MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
McVeigh, Robert
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1960; 1968; 1994
Volume: 3 item(s); 6 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "McVeigh, Robert".
Biography
According to James A. Ward, the author of a biography of Merton's friend W. H. Ferry, Robert McVeigh was as a young activist at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, California, where Ferry was Vice-President during the 1960's. Ward states that he became "a chiropractor and teacher of earth sciences" who "shared with Ping [W. H. Ferry] a common affection and respect for Thomas Merton and his ideas." (Ward, James A. Ferrytale: The Career of W. H. "Ping" Ferry. CA, Stanford University Press, 2001: pp. 189-190.)
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