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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Harris, Arthur John, 1954-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 4 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Arthur Harris was the son of John Harris (see "Harris, John" file), who notes that Arthur was born in 1954 and had asked Merton for stamps in 1967. Merton sends him a couple letters and shipments of stamps from letters he had received from around the world. John Harris later notes in correspondence about his letters after Merton's death that Arthur had become a professional philatelist.

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Arthur Harris in The Road to Joy, pp. 353-354.

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If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/02/23 TLSto Mertondear X127 [-] exciting contributions to the organization [-] a superb range of special interest to  [letter constructed entirely from words clipped from newspapers or magazines]
 1967/02/no? TLSfrom MertonSince, as you realize, I conduct an immense and sinister traffic in hallucinogenic drugs andYes [signed "X127 (alias Thomas Merton.)" - 127 was Merton's laundry number at Gethsemani]
 1967/06/01 HLSto MertonDear X 127 [-] I would like to thank you for the stamps you sent me they are very nice [sic]   
 1967/06/no? HNSfrom MertonDear Agent- A dangerous man to be watched is a certain Duke William, so-called "Conqueror."Yes [signed "A127." - 127 was Merton's laundry number at Gethsemani]
        

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