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Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980

Series 4, Letters from John Howard Griffin to August Thompson

Descriptive Summary

Record Group:	Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials:	1962-1971
Volume:	229 item(s); 280 pg(s)

John Howard Griffin and Merton discuss issues such as civil rights, developments in the Catholic Church, politics, shared friendship with Jacques Maritain, and a shared love of photography. The file contains carbon copies of Merton's letters to Griffin a

Biography

John Howard Griffin was a journalist and author of a book that Merton read and found inspirational, Black Like Me, in which Griffin took medication to darken his skin and traveled throughout the racially segregated south of the late 1950's. Griffi

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Series List

Series Number	Series Name	Total Records
1	Letters between John Howard Griffin and Thomas Merton.	159
2	Letters between John Howard Griffin and Jacques Maritain	9
3	Letters to John Howard Griffin from August Thompson	50
4	Letters from John Howard Griffin to August Thompson	11

Container List

Series#	Date	From/To	First Lines	Pub ✓	Notes
	y/m/d	Merton		Scan ✉
Series 4 #1. «All Series«	1963/01/20	TL[x] to Thompson, August	I am sorry I had to leave out of Houston so early the morning after the lecture - sorry mostly		«detailed view»
Series 4 #2. «All Series«	1963/01/31	TLS[x] to Thompson, August	I am just in from Chicago and found your splendid letter here. Thank you with all my heart.		«detailed view»
Series 4 #3. «All Series«	1963/05/01	TL[x] to Thompson, August	Thank you for your letter. The date is fine. I will come to Ferriday either Sunday evening or Monday		«detailed view»
Series 4 #4. «All Series«	1963/07/08	TLS[x] to Thompson, August	Thank you for the additional material. You will know before you get this why my material is not		«detailed view»
Series 4 #5. «All Series«	1963/07/28	TLS[x] to Thompson, August	Here is the material you requested me to return: 1) The Race Relations Guide. 2) The Bishop Gerow		«detailed view»
Series 4 #6. «All Series«	1963/08/09	TLS[x] to Thompson, August	This is written even as you drive back to your parish. Thank you so much for the copy of His		«detailed view»
Series 4 #7. «All Series«	1963/08/30 (#01)	TLS[x] to Thompson, August	Then [sic] enclosed is for an "official" answer, and I spread it on a bit, but it is all true,		«detailed view»
Series 4 #8. «All Series«	1963/08/30 (#02)	TLS[x] to Thompson, August	Thank you for your good letter, which I must answer in great haste, since Ihave [sic] only this		«detailed view»
Series 4 #9. «All Series«	1963/09/06	TLS[x] to Thompson, August	I have sent your suggestions along to Ed Keating and I know he will incorporate them into		«detailed view»
Series 4 #10. «All Series«	1963/09/07	TLS[x] to Thompson, August	Last night we air-mailed you Gregory's typed, hand-sined letter and on the way home from the post-		«detailed view»
Series 4 #11. «All Series«	1965/09/03	TLS[x] to Thompson, August	Thank you for your good letter and its enclosures. I must answer in great haste since I leave in		«detailed view»

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