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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Iglesias Ortega, Luis M. (Luis María), Fr., O.P.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1957-1968

Volume: 10 item(s); 14 pg(s)

Scope and Content

There were three items in the original Merton collection. Additional donations were made in May 2018.

Biography

Luis M. Iglesias Ortega was a Dominican priest and author writing from Villava in the north of Spain.

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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
 1957/01/04? HNSto MertonGracias por escribirnos. Nosotros buenos leido todo cuidadora y atentamente.  [date from postmark - also contains a card from Gethsemani promising prayers for a stated intention]
 1958/01/24 TLfrom Fox, JamesThank you very much for your letter, which we have read carefully. You write English quite well.   
 1967/04/13 TLSto MertonHace ya unos cuantos años tuve la dicha de recibir carta suya, acompañada de un pequeño libro   
 1967/04/28 (#01)TL[c]from MertonThanks for your kind letter. I am glad to hear news of you, your ordination, your work and finally   
 1967/04/28 (#02)TLSfrom MertonThanks for your kind letter. I am glad to hear news of you, your ordination, your work and finally   
 1967/10/13 TLSto MertonRecibí su amable carta del 28 de abril.Y aunque ella significaba una negativa por su parte   
 1968/01/01 HNSfrom MertonSi agrego el envio de su carta y le los informes con un abrazo en Xto [-] t Merton  [handwritten note written at the top of a mimeographed circular letter, "New Year's Letter 1968"]
 undated/no/no (#01)other Adivina, adivinanza hoy nace nuestra esperanza. Adivina, adivinanza. Un chiquitin milagrero  [printed card from José Luis Martín Descalzo with a color drawing in the style of a mozaic of Jesus and Mary credited to Thomas Merton (although it does not resemble any known art of his) and a poem by Martin Descalzo inside]
 undated/no/no (#02)HNSfrom Merton+ Le agradezco con todo corazón su amable poema - ya un siento de veras en communión con Salamanca!  [see Sub-Section B.6 for an original copy of the book, <i>Monastic Peace</i>, containing the handwritten inscription from Merton]
 undated/no/no (#03)otherby MertonTrappist-Cistercian Life  [see "Merton Center, Archive" stacks for a copy of the <i>Trappist-Cistercian Life</i> booklet sent by Merton]
        

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