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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Reiser, John, Fr. (Fr. Hubert)

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965

Volume: 4 item(s); 5 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Merton had apparently spoken during a discussion at Gethsemani in support of the Civil Rights Movement and been critical of not enough involvement from the leadership of the Catholic Church. Fr. Hubert seemed to express the opposing side to Merton's view, but there are no letters from Fr. Hubert in the file.

Biography

John Reiser (then Fr. Hubert) was a Trappist of Gethsemani Abbey.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

Date	Type	To/From	First Lines
1965/07/29	TL[c]	from Merton	Sorry for the delay, I hope this reaches you in time. But in any case I expect it can be forwarded.
undated/no/no	TNS	from Merton	Dear Scroogebert [-] If you will examine carefully the handwriting of the notation about the money
undated/no/no	HNS	from Merton	I can't find the really important book of Baldwin but this has some relevant material in it.
undated/no/no	TALS	from Merton	This is just to say that I regret any undue vehemence, not to mention intemperance of language, that

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