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Reference code
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-058-#48
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
1965-07-18, TLS[x] Berrigan from Merton, 'Many thanks for the letter and the fine poem. I am sorry Fr McGowan couldn't get'
Date(s)
- 1965 July 18 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter.
Name of creator
(1915-1968)
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… Read more
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Scope and content
First lines: "Many thanks for the letter and the fine poem. I am sorry Fr McGowan couldn't get out here. But"... Contents index: [1965/05/18 date in published letters a misprint] no more visits to Merton at hermitage, except one commitment to Hildegard… Read more
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Languages of the material
- English
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Existence and location of copies
Copy from Cornell University Department of Rare Books.
Publication notes
Hidden Ground of Love
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Berrigan, Daniel J., Fr., S.J.