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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Erlach, Franz Sales, M.D.

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Erlach, Franz Sales, M.D.".

Biography

Franz Erlach was a medical doctor who emigrated from Austria in 1938 with his wife, Dr. Helen P. Erlach, and two children. At the time of this letter, they had retired to Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1968/02/29 TLSto MertonThe subject of this letter is rather unusual, peculiar, how to begin?! -- let me introduce myself,  offers Gethsemani a "life-size 'Corpus Christi' carved in Wood", probably created by a peasant, that was formerly in a shrine near a farm in Muehllacken, upper Austria
 1968/03/22 TL[c]from MertonI am sorry not to have answered sooner. I have been thinking about the Crucifix, and have finally  cannot guarantee long-term care of crucifix at Gethsemani - suggests giving it to a museum
        

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