MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Akers, Sibylle von Kaskel, 1905-2005
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1960-1966, 1970
Volume: 12 item(s); 19 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Akers, Sibylle von Kaskel".
Biography
Sibylle Akers was born in Dresden, Germany. She left Germany after the Second World War and moved to Texas. She was a well-known photographer. In September of 1959, she visited Gethsemani and took 26 photographs of Merton that are now part of the Merton Center collection. Akers sends letters and postcards from a visit to Europe in the mid-sixties. In 1965, she moved to Washington, D.C., because her husband was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson as Director of the U.S. Information Agency.
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