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Merton contributed many of his progressive essays on war, Civil Rights, Adolph Eichmann, Albert Camus, and other materials to Motive magazine through the period of 1964-1967. Thomas McDonnell did an interview of Merton, which Merton submitted to Motive.
B. J. Stiles was editor of Motive magazine and writes from Nashville, Tennessee. Motive magazine was a progressive publication and the official voice of the Methodist Student Movement. It was noted for its cutting edge graphic design and emphasis on the arts.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also the "McDonnell, Thomas" file.
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.
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1964/01/16 |
TLS to Merton |
"Letters to a White Liberal" in the recent issue of Ramparts is a beautiful--and devastating |
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1964/05/11 |
TLS to Merton |
I recently met a South African writer in Washington, D.C. She is doing an article for us for next |
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1964/05/26 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your very kind letter of May 11th in which you take the trouble to quote your South |
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1964/05/27 |
TLS to Merton |
Your letter mean much to us, and we say thanks again for including us in your thoughts and concerns. |
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1965/09/13 |
TLS to Merton |
Your letter and article were waiting for me when I returned. What a marvelous welcome home gift! |
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1967/02/17 |
TALS to Merton |
We're working on a special section of our May issue which will draw some comparison between |
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[Merton's handwritten note on the bottom of the page - "sent Eichmann and Nostradamus. Feb 20"]
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1967/03/10 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your note of Feb. 28th. I am very happy that the poems are satisfactory. And glad they |
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1967/03/23 |
TLS to Merton |
Enclosed is a check for $25 which is a contribution on behalf of Thomas Merton's recent |
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1967/04/15 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thomas McDonnell, who edited the "Reader", has recently done a (written) interview of me. |
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1967/05/20 |
TL[x] from Merton |
Tom McDonnell has forwarded to me your good positive reaction to the interview and I am happy about |
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1967/06/01 |
TLS to Merton |
I believe all is squared away with you, McDonnell. (Is it possible to square a trinity?) |
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1967/06/06 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your note. I am glad everything seems clear with the interview now. About Camus: |
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1967/06/12 |
TLS to Merton |
The Camus article came and I've run through it very quickly. I am very eager to have it for our |
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1967/10/03 |
TLS to Merton |
You're nice to say so. We had a great time doing the whole issue, and I must admit, we were pleased |
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