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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Allman, Susan

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967-1968

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This short letter accompanied a news clipping from the New York Post that recounted Merton's long and humorous list of answers to a questionnaire of his interests sent by one of his publishers.

Biography

Susan Allman was with the publicity department of Seabury Press in New York.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

Regarding the news clipping on Merton's hobbies, see also the 1968/02/14 letter in the "Belford, Lee Archer" file. Regarding the initial printing in Publisher's Weekly, see also the "Boyd, Alda Lee" file.

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
 1967/11/18 other When Seabury Press decided to do Camus' "The Plague" for its Religious Dimensions in LiteratureYes news clipping sent by Allman from the New York Post from "The Week in Books" by Martha MacGregor describing Merton's many interests
 1968/02/09 TLSto MertonI thought you'd like to know that everyone in New York now knows about your fields of interest,   
        

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