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Reference code
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-002-#02
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
1959-06-22, HPCS Bach from Merton, 'Thank you for the surprise letter and for the gift which I shall use to good'
Date(s)
- 1959 June 22 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed postcard.
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: "Thank you for the surprise letter and for the gift which I shall use to good advantage -- I need"...
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Languages of the material
- English
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Bach, Marian T.