MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Reese, Samuel Norbert, 1934-1990
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1953, 1962
Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)
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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Reese, Samuel Norbert".
Biography
At the time of writing, Sammy Reese was in prison and had been on death row in Missouri (he was later re-sentenced to life in prison). Merton notes: "a prisoner [-] electric chair!" Reese was baptised in prison through contact with Merton, some nuns, and Fr. Charles Dismas Clark, known as "the Hoodlum Priest." Reese became an acomplished cartoonist and artist in prison and was at times allowed to teach other prisoners art. He was released on parole in 1976 and died in 1990.
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