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Merton's Correspondence with:

Kenneth James Ricardi

Ricardi, Kenneth James, 1946-  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

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: "Ricardi, Kenneth James".

Biography

Kenneth James Ricardi was a senior at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He asks about books that had influenced Merton. Besides ones that had influenced Merton in his youth that are listed in The Seven Storey Mountain, he mentions that he has more recently been influenced by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Stride Toward Freedom.

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#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
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1. 1968/02/29 HLS to Merton I am a senior in a small, Catholic liberal arts college in Massachusetts. I have had enough contact «detailed view»
2. 1968/04/10 TL[c] from Merton Sorry for the delay in answering your letter. I get so many requests, questions etc that half «detailed view»

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