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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Griffin, Dan

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1966-1967

Volume: 6 item(s); 7 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Merton sends Dan Griffin an off-the-record response to Timothy Leary, the LSD culture and its criticism of traditional religion.

Biography

Dan Griffin was Assistant Editor of Ave Maria, a "national Catholic weekly... published by the Holy Cross Fathers." He writes from Notre Dame, Indiana.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1966/10/26 TLSto MertonIn the enclosed article Mr. Timothy Leary makes some wild statements -- so wild, in fact, that   
 1966/10/31 TAL[c]from MertonYour airmail special delivery of Oct. 26 reached me this morning. That will give you some idea   
 1966/11/03 TLSto MertonThank you for your letter of October 31. Do you suppose that the mail-delay could be caused by   
 1966/11/09 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your letter of the 3rd. I have really given it thought, but honestly I don't see how   
 1966/11/25 TLSto MertonWe were very happy to get "Love and Need -- Is Love a Package or a Message?" -- as the enclosed   
 1967/05/18 TLSto MertonIn view of your concern with the plight of man, and your interest in the moral dimensions   
        

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