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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
De Ganck, Roger, Fr., O.C.S.O.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1954, 1968

Volume: 9 item(s); 11 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Fr. Roger De Ganck first rights from the Trappist abbey of Westmalle in Belgium. Later, he has relocated to the new Trappist foundation of Redwoods Abbey in California.

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Related Information and Links

See also Cold War Letters #66, published in Witness to Freedom, pp. 49; and see also letters published in The School of Charity, 388-389, 394.

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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
 1954/03/08 TLSto MertonPar le même courrier je vous envoie quelques tirés-à-part de la revue CN (= Cîteaux in de   
 1962/04/no? transcriptfrom MertonWhen Rev. Dom Edward was here I did indeed speak to him about my interest in the Beguines in the LowYes [Cold War Letters #66 - from bound, mimeographed copies]
 1968/07/09 (#01)TL[c]from MertonGood news. First of all, Fr Flavian has definitely granted me permission to make a retreat of twoYes  
 1968/07/09 (#02)TLS[x]from MertonGood news. First of all, Fr Flavian has definitely granted me permission to make a retreat of twoYes  
 1968/07/13 HLSto MertonAt this moment I am staying at the Paulists' Rectory in SFO, where I will spend the rest of July.   
 1968/07/19 (#01)TL[c]from MertonBy this time maybe you have my other letter too. Fr Flavian will be there after the Vina election:   
 1968/07/19 (#01)TLS[x]from MertonBy this time maybe you have my other letter too. Fr Flavian will be there after the Vina election:  [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2]
 1968/08/17 TLSto MertonMother Myriam left this morning for Monroe, Mich. Her paper kept her very busy the last days.   
 1968/08/20 TLS[x]from MertonThanks for yours of the 17th. I have decided to drop the Esalen conference. It turns out thatYes  
        

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