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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Bowers, Charles F., Fr.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Fr. Charles Bowers writes on behalf of a committee organizing a conference to discuss "rational foreign policies towards Asia in the context of revolution, military and political conflict", etc. to be held in Sydney, Australia. Attendees were to be from diverse professions. Merton must decline because of his travels to the American west coast and to Asia. He also doubts whether his superiors would allow him to attend something of such a political nature.

Biography

Fr. Charles Bowers was at the Chaplain's Residence of Lidcombe Hospital in Lidcombe, Australia at the time of writing.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1968/07/30 TLSto MertonWe write to canvass your availability to contribute a paper to a conference being convened in Sydney   
 1968/08/03 TL[c]from MertonYour invitation is an attractive one indeed. I wish I could accept it. Unfortunately I am tied up  cannot attend conference / would like to go in order to visit Australian and New Zealand relatives
        

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