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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Aberle, David Friend

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967-1968

Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

W. H. "Ping" Ferry had asked David Aberle, an anthropologist, to write to Merton about the Sioux (Lakota) and about Sitting Bull. Though not an expert on the Lakota, Aberle offers some resources and advice. Merton responds that he is most interested in background on the Ghost Dance.

Biography

David Friend Aberle was a professor of anthropology at University of British Columbia whose specialty was the study of the Navajos.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/11/18 TALSto MertonForgive me, but whereas I know that Franciscans are addressed by their first names and some   
 1968/01/04 TL[c]from MertonI have been terribly remiss in not answering your fine letter and thanking you for all   
        

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