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The Louisville Courier-Journal published a statement by Merton on his views on war and peace and whether he was truly a pacifist.
James Morrissey was an editor and staff writer for the Louisville Courier-Journal in Kentucky.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also "Fox, James, Dom" file; and see also one published letter from Merton and his statement about war in Witness to Freedom, pp. 113-114.
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.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
Click icons for links: ✓="Published | Library Record", ✉="Scanned" | 🗷="Scanned, Viewable Only at Merton Center"
| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
| | y/m/d | Merton | | Scan ✉ | |
| 1. |
1965/11/21 (#01) |
TLS from Merton |
My good friend Dr Walsh has told me about the story you are writing. I am glad you are going |
✓ |
«detailed view» |
| 2. |
1965/11/21 (#02) |
other from Merton |
A STATEMENT. Thomas Merton. [-] If a pacifist is one who believes that all war is always wrong |
✓ |
[handwritten annotations by Merton and by Morrissey - only corrected typescript in the file of Merton's statement on war and peace which appeared in the 1966/01/23 Sunday edition of the Louisville Courier-Journal with an article by Morrissey]
«detailed view» |
| 3. |
1965/11/21 (#03) |
TL[c] from Merton |
My good friend Dr Walsh has told me about the story you are writing. I am glad you are going |
✓ |
[2 copies]
«detailed view» |
| 4. |
1965/11/21 (#04) |
other from Merton |
A STATEMENT. Thomas Merton. [-] If a pacifist is one who believes that all war is always wrong |
✓ |
[uncorrected typescript of Merton's statement on war and peace which appeared in the 1966/01/23 Sunday edition of the Louisville Courier-Journal with an article by Morrissey]
«detailed view» |
| 5. |
1965/12/17 |
TLS to Merton |
Here it is at long last. There are still 15 or 20 people I could talk to, but I found I had reached |
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«detailed view» |
| 6. |
1965/12/20 (#01) |
TLS from Merton |
Thanks very much for letting me see the article. I think you did a fine job of handling all |
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«detailed view» |
| 7. |
1965/12/20 (#02) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks very much for letting me see the article. I think you did a fine job of handling all |
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«detailed view» |
| 8. |
1966/01/24 |
TLS to Merton |
I am pleased to report that yesterday's article created considerable stir among an apparently |
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«detailed view» |
| 9. |
1966/01/27 |
TLS from Merton |
Since we were on retreat here I did not get your letter and see the Magazine Section until yesterday |
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«detailed view» |
| 10. |
1966/02/08 |
TALS to Merton |
I continue to hear from the complimentary and the curious regarding our magazine article. |
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«detailed view» |
| 11. |
1966/02/10 (#01) |
TLS from Merton |
Many thanks for your letter and for the page from the Baltimore Sun. The fellow who wrote |
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«detailed view» |
| 12. |
1966/02/10 (#02) |
TL[c] from Merton |
Many thanks for your letter and for the page from the Baltimore Sun. The fellow who wrote |
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«detailed view» |
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