Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1948/October/23 

Series:    

Type:  TAL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not siged) with holograph annotations.

To/From:  to Merton from "Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987"-->

# of pages:  2

Published in:  

First Lines:  "I have wanted to write to you for a long time now. After Dom Frederic sent me your last two books,"

Contents:  remembering Dom Frederic Dunne's character and holiness / describing the part of the plantation in South Carolina donated by the Luce's to Bishop Walsh for the founding of a Trappist monastery (Mepkin Abbey) and her hopes that Merton would go there / Merton's poems and Seven Storey Mountain

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Gethsemani Abbey Archives

Date received:  2004/04/28

Date added:  

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987:"    1948/October/23