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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Loy, Mina, 1882-1966

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1959, 1995

Volume: 6 item(s); 7 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Loy, Mina".

Biography

Mina Loy spent her later years in Aspen, Colorado, and Merton writes to her there. "Loy moved from Victorian England to impressionist Paris, to futurist Florence, to bohemian Greenwich Village and back to expatriate Paris during her long career. . . . Painter, poet, actress, playwright, feminist, mother, designer, conceptual artist - her range of skills and experience make it difficult to place her too squarely in any one artistic category." (Source: Hanscombe, Gillian and Virginia L. Smyers, "Mina Loy's Life" on the website of Modern American Poetry at Illinois University. Accessed 11 March 2009. ‹http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/loy/bio.htm›.)

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1959/08/24 transcriptfrom MertonThanks to J. Laughlin I have been reading your <u>Lunar Baedeker</u> and after I told him how  [photocopy from typescript of published book by Carolyn Burke, <i>Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy</i>]
 1995/05/15 TALS from Burke, Carolyn / to Ann McCormickI recently wrote to ask permission to quote from an unpublished letter by Thomas Merton to Mina Loy   
 1995/05/19 other[x] from McCormick, Anne / to Carolyn BurkeRELEASE FORM [-] I (We) grant nonexclusive all-language world rights to Carolyn Burke to use   
 1995/06/08 TL[x]from Center to Burke, CarolynI have received in the Merton trust packet from Mrs. Anne McCormick the permission for the quotation   
 1995/06/30 TLSto Center from Burke, CarolynThank you for your letter of 8 June and your interest in my forthcoming book, <u>Becoming Modern</u>   
 1995/07/13 TL[x]from Center to Burke, CarolynI want to thank you for your reply to my letter about Mina Loy and Thomas Merton.   
        

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