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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Rackley, Denys, Fr., O. Cart.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1963-1964

Volume: 3 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Fr. Denys Rackley was a Carthusian monk of La Grande Chartreuse in southern France.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Rackley in The School of Charity, pp. 186-187.

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
 1963/11/11 TLSto MertonGreetings in the Lord from the Grande Chartreuse! Lest you think that your former Frater Alberic   
 1963/12/09 TAL[c]from MertonAbout liturgical material: I will send you the little I have. I do not think it will be up yourYes  
 1964/08/03 TLS[x]to Cumming, Hidelith, Dame, O.S.B.Greetings and peace and joy in our Lord Jesus Christ from the Grande Chartreuse!Yes [see the "Cumming, Hildelith" file for a copy of the letter] asks Cumming to convince Merton into translating a letter of Carthusian founder St. Bruno with the same subject as Merton's translation of a letter of Guiges (i.e., Guigo I, Prior of the Grande Chartreuse, 1083?-1136)
        

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