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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Kaiser, Robert Blair, 1930-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965, 1968

Volume: 3 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Kaiser, Robert Blair".

Biography

Robert Kaiser was a journalist for Time Incorporated and was assigned to Rome for the Second Vatican Council. Personal matters forced him to leave this assignment, but he was planning to write a novel about events associated with the Council. He was trying to arrange a time to visit Merton at Gethsemani in the fall of 1965. In 1968, Kaiser writes on behalf of the National Association of Laymen who were arranging speakers to tour the country and speak on progressive issues concerning the Catholic Church.

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This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/07/30 TLSto MertonI'd like very much to come and see you and talk with you at Gethsemani. Perhaps you've read my book   
 1968/06/21 TLSto MertonI am writing on behalf of the National Association of Laymen, a group of progressive, social minded   
 1968/06/27 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your letter and its very attractive proposal. Unfortunately I cannot accept it.   
        

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