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

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Title

Creator

Cornell, Thomas Charles, 1934- See all item sets with this value

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

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.

Date

1962-1967 See all item sets with this value

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.

Publisher

http://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?databaseList=638&queryString=ti%3AA+Penny+A+Copy+Readings

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-."

Other Finding Aids

http://www.merton.org/Research/Correspondence/y1.aspx?id=399

Page

48 page(s)

Tag

Correspondence See all item sets with this value

Catholic Worker See all item sets with this value

Subject

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

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Language

English See all item sets with this value

Source

Thomas Merton Correspondence

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1967-12-10 - Letter from Thomas Merton to Thomas C. Cornell.

Correspondence with Thomas Cornell who was deeply involved in the peace movement non-violent resistance to the Vietnam War and in counseling conscientious objectors. Letter from Merton giving permission to publish a letter.
1967-12-07 - Letter to Thomas Merton from Thomas C. Cornell.

Correspondence with Thomas Cornell who was deeply involved in the peace movement non-violent resistance to the Vietnam War and in counseling conscientious objectors. Letter to Merton providing updates, in particular related to Cornell being detained for protesting the Whitehall Induction Center in New York City.
1967-05-02 - Letter from Thomas C. Cornell to Thomas Merton.

Correspondence with Thomas Cornell who was deeply involved in the peace movement non-violent resistance to the Vietnam War and in counseling conscientious objectors. Letter to Merton.
1967-03-14 - Letter from Thomas Merton to Thomas C. Cornell.

Correspondence with Thomas Cornell who was deeply involved in the peace movement non-violent resistance to the Vietnam War and in counseling conscientious objectors. Letter from Merton talking about running the Camus article in the CW. Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
1967-03-08 - Letter to Thomas Merton from Thomas C. Cornell.

Correspondence with Thomas Cornell who was deeply involved in the peace movement non-violent resistance to the Vietnam War and in counseling conscientious objectors. Letter to Merton mentioning Dorothy Day and a recent article Merton wrote for the Catholic Worker.
1967-02-21 - Letter to Thomas Merton from Thomas C. Cornell.

Correspondence with Thomas Cornell who was deeply involved in the peace movement non-violent resistance to the Vietnam War and in counseling conscientious objectors. Letter to Merton discussing conscientious objection and the CPF moving to a new location. Postscript thanking him for Trappist cheese.
1967-01-07 - Letter from Thomas Merton to Thomas C. Cornell.

Correspondence with Thomas Cornell who was deeply involved in the peace movement non-violent resistance to the Vietnam War and in counseling conscientious objectors. Letter from Merton. He mentions writing a letter in support of a conscientious objector mentioned in Cornell's December 1966 letter, as well as receiving mail from a nun in Haiti.
1966-12-29 - Letter to Thomas Merton from Thomas C. Cornell.

Correspondence with Thomas Cornell who was deeply involved in the peace movement non-violent resistance to the Vietnam War and in counseling conscientious objectors. Letter to Merton regarding Cornell's attempt to help a conscientious objector.
1966-12-21 - Letter to Thomas Merton from Thomas C. Cornell.

Correspondence with Thomas Cornell who was deeply involved in the peace movement non-violent resistance to the Vietnam War and in counseling conscientious objectors. Letter to Merton discussing bombing of Hanoi and discusses a case of someone burning their draft card.
1966-11-11 - Letter from Thomas C. Cornell to Thomas Merton.

Correspondence with Thomas Cornell who was deeply involved in the peace movement non-violent resistance to the Vietnam War and in counseling conscientious objectors. Letter to Merton discussing Lanza del Vasto and some updates on the conscientious objectors.