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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Wasserman, Edmund (Senior), d. 1962

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1954, 1962

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Edmund Wasserman (Senior) was married to Margaret (Peg) Wasserman. They were the parents of Merton's friends, Sr. Anita (Ann) and Edmund (Junior, whom Merton called "Cappy" or "Cap"). Edmund (Junior) was at Gethsemani Abbey with Merton for many years before leaving in 1963 and was known there as Fr. John of the Cross. Edmund Wasserman (Senior) died in 1962.

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Wasserman in Witness to Freedom, pp. 183 and 189.

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Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1954/10/16 TLS[x]from MertonThis is to thank you and Peg for your letter at Assumption and to let you know that everything isYes [transferred from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2 - with handwritten note in pencil by Sr. Anita Wasserman to Patrick Hart regarding letter]
 1962/08/07 TLS[x]from MertonI have been a pretty bad correspondent this last year or so, having been occupied with a millionYes [transferred from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2 - with handwritten note in pencil by Sr. Anita Wasserman to Patrick Hart regarding letter]
        

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