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Individual Series View, Merton's Correspondence with:

Seitz, Ron, 1935-2011


Series 1, Correspondence between Ron Seitz and Thomas Merton from the original file.


Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1968
Volume: 11 item(s); 43 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Seitz, Ron".

Biography

Ron Seitz was a poet, author, essayist, and a former professor of creative writing at University of Louisville and Bellarmine University. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but traveled extensively as a young man and took a variety of different jobs be

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Related Information and Links

See also contributions to Monks Pond, pp. 103, 164, 326; and see also the "Stone, Naomi Burton" file.

Series List

Series NumberSeries NameTotal Records
1 Correspondence between Ron Seitz and Thomas Merton from the original file. 6
2 Thomas Merton and Ron Seitz material from a poetry class. 5

Container List

Series#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
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Series 1 #1.
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1968/01/29 TL[c] from Merton Thanks much for poems. They are very good ones. Maybe I am prejudiced because I read them sitting «detailed view»
Series 1 #2.
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1968/02/07 TLS to Merton Thanks for liking my poems. Was surprised as hell. I still think you musta had 4 or 5 cold ones «detailed view»
Series 1 #3.
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1968/03/08 TLS to Merton so skipped this morning the teachin (all that talk, the noise of it chilling) & lit «detailed view»
Series 1 #4.
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1968/06/26 TALS to Merton Just a short note Tom to thank you for my poem in POND #2 & also thank you for meeting beautiful «detailed view»
Series 1 #5.
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1968/06/26 (#01) TALS to Merton Just a short note Tome to thank you for my poem in POND #2 & also thank you for meeting «detailed view»
Series 1 #6.
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1968/06/26 (#02) other to Merton REQUIEM [-] for Pop Seitz my grandfather [-] to begin-- [-] a dingdong bloom of bells [3 poems by Seitz sent to Merton: "for Pop Seitz my grandfather", "HAPPENING for Dick Sisto", and "POET THIS MORNING"] «detailed view»

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