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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Mulloy, Joseph T., 1943-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968, 1971

Volume: 10 item(s); 8 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Joseph Mulloy and his wife, Karen, corresponded with Merton for a number of years. In 1968, it was arranged through a mutual friend for Joseph to meet Merton at Gethsemani. Merton supported Mulloy in seeking Conscientious Objector status for the Vietnam War and wrote a letter to Local Board 47 in Louisville, Kentucky. Despite this, Mulloy was sent to prison. (Source: The Road to Joy, p. 366.)

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Related Information and Links

See also "FBI Materials and CIA Materials" file; and see also one published letter from Merton to Joseph and Karen Mulloy in The Road to Joy, pp. 366-367. For an oral history interview with Joseph Mulloy (Merton is mentioned around 1 hour, 32 minutes), see also: https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/catalog/xt7mkk94987b; and a interview with Mulloy's wife Karen (mentions Merton in section beginning at 2 hours, 19 minutes): https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/catalog/xt7d7w675c69.

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Series List

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

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1968/02/19 HLS[x] from Merton to Local [Draft] Board #47 - LouisvilleAs a spiritual advisor I have been consulted by Joseph Mulloy who is seeking to follow   
 1968/03/18 other[x] LOUISVILLE, Ky.---Joseph Mulloy will be tried in U.S. District Court on April 5 for refusing to be  [News clipping from the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) of Louisville, Kentucky]
 1968/03/24 HLSto MertonI have waited to write you for some weeks now but the press of the law and related factors have kept  [originally described as 1968/03/29 (handwriting difficult)]
 1968/04/14 (#01)TLSfrom MertonThis is to thank you for your letters and to say that this morning I will offer Mass for you.   
 1968/04/14 (#02)TL[c]from MertonThis is to thank you for your letters and to say that this morning I will offer Mass for you.   
 1971/02/03 TLS[x]to Center from Mulloy, JosephYour letter regarding the establishment of the Merton Studies Center and the invitation to donate   
        

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