Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1954/September/22 

Series:  7  Correspondence between Dom James Fox and Merton: Special Binding (Archive - Stack 5).

Type:  TALS - Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.

To/From:  from Merton to "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987"-->

# of pages:  2

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First Lines:  "I think I will enliven your day of recollection with a cold-blooded report on the whole question of"

Contents:  Materialism in the community and who is to blame - some (not Merton) blame Fox and claim he is too much the business man interested in "Wall Street", machines, rich benefactors - Merton agrees that Gethsemani is materialistic and suffers spiritually - blames modern machines but acknowledges that they must earn living

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 7:    1954/September/22