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Merton's Correspondence with:

Bernard S. Phillips; Bernard Phillips

Phillips, Bernard S., 1931-  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1965-1967
Volume: 9 item(s); 13 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Bernard S. Phillips was a professor in the Department of Religion at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the time of writing.

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See also the "Abdeslam, Sidi" and the "Parsons, Linda" file.

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#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
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1. 1965/10/22 (#01) TALS to Merton A friend, Mrs. Linda Parsons of Montreal, has sent me reprints of two of your articles--Zen «detailed view»
2. 1965/10/22 (#02) HLS from Parsons, Linda A friend, Mrs. Linda Parsons of Montreal, has sent me reprints of two of your articles--Zen [originally dated 1965/10/12 - forwarded to Merton on 1065/10/22 / note to Merton: "Would Bramachari be interested in this letter?"] «detailed view»
3. 1965/10/31 TL[c] from Merton Well, I simply answer your question by turning it around. There are plenty of stories not only [copy of Merton's letter to Phillips enclosed with 1965/10/31 letter to Linda Parsons, see "Parsons" file in Section A] «detailed view»
4. 1966/10/13 TL[c] from Merton I am glad to hear that the Ven. Sidi Abdesalam [sic] is arriving there about now. «detailed view»
5. 1966/10/no? HLS to Merton My Sufi teacher Sidi Abdeslam is slated to arrive here (insh 'Allah) in about 10 days for a month's «detailed view»
6. 1966/11/19 TLS to Merton Last Sunday I saw Sidi Abdeslam and his companions off at Kennedy Airport. They saw a lot of the «detailed view»
7. 1967/05/22 TL[c] from Merton Though I am not too sanguine about it, I think there is a real chance that I might be able to get «detailed view»
8. 1967/05/26 TLS to Merton I was absolutely delighted to get your letter with the news that there is at least a possibility «detailed view»
9. undated/no/no HPCS to Merton I was at the top of this and could look all over Seattle. It wasn't very good weather [verso: color photograph of "Sunset on Mount Rainier as viewed from Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, Washington.] «detailed view»

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