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Reference code
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-055-#03
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Item
Title
1966-03-05 (#02), TALS[x] Appleton from Merton, 'You may certainly read the galleys of MYSTICS AND ZEN MASTERS when the publisher has'
Date(s)
- 1966 March 5 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter with holograph annotations.
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: "You may certainly read the galleys of MYSTICS AND ZEN MASTERS when the publisher has them, but most"... Contents index: discourages Post publishing much of the book, but offers suggestion for an article on "Eastern and Western Wisdoms".
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Languages of the material
- English
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Existence and location of copies
Copy from Filson Historical Society: Louisville, KY.
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Appleton, John