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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Young, Chris, 1954-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Young, Chris".

Biography

At the time of writing, Chris Young was a 13-year-old who was planning to enter a high school seminary and someday wanted to be a Trappist monk. A fan of Merton's writings, he wanted to be a writer himself and sent Merton copies of two pieces he had written.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/10/05 HLSto MertonI want very much to become a Trappist monk, but under the circumstances it is impossible   
 1967/12/08 TL[c]from MertonI wanted to answer your nice letter personally, though I don't really have time, and it is long   
        

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