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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Halsey, Columba, Fr., O.S.B.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1964

Volume: 5 item(s); 7 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Fr. Columba Halsey was a Benedictine monk of St. Maur's Priory in South Union, Kentucky. The monastery was unique in the United States as having been established as a racially integrated community when it was founded in 1947 on the grounds of a Shaker village.

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Halsey in The School of Charity, pp. 240, 248-249.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1964/05/14 TL[c]from MertonSorry for the delay in answering your letter. I have had quite a few reactions to my statement   
 1964/09/27 TL[c]from MertonProbably the best thing for you to do would be to get in contact with the men at our monasteryYes  
 1964/09/30 TALSto MertonYou don't know how grateful I am for your letter, and for the articles which arrived in to-day's   
 1964/10/29 TL[c]from MertonMany thanks for your good letter. I mean to send along mimeographs of what I had to sayYes  
 1964/11/03 TALSto MertonI am very grateful to you for your letter, and for the article enclosed in it - all I can say is,   
        

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