Thomas Merton Correspondence with "Egan, Eileen Mary Rita, 1911-2000"

Item set

Title

Thomas Merton Correspondence with "Egan, Eileen Mary Rita, 1911-2000"

Creator

Egan, Eileen Mary Rita, 1911-2000 See all item sets with this value
Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 See all item sets with this value

Scope and Content

William Shannon considered including Eileen Egan's letters for inclusion in Merton's published correspondence. Shannon had drafted a biographical sketch and received permission from Egan. This collection contains original letters from Egan to Merton and carbons and photocopies of letters from Merton to Egan.

Biographical Text

Eileen Egan was a primary figure in the Catholic peace movement. She was a cofounder of the organization American PAX, which became Pax Christi-USA, a branch of the international movement. She worked with and wrote books about Dorothy Day and Mother Theresa of Calcutta. With Dorothy Day, Gordon Zahn, Jim Douglass and Richard Carbrey, she advocated for the strong language against war and in support of conscientious objection in teaching of the Second Vatican Council.

Date

1962-1968 See all item sets with this value

Item

21 item(s)

Folder

1 folder(s)

Level

Record Group: Section A, Correspondence; Sub-Group/sub-section by person in correspondence with Merton. Records arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.

Identifier

Section A (Correspondence), File folder: "Egan, Eileen Mary Rita, 1911-2000"

Other Finding Aids

http://www.merton.org/Research/Correspondence/y1.aspx?id=575

Page

22 page(s)

Tag

Correspondence See all item sets with this value

Subject

Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968--Correspondence. See all item sets with this value

Source

Thomas Merton Correspondence

Rights

Copyright The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. All rights reserved. Photographs copyright of the Merton Legacy Trust. Not to be used without written permission.

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