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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Ford, John H. (Jack), 1921-2016

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1960, 1966-1967, 1985

Volume: 6 item(s); 7 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Ford, John H. (Jack)".

Biography

Jack Ford was a philosophy professor at Bellarmine College during his correspondence with Merton and who later taught at University of Louisville. He and Merton met around 1960 and later developed a friendship.

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

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1960/09/12 TALSto MertonWell, all the prayers seem to have been answered and to coin a phrase mother and daughter are doing   
 1966/12/03 TL[c]from MertonAs you know I am having trouble getting a typist here, and now that we are in the paroxysm   
 1967/04/29 TLSto MertonI need some advice on several matters. First, do you have any ideas on a gift for Dan at ordination   
 1967/05/07 TL[c]from MertonSorry for my delay in answering about the agent. The best advice I can give is to try Curtis Brown.   
 1967/10/no? TL[c]from MertonThis is to confirm what I said to Gladys on the phone. Rosemary Haughton will fly in to Louisville  [no date, just labeled "Sunday" - Rosemary Haughton visited Gethsemani on October 23, 1967]
 1985/no/no other Spalding University Library [-] BOOK VIEWS [-] SPRING SERIES, 1985 [-] Tuesdays, 12:30 - 1:30 pm  [announces a March 5th lecture by John Ford, at that time professor at the University of Louisville, on Michael Mott's book <i>The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton</i>]
        

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