Thomas Merton : miscellaneous papers, 1961-1968.

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Thomas Merton : miscellaneous papers, 1961-1968.

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Papers include his 11 Dec. 1961 and 17 Feb. 1962 letters to Lewis Mumford discussing Mumford's writings and commenting on worship; five letters, 1966-1967, to John Hunt discussing monasticism and how it limits his ability to comment on current issues; a 5 Mar. 1966 letter to Mr. Appleton noting Merton's articles about mystics and Zen masters; and a 1 July 1968 letter to Raymond DiPalma regarding poems the latter had written.

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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...

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990

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American writer. From the description of Correspondence with Alfred S. Dashiell, 1931-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51846130 Carl Zigrosser and Lewis Mumford were life-long friends with shared interests in the arts, society and politics. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1925-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902319 Sir Patrick Geddes was a Scottish biologist, sociologi...

DiPalma, Raymond, Correspondence.

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