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- undated (Creation)
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1 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) note (not signed). Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.
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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 more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
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First lines: "+How the traction works. [-] You hook it on to head of the bed. But here the head of the bed is"... Contents index: [Merton's description and diagram of being in traction in the hospital].
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- English
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The donor or source was: Bamberger, John.