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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Schomer, Howard, Rev. Dr., 1915-2001

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1963, 1971

Volume: 4 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

The Rev. Dr. Howard Schomer was a Congregationalist minister and President of Chicago Theological Seminary. He was a Delegated Observer of the Second Vatican Council, representing the International Congregational Council. He was an anti-war activist and took part in some of the Civil Rights Movement's demonstrations with Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Series List

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Container List

Date	Type	To/From	First Lines
1963/10/29	TLS	to Merton	It is now clear that I should be at the Council from November 16 to the end of this session
1963/11/05	TALS	from Merton	I am glad to hear you are going to the Council. I think it will be very interesting. All my
1971/02/22	TL	to Center from Schomer, Howard	Your letter about correspondence with Thomas Merton reached me at my current address, via
1971/03/31	TL[x]	from Center to Schomer, Howard	Thank you for the letter of Father Thomas Merton dated November 5, 1963, and for the authorization

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