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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Hodder, Michael

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 4 item(s); 5 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Michael Hodder writes from Newark, New Jersey. He hitchhiked to Gethsemani to visit Merton, but had not cleared it before coming, so he was not allowed to visit him. Hodder was claiming conscientious objector (C.O.) status but was drafted for Vietnam. Merton wrote a letter on his behalf to his draft board. He seems to have been in contact with Tom Cornell from the Catholic Peace Fellowship. He was a member of Students for a Democratic Society (S.D.S.) in Newark.

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Date	Type	To/From	First Lines
1967/01/26	TL[c]	from Merton	I am terribly sorry you made the long trip down, and the hard way, expecting to see me. Tom Cornell
1967/06/02	TL	to Merton	Most likely you do not remember me too well, although John Wu has mentioned me in his letters.
1967/06/22	HPCS	to Merton	Very sorry that I neglected to include the address of my draft board. It is: Local Board #15 for
1967/06/26	TL[c]	from Merton to Local [Draft] Board #15 - New Jersey	I have been requested by Michael Hodder to write in support of his request for classification as

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