Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Censors Reports" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1952/October/16 

Series:  131  Sign of Jonas

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

To/From:  to Derzelle, Albert from "Censors Reports"-->

# of pages:  2

Published in:  

First Lines:  "I had delayed for some time in writing to you since I thought perhaps a letter from you might be on"

Contents:  [see also "Derzelle, Abert" file] "Sign of Jonas" [book] - from Merton to Dom Albert Derzelle, O.C.S.O., Prior of Caldey Abbey - Sign of Jonas going to print and advertisement before getting Dom Albert's approval as censor - asks permission to continue with publication and retaining as a journal / Merton states, "the whole idea of a Journal has always appeared to me as an indecency-- although I enjoyed writing it"

Language:  English

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Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Censors Reports:" Series 131:    1952/October/16