Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

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

Single Item Record for the Date:
1950/November/29 (#01)

Series:  24  Merton Publicity File: Correspondence with film makers, book clubs, radio stations, etc.

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

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

# of pages:  1

Published in:  

First Lines:  "This winter, in zero weather, with snow on the ground, twenty (?) Trappist novices of Our Lady of"

Contents:  [draft of a Gethsemani fundraising letter mentioning over-crowded conditions at the monastery (158 novices and 107 professed monks in a monastery built for 80), leaving 30 monks in tents outdoors in winter, and news of new foundations]

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Gethsemani Abbey Archives

Date received:  2013/12/01

Date added:  2015

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 24:    1950/November/29 (#01)