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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Phillips, Bernard S., 1931-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965-1967

Volume: 9 item(s); 13 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Phillips, Bernard S.".

Biography

Bernard S. Phillips was a professor in the Department of Religion at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the time of writing.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See also the "Abdeslam, Sidi" and the "Parsons, Linda" file.

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
 1965/10/22 (#01)TALSto MertonA friend, Mrs. Linda Parsons of Montreal, has sent me reprints of two of your articles--<u>Zen</u>   
 1965/10/22 (#02)HLSfrom Parsons, LindaA friend, Mrs. Linda Parsons of Montreal, has sent me reprints of two of your articles--<u>Zen</u>  [originally dated 1965/10/12 - forwarded to Merton on 1065/10/22 / note to Merton: "Would Bramachari be interested in this letter?"]
 1965/10/31 TL[c]from MertonWell, I simply answer your question by turning it around. There are plenty of stories not only  [copy of Merton's letter to Phillips enclosed with 1965/10/31 letter to Linda Parsons, see "Parsons" file in Section A]
 1966/10/13 TL[c]from MertonI am glad to hear that the Ven. Sidi Abdesalam [sic] is arriving there about now.   
 1966/10/no? HLSto MertonMy Sufi teacher Sidi Abdeslam is slated to arrive here (insh 'Allah) in about 10 days for a month's   
 1966/11/19 TLSto MertonLast Sunday I saw Sidi Abdeslam and his companions off at Kennedy Airport. They saw a lot of the   
 1967/05/22 TL[c]from MertonThough I am not too sanguine about it, I think there is a real chance that I might be able to get   
 1967/05/26 TLSto MertonI was absolutely delighted to get your letter with the news that there is at least a possibility   
 undated/no/no HPCSto MertonI was at the top of this and could look all over Seattle. It wasn't very good weather  [verso: color photograph of "Sunset on Mount Rainier as viewed from Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, Washington.]
        

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