|
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Chaves, Maria Braz".
Maria Braz Chaves (Maria Therezinha) writes from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Merton wrote her a brief letter of thanks in November of 1966. The letter is not extant but was reproduced for a book by Maria Braz Chaves, Um Ser Entre Bilhões. The book was published in 1969 and Braz Chaves sends a copy with a note in the book and a separate letter to Dom Flavian Burns, Abbot of Gethsemani Abbey, in memory of Thomas Merton.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
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 ✉ | |
| 1. |
1966/11/29 |
HNS[x] from Merton |
Thank you for your collection and lovely texts for Christmas. I will remember you especially |
|
[handwritten letter reproduced in published volume filed under Chaves in the bookshelf of Merton's marginalia]
«detailed view» |
| 2. |
1969/06/07 |
HNS[x] to Burns, Flavian |
como uma homenagem póstuma do grande monge escritor e trapista Thomas Merton, que |
|
[photocopy of a handwritten note written in Um Ser Entre Bilhões by Maria Braz Chaves, filed under Chaves in the bookshelf of Merton's marginalia]
«detailed view» |
| 3. |
1969/06/10 |
TLS to Burns, Flavian |
Paz! O ano passado, em Maio, cheguei a enviar para Thomas Merton, um exemplar mimeografado |
|
[original moved from book filed under Chaves in the bookshelf of Merton's marginalia]
«detailed view» |
|
|