Identitetselement
Referenskod
Namn och placering på arkivinstitutionen
Beskrivningsnivå
Titel
Datum
- 1964-1966, 1968, 1970 (Skapande)
Omfång
1 folder, 11 items, 14 pages
Arkivbildare
Biografiska anmärkningar
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.)
Innehåll och strukturelement
Omfattning och innehåll
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.
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Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
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Materialets språk
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Förvärvs- och bevarande- och gallringselement
Förvaringshistorik
Källa för förvärv
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Periodiseringar
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Existens och placering av original
Existensen och placering av kopior
Relaterat arkivmaterial
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.