Interview with John Eudes Bamberger, December 3, 2005

Project: Morgan C. Atkinson Documentary Interviews: Soul Searching, The Journey of Thomas Merton

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Interview Summary

This interview with Abbot John Eudes Bamberger was conducted in 2005 at the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance monastery in Geneses, New York. Bamberger discusses Thomas Merton as an artist, his relationship with Abbot James Fox, and his romance with Margie Smith. He also goes into Merton's mindset and mentality as a monk, and more broadly about monastic life itself.

Interview Accession

2022oh0174_mcajtm0011

Interviewee Name

John Eudes Bamberger

Interviewer Name

Morgan C. Atkinson

Interview Date

2005-12-03

Interview Partial Date

2005

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Bamberger, John Eudes Interview by Morgan C. Atkinson. 03 Dec. 2005. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Bamberger, J.E. (2005, December 03). Interview by M. C. Atkinson. Morgan C. Atkinson Documentary Interviews: Soul Searching, The Journey of Thomas Merton. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Bamberger, John Eudes, interview by Morgan C. Atkinson. December 03, 2005, Morgan C. Atkinson Documentary Interviews: Soul Searching, The Journey of Thomas Merton, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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