Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1953/February/16 

Series:  5  Correspondence from Gethsemani Archives: Dom James Fox with Abbot General Gabriel Sortais.

Type:  TL[x] - Xerox copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  to Sortais, Gabriel from "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  

First Lines:  "As regards Father Louis, his friends are telling him to keep on writing diaries and journals,"

Contents:  friends encouraging journaling due to expected success of The Sign of Jonas / Fox asks Sortais to write and tell Merton to stop journaling - does not want another published journal / Merton a contradiction - for solitude but always looking to publish / Imprimi Potest for Bread in the Wilderness

Language:  English

Source or donor:  Gethsemani Abbey Archives

Date received:  2004/02/13

Date added:  

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 5:    1953/February/16