Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1941/December/13 

Series:  1  Correspondence between Merton and Van Doren

Type:  HLS[x] - Xerox copy of a holograph (handwritten) signed letter.

To/From:  from Merton to "Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972"-->

# of pages:  2

Published in:  

First Lines:  "Letter to My Friends [-] Explaining that I am entering the Trappists, in Kentucky."

Contents:  [dated "St Lucy's Day 1941" - circular letter to friend in poetic form explaining his entry into the Trappists at Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky - contains a separate note for Van Doren at the end of the letter in which he transfers rights to Van Doren for his manuscript of Journal of My Escape from the Nazis]

Language:  English

Source or donor:  

Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972:" Series 1:    1941/December/13