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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Merton, Beatrice Katherine (Aunt Ka), 1891-1972

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1964, 1968, 1970-1971

Volume: 4 item(s); 6 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Beatrice Katherine Merton was Owen Merton's sister and Tom's Aunt "Ka". She was a nurse in Christchurch, New Zealand. She visited Tom Merton once in 1922 in Douglaston, New York. (Source: The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia, p. 293).

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Thomas Merton to "Aunt Ka" in The Road to Joy, pp. 64-65 and 84-85.

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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
 1964/09/23 TAL[c]from MertonThis summer I have been worse than usual in answering letters and I don't think I have writtenYes  
 1968/04/28 TL[c]from MertonA nun in some New Zealand convent saw Aunt Kit's name in the paper among those lost in the WahineYes  
 1970/01/29 HLS[x]to Griffin, John HowardThank you for your very good letter. I am so glad you are getting such good care at the monastery.   
 1971/03/05 HLS[x]to Griffin, John HowardI am sorry. I have delayed a bit in answering your letter of February 25th but I have been thinking   
        

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