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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Morrissey, James

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965-1966

Volume: 12 item(s); 16 pg(s)

Scope and Content

The Louisville Courier-Journal published a statement by Merton on his views on war and peace and whether he was truly a pacifist.

Biography

James Morrissey was an editor and staff writer for the Louisville Courier-Journal in Kentucky.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See also "Fox, James, Dom" file; and see also one published letter from Merton and his statement about war in Witness to Freedom, pp. 113-114.

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.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/11/21 (#01)TLSfrom MertonMy good friend Dr Walsh has told me about the story you are writing. I am glad you are goingYes  
 1965/11/21 (#02)otherfrom MertonA STATEMENT. Thomas Merton. [-] If a pacifist is one who believes that all war is always wrongYes [handwritten annotations by Merton and by Morrissey - only corrected typescript in the file of Merton's statement on war and peace which appeared in the 1966/01/23 Sunday edition of the <u>Louisville Courier-Journal</u> with an article by Morrissey]
 1965/11/21 (#03)TL[c]from MertonMy good friend Dr Walsh has told me about the story you are writing. I am glad you are goingYes [2 copies]
 1965/11/21 (#04)otherfrom MertonA STATEMENT. Thomas Merton. [-] If a pacifist is one who believes that all war is always wrongYes [uncorrected typescript of Merton's statement on war and peace which appeared in the 1966/01/23 Sunday edition of the <u>Louisville Courier-Journal</u> with an article by Morrissey]
 1965/12/17 TLSto MertonHere it is at long last. There are still 15 or 20 people I could talk to, but I found I had reached   
 1965/12/20 (#01)TLSfrom MertonThanks very much for letting me see the article. I think you did a fine job of handling all   
 1965/12/20 (#02)TL[c]from MertonThanks very much for letting me see the article. I think you did a fine job of handling all   
 1966/01/24 TLSto MertonI am pleased to report that yesterday's article created considerable stir among an apparently   
 1966/01/27 TLSfrom MertonSince we were on retreat here I did not get your letter and see the Magazine Section until yesterday   
 1966/02/08 TALSto MertonI continue to hear from the complimentary and the curious regarding our magazine article.   
 1966/02/10 (#01)TLSfrom MertonMany thanks for your letter and for the page from the Baltimore <u>Sun</u>. The fellow who wrote   
 1966/02/10 (#02)TL[c]from MertonMany thanks for your letter and for the page from the Baltimore <u>Sun</u>. The fellow who wrote   
        

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