MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Muste, A. J. (Abraham John), 1885-1967
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1963
Volume: 6 item(s); 6 pg(s)
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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Muste, A. J. (Abraham John)".
Biography
A. J. Muste was born in Holland, moved with his family to the United States at six, and later attended Union Theological Seminary and became a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church. He was a pacifist and life-long advocate for peace and civil rights, working with such groups at the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the War Resisters League. Even in his later years, he continued his opposition to war in resisting United States involvement in Vietnam.
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