MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Newman, S. H. (Bud)
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1967
Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)
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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Newman, S. H. (Bud)".
Biography
S. H. Newman writes from El Paso, Texas. He had once entered the Trappists but was rejected before vows because they feared he was going blind. He spent time with the Carthusians, but was dismissed for disobedience. He did not go blind, married, and became the father of two girls. He includes a letter to his brother, Fletcher (Fletch) Newman, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey in Oregon.
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