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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Kirk, David, Fr., 1935-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1962-1967

Volume: 12 item(s); 15 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Fr. David Kirk was a peace activist and member of the secular institute of the Company of St. Paul. He was studying in Rome in the early letters and later comes back to the United States to help found Emmaus House in New York.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See published letters from Merton to Kirk in Witness to Freedom, pp. 306-309.

Other Finding Aids

If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1962/03/26 TALSto MertonYour recent plunge into the work for peace and social justice--with verbal and prayerful protest  [written from the Company of St. Paul in Rome]
 1962/10/18 TALSto MertonThought I would send you copies of the speech of our Patriarch Maximos and his auxiliary, Bishop  [written from the Pontificio Collegio Beda in Rome]
 1963/01/21 TALSto MertonI got your packet of material the other day -- and Im [sic] really grateful to your passing along  [written from the Pontificio Collegio Beda in Rome]
 1963/04/02 TAL[c]from MertonThanks for your wonderful letters. Do not get discouraged if I do not reply right away.Yes  
 1963/09/13 TLSto MertonI am back from the Near East, and want to get you off a note before school starts. Spent some time  [written from the Pontificio Collegio Beda in Rome]
 1964/01/05 (#01)TAL[c]from MertonYou have probably given me up completely as a correspondent. If I have not answered your very goodYes Catholic Church / Pius XII / Patriarch Maximos
 1964/01/05 (#02)TLS[x]from MertonYou have probably given me up completely as a correspondent. If I have not answered your very goodYes [annotated by Merton besides signature] Catholic Church / Pius XII / Patriarch Maximos
 1966/11/29 TALSto MertonWe wonder if you would join our committee of advisors for Emmaus House. Our hope is that a number  [written from Emmaus House, New York City]
 1966/12/24 TAL[c]from MertonHere it is Christmas Eve, and I am in inextricable confusion with mail, most of it I am just goingYes  
 1967/05/10 TL[c]from MertonThanks for all the Retorts which have come with the animal on the front there-- sort of Black Power   
 1967/07/13 TL[c]from MertonYes, I got mermaid: no, I did not get Retorts. Mail here is very funny, now you see it, now you   
 2003/no/no TLS[x]to Center from Schulson, DavidJust acquired a wonderful Merton letter, copy enclosed. Price - $2850.  [copy of letter 1964/01/05 enclosed - original for sale]
        

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