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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Vail, Mariann

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Mariann Vail was distraught by the recent assassinations of Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. She felt she should do some kind of penance to counter the violence of these acts, but was not Catholic and asked Merton for some instruction. Merton gives her some suggestions.

Biography

Mariann Vail writes from Richmond, Indiana.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1968/06/13 HLSto MertonThe assasination [sic] of Senator Robert Kennedy added to his brother's, Dr Martin Luther King, etc.   
 1968/06/23 TL[c]from MertonI must say I feel a little reluctant to impose a penance on someone I don't know, but at least I can   
        

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