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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
McGann, Robert, Dom, O.C.S.O.

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1948-1952

Volume: 3 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Dom Robert McGann was abbot of the Trappist monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost (Holy Ghost Abbey) in Conyers, Georgia. He became abbot after Dom James Fox left in 1948 to become abbot of Gethsemani Abbey. He asks Merton some questions about the scholasticate.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

Date	Type	To/From	First Lines
1949/10/03	TLS[x]	to Merton	Your letter arrives at a time when Reverend Father is away but I reply to you at once because I do
1951/08/24	TALS	to Merton	When up at Gethsemani a short while ago I had a conversation with you relative to the Scholasticate,
1952/07/31	TLS	to Merton	As usual I come with a request. Would you have the kindness to look up for me in the Pius XI A.A.S.

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