1952-07-08, HLS Brenson to Merton, 'I am writing you on behalf of a group of poets and artists who are at present'

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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-123-#01

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1952-07-08, HLS Brenson to Merton, 'I am writing you on behalf of a group of poets and artists who are at present'

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  • 1952 July 8 (Creation)

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3 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.

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(1893-1959)

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Theodore Brenson was writing from New York.

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First lines: "I am writing you on behalf of a group of poets and artists who are at present engaged in preparing a"... Contents index: [includes a card with the word "good" in calligraphy] a project involving poets engraving handwritten poems on copper plates and working with an artist in a style reminiscent of William Blake / includes name of poets working on this project (including Dylan Thomas) / Brenson a friend of Jacques Maritain.

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  • English

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    to Thomas Merton from: Brenson, Theodore

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