Identity elements
referentie code
Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Titel
Datum(s)
- 1961-1966 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
3 folders, 31 items, 56 pages
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Evora Arca de Sardiña was born in Cuba, attended high school in New York, and returned to Cuba in 1950. In Cuba, she was involved in social work the poor. When Castro came to power in 1959, she fled to the United States with her husband and her five sons and settled in Miami. Her husband, Eugenio, was part of the CIA-trained anti-Castro assault force captured at the Bay of Pigs. (Source: «Witness to Freedom».)
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
In this group of letters, Merton provides spiritual direction to a Cuban expatriate who fled after Fidel Castro came to power. Subjects of the letters include the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Merton "Warn[s] her against those who would turn to violence but also against those who would embrace a comfortable and wealthy Catholicism" (Shannon, p. 77). (Source: <a onClick="return popup(this, 'link')" href="http://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?databaseList=638&queryString=ti:Witness+to+Freedom"><i>Witness to Freedom</i></a>.) Many letters from Merton are photocopies from the published letters. However, a few carbons of his letters and original handwritten letters from Evora Arca de Sardiña are present.
Ordeningstelsel
Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
Conditions of access and use elements
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Regulations governing use of the collection can be found here: (‹https://bellarmine.libraryhost.com/index.php/rules›).
Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Languages of the material
Scripts of the material
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
Toegangen
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Geschiedenis beheer
Directe bron van verwerving
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Aanvullingen
Related materials elements
Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen
Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën
Related archival materials
See also Cold War Letters #27, #93, #109 and other letters from Merton to Arca de Sardiña published in «Witness to Freedom» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A32625479›), 76-85; and see also the "Rodríguez, Marta Elena" file.