This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Walsh, Daniel, Fr.".
Daniel Walsh was a life-long educator and one of the most influential professors on Merton's life. After earning a doctorate at University of Toronto alongside Étienne Gilson, Walsh became professor at Manhattanville College in New York from 1934-1960.
See also the "Skakel, Ann Brannack" and "Gilson, Étienne" files additional letters; and see also published letters from Merton to Walsh in
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Series 3 #1.
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1950/04/22 |
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Character Steps Right Out of Book in Talk by Walsh [-] Big Audience Hears About Trappist Who Wrote |
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[newspaper clipping from The Springfield Union in Springfield, Massachusetts - reporting on lecture given by Walsh on 1950/04/21 concerning The Seven Storey Mountain]
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Series 3 #2.
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1965/01/11 |
other[x] |
JFK, Pope John Called Saints Of 20th Century [-] Professor Here Knew President [-] By BILL WOOLSEY |
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[newspaper clipping from The Louisville Times in Louisville, Kentucky - Walsh claims that Pope John XXIII and President John F. Kennedy were saints of the 20th Century]
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Series 3 #3.
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1967/04/26 (#01) |
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Merton's prof to be ordained a priest at 60 [-] Special to the National Catholic Reporter |
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[newspaper clipping from The National Catholic Reporter regarding Walsh's ordination to the priesthood]
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Series 3 #4.
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1967/04/26 (#02) |
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NC NEWS SERVICE (Domestic) THOMAS MERTON'S TEACHER TO BE ORDAINED [-] LOUISVILLE (NC)-- |
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Series 3 #5.
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1967/05/05 |
other[x] |
MERTON'S MENTOR TO BE ORDAINED [-] Scanton-Born Philosophy Professor a Priest at 60 |
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[newspaper clipping from The Catholic Standard and Times of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia regarding Walsh's ordination to the priesthood]
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Series 3 #6.
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1967/05/18 |
other[x] |
Philosopher Walsh Ordained At St. Thomas [-] A SPECIAL ORDINATION ceremony took place at St. |
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[newspaper clipping from The Record of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky, regarding Walsh's ordination to the priesthood - includes one photograph of Merton drinking from the chalice during the Mass]
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Series 3 #7.
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1967/05/25 |
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Dr. Dan Walsh Is Ordained in Louisville [-] ROWENA RAFFERTY [-] It was in Louisville, Kentucky -- |
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[newspaper clipping from The Catholic News regarding Walsh's ordination to the priesthood]
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Series 3 #8.
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1967/10/no |
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Father Walsh Reviewing Merton Book Next Tuesday [-] "Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander" will be the |
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[no source or exact date for clipping - appears to be a newspaper from Bardstown or Louisville, Kentucky - includes a photograph of Merton and Walsh processing out of the church at the end of Mass]
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