1964-09-25, TAL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'Sure, by all means have them send the proofs and I will try to writ[e] at least'

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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-059-#01

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Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

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1964-09-25, TAL[c] Berrigan from Merton, 'Sure, by all means have them send the proofs and I will try to writ[e] at least'

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  • 1964 September 25 (Creation)

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1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed) with holograph annotations.

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Merton, Thomas
(1915-1968)

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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.

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First lines: "Sure, by all means have them send the proofs and I will try to writ[e] at least something, if I"... Contents index: five day conference of novice masters "kicking around seven main types of misunderstanding" / some peace writings approved for publishing after a rewrite - thinks writings are now stronger / Carole Denise McNair killed in the September 1963 bombing in Birmingham, Alabama - "Picture of a Black Child with a White Doll".

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    from Thomas Merton to: Berrigan, Philip Francis

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