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Reference code
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-075-#02
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Item
Title
1962-01-27, transcript Black from Merton, 'I need not tell you how I would love to be there on February 2nd. There are few'
Date(s)
- 1962 January 27 (date approximate) (Creation)
Extent
3 page(s); Transcript copy of a letter, i.e., re-typed or re-written after original.
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: "I need not tell you how I would love to be there on February 2nd. There are few earthly desires I"... Contents index: [Cold War Letters, # 24A] Shaker spiritual drawings / photos of Pleasant Hill Shaker Community / photo essay on the… Read more
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Languages of the material
- English
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Publication notes
Witness to Freedom
Publication notes
Seeking Paradise
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Black, Mary Childs