Individual Series View, Merton's Correspondence with:

Collins, Angela of the Eucharist, Mother, O.C.D., 1917-2003

Series 5, Other Materials Related to Published Correspondence and Conference on Contemplative Life.

Descriptive Summary

Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	1960-1968, 1970-1974
Volume:	114 item(s); 224 pg(s)

Herein is a highly personal and lively correspondence between good friends and fellow religious. The extant file does not seem to be a complete set of their correspondence. Early letters, such as an original of what became the Cold War Letter, are not i

Biography

Early in their correspondence, Sr. Angela of the Eucharist (née Viola M. Collins) was a Carmelite Prioress in Louisville, Kentucky. Between 1965 and 1966, she would became Mother Angela of the Eucharist, appointed superior of the Carmelite monastery in S

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Series List

Series Number	Series Name	Total Records
1	Correspondence between Sr. Angela and Thomas Merton.	64
2	Correspondence between Sr. Angela and John Howard Griffin.	29
3	Notes kept by Mother Angela during Meeting with Thomas Merton on the Future of Contemplative Life, May 1968.	2
4	Materials Related to Merton's Death and Funeral.	9
5	Other Materials Related to Published Correspondence and Conference on Contemplative Life.	10

Container List

Series#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
Series 5 #1. «All Series«	1980/09/no? (#01)	HLS from Gumula, Stanislaus	Here I am, as promised, in my little scrawl. I know it is not all that personal- makes it so hard to		[dated "St. Polycarp, 1981" (old feast date in January and new feast in February) - from, at the time, Br. Stan Gumula, later a priest and Abbot of Mepkin Abbey, South Carolina, Dom Stanislaus Gumula - he was a novice under Merton] «detailed view»
Series 5 #2. «All Series«	1980/09/no? (#02)	other[x] by Gumula, Stanislaus	JUNIORATE PROGRAM --- ADVENT, 1980 Monday -- The Fathers with Br. Stanislaus * obligatory 2:15 p.m.		[schedule / syllabus of Juniorate program at Mepkin Abbey] «detailed view»
Series 5 #3. «All Series«	1984/11/19	TLS from Hart, Patrick	How good it was to hear from you after such a long silence. I'm becoming the world's worst		[from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. of Gethsemani Abbey] publishing Merton's letters to Collins «detailed view»
Series 5 #4. «All Series«	1986/02/15	TLS from Hart, Patrick	It has been a long time since I last wrote. As you might guess, I've been very busy with a number		[from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. of Gethsemani Abbey] publishing Merton's letters to Collins «detailed view»
Series 5 #5. «All Series«	1987/02/02	TLS from Hart, Patrick	Long time no hear-- are you well? I missed your usual Christmas greeting, and it made me wonder if		[from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. of Gethsemani Abbey] publishing Merton's letters to Collins «detailed view»
Series 5 #6. «All Series«	1987/03/04	TLS from Hart, Patrick	How good it was to hear from you with the NOTRE DAME stationary! You have been very much in my		[from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. of Gethsemani Abbey] publishing Merton's letters to Collins «detailed view»
Series 5 #7. «All Series«	1987/07/22	TLS from Hart, Patrick	Greetings from Gethsemani! And I rejoice in the new letterhead which will bring you glad tidings		[from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. of Gethsemani Abbey] publishing Merton's letters to Collins / Merton Annual letterhead «detailed view»
Series 5 #8. «All Series«	1994/12/05 (#01)	HLS to Downey, Michael	As you see, I am enclosing travel directions to Savannah for you. I am presuming you will be driving		«detailed view»
Series 5 #9. «All Series«	1994/12/05 (#02)	other	1995 - 1915 would be:- 80 years old this Jan. 31st. 78 in 1995 - May 29th - 2 yrs. Difference.		«detailed view»
Series 5 #10. «All Series«	undated/no/no	other[x]	BIOGRAPHY Sister Angela Collins, ocd entered the Carmelite Monastery of Louisville, Kentucky		[biography of Sr. Angela Collins sent for use by Br. Patrick Hart in his introduction to the letters of Merton to Collins] «detailed view»

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