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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Chaves, Maria Braz, 1934-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1966-1969

Volume: 3 item(s); 3 pg(s)

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Maria Braz Chaves (Maria Therezinha) writes from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Merton wrote her a brief letter of thanks in November of 1966. The letter is not extant but was reproduced for a book by Maria Braz Chaves, Um Ser Entre Bilhões. The book was published in 1969 and Braz Chaves sends a copy with a note in the book and a separate letter to Dom Flavian Burns, Abbot of Gethsemani Abbey, in memory of Thomas Merton.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1966/11/29 HNS[x]from MertonThank you for your collection and lovely texts for Christmas. I will remember you especially  [handwritten letter reproduced in published volume filed under Chaves in the bookshelf of Merton's marginalia]
 1969/06/07 HNS[x]to Burns, Flaviancomo uma homenagem póstuma do grande monge escritor e trapista Thomas Merton, que  [photocopy of a handwritten note written in <i>Um Ser Entre Bilhões</i> by Maria Braz Chaves, filed under Chaves in the bookshelf of Merton's marginalia]
 1969/06/10 TLSto Burns, FlavianPaz! O ano passado, em Maio, cheguei a enviar para Thomas Merton, um exemplar mimeografado  [original moved from book filed under Chaves in the bookshelf of Merton's marginalia]
        

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