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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Viénot, Madeleine

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1963

Volume: 1 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Madeleine Viénot sends photographs of Merton's father, of his mother, and of him (likely as an infant). The photographs may have been incorporated into the collection (the source of Thomas Merton's infant pictures), but are not extant among the correspondence. Merton's mother, Ruth Jenkins Merton, had lived with Viénot's family in France while learning French. Viénot describes the personality of Ruth Merton.

Biography

Madeleine Viénot writes from Paris, France.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1963/03/17 HLSto MertonJe me décide à vous envoyer les photographies que j'ai de votre mère, de vous-même et de votre   
        

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