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Sub-Section I.1: Mother Teresa (1910-1997) and Lou Torok (1927-2000) Collection

Record Series: 8: Correspondence between Lou Torok and Bellarmine College

Series Description

8 signed letters from Lou Torok to Theresa H. Sandok, O.S.M.; and copies of letters between Lou Torok and Theresa Sandok and Joseph J. McGowan, Jr.; 1998.

Subjects List

Bellarmine College (Louisville, Ky.) |
Torok, Lou |

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Arrangement and Processing Notes:

This Sub-Section is divided into records series. It shares a box with Sub-Section I.2.

Materials were accessioned and described in 1998. Arrangement and description by Theresa H. Sandok, O.S.M. Prepared for the web and updated by Mark Meade in 2016.

Container List

Box#-FF#Item#DateNotesFirst Lines
1 - 8 1 1998 Letter from Lou Torok to Dr. Joseph J. McGowan, Jr., President of Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY «From 1984 until her death last year… I corresponded on a regular basis and talked on the phone with my friend, Mother Teresa.»
1 - 8 2 1998 Letter from Dr. Joseph J. McGowan, Jr., President of Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY, to Lou Torok. «Thank you for your interest in donating your letters from Mother Teresa to Bellarmine College. I am forwarding your letter»
1 - 8 3 1998 Letter from Lou Torok to Dr. Theresa Sandok «On March 9th of this year I received a letter from Dr. Joseph McGowan, Jr. of Bellarmine College which indicated that he was»
1 - 8 4 1998 Letter from Dr. Theresa H. Sandok, O.S.M. to Lou Torok «Thank you for your letter. Please accept my apologies for not getting back to you sooner. I was recently out of the country»
1 - 8 5 1998 Letter from Lou Torok to Dr. Theresa Sandok «Recently I received a letter from Father Clyde Crews in which he mentioned talking with you about my collection of Mother Teresa letters.»
1 - 8 6 1998 Letter from Lou Torok to Dr. Theresa Sandok «Thank you for inviting me to share my Mother Teresa letters with the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine College.»
1 - 8 7 1998 Letter from Dr. Theresa H. Sandok, O.S.M. to Lou Torok, includes a July 23,1998 draft of the contents of Torok's original donation «Thank you for sending us your collection of letters from Mother Teresa, along with other related materials.»
1 - 8 8 1998 Letter from Lou Torok to Dr. Theresa H. Sandok, O.S.M., includes a promotional flier for Lou Torok's (unpublished?) book, "Seasons of Sorrow: 200 Years of Prisons in Kentucky" «Thank you for the Mother Teresa memorial cards. I will be sending one to every governor of every state when I request 1998 LOVE DAY»
1 - 8 9 1998 Letter from Lou Torok to Dr. Theresa H. Sandok, O.S.M. «On Friday, August 7th I will turn 71. What makes this significant for me is the knowledge that now my Mother Teresa letters»
1 - 8 10 1998 Letter from Lou Torok to Dr. Theresa H. Sandok, O.S.M. «As you suggested I am sending you a narrative of my friendship with Mother Teresa. It may help answer some of the questions»
1 - 8 11 1998 Letter from Lou Torok to Dr. Theresa H. Sandok, O.S.M. «I'm not certain if I sent the CareNote information to you in the past. Just in case… here is another set. Each time I go through»
1 - 8 12 1998 Letter from Lou Torok to Dr. Theresa H. Sandok, O.S.M. «As I promised… enclosed are copies of letters from Mother Teresa that I had misplaced along with some envelopes»
1 - 8 13 1998 Letter from Dr. Theresa H. Sandok, O.S.M. to Lou Torok, with a revised finding aid to the donated papers attached «Thank you for sending the very interesting and informative narrative about your relationship with Mother Teresa. I've added it»

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