Tapes of events on Thomas Merton held outside of the Louisville area, 1964-1980.

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Tapes of events on Thomas Merton held outside of the Louisville area, 1964-1980.

This series is composed of tapes concerning Thomas Merton. The tapes were generated from lectures, symposiums and meetings that were given outside of the Louisville area by some of Merton's friends and associates, as well as by several institutions.

46 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6962146

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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...