Merton's Correspondence with:

Abbot Gerald Columban Hawkins; Dom Columban Hawkins; Hawkins, Columban, Dom

Hawkins, Columban, Abbot, O.C.S.O, 1902-

Descriptive Summary

Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	1962, 1966
Volume:	3 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Hawkins, Columban, Abbot, O.C.S.O".

Biography

Dom Columban Hawkins was the first abbot of Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey in Lafayette, Oregon.

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#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
1.	1962/12/11	TAL[c] from Merton	Thanks for your kind letter of December 1st. As a matter of fact Father Abbot spoke to me about		«detailed view»
2.	1966/11/04	TALS to Merton	Dom Simeon Chang was with us recently before leaving for Lantao, and in speaking with me of		«detailed view»
3.	1966/11/09	TL[c] from Merton	Dom Simeon Chang must have gathered a slightly wrong impression from something I said about		«detailed view»

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