BIB_ID
412874
Accession number
MA 22097.12
Creator
Pooler, Alfred D.
Display Date
Louisville, Kentucky, undated.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 27.9 x 21.5 cm
Notes
Signed in blue ink "Alfred D. Pooler."
Addressed to "Dear Friend of Thomas Merton."
Typed on letterhead stationery printed "Thomas Merton Studies Center / Bellarmine-Ursuline College / 2000 Norris Place Louisville Kentucky, 40205."
Addressed to "Dear Friend of Thomas Merton."
Typed on letterhead stationery printed "Thomas Merton Studies Center / Bellarmine-Ursuline College / 2000 Norris Place Louisville Kentucky, 40205."
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
Stating that almost all of Fr. Merton's correspondence and original writings form part of The Merton Legacy Trust and has been entrusted to the custodial care of Bellarmine College; adding that a Thomas Merton Room was created in 1963; saying that there are plans to expand the Thomas Merton Room into a Merton Studies Center; giving information regarding privacy, copyright, and other information on how the collection will be used; describing the types of materials in the collection in the Thomas Merton Room; asking if the recipient would care to donate their original letters and correspondence in exchange for a xerox copy.
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