Br. Thomas Whitaker and Merton discussed the study the Shakers and a manuscript, purported to be at Gethsemani Abbey, concerning Catholicism in southern Kentucky.
Br. Thomas Whitaker was a Benedictine monk of St. Maur's Priory in South Union, Kentucky. The monastery was unique in the United States as having been established as a racially integrated community when it was founded in 1947 on the grounds of a Shaker village.
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1963/11/18 |
TLS to Merton |
A week ago Mr. Robert Meader of the Shaker Museum at Old Chatham, N.Y. was visiting here. |
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1964/04/04 |
TALS to Merton |
Thanks be to God. I am home again from the hospital. Doctor says the operation on the ruptured |
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1964/05/13 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your letter of nearly a month, no, more than a month ago, and for the book. |
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1968/01/01 |
TLS to Merton |
A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU. During November, I had an extended vacation due to having passed my 25th |
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