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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Dwyer, Robert Joseph, Archbishop, 1908-1976

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1959

Volume: 3 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Merton inquires about finding a place of hermitage in Bishop Dwyer's diocese in Nevada.

Biography

The Most Reverend Robert J. Dwyer was Bishop of Reno, Nevada, at the time of correspondence with Merton. He later became the Archbishop of Portland, Oregon.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Bishop Dwyer in Witness to Freedom, pp. 202-203, 205.

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
 1959/06/06 TAL[c]from MertonI am surrounding this delicate matter with certain precautions because I would like to keep itYes [verso: "Reno" written in pen in Merton's hand]
 1959/07/14 TLSto MertonI am just back from my ad limina to Rome plus a rather extended visit, my first, to Europe.   
 1959/09/01 TL[c]from MertonIt has taken me a long time to acknowledge your very kind letter of July 14th.Yes  
        

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