Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

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

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

Series:    

Type:  TLS[x] - Xerox copy of a typed signed letter.

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

# of pages:  2

Published in:  

First Lines:  "At last I have a moment to answer your beautiful letter of St Clare's day."

Contents:  [replying to letter from Luce of August 11, 1948 (Feast of St. Clare)] response to Luce's words of affection for Dom Frederic Dunne and news of the election of Dom James Fox / reading of Luce's book of essays about her conversion to Catholicism, The "Real" Reason - Luce reading proofs of The Seven Storey Mountain / philosophy paper of Luce's daughter Ann, "Zen buddhsim and St. John of the Cross" / ideas about plans for the new foundation in South Carolina [Mepkin] / Gregorian chant / Bob Giroux / asking for photographs of the destruction of Monte Cassino from WWII

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Library of Congress

Date received:  2023/06/07

Date added:  2023

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