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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Barnes, Thomas Garden, 1930-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965, 1967

Volume: 3 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

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Related Information and Links

See also "Deane, Edwin" file for a recommendation letter Fr. Deane sought from Merton for Barnes.

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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
 1965/06/25 TL[c]from MertonIt was good to hear from you again. I am glad you have done so well in school, and especially glad  thinking of religious life again / recommendation for Franciscans / current winds of change in religious life, also confusion / new foundation in Norway
 1967/12/04 TLSto MertonThe grace of Christ be with you in abundance this Christmas. You know how much I truly desire this  "unfortunate situation" at Duns Scotus and former Friar Ross Greenwell, now Robert Greenwell / asking for a lecture at St. Louis University on self-deception or Vietnam / life after the Franciscans / action vs. contemplation
 1967/12/16 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your letter. It shows that you are finding your way confidently and I am sure you will  refusal of this lecture and necessity of refusing many others
        

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