Identity elements
Reference code
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-071
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Record subgroup
Title
"Bissey, Colomban, Dom, O.C.S.O." correspondence
Date(s)
- 1950-1967 (Creation)
Extent
1 folder, 24 items, 39 pages
Name of creator
(1912-2006)
Biographical history
Dom Colomban Bissey served as Abbot of Melleray in France, the mother house of the Abbey of Gethsemani, from 1958-1986. He conducted visitations to Gethsemani as he was Gethsemani's Father Immediate.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bissey, Colomban, Dom, O.C.S.O.".
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›).
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Related materials elements
Related archival materials
See published letters from Merton to Bissey in «The School of Charity» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A26858206›), pp. 194-195 and 273-274.