Elemente 'Identifikation'
Signatur
Name und Standort des Archivs
Erschließungsstufe
Titel
Datum/Laufzeit
- 1964-1966, 1968, 1970 (Anlage)
Umfang
1 folder, 11 items, 14 pages
Name des Bestandsbildners
Biographische Angaben
Merton remembered Nancy Hauck Boettcher when he was young and she was a baby in Long Island. After the death of Merton's mother Ruth in 1921, Nancy's grandmother, Freida "Nanny" Hauck came to help Merton's grandparents take care of Thomas and John Paul Merton. Nancy's aunt Elsie married Merton's uncle Harold Jenkins. Harold and Elsie took care of Nanny Hauck at first. According to Nancy, they "threw her out of their house", and she came to live with Walter and Ruth Hauck, Nancy's parents. The difficult situation of her parents taking care of Nanny is the subject of the first letter. At this time, Nancy was married, had a couple of children, and was unable to assist her parents with the care of Nanny. (Source: «The Road to Joy», pp. 57 and 65.)
Elemente Inhalt und innere Ordnung
Eingrenzung und Inhalt
Merton had a close relationship with Nancy Hauck Boettcher's grandmother, who helped raise Merton and his brother. Nancy begins writing Merton when her grandmother, Freida "Nanny" Hauck, was living with Nancy's parents and causing strain on them. Nanny's condition worsens and she dies. Though Nancy was, as was Merton, close with Nanny, she sees Nanny's death as something of a blessing given Nanny's suffering and the hardship endured by her parents in caring for her.
Ordnung und Klassifikation
Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
Elemente Zugangs- und Benutzungsbedingungen
Benutzungsbedingungen
Regulations governing use of the collection can be found here: (‹https://bellarmine.libraryhost.com/index.php/rules›).
Technischer Zugang
Reproduktionsbedingungen
In der Verzeichnungseinheit enthaltene Sprachen
Schriften in den Unterlagen
Anmerkungen zu Sprache und Schrift
Findmittel
Übernahme- und Bewertungselemente
Bestandsgeschichte
Abgebende Stelle
Informationen zu Bewertung, Vernichtung und Terminierung
Zuwächse
Elemente "Sachverwandte Unterlagen"
Existenz und Aufbewahrungsort von Originalen
Existenz und Aufbewahrungsort von Kopien
Verwandte Verzeichnungseinheiten
See also published letters from Merton to Nancy Hauck Boettcher in «The Road to Joy» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A26858205›), pp. 65, 66, 69-71, and 76.