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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Schomer, Howard, Rev. Dr., 1915-2001

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1963, 1971

Volume: 4 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Schomer, Howard, Rev. Dr.".

Biography

The Rev. Dr. Howard Schomer was a Congregationalist minister and President of Chicago Theological Seminary. He was a Delegated Observer of the Second Vatican Council, representing the International Congregational Council. He was an anti-war activist and took part in some of the Civil Rights Movement's demonstrations with Martin Luther King, Jr.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1963/10/29 TLSto MertonIt is now clear that I should be at the Council from November 16 to the end of this session   
 1963/11/05 TALSfrom MertonI am glad to hear you are going to the Council. I think it will be very interesting. All my   
 1971/02/22 TLto Center from Schomer, HowardYour letter about correspondence with Thomas Merton reached me at my current address, via   
 1971/03/31 TL[x]from Center to Schomer, HowardThank you for the letter of Father Thomas Merton dated November 5, 1963, and for the authorization   
        

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