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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Hamai, Shinzo, Hon.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1962

Volume: 3 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Hamai, Shinzo, Hon.".

Biography

The Honorable Shinzo Hamai was Mayor of Hiroshima, Japan.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See also Cold War Letters #98 published in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp.380-381.

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
 1962/08/09 (#01)TL[c]from MertonIn a solemn and grave hour for humanity I address this letter to you and to your people. I thankYes [Cold War Letters #98]
 1962/08/09 (#02)transcriptfrom MertonIn a solemn and grave hour for humanity I address this letter to you and to your people. I thankYes [Cold War Letters #98 - copy from bound set]
 1962/08/09 (#03)TL[d]from MertonIn a solemn and grave hour for humanity I address this letter to you and to your people. I thank  [draft version of letter, mostly the same but with some misspellings]
        

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