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Barbara Deming writes from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She was an American author and activist interested in non-violence, war resistance, civil rights, feminism, and gay and lesbian rights. (Source: Biography from Deming, Barbara, 1917- . Papers, 1908-1985: A Finding Aid (MC 408), Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. Accessed 11 March 2009. ‹http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/findingAidDisplay?_collection=oasis&inoid=2145›.)
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1964/10/09 |
TLS[x] from Forest, Jim |
I am writing to you in haste, wanting to do little more than share with you a paragraph |
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[in the Deming papers at Radcliffe, in Merton's correspondence file - Jim Forest quotes to Deming a recent letter of Merton's in which he mentions something she wrote]
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1964/11/21 |
TLS to Merton |
It meant very much to me to receive your note, and the several beautiful essays. I have felt very |
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[in addition to the original at the Merton Center, there is a carbon copy at Radcliffe]
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1964/11/26 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your letter. I will not argue about unilateralism, since I have recently been arguing |
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[in addition to carbon at the Merton Center, there is a signed copy, no anotations, at Radcliffe]
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1964/11/no? |
HNS[x] from Merton |
+ thanks for lending me you fine poems, articles and stories -- I feel very close to you |
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[note by Merton on the cover of "The Tragedy of Father Perrin"]
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1965/12/19 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Of course since I do not know you I cannot give you the precise advice that you need. But if you |
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[moved from Deming file to "Unidentified First Names" - Merton's letter does not seem to respond to the one extant letter of Deming's in this message - there is no corresponding letter in the Deming-Merton file at Radcliffe]
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