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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Mattei, Olga Elena, 1933-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965-1966, 1973

Volume: 8 item(s); 13 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Mattei, Olga Elena".

Biography

Olga Elena Mattei is a poet living in Medellin, Colombia. She was born in Puerto Rico and often wrote concerning social justice. Merton was a fan of her work.

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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
 1965/04/21 (#01)HLSto MertonNuestro: hablo en nombre de toda nuestra pequeña familia que   
 1965/04/21 (#02)otherto MertonPara nuestro amado fraile, padre: (En Diciembre 1964,  [handwritten note on back of black and white photograph of Mattei's husband and five children, taken in December of 1964]
 1965/05/17 HLS[x]from MertonEste pobre hermano acaba por   
 1966/no/no? HNS[x]from MertonYes. I did get your letter last Spring just after I got out of the hospital where I had a serious  [no date, but after Merton's back operation in the Spring of 1966]
 1973/01/31 HLSto Center from Mattei, OlgaI have received a second letter about the Fr. Thomas Merton papers. First of all, I want   
 1973/07/03 TL[c]from Center to Mattei, OlgaThank you for sending us copies of your correspondence from Father Merton and for your kind   
 undated/no/no other[x]from MertonNOTES ON ART AND WORSHIP [-] If you are interested in translating this, I will send a corrected copy  [sends only a photocopy of Merton's notes on the title page of his article "Notes on Art and Worship"]
 undated/no/no other[x]from MertonPara Olga Elena Mattei -  [photocopy of inscription by Merton from the title page of <i>Emblems of a Season of Fury</i> - also contains note by Ernesto Cardenal quoting Merton's 1965/05/10 letter to him praising Mattei's poetry and commenting upon the picture she sent him]
        

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