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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Wasserman, Edmund (Senior)".
Edmund Wasserman (Senior) was married to Margaret (Peg) Wasserman. They were the parents of Merton's friends, Sr. Anita (Ann) and Edmund (Junior, whom Merton called "Cappy" or "Cap"). Edmund (Junior) was at Gethsemani Abbey with Merton for many years before leaving in 1963 and was known there as Fr. John of the Cross. Edmund Wasserman (Senior) died in 1962.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also published letters from Merton to Wasserman in Witness to Freedom, pp. 183 and 189.
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.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
Click icons for links: ✓="Published | Library Record", ✉="Scanned" | 🗷="Scanned, Viewable Only at Merton Center"
| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
| | y/m/d | Merton | | Scan ✉ | |
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1954/10/16 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
This is to thank you and Peg for your letter at Assumption and to let you know that everything is |
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[transferred from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2 - with handwritten note in pencil by Sr. Anita Wasserman to Patrick Hart regarding letter]
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1962/08/07 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
I have been a pretty bad correspondent this last year or so, having been occupied with a million |
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[transferred from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2 - with handwritten note in pencil by Sr. Anita Wasserman to Patrick Hart regarding letter]
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