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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Wall, Aelred, Dom, O.S.B.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 3 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Merton visited Christ in the Desert Monastery during his travels in 1968, and Dom Aelred Wall invites him to return.

Biography

Dom Aelred Wall was the founder of Christ in the Desert Monastery in Abiquiu, New Mexico, and was its first superior.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1968/04/09 TL[c]from MertonRandall de Trinis, formerly a monk here, has asked me to write you a letter of recommendation,   
 1968/06/04 TAL[c]from MertonAll last week I was busy with a group of nuns that were here for conferences etc. I did not have  [letterhead on verso: "Community Council of San Mateo County" - "Action Study on Community Health Services"]
 undated/no/no HPCSto MertonThis Santuario was one of the places I wanted to take you but there wasn't time. You have to return  [verso of postcard: color photograph with this description: "Beautiful reredos which decorate the interior of EL SANTUARIO DE CHIMAYO, painted between 1825 and 1856 just as they have survived through the years."]
        

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