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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Janis, Maria Cooper".
Maria Cooper Janis is daughter of actor Gary Cooper. Janis is a painter, is interested in parapsychology, and has recently written a book about her father and his life off camera. A letter she had sent the year of her father's death is not extant, but there is a copy of Merton's reply. He relates having enjoyed watching Cooper movies before entering the monastery and jokes, "I even had a temptation to hope that if the Seven Storey Mountain became a film, he would play in it. This was a clear case of vanity on my part!!"
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
| | y/m/d | Merton | | Scan ✉ | |
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1961/10/11 |
HPCS[x] from Merton |
I was touched by your kind letter, and glad that it gives me an opportunity to greet you and your |
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