Correspondence: Letters to and from Thomas Merton

Item set

Title

Creator

Thomas Merton See all item sets with this value

Date

1931-1968, with some ancillary letters to or from Merton family members from 1909 and letters to or from the Merton Center dating the period after Merton's death See all item sets with this value

Identifier

Thomas Merton Collection, Section A: Correspondence.

Volume

40 cubic feet; 16 file drawers

Subject

Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968--Correspondence. See all item sets with this value

Format

Paper records in file folders

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Letter to Thomas Merton from James H. Forest. 1967 December 25

Correspondence with James H. Forest who was involved in the Catholic Worker movement and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Letter to Merton providing updates and expresses his frustration about the apathy lack of awareness about events happening in the world.
Letter to Thomas Merton from James H. Forest. 1967 December 5

Correspondence with James H. Forest who was involved in the Catholic Worker movement and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Letter to Merton asking for a copy of Peace in the Post-Christian World.
Letter to Thomas Merton from James H. Forest. 1966 October

Correspondence with James H. Forest who was involved in the Catholic Worker movement and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Letter to Merton.
Letter to Thomas Merton from James H. Forest. 1966 May 23

Correspondence with James H. Forest who was involved in the Catholic Worker movement and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Letter to Merton about the murder of Addison Wilkins, who was involved in the peace movement. Merton wrote back to Forest on May 27, 1966 that he considered Wilkins a martyr based on Forest's account.
Letter to Thomas Merton from James H. Forest. 1966 January 6

Correspondence with James H. Forest who was involved in the Catholic Worker movement and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Letter to Merton discussing his thoughts on Schema 13 from the Second Vatican Council, the continued importance of the Catholic Worker, and conscientious objection.
Letter to Thomas Merton from James H. Forest. 1966 February 15

Correspondence with James H. Forest who was involved in the Catholic Worker movement and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Letter to Merton discussing concerns about apathy in America for peace.
Letter to Thomas Merton from James H. Forest. 1965 December 22

Correspondence with James H. Forest who was involved in the Catholic Worker movement and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Letter to Merton.
Letter to Thomas Merton from James H. Forest. 1964 September 10

Correspondence with James H. Forest who was involved in the Catholic Worker movement and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Letter to Merton discussing a recent letter from Merton on Vietnam.
Letter to Thomas Merton from James H. Forest. 1964 October 16

Correspondence with James H. Forest who was involved in the Catholic Worker movement and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Letter to Merton discussing articles and priest worker movement.
Letter to Thomas Merton from James H. Forest. 1964 October 5

Correspondence with James H. Forest who was involved in the Catholic Worker movement and started the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Letter to Merton