Identity elements
referentie code
Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Titel
Datum(s)
- 1968 February 14 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
1 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
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.
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
First lines: "From the way one of the girls at Seabury was talking of reviews it sounded as though the Plague"... Contents index: planning long article on Camus' «The Stranger» / "done with Camus for a while" / "girls in the publicity department [Seabury Press] seem to have had a good time with my hobbies" (see "Allman, Susan" file for a related article published in the «New York Post» about Merton's list of hobbies).
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Conditions of access and use elements
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Languages of the material
- Engels