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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-047-#01
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1966-08-14, HLS to Merton, 'On a visit to California, I brought some family and friends letters and papers- etc-'
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- 1966 August 14 (Creation)
Extent
3 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.
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Biographical history
Iris Weiss Bennett was the widow of Merton's guardian in England, Dr. Tom Izod Bennett. Communication between the Bennett's and Merton was few and far between after Merton left Cambridge.
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First lines: "On a visit to California, I brought some family and friends letters and papers- etc- I had not seen"... Contents index: letters written by Merton's parents around the time of his birth, some photos of Merton and John Paul (his younger brother) as babies, and of Owen (his father) / 1945 letter to Tom Bennett - entry into the monastery and news of John Paul's death / Tom Bennett's death / reaction to how they were portrayed by Merton.
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- English
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Senders and recipients—
to Thomas Merton from: Bennett, (Ruth) Iris Weiss