Individual Series View, Merton's Correspondence with:

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

Series 4, Materials Related to Merton's Death and Funeral.

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 4 #1. «All Series«	1968/12/11 (#01)	other by Burns, Flavian	HOMILY AT THE MASS FOR FATHER M. LOUIS (THOMAS MERTON) by Father M. Flavian Burns, Abbot		[homily for a Mass for Merton at Gethsemani the day after he died] «detailed view»
Series 4 #2. «All Series«	1968/12/11 (#02)	other by Loftus, John	Thomas Merton is dead. Let the world maintain his celebration. As few men did, Merton sought God as		[poem written the day after Merton's death by Fr. John Loftus, Dean of Bellarmine College, and friend of Merton] «detailed view»
Series 4 #3. «All Series«	1968/12/17 (#01)	other	POEMS TO BE READ DURING THE THOMAS MERTON MEMORIAL SERVICE December 17, 1968 ST. AGNES CHURCH		[homily for a Mass for Merton at Gethsemani the day after he died] «detailed view»
Series 4 #4. «All Series«	1968/12/17 (#02)	other	MERTON-BARTH CELEBRATION [-] A. Dick Sisto in Vibraphone Recital [-] B. Gathering in Sacristy - 6:30		«detailed view»
Series 4 #5. «All Series«	1968/12/17 (#03)	other	MASS FOR THOMAS MERTON [-] INT. "Enter Rejoice and come in" Enter, rejoice and come in, lift up your		«detailed view»
Series 4 #6. «All Series«	1968/12/17 (#04)	other by Walsh, Daniel	HOMILY for The Funeral Mass of Father Louis Merton, o.c.s.o. [-] December 17, 1968		«detailed view»
Series 4 #7. «All Series«	1968/12/17 (#05)	other[x]	VESPERS FUNERAL MASS and BURIAL SERVICE for Our Brother among Those Who Sleep in Christ FATHER LOUIS		[copy of the program with prayers and music used at the Burial Mass and Vespers for Merton at Gethsemani Abbey] «detailed view»
Series 4 #8. «All Series«	undated/no/no (#01)	other	THOMAS MERTON (Curriculum Vitae) [-] 1915 Jan. 31. Born at Prades (Pyr. Or.) France,		[includes death date - produced after December 10, 1968] «detailed view»
Series 4 #9. «All Series«	undated/no/no (#02)	other	BOOKS BY AND ABOUT THOMAS MERTON [-] The following list of books by and about Thomas Merton contains		[created by Paul Wilkes] «detailed view»

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