Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1969/February/01 (#01)

Series:  1  Correspondence from original Merton papers (some later additions): Dom James Fox with Merton, Fr. Charles Dumont, Edward Glenn Hinson, Msgr. Alfred Frederick Horrigan, Fr. Giovanni Montini, James Morrissey, Naomi Burton Stone, etc.

Type:  TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  to "Gethsemani Diaspora" from "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987"-->

# of pages:  6

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First Lines:  "It was Tuesday, December 10 - about 15 minutes before 1:00 in the afternoon. I was about to prepare"

Contents:  copy of a letter Dom James writes about Merton's death and how he heard the news / reflections on Merton's life, works and character; their monk-superior relationship and popular misunderstandings of it / "burnt men" from Seven Storey Mountain / encloses two 1968 letters to and from Merton in Asia and two prayers by Merton

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 1:    1969/February/01 (#01)