1953-05-22, TALS Bourne from Merton, 'Here is the completed draft of Tower of Babel. I am sending it as a straight'

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Reference code

US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-102-#11

Name and location of repository

Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

Nivelul descrierii

Articol

Titlu

1953-05-22, TALS Bourne from Merton, 'Here is the completed draft of Tower of Babel. I am sending it as a straight'

Date(s)

  • 1953 May 22 (Creation)

Extent

1 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.

Name of creator

Merton, Thomas
(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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Domeniul de aplicare și conținut

First lines: "Here is the completed draft of «Tower of Babel». I am sending it as a straight poem."...

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Languages of the material

  • engleză

Generated finding aid

tmc.pdf

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Sursa imediata de achizitie

The donor or source was: Purchased.

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Senders and recipients—

to Thomas Merton from: Bourne, Paul, Fr., O.C.S.O.