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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Hering, Jean

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1963-1964, 1986

Volume: 17 item(s); 38 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Professor Jean Hering was Merton's tutor in French and German during a 1930 holiday to Strasbourg. Tom Izod Bennett, Merton's guardian in England after the death of his father, arranged this for Merton. (Source: The Road to Joy, pp. 60-61.)

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Hering in The Road to Joy, pp. 60-61 and 63-64.

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Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1963/12/28 (#01)HLSto MertonMon père et cher ami. C'est brave de votre part de ne pas oublier le grand-père du C.E., qui   
 1963/12/28 (#02)transcriptto MertonIt is good of you not to forget the grandfather of the C.E. [See P.S. to this letter. The C.E.   
 1964/04/06 (#01)TAL[c]from MertonMerci de votre bonne lettre et des renseignements que vous y avez jointes. Nous n'avons pas votreYes  
 1964/04/06 (#02)transcriptfrom MertonThank you for your good letter and for all the information you included. Unfortunately we do notYes  
 1964/05/15? (#01)HPCSto MertonHeureux d'avoir encore de vos nouvelles! Je vous répondrai d'une manière <u>plus détaillée</u>   
 1964/05/15? (#02)transcriptto MertonHow happy I was to hear from you again! I shall answer later in a more detailed and fitting way   
 1964/05/28 (#01)HPCSto MertonVeuillez accepter mes remerciements sincères pour le beau cadeau, qui vient d'arriver.   
 1964/05/28 (#02)transcriptto MertonPlease accept my sincere thanks for the beautiful gift which has just arrived. I have   
 1964/05/no? (#01)HLSto MertonJe viens de lire votre dissertation sur les noirs et blancs   
 1964/05/no? (#02)HLSto MertonI have just read your thesis on the Blacks and the Whites (as reviewed in <u>Albertus Magnus</u>   
 1964/07/28 (#01)TAL[c]from MertonJ'ai bien goûté votre "Fable de Lafontaine" sur la paix, et je suis d'accord sur votre remarque queYes  
 1964/07/28 (#02)transcriptfrom MertonI enjoyed very much your "Fable of Lafontaine" on peace, and I agree with your observation thatYes  
 1964/09/no? (#01)HLSto Merton<u>LaFontaine et Ses Commentateurs I. La Fable du Loup et de L'Agneau</u> La fable est connue,   
 1964/09/no? (#02)transcriptto Merton<u>La Fontaine and His Commentators I. The Fable of the Wolf and the Lamb</u> The fable is well   
 1986/08/07 (#01)TLSto Center from Shannon, WilliamEnclosed you will find the "Hering" Letters. I think it was the most difficult set I have ever   
 1986/08/07 (#02)other Letter from Jean Hering to Merton [-] 43, Quai des Baioliers, Stasbourg [-] 28 December ,1963 [sic]  [transcripts of full set of letters translated by William Shannon]
 undated/no/no other HOMMAGE AU PROFESSEUR JEAN HÉRING <b>PRINCIPALES PUBLICATIONS DE JEAN HERING</b>   
        

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