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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Hauck, Freida (Nanny), 1874-1965

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1941-1964

Volume: 4 item(s); 6 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Hauck, Freida (Nanny)".

Biography

Freida "Nanny" Hauck was the mother of Elsie Hauck Holahan (later Jenkins). Elsie had moved in to the home of Merton's maternal grandparents, Samuel and "Mattie" Baldwin Jenkins, to take care of Tom and his younger brother John Paul Merton after the death of their mother Ruth Jenkins in 1921. (Elsie later married Merton's uncle, Harold Jenkins). Freida Hauck lived in Great Neck, New York.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Hauck in The Road to Joy, pp. 57-59, 67.

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
 1941/12/10 HPCSfrom MertonWell, here's some news for you: today I am entering the Trappists, in Kentucky. From now on,Yes [no date - postmarked December 13]
 1959/01/12 TALSfrom MertonIt was nice to get your card. There were a lot of people I didn't hear from, but it was goodYes  
 1960/12/22 TLSfrom MertonI got your nice card written by Mrs McCaffrey. It was good to hear from you after so long.Yes  
 1964/12/28 TLSfrom MertonWell, how have you been? I bet you are thinking it took an awful long time for me to get aroundYes  
        

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