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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Steere, Dorothy M.

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1962

Volume: 1 item(s); 1 pg(s)

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Biography

Dorothy Steere was married to Douglas Steere, Merton's friend, who was a peace advocate and Quaker. Dorothy helped in arranging retreats at Pendle Hill. She had met Martin Luther King, Jr., and was active in the Civil Rights Movement and peace movement. She wrote from Union Theological Seminary in New York. She and Douglas were Quaker Observer-Delegates for the Second Vatican Council.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1962/01/21 HLSto MertonJohn Bennett has told my husband, Douglas Steere, that you will be   
        

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