Thomas Merton Correspondence with "Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990"

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 See all item sets with this value

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

In this group of letters spanning the 1960's, Merton and Lewis Mumford share a critical outlook of technology and the expansion of modern cities. They also express negative opinions of the U.S. Pentagon and its handling of Vietnam. The Merton Center collection contains carbon copies and Xerox copies of Merton's letters to Mumford, and signed originals of Mumford's letters to Merton.

Lewis Mumford was a well known architectural critic, urban planner, and commentator of the effects of modern technology on human development. Merton mentions reading some of Mumford's articles and his books The Myth of the Machine and Technics and Civilization. Extant letters from Lewis Mumford are addressed from Amenia, New York, but Merton mentions a letter of his written from London.

1961-1967, 1973 See all item sets with this value

9 item(s)

1 folder(s)

For more information on Lewis Mumford, visit the Web site of the Lewis Mumford Center. The official repository of Mumford papers can be found at the University of Pennsylvania.

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

Section A (Correspondence), File folder: "Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990"

12 page(s)

Lewis Mumford See all item sets with this value

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

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 See all item sets with this value

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