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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Kelly, Patricia

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1966-1967

Volume: 4 item(s); 10 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Kelly, Patricia".

Biography

At the time of writing, Patricia Kelly was a woman in her twenties from Chicago, Illinois. She asks Merton for some advice on some very personal matters of religion.

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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
 1966/12/29 (#01)HLSto MertonMy name is not familiar to you, and my face even less familiar, but I write to you out of a need,  [conscience matter]
 1966/12/29 (#02)other    [sends black and white photograph of herself]
 1967/01/09 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your confidence. I wish I had some clear, sure answer that would give you the key  [conscience matter]
 1967/01/31 HLSto MertonI'm afraid this note of thanks is long overdue, yet I wanted you to know that I am not without  [writing from Las Vegas, Nevada - includes envelope with Merton's handwritten notes on topics unrelated to this letter: Rosemary Radford Ruether, etc. / conscience matter]
        

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