The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
McVeigh, Robert

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1960; 1968; 1994

Volume: 3 item(s); 6 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

According to James A. Ward, the author of a biography of Merton's friend W. H. Ferry, Robert McVeigh was as a young activist at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, California, where Ferry was Vice-President during the 1960's. Ward states that he became "a chiropractor and teacher of earth sciences" who "shared with Ping [W. H. Ferry] a common affection and respect for Thomas Merton and his ideas." (Ward, James A. Ferrytale: The Career of W. H. "Ping" Ferry. CA, Stanford University Press, 2001: pp. 189-190.)

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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	Notes
1968/12/11	TL[x]	from Dean, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions	We have just learned through Mr. Ferry, who heard it from the Abbot of Gethsemani, that our friend	memo to all staff of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions concerning the death of Thomas Merton
undated/no/no	other[x]		The Desert in Bloom Why can't you remember the Nevada Desert swash with bright-colored Flowers	[poem donated by McVeigh by Merton?]
undated/no/no	other[x]		THE PEDANT I'm looking for hairs on eggs but I need stronger glasses I can't tell the signifieds	[poem donated by McVeigh by Merton? - regarding Foucault]

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