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Individual Series View, Merton's Correspondence with:

Seitz, Ron, 1935-2011


Series 2, Thomas Merton and Ron Seitz material from a poetry class.


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

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Series 2 #1.
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undated/no/no (#01) other by Seitz, Ron 2 POEMS DEAR TOM [-] for Father Merton [-] 2 poems dear Tom and high again [-] time it is to [poems by Ron Seitz about Thomas Merton] «detailed view»
Series 2 #2.
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undated/no/no (#02) other by Merton THE TRAPPIST ABBEY: MATINS [-] When the full fields begin to smell of sunrise [selected poems by Thomas Merton with a drawing and lettering (not by Merton) spelling out "Here's Tommy" from a word bubble and a cartoon man] «detailed view»
Series 2 #3.
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undated/no/no (#03) other by Merton POETRY AND CONTEMPLATION by Thomas Merton [-] There is a misleading insistence on the terms [It is a different draft of "Poetry and Contemplation" from what was previously in the Center's archives. Possibly, it was given by Merton to Ron Seitz.] «detailed view»
Series 2 #4.
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undated/no/no (#04) other   Poems by Bellarmine Faculty and Students [-] Scene, Ash Wednesday, 1967 by Sr. Clarita Felhoelter [poems by Sr. Clarita Felhoelter, Daniel Lawless, Cora E. Lucas ("Pereginatio" for Thomas Merton), John H. Meyer, Ron Seitz, «detailed view»
Series 2 #5.
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undated/no/no (#05) other   Nicanor Parra [-] HELP! I don't know how I got here: I was running along happy as you please [poems by Nicanor Parra, John Berryman, Philip Levine, Thomas Merton (3 poems), and poems of Han-Shan translated by Gary Snyder] «detailed view»

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