Thomas Merton Correspondence with "Cornell, Thomas Charles, 1934-2022"

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Title

Thomas Merton Correspondence with "Cornell, Thomas Charles, 1934-2022"

Creator

Cornell, Thomas Charles, 1934-
Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968

Scope and Content

This group of letters documents an important connection Merton had with someone deeply involved in the peace movement, non-violent resistance to the Vietnam War, and in counseling conscientious objectors. Included are original letters from Cornell to Merton and carbon copies of letters from Merton to Cornell.

Biographical Text

Tom Cornell has been active in the Catholic Worker Movement since Merton's contact with him in the 1960's and currently lives on a Catholic Worker farm. He was a founding member of the Catholic Peace Fellowship (CPF). He was a friend and associate of Dorothy Day and Jim Forest.

Item

28 item(s)

Folder

1 folder(s)

Relation

See also "Day, Dorothy" and "Forest, James" files; and see also A Penny a Copy: Readings from the Catholic Worker, edited by Thomas C. Cornell and James H. Forest.

Level

Record Group: Section A, Correspondence; Sub-Group/sub-section by person in correspondence with Merton. Records arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.

Identifier

Section A (Correspondence), File folder: "Cornell, Thomas Charles, 1934-."

Page

48 page(s)

Subject

Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968--Correspondence

Rights

Copyright The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. All rights reserved.
Photographs copyright of the Merton Legacy Trust. Not to be used without written permission

Format

Text

Source

Thomas Merton Correspondence

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