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US US-kylobm TMC-RG7-xvi
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Title
Ann Skakel Papers
Date(s)
- 1950-1993 (Creation)
Extent
1/3 cubic foot; 1 box
Name of creator
(1892-1955)
Biographical history
Br. John Lyons was a Salvatorian writing first from Mount St. Paul College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and later from New Holstein, Wisconsin.
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Scope and content
This Records Subgroup includes papers collected by Ann Brannack Skakel. She was the mother of Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Skakel Kennedy. Ann Skakel volunteered her time for Merton as a typist during the early 1950's. Most of the files herewith are related to Merton's "Monastic Orientation" classes. There is also a manuscript for "The Cloud and the Fire" (early draft of «The Ascent to Truth»), and a number of copies of "'The Sacrament of Advent' in the Spirituality of St. Bernard." See also the "Skakel, Ann" file in Merton's correspondence, Section A; "Conferences on St. Bernard of Clairvaux" in Section C.2; and «The Sign of Jonas» in Section C.3.
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This Record Subgroup retains the original order, but similar items were grouped into folders. The folders are grouped into Series.
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H.16