Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Nivelul descrierii
Titlu
Date(s)
- 1960-1967 (Creation)
Extent
1 folder, 13 items, 20 pages
Name of creator
Biographical history
Fr. Colman Barry is writing as Editor of the «American Benedictine Review» (American Benedictine Academy) and involved with the Liturgical Press at Collegeville, Minnesota. He was later to be president of St. John's University.
Content and structure elements
Domeniul de aplicare și conținut
This group of letters contains early letters mainly from Barry to Merton, and later letters from Merton to Barry. There is one letter from Fr. Oliver from St. Vincent's Abbey in Pennsylvania discussing obtaining book for Merton on Dom Calmet. Most are original letters from both men with a few later carbon copies of Merton's. Earlier letters discuss articles and book ideas for Merton to publish with the <u>American Benedictine Review</u> and plans to help publish and contribute to a book by Serge Bolshakoff. In the last letter, Merton gives a lengthy description of his views on monasticism at the time and its likely prospects for the future.
System of arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Regulations governing use of the collection can be found here: (‹https://bellarmine.libraryhost.com/index.php/rules›).
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Sursa imediata de achizitie
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
See also "Oliver, Fr." and "Bolshakoff, Serge" files and one published letter from Merton in «The School of Charity» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A26858206›), p. 153.