Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1959-1961, 1965, 1970 (Creation)
Extent
1 folder, 8 items, 14 pages
Name of creator
Biographical history
Shirley Burden was a photographer from Beverly Hills, California.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
These letters, mostly originals from Burden to Merton, primarily concern the publication of Burden's books of photographs of Gethsemani, entitled <a onClick="return popup(this, 'link')" href="http://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?databaseList=638&queryString=ti:God+Is+My+Life"><i>God Is My Life</i></a>. However, they also discuss the Shakers, and Burden may have helped Merton come into contact with Edward Deming Andrews. Merton sends Burden photographs of his drawings in hopes of having them displayed in Santa Barbara with proceeds going to a Negro scholarship and a scholarship at Bellarmine College in Louisville.
System of arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Regulations governing use of the collection can be found here: (‹https://bellarmine.libraryhost.com/index.php/rules›).
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
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Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
See also the "Fox, James" file for information about the struggles of publishing a book depicting monks at Gethsemani, and the "Andrews, Edward Deming" and "Andrews, Faith" files for Merton and Burden's shared interest in the Shakers.