Thomas Merton Correspondence with "Aberle, David Friend, 1918-2004"

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Aberle, David Friend, 1918-2004 See all item sets with this value

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

Scope and Content

W. H. "Ping" Ferry had asked David Aberle, an anthropologist, to write to Merton about the Sioux (Lakota) and about Sitting Bull. Though not an expert on the Lakota, Aberle offers some resources and advice. Merton responds that he is most interested in background on the Ghost Dance.

Biographical Text

David Friend Aberle was a professor of anthropology at University of British Columbia whose specialty was the study of the Navajos.

Date

1967-1968 See all item sets with this value

Item

2 items(s)

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1 folder(s)

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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: "Aberle, David Friend, 1918-2004"

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http://www.merton.org/Research/Correspondence/y1.aspx?id=3701

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3 page(s)

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1967-11-18: Letter from David Friend Aberle to Thomas Merton

W. H. "Ping" Ferry had asked David Aberle, an anthropologist, to write to Merton about the Sioux (Lakota) and about Sitting Bull. Though not an expert on the Lakota, Aberle offers some resources and advice. Merton responds that he is most interested in background on the Ghost Dance. David F. Aberle was a professor of anthropology at University of British Columbia whose specialty was the study of the Navajos.
1968-01-04: Letter to David Friend Aberle from Thomas Merton

W. H. "Ping" Ferry had asked David Aberle, an anthropologist, to write to Merton about the Sioux (Lakota) and about Sitting Bull. Though not an expert on the Lakota, Aberle offers some resources and advice. Merton responds that he is most interested in background on the Ghost Dance. David F. Aberle was a professor of anthropology at University of British Columbia whose specialty was the study of the Navajos.