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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Meer de Walcheren, Petrus Balthazar Albertus van der, Dom, O.S.B., 1880-1970

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1961, 1965

Volume: 6 item(s); 7 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Dom Petrus Balthazar Albertus van der Meer de Walcheren was a Benedictine monk of Beuron Abbey in Germany. He was a friend of Jacques and Raïssa Maritain. Jacques Maritain wrote an introduction for his book Le Paradis Blanc about the Carthusians of La Valsainte.

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Related Information and Links

See also "De Ridder, Mr." file; and see also published letters from Merton to Dom van der Meer de Walcheren in The School of Charity, pp. 139-140.

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
 1961/07/28 TLS[x]from MertonJ'ai bien reçu votre livre avec la dédicace bien aimable que vous y avez inscrite. Je suis persuadéYes  
 1961/08/09 HLS[x]to MertonQuelle joie de bien lire.  [also contains typed note at top of the same letter from Sr. Xristine Anne Marie van der Meer de Walcheren - see also her file]
 1965/03/30 TL[c]from MertonJ'ai reçu l'autre jour avec beaucoup de plaisir la lettre de Mère Xristine avec votre petit mot   
 1965/08/08 TALS[x]to MertonMerci et merci de l'envoie de vos conférences. je me suis remise à lire de l'anglais après 35 ans.   
 1965/09/19 HLS[x]to MertonMerci, merci de tout coeur pour vos  [also contains typed note at top of the same letter from Sr. Xristine Anne Marie van der Meer de Walcheren - see also her file]
 1965/no/no? HLS[x]to MertonNous venons de recevoir les fascicules sur la vie contemplative cistercienne.   
        

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