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Merton's Correspondence with:

Richard Leeman

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1959
Volume: 1 item(s); 2 pg(s)

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Biography

In 1959, Richard Leeman was working on a PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he lived with his wife and two children.

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1. 1959/10/29 TLS to Merton I pray that you will be permitted to read and, at your convenience, send me a short reply to this article on Mt. Athos in August 1959 Jubilee - possibility of a flexible lay contemplative life in the West established around a monastic community - not a substitute for a missed calling but a deeper fullness in marriage / failed attempts by lay couples on their own without guidance from an established community «detailed view»

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