Merton's Correspondence with:

Mark Yavorsky

Yavorsky, Mark, d. 2003

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Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	circa 1967, 1997
Volume:	4 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Merton responds to a letter of Mark Yavorsky (letter to Merton not extant) about his writings on war and about Merton's sex life and sexual history. Merton responds to the questions about sex in a detailed and frank manner concerning his casual sexual relationships with women before becoming a practicing Christian.

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#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
1.	1967/no/no?	TLS[x] from Merton	First, I'll have them send information. There is also a monastery of ours near Sacramento, at Vina,		Merton lists some of his writings on war and on writings on eastern religions / gives a personal account of his sex life before joining the monastery, including a relationship leading to an illegitimate child / suggests he look at Trappist monastery in Vina, California, or the Benedictines at Christ in the Desert in New Mexico «detailed view»
2.	1997/02/27	TLS to Center from Peacock, Richard	I have an unpublished letter from Thomas Merton dating from about 1966. I say "about" because the		possible dating of the Yavorsky letter (suggests 1966, but Merton mentions latest book as Mystics and Zen Masters, which was published in 1967) / Peacock explains that Mark Yavorsky was a student of Richard Peacock [at Palomar College, San Marcos, California] / offers to send a copy of the letter «detailed view»
3.	1997/04/03	TLS[x] from Center to Peacock, Richard	Thank you very much or your letter to Dr. Robert E. Daggy regarding the Thomas Merton correspondence		how Peacock acquired the letter from Yavorsky «detailed view»
4.	1997/04/09	TLS[x] to Center from Peacock, Richard	Here's a copy of Thomas Merton's letter. I came into possession of it when a former student, now		sending copy of letter «detailed view»

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