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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Niswonger, Ilse F., Obl.S.B.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1957

Volume: 2 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Niswonger, Ilse F., Obl.S.B.".

Biography

Ilse F. Niswonger was an Oblate of St. Benedict at Regina Laudis Abbey in Bethlehem, Connecticut. She was an artist and offered her services for a statue of the Virgin Mary. This is likely the job that Merton eventually commissioned Jaime Andrade to sculpt.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1957/04/22 HLSto MertonMr. John Crabtree mentioned your name in a letter to me and told me to get in touch with you about   
 undated/no/no other SCULPTURES [-] Ernesto Cardenal [-] Agouti, 1956. Polychrome plaster [-] Iguana, 1956. Polychrome   
        

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