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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Peers, E. Allison (Edgar Allison), 1891-1952

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1948-1949

Volume: 5 item(s); 5 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

E. Allison Peers was professor at the Institute of Hispanic Studies at the University of Liverpool in England. Peers had published translations of the works of Spanish mystics including St. John of the Cross. Merton asked in a letter from July 30, 1948 about quoting from The Ascent of Mount Carmel and of publishing the Dark Night [of the Soul].

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Related Information and Links

See Section C.6, Contracts, Series 15, Miscellaneous Articles, for original of letter.

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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
 1948/09/29 TL[x]to MertonThank you for your letter of July 30, which reached me in Spain at the beginning of September.  quotations from "The Dark Night of the Soul" and "The Ascent of Mount Carmel" from St. John of the Cross / see also "Laughlin, James" file, Series 2
 1948/09/29 TLS[x]to MertonThank you for your letter of July 30, which reached me in Spain at the beginning of September.  [see "Related Information" concerning the location of original letter]
 1948/12/17 TL[x]from Laughlin, JamesI am writing to you at the suggestion of Thomas Merton, whom we publish. As I think you know,  proposed commentary by Merton on "The Dark Night of the Soul" by St. John of the Cross
 1949/01/19 TLS[x]to Laughlin, JamesI am sorry to have been so long answering your letter of December 17 last but it has involved  proposed commentary by Merton on "The Dark Night of the Soul" by St. John of the Cross
 1949/02/14 TL[x]from Laughlin, JamesThank you ever so much for your letter of January 19th. I think it is terribly decent of you to let  proposed commentary by Merton on "The Dark Night of the Soul" by St. John of the Cross
        

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