Individual Series View, Merton's Correspondence with:

Bamberger, John Eudes, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1926-2020

Series 3, Correspondence from Bamberger's Files with Other Monks Regarding Gift Book Donations

Descriptive Summary

Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	1951-1984
Volume:	215 item(s); 257 pg(s)

In these intramural letters, Merton and, at that time, fellow monk of Gethsemani, Bamberger, exchange thoughts about community life, the admission of new novices, and about each others writing. In some of these letters, Merton expresses problems he has w

Biography

Dom John Eudes Bamberger stepped down as abbot of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Genesee in 2001. He came to Gethsemani in 1951 after having read The Seven Storey Mountain in the navy. He was sent to Washington, D.C., for studies in the psychiatric

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Series List

Series Number	Series Name	Total Records
1	Merton-Bamberger Correspondence from Gethsemani-Merton Files	15
2	Miscellaneous Merton Memorabilia	12
3	Correspondence from Bamberger's Files with Other Monks Regarding Gift Book Donations	17
4	Correspondence from John Eudes Bamberger's Files with Other Monks Regarding Merton's Medical Conditions	40
5	Merton-Bamberger Correspondence from Bamberger's Files	131

Container List

Series#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
Series 3 #1. «All Series«	No.020 1951/no/no	other	Direction in St John of the +. Faulty directions [-] 1 Moral deficiency - jealousy		[handwritten notes by Merton on St. John of the Cross] «detailed view»
Series 3 #2. «All Series«	No.021 undated/no/no	other	The Law in the Teaching of Saint Paul. [-] The topic of our first conference this morning is		[term paper by Bamberger while a scholastic at Gethsemani - Merton was Master of Scholastic and has handwritten corrections and a grade on the paper] «detailed view»
Series 3 #3. «All Series«	No.022a undated/no/no	other from Merton	RE: Monastic Formation, Junior Professed Choir Monks. [-] Suggestions. [-] 1) That the experiment		[typed page - note in Merton's handwriting, "Fr Eudes [-] from fr m Louis"] «detailed view»
Series 3 #4. «All Series«	No.022b undated/no/no	other	Scripture [-] The Psalms -Msgr Patrick Boylan (2 Vol) [-] Hesed and Hasid -Dom Rembert Sorg		[typed list of books grouped by subject category - Merton's handwritten note, "Ones checked for ch. novitiate", (i.e. Merton's book selections for choir novitiate)] «detailed view»
Series 3 #5. «All Series«	No.023 1966/09/22	TAN	requested by fr. Louis [-] 26 Bro. Lavrans assorted cards [-] 6 postulants guide [-] 1 Geth, made		«detailed view»
Series 3 #6. «All Series«	No.024 1966/09/13	TNS	Genowefa Bogatynska [-] ul. Rakowicka 21/4 [-] Krakow, POLAND [-] 1 Seasons		«detailed view»
Series 3 #7. «All Series«	No.025 1966/11/07	TNS	Frln. Dagmar Henne [-] Agence Hoffman [-] Seestrasse 6 [-] 8 Munchen 23 W. Germany		«detailed view»
Series 3 #8. «All Series«	No.026 undated/no/no	HN	Fr. Louis [-] two paperback books. @ 1.35 [-] $2.70 [-] B Ri		«detailed view»
Series 3 #9. «All Series«	No.027 undated/no/no	TNS	Frln. Dagmar Henne [-] Agence Hoffman [-] Seestrasse 6 [-] 8 Munchen 23 W. Germany [-] 1 Wisdom of		«detailed view»
Series 3 #10. «All Series«	No.028 1966/10/01	HN	Gethsemani Life of Praise [-] 3 books to Fr Louis [-] 10/1/66		«detailed view»
Series 3 #11. «All Series«	No.029 1966/11/02	TNS	Jack O'Neil [-] Peace Corps [-] Box 707 [-] Monrovia Liberia [-] 1 Crucifix [-] New Seeds [-] No Man		«detailed view»
Series 3 #12. «All Series«	No.030 1966/11/01	TNS	Editora Vozes Ltda. [-] Caixa Postal 23 [-] Petropolis - Est Do Rio,		«detailed view»
Series 3 #13. «All Series«	No.031 1966/11/08	TNS	Paperbacks: Waters of Siloe - Sign of Jonas [-] To: Therese Plater Syberg [-] 31 Kraszewski		«detailed view»
Series 3 #14. «All Series«	No.032 1966/03/02	TNS	Ammon Hennacy [-] Box 655 [-] Salt Lake City, Utah [-] Gandhi on Non Violence [-] Please forward		«detailed view»
Series 3 #15. «All Series«	No.033 1966/07/23	TNS	Benedictine Convent [-] P.O. Box 25 [-] Toronto, Uganda, Africa [-] Re. of Dom Leclercq		«detailed view»
Series 3 #16. «All Series«	No.034 1966/07/21	TNS	For our files. [-] Lunsford P. Yandell		«detailed view»
Series 3 #17. «All Series«	No.035 undated/no/no		Sent gifts (translator) to: [-] Rev. Fr. Bui-bang-Hien [-] Truong Mich Giany [-] Saigon, Vietnam		«detailed view»

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