Merton's Correspondence with:

Archbishop Thomas Joseph McDonough; Archbishop Thomas J. McDonough; McDonough, Thomas J.

McDonough, Thomas Joseph, Archbishop, 1911-1998

Descriptive Summary

Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	1967-1968, 1973
Volume:	7 item(s); 7 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "McDonough, Thomas Joseph, Archbishop".

Born in Philadelphia in 1911, Thomas McDonough served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky, from 1967 to 1981, taking over from Archbishop John Floersh. Prior to this, McDonough had been bishop in the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia.

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#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
1.	1967/07/06	TLS[x] from McInnes, William	Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, is planning to act as host to Cardinal Konig		[letter from Fr. William C. McInnes, S.J., then president of Fairfield University - see also "McInnes" file] «detailed view»
2.	1968/01/03	TL[c] from Merton	I am enclosing a form letter which I have been sending out to people who were wondering about		«detailed view»
3.	1968/01/08	TLS to Merton	It was so thoughtful of you to write me under date January 3rd, wherein you enclosed a copy		«detailed view»
4.	1968/02/10	TL[c] from Merton	I am writing first of all about two more meetings of contemplative nuns (Superiors) which we are		«detailed view»
5.	1968/08/08	TLS to Merton	Today I received your letter of August 5th wherein you comment upon the possibility of the Bishops		«detailed view»
6.	1973/06/01	TLS to Center from McDonough, Thomas	Pursuant to your telephone conversation with Father Hanrahan, I hereby give permission for my		«detailed view»
7.	1973/06/08	TL[x] from Center to McDonough, Thomas	Thank you very much for your letter referring to the Thomas Merton-Archbishop McDonough		«detailed view»

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