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Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
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Blessed Beatrice, Prioress of Nazareth [Abbey], Lierre, Belgium (pages 239-243, from Modern biographical sketches of Cistercian Blessed and Saints, Book IV, by a Monk of Gethsemani Abbey [Thomas Merton])
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1962-08-09: Letter from Thomas Merton to Shinzo Hamai, Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan
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1967-04-05 #2: Book flap for The Virtue of Sex by José de Vinck (second printing) with a blurb by Thomas Merton on the back cover. Sent by de Vinck to Merton with a letter of 4 May 1967.
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Solemn vows as a monk of Gethsemani Abbey sworn in writing on parchment by Thomas Merton (Br. M. Louis, O.C.S.O.), on March 19, 1947.
Translation from Latin to English: "I, brother Mary Louis Merton, an acolyte, professed in temporary vows, vow my stability, conversion of morals, and obedience according to the Rule of Saint Benedict and the Abbot, before God and all His saints whose relics are here, in this place, which is called Blessed Mary of Gethsemani, of the Order of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance, built in honor of the Most Blessed Mother of God and Ever Virgin Mary, in the presence of the Reverend Mary Frederick Dunne, Abbot of this monastery. Brother Mary Louis Merton, O.C.S.O. March 19, 1947+" -
Finding Aid for Thomas Merton Correspondence with "Shipps, Howard Fenimore"
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1967-04-29: Letter from Thomas Merton to Dorothy Dohen
Merton sends an "anti-poem about the bomb" (likely "Original Child Bomb") and a copy of his book Mystics and Zen Masters, especially thinking Dohen would appreciate his essay "From Pilgrimage to Crusade." -
1967-04-08: Letter from Thomas Merton to Dorothy Dohen
Merton mentions that Archbishop Helder Câmara stated Dohen's book to be "prophetic." -
1968-04-22 - Letter from Merton to Nancy Fly Bredenberg.
on Bredenberg's thoughts of transferring from Vassar to Berkeley / Andrea Pfeiffenberger / poems by Pfeiffenberger and Bredenberg / suggested revisions to Bredenberg's poem / David Ignatow and Russel Edson -
1968-04-03 - Letter to Merton from Nancy Fly Bredenberg.
[mentions sending poem - poem not included with letter] plans of transfer to Berkeley -
1968-03 (date approximate) - Letter to Merton from Nancy Fly Bredenberg.
spring vacation hitchhiking to San Francisco / presidential election - Kennedy and McCarthy