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Reference code
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-043-#02
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
1963-11-11 (#02), TL[x] from Merton, 'Sorry I did not see you when you were here. I did not even know you were here, and'
Date(s)
- 1963 November 11 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed letter (not signed).
Name of creator
(1915-1968)
Biographical history
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… Read more
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Scope and content
First lines: "Sorry I did not see you when you were here. I did not even know you were here, and it all depends"... Contents index: Sterling Rayburn / poems - "Landscape" / Dylan Thomas / other favorite poets / prosaic over poetic style - likes his «… Read more
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Languages of the material
- English
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Acquisition and appraisal elements
Immediate source of acquisition
The donor or source was: Shannon, William H.
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Publication notes
Road to Joy
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Anglican Seminarians