Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Black, Mary Childs, 1922-1994" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1962/January/27 

Series:    

Type:  transcript - Transcript copy of a letter, i.e., re-typed or re-written after orignal and often by another person. Often typed version of a holograph orignal.

To/From:  from Merton to "Black, Mary Childs, 1922-1994"-->

# of pages:  3

Published in:  Witness to Freedom & Seeking Paradise

First Lines:  "I need not tell you how I would love to be there on February 2nd. There are few earthly desires I"

Contents:  [Cold War Letters, # 24A] Shaker spiritual drawings / photos of Pleasant Hill Shaker Community / photo essay on the Shakers / Edward Deming Andrews / Merton's thoughts on the paradise myth of the Shakers as expressed in their art - different from secular paradise vision of streets of gold - spiritual and social vision

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Black, Mary Childs, 1922-1994:"    1962/January/27?