Elemente 'Identifikation'
Signatur
Name und Standort des Archivs
Erschließungsstufe
Titel
Datum/Laufzeit
- 1966 December 1 (Anlage)
Umfang
1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
Name des Bestandsbildners
Biographische Angaben
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
Elemente Inhalt und innere Ordnung
Eingrenzung und Inhalt
First lines: "I am happy to hear that you have a chance to live as a hermit in Texas and am interested in your"... Contents index: hermit colony in Texas / hopes administrative concerns of colony do not interfere with solitude / Dom Winandy / don't be activists / a brother as superior / importance of spiritual direction / hermit colonies can "raise eyebrows" / Trappists "stand-offish towards hermits" but Dom James may contribute money.
Ordnung und Klassifikation
Elemente Zugangs- und Benutzungsbedingungen
Benutzungsbedingungen
Technischer Zugang
Reproduktionsbedingungen
In der Verzeichnungseinheit enthaltene Sprachen
- Englisch