Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Bennett, (Ruth) Iris Weiss" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1966/August/14 

Series:    

Type:  HLS - Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.

To/From:  to Merton from "Bennett, (Ruth) Iris Weiss"-->

# of pages:  3

Published in:  

First Lines:  "On a visit to California, I brought some family and friends letters and papers- etc- I had not seen"

Contents:  letters written by Merton's parents around the time of his birth, some photos of Merton and John Paul (his younger brother) as babies, and of Owen (his father) / 1945 letter to Tom Bennett - entry into the monastery and news of John Paul's death / Tom Bennett's death / reaction to how they were portrayed by Merton

Language:  English

Source or donor:  

Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Bennett, (Ruth) Iris Weiss:"    1966/August/14