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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
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| Title: | Collection 427. Thomas Merton Photograph, 1960s |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | Photographs in the Special Collections are stored within a temperature-controlled chamber and require additional time to acclimate to room temperature. |
| Abstract: | The Thomas Merton Photograph contains one 8" x 8" photograph of Thomas Merton standing in a harvested field with Tharsus made by Jonathan Williams. |
| Extent: | 0.00001 linear feet, 1 archival folder |
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[Identification of item], Collection 427. Thomas Merton Photograph, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.
Provenance is unknown. Its accession number is 08-34. It was opened to the public in September 2008.
Processed by Kathryn Staley, September 2008
Encoded by Kathryn Staley, September 2008
North Carolina poet Jonathan Chamberlain Williams (1929-2008) was tied to the experimental liberal arts Black Mountain College and its school of writing, sometimes referred to as the Beat movement's East Coast wing. Born in Asheville, he was raised in Washington, D.C. and Macon Counties. He studied at Princeton and Chicago's Institute of Design before enrolling in Black Mountain College in 1951. That same year, he founded Jargon Press, which published over 100 books including Sherwood Anderson, Charles Olson, and Harry Callaghan. A poet himself, Williams' best poetry are in his Blues & Roots/Rue &Bluets (1985) and Jubilant Thicket. In the 1950s he also became involved in photography which are featured in his books, Portrait Photographs (1979) and A Palpable Elysium: Portraits of Genius and Solitude (2002). His essays are collected in The Magpie's Bagpipe (1982) and Blackbird Dust (2000).
| Johnson, Skip |
| Merton, Thomas |
| Williams, Jonathan Chamberlain |
