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Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980

Series 2, Letters between John Howard Griffin and Jacques Maritain

Descriptive Summary

Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	1962-1971
Volume:	229 item(s); 280 pg(s)

John Howard Griffin and Merton discuss issues such as civil rights, developments in the Catholic Church, politics, shared friendship with Jacques Maritain, and a shared love of photography. The file contains carbon copies of Merton's letters to Griffin a

Biography

John Howard Griffin was a journalist and author of a book that Merton read and found inspirational, Black Like Me, in which Griffin took medication to darken his skin and traveled throughout the racially segregated south of the late 1950's. Griffi

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Series List

Series Number	Series Name	Total Records
1	Letters between John Howard Griffin and Thomas Merton.	159
2	Letters between John Howard Griffin and Jacques Maritain	9
3	Letters to John Howard Griffin from August Thompson	50
4	Letters from John Howard Griffin to August Thompson	11

Container List

Series#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
Series 2 #1. «All Series«	1962/12/25?	HLS[x] from Maritain, Jacques	Bení soit votre chère et lumineuse famille, my Dearest John!		[dated "Noël 1962 - letter to Griffin with a message for Merton] «detailed view»
Series 2 #2. «All Series«	1964/09/04?	HLS[x] from Maritain, Jacques	Je reçois ce matin votre lettre du 1^er septembre.		[reference to Merton] «detailed view»
Series 2 #3. «All Series«	1965/04/21	HLS[x] from Maritain, Jacques	Enfin des marvelles de vous, mon très cher John! Merci de m'avoir écrit.		[reference to Merton (Maritain heard that Merton was sick)] «detailed view»
Series 2 #4. «All Series«	1966/02/11	HLS[x] from Maritain, Jacques	Votre chère et admirable lettre du 1^er février m'a touché au fond du coeur.		[reference to Merton] «detailed view»
Series 2 #5. «All Series«	1966/08/15	HLS[x] from Maritain, Jacques	Comme je suis heureux qu'enfin vous alliez mieux, et que les		[reference to Merton] «detailed view»
Series 2 #6. «All Series«	1966/11/22	HLS[x] from Maritain, Jacques	Merci de tu chère lettre, du 8 et du 14. Je t'écris en hâte,		[reference to Merton] «detailed view»
Series 2 #7. «All Series«	1967/06/24	TALS[x] to Maritain, Jacques	Je te joins une lettre que je viens écrire a Tom Merton en réponse a une lettre qu'il m'a		[see also carbon copy of this letter enclosed to Merton of a letter from Griffin to Jacques Maritain, Series 1] «detailed view»
Series 2 #8. «All Series«	1968/12/26	HLS[x] from Maritain, Jacques	Merci de tout coeur de tes chères lettres, mon bien-aimé John.		[reference to Merton] «detailed view»
Series 2 #9. «All Series«	1970/07/18	HLS[x] from Maritain, Jacques	Merci de m'avois écrit. Ta lettre		[reference to Merton] «detailed view»

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