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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-036-#17
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Title
1958-11-16, transcript Andrade to Merton, 'Special circumstances have prevented my writing to you to thank you for the 2 pieces'
Date(s)
- 1958 November 16 (Creation)
Extent
4 page(s); Transcript copy of a letter, i.e., re-typed or re-written after original.
Name of creator
(1913-1990)
Biographical history
Jaime Andrade was an Ecuadorian sculptor and engraver from Quito. Merton commissioned him to do a statue of the Virgin Mary and child Jesus in dark wood for the novitiate library.
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Scope and content
First lines: "Special circumstances have prevented my writing to you to thank you for the 2 pieces of literature"... Contents index: [translation of 1958/11/12 letter] Merton's poem "Prometheus" / Mother and Child statue taking shape - child must hold something: branch, fruit, root / not interested in Trappist foundation in Quito - vices of colonial times, cultural loss, exploitation of the people by Church / books requested from Cultural Center - Julio Endara.
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- English
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Immediate source of acquisition
The donor or source was: Gethsemani Abbey Archives.
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Senders and recipients—
to Thomas Merton from: Andrade, Jaime