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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Tovell, Vincent

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Merton's friend Leslie Dewart suggested to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that they should interview Merton for an episode on Christian peacemaking of an upcoming series on Christian concerns. Merton turns down Vincent Tovell's request stating that he would not be permitted to appear on television, and expresses some negative impressions of the medium, though having expressed rarely having seen television.

Biography

Vincent Tovell writes on behalf of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/02/17 TLSto MertonThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is planning an unsponsored series of four television half-hour   
 1965/02/20 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your kind letter of the 17th asking me to participate in a TV interview for the CBC.   
        

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