: "I have looked in likely places for any letters I may have received from my friend and one-time"... Contents index: none of Merton's letters to Barzun are extant / mostly talked with Merton "viva voce conversation".

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