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Thomas Merton writes to J. Robert Nelson to join with him in solidarity in protest over the expulsion of James Lawson from Vanderbilt University. Nelson had resigned as dean of the divinity school in protest.
J. Robert Nelson was dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School from 1957-1960. He was later dean at Boston University School of Theology from 1965-1985.
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See also The Lawson-Vanderbilt affair : letters to Dean Nelson : Excerpts from unsolicited letters consequent upon the resignation of the Dean and eleven faculty members of the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University filed in Sub-Section B.2 of the Merton Collection.
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1960/06/08 |
transcript from Merton |
I want to tell you and your associates and Mr. Lawson that you have my heartfelt admiration |
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[transcript from booklet - full copy in Sub-Section B.2] letter of support for the resignation of Rev. Dr. J. Robert Nelson as dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee, in support of James Lawson, a Vanderbilt student and civil rights leader expelled from the university for organizing sit-ins of downtown Nashville businesses
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