Copies of several speeches: Marxist Theory and Monastic Theoria
by Thomas Merton from a conference at Bangkok on December 10, 1968; Monastic Experience and East-West Dialogue
by Thomas Merton from a conference in October 1968; Notes for the speech in October 1968; Homily at the Mass for Father M. Louis (Thomas Merton)
by Father M. Flavian Burns, Abbot of Gethsemani on December 11, 1968; Homily for the Funeral Mass of Father Louis Merton, OCSO
by Rev. Daniel C. Walsh, Ph.D., on December 17, 1968, 1968 October-1968 December
The six items of the Thomas Merton Papers, 1968-1969, include speeches, letters and vitae of Father Thomas Merton from the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky. Two letters from the fall of 1968, discuss his trip to conferences in Asia. There is a curriculum vitae and list of his works as well as a copy of notes for a piece of writing. One item is a copy of speeches from or about Merton. There are five separate items within this one; three pertain with his speeches in Asian conferences from October and December 1968, two are homilies given by fathers after the death of Merton in Bangkok on December 10, 1968.
Dates
- 1968 October-1968 December
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Extent
From the Collection: 0.1 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository