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- 1967 September 6 (Creation)
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6 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.
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Biographical history
Suzanne Butorovich was a high school student from Campbell, California. This is one of the longest know series of correspondence he had with a young person. Merton had dinner with her and her family while visiting California on October 3, 1968.
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First lines: "Hullo!! Well, here I am finally home and back in (YIK!!!) school But never fear!!! [sic]"... Contents index: attempts to obtain Ravi Shankar's address / Notre Dame High School - suggestions to play recordings of Merton in a class and descriptions of the nuns there / thoughts about where to go to college / asks if Merton will write a script for a Beatles movie / "Peanuts" comic strip / detailed description of the workings of a tape recorder.
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- English