This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Mattei, Olga Elena".
Olga Elena Mattei is a poet living in Medellin, Colombia. She was born in Puerto Rico and often wrote concerning social justice. Merton was a fan of her work.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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| 1. |
1965/04/21 (#01) |
HLS to Merton |
Nuestro: hablo en nombre de toda nuestra pequeña familia que |
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| 2. |
1965/04/21 (#02) |
other to Merton |
Para nuestro amado fraile, padre: (En Diciembre 1964, |
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[handwritten note on back of black and white photograph of Mattei's husband and five children, taken in December of 1964] |
| 3. |
1965/05/17 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Este pobre hermano acaba por |
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| 4. |
1966/no/no? |
HNS[x] from Merton |
Yes. I did get your letter last Spring just after I got out of the hospital where I had a serious |
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[no date, but after Merton's back operation in the Spring of 1966] |
| 5. |
1973/01/31 |
HLS to Center from Mattei, Olga |
I have received a second letter about the Fr. Thomas Merton papers. First of all, I want |
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| 6. |
1973/07/03 |
TL[c] from Center to Mattei, Olga |
Thank you for sending us copies of your correspondence from Father Merton and for your kind |
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| 7. |
undated/no/no |
other[x] from Merton |
NOTES ON ART AND WORSHIP [-] If you are interested in translating this, I will send a corrected copy |
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[sends only a photocopy of Merton's notes on the title page of his article "Notes on Art and Worship"] |
| 8. |
undated/no/no |
other[x] from Merton |
Para Olga Elena Mattei - |
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[photocopy of inscription by Merton from the title page of Emblems of a Season of Fury - also contains note by Ernesto Cardenal quoting Merton's 1965/05/10 letter to him praising Mattei's poetry and commenting upon the picture she sent him] |
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