MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1968
Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "King, Coretta Scott".
Biography
Coretta Scott King, an advocate of civil rights and racial equality, is the widow of Martin Luther King, Jr. Merton writes to her after Martin's assassination. She telegrammed Gethsemani following Merton's death.
Usage Guidelines and Restrictions
The original copy of the December telegram can be found in the King Library and Archives in Atlanta.
Related Information and Links
See also one published letter from Merton to King in The Hidden Ground of Love, p. 451.
Other Finding Aids
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
Series List
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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