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Reference code
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-111-#01
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
1964-03-13, TL[c] Bozarth from Merton, 'Unfortunately a rather heavy schedule makes it impossible for me to answer your'
Date(s)
- 1964 March 13 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
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: "Unfortunately a rather heavy schedule makes it impossible for me to answer your letter adequately."... Contents index: contemplative mission - "not just wound up in little cocoons" - Merton has been active even though living as a… Read more
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Languages of the material
- English
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Bozarth, Miss