Elemente 'Identifikation'
Signatur
Name und Standort des Archivs
Erschließungsstufe
Titel
Datum/Laufzeit
- 1952 May 2 (Anlage)
Umfang
1 page(s); Typed signed letter.
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: "Could you please look over these two works of art (?) and tell me if they are too scandalously bad"... Contents index: [see "Censors Reports" file in correspondence for physical copy] "Saints for Now" by Clare Boothe Luce with an essay by Merton regarding St. John of the Cross [essay in book] - Merton submits two black ink brush drawings of St. John of the Cross and of St. Thérèse of Lisieux - reply by Fr. Paul Bourne is written on the bottom of Merton's letter (see Item #2 of the same date).
Ordnung und Klassifikation
Elemente Zugangs- und Benutzungsbedingungen
Benutzungsbedingungen
Technischer Zugang
Reproduktionsbedingungen
In der Verzeichnungseinheit enthaltene Sprachen
- Englisch