Merton's Correspondence with:

Rev. Cameron Borton

Borton, Cameron, Rev.

Descriptive Summary

Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	1968, 1972
Volume:	6 item(s); 6 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Cameron Borton is writing as Pastor of the North Congregational Church in Winchendon, Massachusetts.

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#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
1.	1968/05/12	TLS to Merton	Four years ago, I came upon one your books. Since that time I have read almost everything that you		St. John of the Cross - was he too extreme in life's detachment? What about life's joys? «detailed view»
2.	1968/05/23 (#01)	TALS from Merton	Thanks for the confidence you show in me, in presenting your questions about John of the Cross.	✓	[underlining by Borton] sending mimeographed article Merton wrote / John of the Cross "speaks from the fullness of fulfillment" - he seems extreme because we do not see what he has gained through was he has given up - not fanatical and did not want extreme exterior asceticism, rather "total interior detachment" «detailed view»
3.	1968/05/23 (#02)	TL[c] from Merton	Thanks for the confidence you show in me, in presenting your questions about John of the Cross.	✓	sending mimeographed article Merton wrote / John of the Cross "speaks from the fullness of fulfillment" - he seems extreme because we do not see what he has gained through was he has given up - not fanatical and did not want extreme exterior asceticism, rather "total interior detachment" «detailed view»
4.	1972/08/24	TL[c] from Center to Borton, Cameron	Thank you so much for sending us the xeroxed copy of your letter from Thomas Merton. Needless to		«detailed view»
5.	1972/08/no?	TALS[x] to Center from Borton, Cameron	I am enclosing a xeroxed copy of the one letter I received from Thomas Merton in reply to a personal		sending Xerox of Merton's letter «detailed view»
6.	1972/09/no?	TLS to Center from Borton, Cameron	Thank you for your quick reply to me. I have decided that I want very much for you to have the		sending original of Merton's letter «detailed view»

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