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Individual Series View, Merton's Correspondence with:

Collins, Angela of the Eucharist, Mother, O.C.D., 1917-2003


Series 5, Other Materials Related to Published Correspondence and Conference on Contemplative Life.


Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1960-1968, 1970-1974
Volume: 114 item(s); 224 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Herein is a highly personal and lively correspondence between good friends and fellow religious. The extant file does not seem to be a complete set of their correspondence. Early letters, such as an original of what became the Cold War Letter, are not i

Biography

Early in their correspondence, Sr. Angela of the Eucharist (née Viola M. Collins) was a Carmelite Prioress in Louisville, Kentucky. Between 1965 and 1966, she would became Mother Angela of the Eucharist, appointed superior of the Carmelite monastery in S

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Related Information and Links

See also: Cold War Letter #42, published in Witness to Freedom; letters from Merton to Mother Angela in <

Series List

Series NumberSeries NameTotal Records
1 Correspondence between Sr. Angela and Thomas Merton. 64
2 Correspondence between Sr. Angela and John Howard Griffin. 29
3 Notes kept by Mother Angela during Meeting with Thomas Merton on the Future of Contemplative Life, May 1968. 2
4 Materials Related to Merton's Death and Funeral. 9
5 Other Materials Related to Published Correspondence and Conference on Contemplative Life. 10

Container List

Series#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
 y/m/dMerton Scan ✉ 
Series 5 #1.
«All Series«
1980/09/no? (#01) HLS from Gumula, Stanislaus Here I am, as promised, in my little scrawl. I know it is not all that personal- makes it so hard to [dated "St. Polycarp, 1981" (old feast date in January and new feast in February) - from, at the time, Br. Stan Gumula, later a priest and Abbot of Mepkin Abbey, South Carolina, Dom Stanislaus Gumula - he was a novice under Merton] «detailed view»
Series 5 #2.
«All Series«
1980/09/no? (#02) other[x] by Gumula, Stanislaus JUNIORATE PROGRAM --- ADVENT, 1980 Monday -- The Fathers with Br. Stanislaus * obligatory 2:15 p.m. [schedule / syllabus of Juniorate program at Mepkin Abbey] «detailed view»
Series 5 #3.
«All Series«
1984/11/19 TLS from Hart, Patrick How good it was to hear from you after such a long silence. I'm becoming the world's worst [from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. of Gethsemani Abbey] publishing Merton's letters to Collins «detailed view»
Series 5 #4.
«All Series«
1986/02/15 TLS from Hart, Patrick It has been a long time since I last wrote. As you might guess, I've been very busy with a number [from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. of Gethsemani Abbey] publishing Merton's letters to Collins «detailed view»
Series 5 #5.
«All Series«
1987/02/02 TLS from Hart, Patrick Long time no hear-- are you well? I missed your usual Christmas greeting, and it made me wonder if [from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. of Gethsemani Abbey] publishing Merton's letters to Collins «detailed view»
Series 5 #6.
«All Series«
1987/03/04 TLS from Hart, Patrick How good it was to hear from you with the NOTRE DAME stationary! You have been very much in my [from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. of Gethsemani Abbey] publishing Merton's letters to Collins «detailed view»
Series 5 #7.
«All Series«
1987/07/22 TLS from Hart, Patrick Greetings from Gethsemani! And I rejoice in the new letterhead which will bring you glad tidings [from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. of Gethsemani Abbey] publishing Merton's letters to Collins / Merton Annual letterhead «detailed view»
Series 5 #8.
«All Series«
1994/12/05 (#01) HLS to Downey, Michael As you see, I am enclosing travel directions to Savannah for you. I am presuming you will be driving «detailed view»
Series 5 #9.
«All Series«
1994/12/05 (#02) other   1995 - 1915 would be:- 80 years old this Jan. 31st. 78 in 1995 - May 29th - 2 yrs. Difference. «detailed view»
Series 5 #10.
«All Series«
undated/no/no other[x]   BIOGRAPHY Sister Angela Collins, ocd entered the Carmelite Monastery of Louisville, Kentucky [biography of Sr. Angela Collins sent for use by Br. Patrick Hart in his introduction to the letters of Merton to Collins] «detailed view»

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