Thomas Merton collection, 1947-1968.

Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968

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Thomas Merton was born on January 31, 1915 in Prades, France to Owen Merton (an artist from New Zealand) and Ruth Jenkins Merton (an artist from the United States), and grew up in New York, Bermuda, France, and England. Merton studied both in Europe and America, and he received a BA and an MA in journalism from Columbia University in 1938 and 1939. In 1938, Merton converted to Catholicism. He taught for two years at St. Bonaventure College in New York before entering the Abbey of Gethsemani i...

Hammer, Carolyn Reading

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Trappists

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Since the early nineteenth century Trappists has been the popular name for the main branch of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance who were centered at the Abbey of La Grande Trappe in France until the restoration of Citeaux as the motherhouse in 1892. The reform was originally introduced by Armand de Rance, godson of Richelieu, who was at an early age provided with a number of benefices, including that of commendatory abbot of La Trappe. In 1662 he resigned all his benefices except that of ...

Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960

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Pasternak was a Russian poet, who declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 for his novel Doctor Zhivago. Reavey was an English surrealist poet. From the description of Letters to George Reavey, 1931-1960. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77990740 From the guide to the Boris Leonidovich Pasternak Letters to George Reavey, 1931-1960., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, 1890-1960 ...

Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)

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Hammer, Victor Karl, 1882-1967

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Victor Karl Hammer and his wife, Carolyn R. Hammer. From the description of Letters, 1939-1983, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155869064 Printer, associated with the Anvil Press of Lexington, Kentucky. From the description of Letter, 1956 Feb. 12, Lexington, Kentucky, to Mr. [Lewis?] Allen. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866453 Victor Hammer (1882-1967), Aus...

Lax, Robert

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Poet & editor (Columbia University B.A., 1938) who was born in 1915. From the guide to the Robert Lax Papers, [ca. 1938]-1990, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Poet & editor (Columbia University B.A., 1938) who was born in 1915. From the description of Robert Lax papers, [ca. 1938]-1990. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 606938033 ...

Suzuki, Daisetz Teitarō, 1870-1966

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Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980

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Erich Fromm (1900-1980) was a psychoanalyst, author, educator, and social philosopher. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1934. In New York Fromm was associated (until 1939) with the International Institute for Social Research. Fromm authored numerous books including Escape from Freedom which won him acclaim as an author of great brilliance and originality. From the guide to the Erich Fromm papers, 1929-1949, 1932-1949, (The New York Public Librar...

Thompson, Lawrence S. (Lawrence Sidney), 1916-1986

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Librarian and scholar. From the description of Lawrence Sidney Thompson correspondence, 1965-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82604751 Epithet: of the Bibliographical Society of America British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x0002bc ...