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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Johnson, Ronald, 1935-1998

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 6 item(s); 7 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Ronald Johnson was a poet and common friend of Merton's with poet Jonathan Williams. Merton sent Johnson one of his drawings and Johnson sent Merton some of his poems, including his book The Green Man.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/05/01 TLSto MertonPlease forgive me for not writing sooner to thank you warmly for the drawing you sent via Jonathan.   
 1967/06/12 TLSto MertonThis is just a quick note to say I am sending The Green Man to you today. All has gone through   
 1967/06/23 TL[c]from MertonMany thanks for <u>Green Man</u> who has now come at the best of the season and whom I have   
 1967/06/28 TLSto MertonYour <u>Rites</u> have that without-which-nothing: they make the hair rise on the back of one's   
 1967/10/12 TALSto MertonI am, of all places, in The City Of The. . . Angels? sitting under what can only be called   
 1967/11/27 TLSto MertonIt suddenly occurs to me that I wrote you a letter from Los Angeles with a bastard address.   
        

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