The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Sylvester, Fr., O.C.S.O.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1947-1948

Volume: 4 item(s); 15 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Sylvester, Fr., O.C.S.O.".

Biography

Fr. Sylvester was a Trappist monk who went to Gethsemani's new foundation, the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, in Huntsville, Utah.

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If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.

Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

Date	Type	To/From	First Lines
1947/08/31	HLS	to Merton	There was no hurry to return these pictures. We thought you would send them to Georgia
1947/09/19	HLS	to Merton	Your letter of August 30th to Rev. Father arrived in the same mail in which the Postmaster took our
1948/01/07	HLS	to Merton	After Christmas, our truly was intending to answer your letter of Sept. 25 '47. Then on Jan. 3rd
undated/no/no	HLS	to Merton	Howdy! May our risen Jesus fill you with Himself. Probably He already has but we hope and pray

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