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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Gardiner, Margaret, 1904-2005

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967, 1972, 2005

Volume: 26 item(s); 37 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Margaret Gardiner writes to Merton from England to ask his support in making some opposition statements to the Vietnam War and in supporting US draft resisters for The Times of London.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/04/21 TLSto MertonI very much hope that you will agree to sign the enclosed statement which it is proposed to publish   
 1967/04/24 (#01)TALSfrom MertonI am returning herewith the statement which you sent, and I have gladly signed it. I thought it was   
 1967/04/24 (#02)TL[c]from MertonI am returning herewith the statement which you sent, and I have gladly signed it. I thought it was   
 1967/04/24 (#03)other We, citizens of the United States, who are deeply concerned over the war in Vietnam, wish to put it  [statement, signed by Merton, sent by Gardiner for Americans opposing the Vietnam war]
 1967/05/04 HLSto MertonI was particularly glad to get your letter and signature for the Vietnam advertisement. I now have   
 1967/05/10 telegramto MertonPLEASE MAY WE QUOTE YOUR LETTER IN COMMUNICATION TO LONDON TIMES SIGNED BY   
 1967/05/11 (#01)TLSto MertonThank you for your cable. What happened was this: Mrs Duff, of the International Confederation for   
 1967/05/11 (#02)other <u>Draft letter to the Times</u>. In a recent letter to an Englishwoman Thomas Merton, the  [enclosed with 1967/05/11[1] letter]
 1967/05/23 (#01)TLSto MertonHere at last is the letter to the Times, slightly changed and with rather different signatures from   
 1967/05/23 (#02)other WAR IN VIETNAM [-] <i>From Mr. William Golding and others</i> Sir, -- In a recent letter  [newspaper clipping - letter to the editor of <u>The Times</u> from 1967/05/20 - support for Merton's critical position against the Vietnam War, signed by William Golding, John Le Carré, Paul Scofield and C. P. Snow]
 1967/05/27 (#01)TLSfrom MertonThanks so much for your letters, the text of the <u>Times</u> letter, the clipping, and everything.   
 1967/05/27 (#02)TL[c]from MertonThanks so much for your letters, the text of the <u>Times</u> letter, the clipping, and everything.   
 1967/06/29 (#01)HLSto MertonI want to write to you while I'm still up here - I don't quite know why - or, at least, I only   
 1967/06/29 (#02)other <u>VIETNAM</u> [-] <u>AN AMERICAN VIEW</u> [-] We, citizens of the United States, who are deeply  [newspaper clipping from <u>The Times</u>, 1967/06/02 - full page advertisement with a statement by Americans against the Vietnam War - signed by Merton, Robert McAffee Brown, Noam Chomsky, Jerome Frank, Erich Fromm, Allen Ginsberg, Arthur Miller, Lewis Mumford, Pete Seeger, Howard Zinn, and others]
 1967/07/13 (#01)TLSfrom MertonIt was exciting to get a letter from the Orkneys. They have always been almost legendary places of   
 1967/07/13 (#02)TL[c]from MertonIt was exciting to get a letter from the Orkneys. They have always been almost legendary places of   
 1967/09/01 HLSto MertonHow shall I begin? I suppose I ought to try to take the Red - or was it White? - King's advice -   
 1967/10/20 (#01)TLSfrom MertonIt is already quite some time since I got your long, thoughtful and thought-provoking letter from   
 1967/10/20 (#02)TL[c]from MertonIt is already quite some time since I got your long, thoughtful and thought-provoking letter from   
 1967/12/10 (#01)HNto MertonThink this, my latest effort, may interest you. It has caused a big stir - including informal   
 1967/12/10 (#02)other <u>BRITONS AND AMERICAN DRAFT RESISTERS</u> Our country is not fighting in Vietnam; we  [newspaper advertisement clipping enclosed with 1967/12/10 note - Britons supporting US draft resisters, signed by Marjory Allen of Hurtwood, C. M. Bowra, Dorothea, Head, Stuart Hood, Julian Huxley, Christopher Layton, John Le Carré, Nancy Mitford, Dan Smith, Stephen Spender, Peter Ustinov and Raymond Williams]
 1972/10/24 HLSto Center from Gardiner, MargaretYour letter about correspondence with Thomas Merton arrived a few days ago (though dated August 7th)   
 1972/11/10 TL[c]from Center to Gardiner, MargaretThe xeroxed copies of your Thomas Merton correspondence are greatly appreciated. It goes without   
 1972/11/28 (#01)TLSfrom Center to Gardiner, MargaretMr. Bailey has sent to me a copy of your letter giving permission to use or quote your   
 1972/11/28 (#02)TL[c]from Center to Gardiner, MargaretMr. Bailey has sent to me a copy of your letter giving permission to use or quote your   
 2005/03/23 HLSto Center from Bernal, MartinGoing through the papers of my mother, who died at 100 in January, I found the originals   
        

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