Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1953 (Creation)
Extent
1 folder, 9 items, 10 pages
Name of creator
Biographical history
A student of Sr. Marialein Lorenz in Mobile, Alabama, Gloria Sylvester Bennett was part of the class who sent Merton some ordination gifts. She sends a book by her husband, Lerone Bennett, «Confrontation: Black and White». (Source: «The Road to Joy», p. 341.)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bennett, Gloria Cecelia Sylvester".
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
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
See also one letter from Merton to Gloria Bennett and excerpts from Bennett's letter to Merton in «The Road to Joy» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A26858205›), p. 341; and see also the "Lorenz, Marialein" file.