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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
De Ganck, Roger, Fr., O.C.S.O.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1954, 1968

Volume: 9 item(s); 11 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "De Ganck, Roger, Fr., O.C.S.O.".

Biography

Fr. Roger De Ganck first rights from the Trappist abbey of Westmalle in Belgium. Later, he has relocated to the new Trappist foundation of Redwoods Abbey in California.

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Related Information and Links

See also Cold War Letters #66, published in Witness to Freedom, pp. 49; and see also letters published in The School of Charity, 388-389, 394.

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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
 1954/03/08 TLSto MertonPar le même courrier je vous envoie quelques tirés-à-part de la revue CN (= Cîteaux in de   
 1962/04/no? transcriptfrom MertonWhen Rev. Dom Edward was here I did indeed speak to him about my interest in the Beguines in the LowYes [Cold War Letters #66 - from bound, mimeographed copies]
 1968/07/09 (#01)TL[c]from MertonGood news. First of all, Fr Flavian has definitely granted me permission to make a retreat of twoYes  
 1968/07/09 (#02)TLS[x]from MertonGood news. First of all, Fr Flavian has definitely granted me permission to make a retreat of twoYes  
 1968/07/13 HLSto MertonAt this moment I am staying at the Paulists' Rectory in SFO, where I will spend the rest of July.   
 1968/07/19 (#01)TL[c]from MertonBy this time maybe you have my other letter too. Fr Flavian will be there after the Vina election:   
 1968/07/19 (#01)TLS[x]from MertonBy this time maybe you have my other letter too. Fr Flavian will be there after the Vina election:  [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2]
 1968/08/17 TLSto MertonMother Myriam left this morning for Monroe, Mich. Her paper kept her very busy the last days.   
 1968/08/20 TLS[x]from MertonThanks for yours of the 17th. I have decided to drop the Esalen conference. It turns out thatYes  
        

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