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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Murphy, Larry

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1963-1966

Volume: 3 item(s); 4 pg(s)

Scope and Content

There are no extant letters from Murphy to Merton; however, in Merton's replies, he discusses the politics of war, nuclear weapons, the idea of "Just War", and whether is possible to conduct a humane war.

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Mueller in Witness to Freedom, pp. 100-102.

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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.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1963/11/21 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your long letter of October 22. Thanks too for the Monthly Review and for writingYes  
 1964/11/05 TL[c]from MertonWhen I signed that statement I did not realize it would mean an increase in fan mail: some of it   
 1966/08/28 TL[c]from MertonI have your interesting letter and notes on war and on your hope for humanizing modern methodsYes  
        

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