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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Forest, Linda

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967-1968

Volume: 7 item(s); 7 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Linda married James Forest in 1967 and briefly corresponded with Merton.

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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
 1967/11/18 (#01)TLSfrom MertonMany thanks for the letter and the cards. The cards are handsome and stark, and I'll probably shout  [Merton sent a photograph with the signed letter (as evidenced by the photocopy in the files of the Catholic Peace Fellowship). The photograph is the photograph often labeled "skyhook" or as Merton wrote, "The only known photograph of God."]
 1967/11/18 (#02)TL[c]from MertonMany thanks for the letter and the cards. The cards are handsome and stark, and I'll probably shout   
 1967/12/02 HNSfrom MertonCould I please have 2 dozen more of your cards   
 1967/12/09 TALSto MertonIts such fund [sic] having you for a friend. None of the other kids have a photograph of an angel..  [also contains 1967/12/09 handwritten note from James Forest on Linda' letter to Merton]
 1968/04/06 (#01)TLSfrom MertonFirst thanks for ryokan which is v. beautiful. I'll have to take up the question of reproduction   
 1968/04/06 (#02)TL[c]from MertonFirst thanks for ryokan which is v. beautiful. I'll have to take up the question of reproduction   
 undated/no/no TLSto MertonIt seems like long ago and faraway that you wrote me that gorgeous note with the   
        

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