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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Grimes, William

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1964-1968

Volume: 11 item(s); 18 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

William Grimes spent time as a novice at Gethsemani Abbey under the name Br. Alcuin. He left in the autumn of 1964. Merton and Grimes continued to exchange letters in subsequent years.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1964/08/11 TAL[c]from MertonAn awful long time has passed since I got your letter, and I want to try to send a line in reply   
 1964/11/16 TAL[c]from MertonThanks for your letter, I was glad to hear from you and to know that you were settling down,   
 1965/03/27 TLSfrom MertonThanks for the letter and for the Churchill book. It was good to hear from you. Here there is a lot   
 1965/07/29 HLSfrom MertonThanks for your letters. I have been unable to write - too much to do. But I am neither wasting away   
 1965/08/25 HLSfrom MertonThanks for your good letter. You are right, I am in the hermitage all day now, out of novitiate   
 1966/12/29 TCSfrom MertonCongratulations on your wedding-- I am a bit late. Got the announcement and was praying for you.   
 1967/05/22 TLSfrom MertonYes, I did get the splendid ikon calendar which fills the place with its subdued light.   
 1968/01/01 HNSfrom MertonHi! Belssings and joy. <u>Peace</u>. In Him. f m Louis [-] NEW YEAR'S LETTER 1968 [-] Dear Friends:  [note and signature at the top of a signed mimeograph (see also "Circular Letters to Friends" file]
 1968/05/no? HNSfrom MertonGlad to hear you're back! The ikons have been swell. Keep in touch! New abbot here=Flavian.  [note and signature at the top of a mimeograph, "Pachal Time 1968" (see also "Circular Letters to Friends" file]
 1968/11/10 TL[c]to MertonYour can't imagine how many times I have sat down and tried to get a letter off to you.   
 undated/no/no otherfrom MertonYour Gift: SPIRIT OF FAITH [-] Your Patron: ST JOHN EVANGELIST [-] Pray for: THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT  [4 cards (one typed and three handwritten) / as gifts for the novices on patronal feast days and for Christmas, Merton presented a card such as these with three lines or three cards with one line / see above for typed card - the three handwritten cards state: "Pray for: Missions in Asia", "Your gift: Love of Holy Church", and "Your patron: St Gregory of Nyssa"]
        

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