Cistercian history papers, [ca. 1915-1968].

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Cistercian history papers, [ca. 1915-1968].

These are holograph notes by Thomas Merton on Cistercian history. They concern the Order of Cisterians Of The Strict Observance, the religious order to which Merton belonged.

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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...