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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Meer de Walcheren, Xristine Anne Marie van der, Sr., O.S.B.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965, 1971

Volume: 12 item(s); 16 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Meer de Walcheren, Xristine Anne Marie van der, Sr., O.S.B.".

Biography

Sr. Xristine Anne Marie van der Meer de Walcheren was a Benedictine religious sister writing from Notre Dame Abbey in Oosterhout, the Netherlands.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Sr. Xristine (labeled "To a Woman Religious") in Witness to Freedom, pp. 195-196.

Other Finding Aids

If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1961/08/09 TLS[x]to MertonMon Père vous aurait répondu lui-même si ses yeux ne lui rendaient écriture et lecture trop  [also contains handwritten note at bottom of the same letter from Dom Petrus (Pierre) Balthazar Albertus van der Meer de Walcheren - see also his file]
 1962/02/01 HLS[x]to MertonNous recevoir ces jours ci une lettre d'une dame hollandaise, Toos Nooijen Schoffela, qui écrit une   
 1965/04/25 HALSto MertonNous venons de recevoir les fascicules sur la vie contemplative cistercienne.  [also contains a note in a different handwriting (Petrus Balthazar Albertus van der Meer de Walcheren?)]
 1965/06/06 TLSto MertonJe veux absolument vous faire part de quelque chose qui vous fera plaisir. Mon Père avait donné   
 1965/06/12 HLS[x]from MertonJe suis très touché et trés content de recevoir votre petit mot sur la conférence.  [copied from H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2]
 1965/06/25 TALSto MertonMerci de votre lettre du 12 juin. Le Père Abbé est très content de votre permission   
 1965/06/30 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your very good letter. Here are the copies of the various conferences.Yes  
 1965/08/08 HALSto MertonMerci et merci de l'envoie de vos conférences. je me suis remise à lire l'anglais après 35 ans;  [also contains a note in a different handwriting (Petrus Balthazar Albertus van der Meer de Walcheren?)]
 1965/09/19 TLS[x]to MertonUn grand merci pour le mot que vous avez envoyé pour l'anniversaire de mon Père, ses 85 ans.  [also contains handwritten note at bottom of the same letter from Dom Petrus (Pierre) Balthazar Albertus van der Meer de Walcheren - see also his file]
 1971/03/24 (#01)HLS[x]to Center from Meer de Walcheren, Anne-MarieMon Père, [indecipherable word..] Pierre van der Meer de Walcheren, est   
 1971/03/24 (#02)transcriptto Center from Meer de Walcheren, Anne-MarieMy father, - - -, died Dec. 16, 1970 and I have the correspondence and documents of my father   
 1971/06/21 TL[x]from Center to Meer de Walcheren, Anne-MarieThank you so much for your kind letter of March 3 and please accept my apology for being so long   
        

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