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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
de Menil, John, 1904-1973

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1957

Volume: 1 item(s); 1 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "de Menil, John".

Biography

John de Menil (husband of Dominique de Menil) writes from Houston, Texas. A prominent oil family, the de Menils collected one of the largest and most important American collections of art. They also devoted much of their later lives to ecumenism. The Menil Collection and the Rothko Chapel are testaments to their legacy in the arts and in ecumenism.

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Related Information and Links

See also "Andrade, Jaime" file for a similar request for a statue of the Virgin Mary.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1957/03/16 TLSto MertonWe will be very glad, my wife and I, to help you find a sculptor who would accept commission  responds to Merton's call to help him find a sculptor for a Madonna statue (could be a statue for the novitiate - see "Andrade, Jaime" file)
        

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