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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Lasserre, Jean, 1908-2004

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 4 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Lasserre, Jean".

Biography

Pasteur Jean Lasserre was a traveling secretary of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) and worked with Jean Goss (see the "Goss-Mayr, Hildegard" file). He writes from Lyon, France. In France, IFOR was called the Mouvement International de la Réconciliation (MIR). He was the author of a number of books on a Christian responsibility for peace and non-violence.

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Related Information and Links

See also the "Goss-Mayr, Hildegard" file.

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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.
   

Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/06/25 HLSto MertonI am a friend an [sic] colleague of Jean Goss. We are both traveling secretaries for the IFOR.   
 1967/08/31 TL[c]from MertonForgive me for not answering your letter sooner. I had already answered a letter on the same   
 1967/09/07 HLSto MertonMany thanks for your kind letter and your comprehensiveness. We are happy you are interested   
 1967/09/19 TL[c]from MertonI have recently heard from Dorothy Day, of the Catholic Worker. She participated in a fast for   
        

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